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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%

Essence Drain

(Abyssal Lich) Builds
<7575-8990+

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

The Essence Drain is a highly effective skill for the Abyssal Lich in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 43 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Chaos Mastery, Swift Affliction II, Considered Casting. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Dark Entries, Crystalline Phylactery, Heavy Buffer on the skill tree.

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

★ Selected Main Skills

Essence Drain
100%
└
Chaos Mastery
76.7%
└
Swift Affliction II
76.7%
└
Considered Casting
67.4%
└
Zenith II
53.5%
└
Chain III
46.5%
└
Sione's Temper
30.2%
└
Deliberation
23.3%
└
Chain II
20.9%
└
Intense Agony
18.6%
└
Rapid Casting II
11.6%
└
Extraction
11.6%
└
Derange
4.7%
└
Execute III
4.7%
└
Wildshards II
4.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
4.7%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Contagion
100%
└
Magnified Area II
86%
└
Unleash
67.4%
└
Chaotic Freeze
62.8%
└
Arcane Surge
46.5%
└
Rapid Casting II
46.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
23.3%
└
Chaos Mastery
23.3%
└
Acrimony
16.3%
└
Rapid Casting III
14%
└
Intense Agony
14%
└
Zenith II
11.6%
└
Magnified Area I
9.3%
└
Swift Affliction II
9.3%
└
Efficiency II
9.3%
└
Rapid Casting I
7%
Dark Effigy
97.7%
└
Overabundance II
85.7%
└
Urgent Totems III
71.4%
└
Controlled Destruction
52.4%
└
Extraction
45.2%
└
Execute III
40.5%
└
Poison II
31%
└
Concentrated Area
28.6%
└
Rapid Casting II
28.6%
└
Chaos Mastery
16.7%
└
Withering Touch
14.3%
└
Rapid Casting III
9.5%
└
Deliberation
9.5%
└
Zenith II
7.1%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
7.1%
└
Chaos Attunement
7.1%
Despair
97.7%
└
Heightened Curse
81%
└
Decaying Hex
78.6%
└
Cursed Ground
35.7%
└
Efficiency II
35.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
31%
└
Doedre's Undoing
31%
└
Magnified Area II
28.6%
└
Ritualistic Curse
16.7%
└
Hayoxi's Fulmination
14.3%
└
Impending Doom
14.3%
└
Focused Curse
11.9%
└
Arcane Surge
11.9%
└
Spell Cascade
9.5%
└
Chaos Mastery
9.5%
└
Overabundance II
4.8%
Blasphemy
97.7%
└
Magnified Area II
78.6%
└
Ritualistic Curse
78.6%
└
Slow Potency
69%
└
Hex Bloom
33.3%
└
Heightened Curse
23.8%
└
Decaying Hex
16.7%
└
Atziri's Communion
7.1%
└
Focused Curse
4.8%
└
Mysticism I
4.8%
└
Mysticism II
4.8%
└
Magnified Area I
2.4%
└
Poison III
2.4%
└
Her Declaration
2.4%
└
Clarity II
2.4%
└
Cursed Ground
2.4%
Temporal Chains
95.3%
└
Ritualistic Curse
78%
└
Magnified Area II
75.6%
└
Slow Potency
68.3%
└
Hex Bloom
34.1%
└
Heightened Curse
26.8%
└
Decaying Hex
17.1%
└
Atziri's Communion
7.3%
└
Focused Curse
4.9%
└
Mysticism II
4.9%
└
Magnified Area I
2.4%
└
Poison III
2.4%
└
Her Declaration
2.4%
└
Clarity II
2.4%
└
Cursed Ground
2.4%
└
Mysticism I
2.4%
Withering Presence
83.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
77.8%
└
Chaos Mastery
77.8%
└
Clarity II
25%
└
Clarity I
16.7%
└
Mysticism I
16.7%
└
Mysticism II
8.3%
└
Prolonged Duration I
5.6%
└
Precision I
2.8%
└
Vitality I
2.8%
└
Uhtred's Omen
2.8%
Convalescence
81.4%
└
Prolonged Duration II
88.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
85.7%
└
Second Wind III
25.7%
└
Second Wind II
25.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
25.7%
└
Clarity II
25.7%
└
Clarity I
14.3%
└
Mysticism I
8.6%
└
Second Wind I
5.7%
└
Rapid Casting III
5.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
2.9%
└
Cool Headed
2.9%
└
Prolonged Duration I
2.9%
└
Mysticism II
2.9%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
2.9%
Sigil of Power
76.7%
└
Magnified Area II
90.9%
└
Prolonged Duration II
87.9%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
45.5%
└
Rapid Casting II
42.4%
└
Efficiency II
15.2%
└
Rapid Casting I
6.1%
└
Magnified Area I
6.1%
└
Profanity II
6.1%
└
Arcane Surge
3%
└
Overabundance I
3%
└
Second Wind III
3%
└
Mobility
3%
└
Uhtred's Rite
3%
└
Second Wind II
3%
Chaos Bolt
72.1%
└
Extraction
58.1%
└
Chaos Mastery
54.8%
└
Rapid Casting II
54.8%
└
Withering Touch
38.7%
└
Unleash
22.6%
└
Execute III
19.4%
└
Controlled Destruction
16.1%
└
Zenith II
12.9%
└
Considered Casting
6.5%
└
Sione's Temper
6.5%
└
Trickster's Shard
3.2%
└
Execute II
3.2%
└
Chaos Attunement
3.2%
└
Mobility
3.2%
└
Poison II
3.2%
Ravenous Swarm
46.5%
└
Escalating Poison
60%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Magnified Area II
40%
└
Withering Touch
35%
└
Poison II
30%
└
Poison III
30%
└
