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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%

Despair

(Blood Mage) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 22 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-28 19:43:54 UTC

The Despair is a highly effective skill for the Blood Mage in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 22 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Efficiency II, Heightened Curse, Chaos Mastery. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Critical Overload, Sanguimancy, Vitality Siphon on the skill tree.

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

★ Selected Main Skills

Despair
100%
└
Efficiency II
81.8%
└
Heightened Curse
63.6%
└
Chaos Mastery
63.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
59.1%
└
Rapid Casting II
54.5%
└
Doedre's Undoing
36.4%
└
Impending Doom
36.4%
└
Spell Cascade
31.8%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
18.2%
└
Magnified Area II
9.1%
└
Decaying Hex
9.1%
└
Lifetap
9.1%
└
Rakiata's Flow
9.1%
└
Hayoxi's Fulmination
4.5%
└
Dialla's Desire
4.5%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Life Remnants
100%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Remnant Potency I
77.3%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
50%
└
Remnant Potency III
22.7%
└
Clarity I
13.6%
└
Cannibalism I
4.5%
└
Herbalism I
4.5%
└
Mysticism II
4.5%
└
Vitality I
4.5%
└
Uruk's Smelting
4.5%
└
Herbalism II
4.5%
Arctic Armour
86.4%
└
Freeze
94.7%
└
Cold Mastery
89.5%
└
Deep Freeze
84.2%
└
Knockback
68.4%
└
Cold Penetration
26.3%
└
Tul's Stillness
5.3%
└
Life Drain
5.3%
└
Esh's Radiance
5.3%
└
Zenith II
5.3%
Sigil of Power
86.4%
└
Magnified Area II
89.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
84.2%
└
Rapid Casting II
68.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
63.2%
└
Efficiency II
10.5%
└
Lifetap
5.3%
Convalescence
77.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
94.1%
└
Rapid Casting II
82.4%
└
Second Wind II
82.4%
└
Second Wind III
11.8%
└
Mysticism I
5.9%
└
Herbalism II
5.9%
Elemental Weakness
68.2%
└
Doedre's Undoing
93.3%
└
Spell Cascade
93.3%
└
Impending Doom
93.3%
└
Efficiency II
86.7%
└
Lifetap
26.7%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
26.7%
└
Cold Mastery
20%
└
Lightning Mastery
13.3%
└
Fire Mastery
6.7%
└
Hayoxi's Fulmination
6.7%
└
Heightened Curse
6.7%
└
Spell Echo
6.7%
└
Concentrated Area
6.7%
└
Burning Inscription
6.7%
Temporal Chains
63.6%
└
Slow Potency
92.9%
└
Ritualistic Curse
85.7%
└
Magnified Area II
78.6%
└
Heightened Curse
57.1%
└
Decaying Hex
7.1%
└
Efficiency II
7.1%
└
Lifetap
7.1%
└
Focused Curse
7.1%
Mana Remnants
59.1%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Remnant Potency I
84.6%
└
Remnant Potency III
15.4%
└
Clarity II
7.7%
Blasphemy
59.1%
└
Slow Potency
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
92.3%
└
Magnified Area II
84.6%
└
Heightened Curse
61.5%
└
Decaying Hex
7.7%
Parry
36.4%
Spellslinger
31.8%
└
Efficiency II
14.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
14.3%
Withering Presence
22.7%
└
Chaos Mastery
60%
└
Prolonged Duration II
60%
└
Clarity I
20%
└
Vitality II
20%
└
Cannibalism II
20%
└
Armour Demolisher II
20%
Galvanic Field
13.6%
The Stars Answer
13.6%
Enervating Nova
13.6%
Charge Regulation
13.6%
└
Armour Demolisher II
33.3%
└
Clarity II
33.3%
└
Vitality II
33.3%
└
Cannibalism I
33.3%
Blink
13.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
66.7%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
Archmage
13.6%
└
Lightning Mastery
100%
└
Cannibalism II
33.3%
└
Clarity I
33.3%
Dark Effigy
9.1%
└
Chaos Mastery
100%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Poison III
50%
└
Extraction
50%
└
Corrosion
50%
Reap
4.5%
Lightning Bolt
4.5%
Unearth
4.5%
Elemental Conflux
4.5%
└
Lightning Mastery
100%
└
Clarity I
100%
Comet
4.5%
Freezing Shards
4.5%
Purity of Fire
4.5%
└
Vitality II
100%
└
Mysticism II
100%
Power Siphon
4.5%
Vulnerability
4.5%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Physical Mastery
100%
└
Impending Doom
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
100%
Essence Drain
4.5%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Chaos Mastery
100%
Bind Spectre
4.5%
Mana Drain
4.5%
Trinity
4.5%
└
Uhtred's Omen
100%
└
Cold Mastery
100%
Sniper's Mark
4.5%
└
Eternal Mark
100%
└
Charged Mark
100%
Arc
4.5%
Elemental Invocation
4.5%
Voltaic Mark
4.5%
Bloodhound's Mark
4.5%
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4.5%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%