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Abyssal Lich
1.8%
Acolyte Of Chayula
0.9%
Amazon
0.5%
Blood Mage
3.5%
Chronomancer
0.9%
Deadeye
7.8%
Disciple Of Varashta
3%
Druid
Gemling Legionnaire
17.5%
Huntress
Infernalist
5.2%
Invoker
0.1%
Lich
1.5%
Martial Artist
24.4%
Mercenary
Monk
Oracle
5.4%
Pathfinder
1.7%
Ranger
Ritualist
1.3%
Shaman
2%
Smith Of Kitava
0.6%
Sorceress
Spirit Walker
11.3%
Stormweaver
5.1%
Tactician
1%
Titan
2.8%
Warbringer
0.3%
Warrior
Witch
Witchhunter
1.3%

Contagion

(Abyssal Lich) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 21 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-09-04 12:01:30 UTC

The Contagion is a highly effective skill for the Abyssal Lich in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 21 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Magnified Area II, Unleash, Chaotic Freeze. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Patient Barrier, Pure Energy, Crystalline Phylactery on the skill tree.

Below data represents gem links within this cohort. Selected main skills are strictly isolated.

★ Selected Main Skills

Contagion
100%
└
Magnified Area II
81%
└
Unleash
66.7%
└
Chaotic Freeze
61.9%
└
Rapid Casting II
57.1%
└
Chaos Mastery
42.9%
└
Arcane Surge
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
23.8%
└
Intense Agony
23.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
14.3%
└
Zenith II
14.3%
└
Swift Affliction II
14.3%
└
Considered Casting
9.5%
└
Acrimony
9.5%
└
Rapid Casting III
9.5%
└
Expanse
4.8%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Despair
100%
└
Heightened Curse
85.7%
└
Decaying Hex
61.9%
└
Efficiency II
47.6%
└
Doedre's Undoing
47.6%
└
Ritualistic Curse
38.1%
└
Magnified Area II
28.6%
└
Focused Curse
23.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
19%
└
Impending Doom
14.3%
└
Chaos Mastery
14.3%
└
Overabundance II
14.3%
└
Cursed Ground
9.5%
└
Hex Bloom
9.5%
└
Spell Echo
9.5%
└
Burning Inscription
4.8%
Essence Drain
100%
└
Considered Casting
61.9%
└
Swift Affliction II
57.1%
└
Chain III
52.4%
└
Chaos Mastery
52.4%
└
Zenith II
47.6%
└
Sione's Temper
33.3%
└
Deliberation
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
19%
└
Extraction
14.3%
└
Efficiency II
14.3%
└
Chaos Attunement
14.3%
└
Chain II
9.5%
└
Intense Agony
9.5%
└
Swift Affliction III
9.5%
└
Execute III
9.5%
Dark Effigy
95.2%
└
Overabundance II
90%
└
Urgent Totems III
65%
└
Controlled Destruction
50%
└
Concentrated Area
50%
└
Extraction
40%
└
Execute III
40%
└
Chaos Attunement
20%
└
Rapid Casting II
20%
└
Esh's Radiance
15%
└
Poison II
10%
└
Efficiency II
10%
└
Corrosion
5%
└
Poison III
5%
└
Bursting Plague
5%
└
Vilenta's Propulsion
5%
Blasphemy
95.2%
└
Magnified Area II
85%
└
Ritualistic Curse
85%
└
Slow Potency
50%
└
Heightened Curse
40%
└
Hex Bloom
20%
└
Focused Curse
10%
└
Physical Mastery
5%
└
Embitter
5%
└
Chaos Mastery
5%
└
Kalisa's Crescendo
5%
└
Clarity I
5%
└
Cursed Ground
5%
└
Decaying Hex
5%
└
Atziri's Communion
5%
Withering Presence
95.2%
└
Chaos Mastery
90%
└
Prolonged Duration II
65%
└
Clarity II
25%
└
Mysticism I
25%
└
Clarity I
15%
└
Uhtred's Omen
15%
└
Armour Demolisher II
5%
└
Strong Hearted
5%
└
Prolonged Duration I
5%
└
Dialla's Desire
5%
└
Vitality I
5%
└
Compressed Duration II
5%
└
Precision I
5%
Temporal Chains
85.7%
└
Magnified Area II
88.9%
└
Ritualistic Curse
77.8%
└
Slow Potency
55.6%
└
Heightened Curse
38.9%
└
Hex Bloom
22.2%
└
Focused Curse
5.6%
└
Doedre's Undoing
5.6%
└
Impending Doom
5.6%
└
Overabundance II
5.6%
└
Efficiency II
5.6%
└
Clarity I
5.6%
└
Cursed Ground
5.6%
└
Decaying Hex
5.6%
└
Atziri's Communion
5.6%
Sigil of Power
76.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
68.8%
└
Magnified Area II
68.8%
└
Rapid Casting II
25%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
18.8%
└
Second Wind III
18.8%
└
Efficiency II
18.8%
└
Considered Casting
12.5%
└
Arcane Surge
12.5%
└
Magnified Area I
12.5%
└
Potent Exposure
6.2%
└
Overabundance II
6.2%
└
Rapid Casting III
6.2%
Convalescence
61.9%
└
Prolonged Duration II
76.9%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
76.9%
└
Rapid Casting II
38.5%
└
Second Wind III
23.1%
└
Clarity I
15.4%
└
Clarity II
15.4%
└
Second Wind II
15.4%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
15.4%
└
Arcane Surge
7.7%
└
Mysticism II
7.7%
└
