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Abyssal Lich
1.7%
Acolyte Of Chayula
0.9%
Amazon
0.4%
Blood Mage
2.9%
Chronomancer
1%
Deadeye
6%
Disciple Of Varashta
2.4%
Druid
10.3%
Gemling Legionnaire
12%
Huntress
1.7%
Infernalist
3.3%
Invoker
0.1%
Lich
1.1%
Martial Artist
13.9%
Mercenary
Monk
12.4%
Oracle
3.9%
Pathfinder
1.5%
Ranger
Ritualist
1.4%
Shaman
1.4%
Smith Of Kitava
0.4%
Sorceress
Spirit Walker
12.6%
Stormweaver
4.1%
Tactician
0.9%
Titan
2.3%
Warbringer
0.3%
Warrior
0.5%
Witch
Witchhunter
1.1%

Contagion

(Abyssal Lich) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 24 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-28 19:43:54 UTC

The Contagion is a highly effective skill for the Abyssal Lich in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 24 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Magnified Area II, Chaotic Freeze, Unleash. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Eternal Life, Soulless Form, Pure Energy 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
75%
└
Chaotic Freeze
75%
└
Unleash
70.8%
└
Arcane Surge
45.8%
└
Rapid Casting II
45.8%
└
Chaos Mastery
20.8%
└
Intense Agony
20.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
16.7%
└
Efficiency II
16.7%
└
Zenith II
12.5%
└
Swift Affliction II
12.5%
└
Rapid Casting III
8.3%
└
Acrimony
8.3%
└
Profanity II
8.3%
└
Drain Ailments
8.3%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Essence Drain
100%
└
Considered Casting
75%
└
Chaos Mastery
66.7%
└
Swift Affliction II
58.3%
└
Deliberation
54.2%
└
Chain III
50%
└
Zenith II
33.3%
└
Sione's Temper
29.2%
└
Execute III
20.8%
└
Chain II
16.7%
└
Extraction
12.5%
└
Swift Affliction III
8.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
8.3%
└
Chaos Attunement
8.3%
└
Poison III
4.2%
└
Controlled Destruction
4.2%
Despair
100%
└
Heightened Curse
79.2%
└
Decaying Hex
70.8%
└
Doedre's Undoing
54.2%
└
Efficiency II
41.7%
└
Ritualistic Curse
29.2%
└
Cursed Ground
29.2%
└
Focused Curse
25%
└
Chaos Mastery
25%
└
Magnified Area II
20.8%
└
Impending Doom
16.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
12.5%
└
Abiding Hex
8.3%
└
Spell Cascade
8.3%
└
Vorana's Siege
4.2%
└
Execute III
4.2%
Blasphemy
100%
└
Magnified Area II
91.7%
└
Ritualistic Curse
83.3%
└
Slow Potency
75%
└
Heightened Curse
25%
└
Hex Bloom
20.8%
└
Decaying Hex
16.7%
└
Atziri's Communion
4.2%
└
Scouring Flame
4.2%
└
Armour Demolisher II
4.2%
└
Precision I
4.2%
└
Living Lightning II
4.2%
└
Poison III
4.2%
Dark Effigy
91.7%
└
Overabundance II
86.4%
└
Urgent Totems III
81.8%
└
Extraction
54.5%
└
Execute III
50%
└
Concentrated Area
50%
└
Controlled Destruction
45.5%
└
Vilenta's Propulsion
13.6%
└
Execute II
13.6%
└
Rapid Casting II
9.1%
└
Esh's Radiance
9.1%
└
Efficiency II
9.1%
└
Chaos Mastery
9.1%
└
Rapid Casting III
4.5%
└
Vorana's Siege
4.5%
└
Tul's Stillness
4.5%
Withering Presence
91.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
86.4%
└
Chaos Mastery
72.7%
└
Clarity II
36.4%
└
Clarity I
18.2%
└
Mysticism I
18.2%
└
Uhtred's Omen
9.1%
└
Her Declaration
4.5%
└
Strong Hearted
4.5%
└
Precision II
4.5%
└
Mysticism II
4.5%
└
Precision I
4.5%
Convalescence
83.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
90%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
90%
└
Rapid Casting II
40%
└
Second Wind III
40%
└
Clarity I
25%
└
Second Wind II
15%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
10%
└
Dialla's Desire
5%
└
Rapid Casting III
5%
└
Clarity II
5%
└
Cool Headed
5%
└
Mysticism II
5%
Temporal Chains
83.3%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
95%
└
Slow Potency
90%
└
Heightened Curse
30%
└
Hex Bloom
25%
└
Decaying Hex
15%
└
Atziri's Communion
5%
└
Focused Curse
5%
Sigil of Power
75%
└
Magnified Area II
83.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
72.2%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
22.2%
└
Second Wind III
16.7%
└
Arcane Surge
11.1%
└
Rapid Casting III
11.1%
└
Efficiency II
11.1%
└
Mobility
5.6%
└
Uhtred's Rite
5.6%
└
Potent Exposure
5.6%
└
Overabundance II
5.6%
└
Compressed Duration II
5.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
5.6%
└
Considered Casting
5.6%
Chaos Bolt
54.2%
└
Chaos Mastery
76.9%
└
Extraction
61.5%
└
Rapid Casting II
53.8%
└
Withering Touch
46.2%
└
Execute III
15.4%
└
Unleash
15.4%
└
Zenith I
7.7%
└
Deliberation
7.7%
└
Lightning Attunement
7.7%
└
Chaos Attunement