Culling Strike II
25%
└
Culling Strike I
20%
└
Chaos Attunement
15%
└
Maim
15%
└
Blind II
15%
└
Slow Potency
10%
└
Chaos Mastery
10%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
10%
└
Corrosion
5%
Skeletal Storm Mage
18.6%
└
Minion Mastery
75%
└
Uhtred's Augury
12.5%
└
Rapid Casting II
12.5%
Spellslinger
16.3%
└
Boundless Energy II
14.3%
└
Magnified Area II
14.3%
└
Energy Retention
14.3%
└
Swift Affliction II
14.3%
└
Chaos Mastery
14.3%
└
Chaotic Freeze
14.3%
Bonestorm
14%
└
Lifetap
100%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Brutality II
33.3%
└
Perpetual Charge
16.7%
└
Exploit Weakness
16.7%
Skeletal Cleric
14%
└
Minion Mastery
100%
Unearth
11.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
60%
└
Brutus' Brain
40%
└
Efficiency II
20%
└
Mobility
20%
└
Corpse Conservation
20%
└
Culling Strike II
20%
└
Soul Drain
20%
└
Gorge
20%
└
Prolonged Duration I
20%
└
Minion Instability
20%
└
Physical Mastery
20%
└
Zenith II
20%
└
Heft
20%
└
Feeding Frenzy II
20%
Hexblast
11.6%
└
Considered Casting
40%
└
Chaos Mastery
40%
└
Execute II
20%
└
Deliberation
20%
└
Boundless Energy II
20%
└
Magnified Area II
20%
└
Energy Retention
20%
└
Rapid Casting II
20%
└
Concentrated Area
20%
└
Chaos Attunement
20%
Skeletal Frost Mage
11.6%
└
Minion Mastery
40%
└
Freeze
20%
└
Wildshards II
20%
└
Rapid Casting II
20%
└
Cold Penetration
20%
└
Hulking Minions
20%
└
Dialla's Desire
20%
└
Deliberation
20%
Power Siphon
9.3%
Skeletal Reaver
9.3%
└
Minion Mastery
100%
└
Uhtred's Augury
25%
└
Dialla's Desire
25%
└
Brutus' Brain
25%
Enfeeble
7%
└
Ritualistic Curse
66.7%
└
Kalisa's Crescendo
66.7%
└
Decaying Hex
33.3%
└
Heightened Curse
33.3%
└
Mysticism I
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Focused Curse
33.3%
Wolf Pack
7%
└
Essence Harvest
66.7%
└
Minion Instability
66.7%
└
Minion Mastery
33.3%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
33.3%
└
Physical Mastery
33.3%
└
Romira's Requital
33.3%
Living Bomb
7%
└
Execute II
100%
└
Overabundance II
100%
└
Xoph's Pyre
33.3%
└
Cold Attunement
33.3%
└
Extraction
33.3%
└
Withering Touch
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
└
Considered Casting
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
Wardbound Minions
4.7%
Profane Ritual
4.7%
└
Magnified Area I
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Spell Cascade
50%
└
Chaos Mastery
50%
└
Swift Affliction II
50%
Vulnerability
4.7%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Heightened Curse
100%
└
Atziri's Allure
50%
└
Ritualistic Curse
50%
└
Focused Curse
50%
└
Uruk's Smelting
50%
Malice
4.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Mysticism I
50%
└
Clarity I
50%
└
Armour Demolisher II
50%
Repulsion
4.7%
└
Atziri's Communion
50%
└
Poison III
50%
└
Her Declaration
50%
└
Withering Touch
50%
Elemental Weakness
4.7%
└
Ritualistic Curse
50%
└
Chaos Mastery
50%
└
Overabundance II
50%
└
Impending Doom
50%
└
Cursed Ground
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
Impurity
4.7%
└
Mysticism II
100%
└
Cool Headed
50%
└
Strong Hearted
50%
└
Warm Blooded
50%
└
Clarity II
50%
└
Her Declaration
50%
Mana Drain
2.3%
Flame Wall
2.3%
└
Ignite III
100%
└
Fire Penetration II
100%
└
Searing Flame II
100%
└
Fire Mastery
100%
Punch
2.3%
└
Crescendo I
100%
└
Magnified Area I
100%
Spear Stab
2.3%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Culling Strike II
100%
└
Knockback
100%
└
Maim
100%
Spear Throw
2.3%
Crushing Fear
2.3%
Cast on Minion Death
2.3%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
100%
└
Chain III
100%
└
Sione's Temper
100%
└
Chaotic Freeze
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Ixchel's Torment
100%
Infernal Cry
2.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Raging Cry
100%
└
Enraged Warcry II
100%
Frozen Locus
2.3%
└
Poison III
100%
└
Rapid Attacks III
100%
└
Minion Pact I
100%
└
Medved's Felling
100%
└
Chaos Attunement
100%
Mana Tempest
2.3%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Mobility
100%
└
Arcane Surge
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
Quarterstaff Strike
2.3%
└
Vorana's Siege
100%
└
Rigwald's Ferocity
100%
Skeletal Arsonist
2.3%
└
Minion Mastery
100%
Skeletal Sniper
2.3%
└
Fire Mastery
100%
Skeletal Warrior
2.3%
Coiling Bolts
2.3%
Spectre: Bloodthief Wasp
2.3%
└
Culling Strike II
100%
└
Brutus' Brain
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks III
100%
└
Blind II
100%
Soul Offering
2.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Minion Mastery
100%
└
Danse Macabre
100%
└
Sacrificial Offering
100%
Skeletal Brute
2.3%
Trinity
2.3%