Her Declaration
7.7%
└
Atziri's Communion
7.7%
└
Second Wind I
7.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
7.7%
Chaos Bolt
33.3%
└
Chaos Mastery
85.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
42.9%
└
Extraction
42.9%
└
Withering Touch
28.6%
└
Deliberation
28.6%
└
Execute III
28.6%
└
Considered Casting
28.6%
└
Vilenta's Propulsion
14.3%
└
Unleash
14.3%
└
Lightning Attunement
14.3%
└
Chaos Attunement
14.3%
Unearth
28.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
66.7%
└
Feeding Frenzy II
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
└
Corrosion
16.7%
└
Corpse Conservation
16.7%
└
Concussive Runes
16.7%
└
Culling Strike II
16.7%
└
Deep Cuts II
16.7%
└
Heft
16.7%
└
Bleed III
16.7%
└
Lifetap
16.7%
└
Minion Splash I
16.7%
└
Swift Affliction III
16.7%
└
Magnified Area II
16.7%
└
Poison III
16.7%
Spellslinger
28.6%
└
Chaos Mastery
33.3%
└
Chaotic Freeze
16.7%
└
Swift Affliction II
16.7%
└
Swift Affliction III
16.7%
└
Chain III
16.7%
└
Efficiency II
16.7%
Ravenous Swarm
23.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
80%
└
Escalating Poison
60%
└
Withering Touch
60%
└
Poison III
40%
└
Chaos Attunement
40%
└
Culling Strike II
20%
└
Poison II
20%
└
Armour Demolisher II
20%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
20%
└
Chaos Mastery
20%
└
Mysticism I
20%
Power Siphon
19%
Hexblast
14.3%
└
Chaos Mastery
66.7%
└
Considered Casting
66.7%
└
Extraction
66.7%
└
Concentrated Area
33.3%
└
Deliberation
33.3%
└
Zenith II
33.3%
Skeletal Storm Mage
14.3%
└
Minion Mastery
33.3%
Profane Ritual
14.3%
└
Profanity I
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Magnified Area I
33.3%
└
Spell Cascade
33.3%
└
Swift Affliction II
33.3%
└
Chaos Mastery
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
Unleash
9.5%
Mana Remnants
9.5%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Mysticism II
100%
└
Remnant Potency III
50%
└
Upwelling II
50%
└
Clarity II
50%
└
Remnant Potency I
50%
Enfeeble
9.5%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Hex Bloom
50%
└
Ritualistic Curse
50%
└
Heightened Curse
50%
Skeletal Reaver
9.5%
└
Rage III
50%
└
Brutality III
50%
└
Tecrod's Revenge
50%
└
Heft
50%
└
Minion Mastery
50%
Impurity
9.5%
└
Mysticism II
100%
└
Clarity II
100%
└
Arbiter's Reach
50%
└
Chaos Mastery
50%
└
Strong Hearted
50%
Spark
9.5%
└
Pinpoint Critical
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Zenith II
50%
└
Ignite II
50%
└
Nova Projectiles I
50%
Skeletal Frost Mage
9.5%
└
Minion Mastery
50%
Repulsion
9.5%
└
Ritualistic Curse
100%
└
Physical Mastery
50%
└
Embitter
50%
└
Heightened Curse
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Focused Curse
50%
Skeletal Arsonist
9.5%
└
Minion Mastery
50%
Living Bomb
9.5%
└
Fire Mastery
100%
└
Overabundance II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Withering Touch
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Elemental Focus
50%
Refutation
4.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
Soul Offering
4.8%
└
Guatelitzi's Ablation
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Danse Macabre
100%
└
Brutus' Brain
100%
Mana Drain
4.8%
Abyssal Apparition
4.8%
Cast on Minion Death
4.8%
Volcano
4.8%
└
Burgeon I
100%
Flame Wall
4.8%
└
Xoph's Pyre
100%
└
Fortress II
100%
└
Fire Mastery
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Execute III
100%
Ghost Dance
4.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
Overwhelming Presence
4.8%
Time of Need
4.8%
Frostbolt
4.8%
└
Sione's Temper
100%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
└
Zenith II
100%
└
Rakiata's Flow
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
Cast on Critical
4.8%
└
Spell Cascade
100%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Uhtred's Omen
100%
└
Energy Retention
100%
Comet
4.8%
└
Spell Cascade
100%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Uhtred's Omen
100%
└
Energy Retention
100%
Trinity
4.8%
└
Clarity I
100%
└
Armour Demolisher II
100%
└
Cold Mastery
100%
Raise Shield
4.8%
Spiraling Conspiracy
4.8%
The Stars Answer
4.8%
Entangle
4.8%
└
Trickster's Shard
100%
└
Uul-Netol's Embrace
100%
└
Branching Fissures II
100%
└
Accelerated Growth II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
Life Remnants
4.8%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Remnant Potency I
100%