7.7%
└
Considered Casting
7.7%
└
Controlled Destruction
7.7%
└
Zenith II
7.7%
└
Chain III
7.7%
└
Sione's Temper
7.7%
Ravenous Swarm
33.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
87.5%
└
Escalating Poison
87.5%
└
Poison III
50%
└
Culling Strike II
50%
└
Withering Touch
37.5%
└
Poison II
37.5%
└
Culling Strike I
25%
└
Chaos Attunement
12.5%
Spellslinger
25%
└
Prolonged Duration II
16.7%
└
Minion Splash II
16.7%
└
Brutus' Brain
16.7%
Unearth
20.8%
└
Culling Strike II
40%
└
Prolonged Duration II
40%
└
Brutus' Brain
40%
└
Arcane Surge
20%
└
Living Lightning II
20%
└
Rapid Casting II
20%
└
Feeding Frenzy II
20%
└
Lightning Attunement
20%
└
Minion Instability
20%
└
Physical Mastery
20%
└
Execute III
20%
└
Minion Splash II
20%
└
Rapid Attacks III
20%
└
Efficiency II
20%
Mana Drain
12.5%
Skeletal Storm Mage
12.5%
└
Minion Mastery
33.3%
Skeletal Reaver
12.5%
└
Rage III
33.3%
└
Heft
33.3%
└
Last Gasp
33.3%
└
Brutality III
33.3%
└
Minion Mastery
33.3%
Repulsion
12.5%
└
Magnified Area II
66.7%
└
Scouring Flame
33.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
33.3%
└
Precision I
33.3%
└
Decaying Hex
33.3%
└
Living Lightning II
33.3%
└
Poison III
33.3%
└
Ritualistic Curse
33.3%
Cast on Block
8.3%
Raise Shield
8.3%
Power Siphon
8.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Considered Casting
50%
└
Swift Affliction III
50%
└
Charge Profusion II
50%
└
Controlled Destruction
50%
Enfeeble
8.3%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Atziri's Communion
50%
└
Ritualistic Curse
50%
└
Poison III
50%
└
Doedre's Undoing
50%
└
Heightened Curse
50%
└
Overabundance II
50%
Hexblast
8.3%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
└
Considered Casting
50%
└
Extraction
50%
└
Chaos Mastery
50%
└
Arcane Surge
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Pinpoint Critical
50%
└
Inexorable Critical II
50%
Cast on Minion Death
8.3%
└
Chain III
50%
└
Sione's Temper
50%
└
Chaotic Freeze
50%
Skeletal Frost Mage
8.3%
Wolf Pack
8.3%
└
Minion Instability
100%
└
Essence Harvest
50%
└
Culling Strike II
50%
└
Soul Drain
50%
└
Withering Touch
50%
└
Hulking Minions
50%
The Stars Answer
4.2%
Mana Tempest
4.2%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Arcane Surge
100%
└
Lightning Mastery
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
Skeletal Cleric
4.2%
Azmerian Wolf
4.2%
└
Hulking Minions
100%
└
Tecrod's Revenge
100%
└
Romira's Requital
100%
└
Oisín's Oath
100%
Soul Offering
4.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Danse Macabre
100%
└
Sacrificial Offering
100%
└
Infernal Legion II
100%
Discipline
4.2%
└
Mysticism I
100%
└
Clarity I
100%
Orb of Storms
4.2%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Mobility
100%
Pounce
4.2%
└
Brutus' Brain
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Holy Descent
100%
└
Eternal Mark
100%
└
Minion Pact II
100%
Cackling Companions
4.2%
Living Bomb
4.2%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Fire Mastery
100%
└
Overabundance II
100%
└
Elemental Focus
100%
Comet
4.2%
Lightning Conduit
4.2%
Mirror of Refraction
4.2%
Bitter Dead
4.2%
Soul Crystal: Knight-Gaunt
4.2%
Feast of Flesh
4.2%
His Grave Command
4.2%
Cast on Dodge
4.2%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Energy Retention
100%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
Ice Nova
4.2%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Energy Retention
100%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
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4.2%
└
Rapid Casting III
100%
└
Armour Demolisher II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Profanity II
100%
Verisium Manifestations
4.2%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Scouring Flame
100%
└
Supercritical
100%
Frozen Locus
4.2%
└
Poison III
100%
└
Rapid Attacks III
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Minion Pact I
100%
└
Chaos Attunement
100%
Quarterstaff Strike
4.2%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Crescendo III
100%
└
Close Combat II
100%
Infernal Cry
4.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Enraged Warcry II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Raging Cry
100%
Life Remnants
4.2%
└
Remnant Potency III
100%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
Skeletal Arsonist
4.2%
Time of Need
4.2%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%