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1.7%
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0.9%
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0.4%
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2.9%
Chronomancer
1%
Deadeye
6%
Disciple Of Varashta
2.4%
Druid
10.3%
Gemling Legionnaire
12%
Huntress
1.7%
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3.3%
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0.1%
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1.1%
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13.9%
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Monk
12.4%
Oracle
3.9%
Pathfinder
1.5%
Ranger
Ritualist
1.4%
Shaman
1.4%
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0.4%
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Spirit Walker
12.6%
Stormweaver
4.1%
Tactician
0.9%
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2.3%
Warbringer
0.3%
Warrior
0.5%
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Witchhunter
1.1%

Detonate Dead

(Blood Mage) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 11 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-28 19:43:54 UTC

The Detonate Dead is a highly effective skill for the Blood Mage in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 11 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Boundless Energy II, Energy Retention, Spell Cascade. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Sanguimancy, Vitality Siphon, Sunder the Flesh on the skill tree.

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

★ Selected Main Skills

Detonate Dead
100%
└
Boundless Energy II
72.7%
└
Energy Retention
36.4%
└
Spell Cascade
27.3%
└
Efficiency II
27.3%
└
Magnified Area II
27.3%
└
Brutality III
18.2%
└
Arbiter's Ignition
18.2%
└
Ignite III
18.2%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
18.2%
└
Zenith II
18.2%
└
Supercritical
18.2%
└
Lifetap
18.2%
└
Pinpoint Critical
9.1%
└
Mana Flare
9.1%
└
Glacier
9.1%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Life Remnants
100%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
54.5%
└
Remnant Potency I
45.5%
└
Remnant Potency III
45.5%
└
Clarity II
9.1%
└
Cannibalism I
9.1%
└
Seraph's Heart
9.1%
└
Mysticism II
9.1%
└
Uhtred's Augury
9.1%
Cast on Critical
72.7%
└
Boundless Energy II
87.5%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Energy Retention
25%
└
Magnified Area II
25%
└
Pinpoint Critical
12.5%
└
Dominus' Grasp
12.5%
└
Zenith II
12.5%
└
Glacier
12.5%
└
Ixchel's Torment
12.5%
└
Execute III
12.5%
└
Arbiter's Ignition
12.5%
└
Doedre's Undoing
12.5%
└
Spell Cascade
12.5%
└
Supercritical
12.5%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
12.5%
Sigil of Power
63.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
85.7%
└
Magnified Area II
71.4%
└
Rapid Casting II
42.9%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
42.9%
└
Considered Casting
14.3%
└
Arcane Surge
14.3%
└
Second Wind III
14.3%
└
Efficiency II
14.3%
└
Mobility
14.3%
Spellslinger
54.5%
└
Spell Cascade
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Boundless Energy II
33.3%
└
Energy Retention
33.3%
└
Pinpoint Critical
16.7%
└
Mana Flare
16.7%
└
Brutality III
16.7%
└
Overabundance II
16.7%
└
Arbiter's Ignition
16.7%
└
Fiery Death
16.7%
Mana Remnants
45.5%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Remnant Potency III
60%
└
Remnant Potency I
40%
└
Cannibalism I
20%
Spark
36.4%
└
Lightning Mastery
75%
└
Pierce III
50%
└
Trickster's Shard
50%
└
Wildshards II
25%
└
Rapid Casting II
25%
└
Pinpoint Critical
25%
└
Fork
25%
└
Zenith II
25%
└
Verglas
25%
└
Execute III
25%
└
Considered Casting
25%
└
Lifetap
25%
└
Unleash
25%
└
Efficiency II
25%
Siphon Elements
36.4%
└
Remnant Potency I
75%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
75%
└
Lightning Mastery
25%
└
Fire Mastery
25%
└
Cold Mastery
25%
Elemental Weakness
36.4%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Cursed Ground
50%
└
Doedre's Undoing
50%
└
Expanse
25%
└
Focused Curse
25%
└
Prolonged Duration II
25%
└
Heightened Curse
25%
└
Spell Cascade
25%
└
Impending Doom
25%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
25%
Blasphemy
36.4%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
75%
└
Focused Curse
25%
└
Mórrigan's Insight
25%
└
Slow Potency
25%
Temporal Chains
36.4%
└
Magnified Area II
75%
└
Ritualistic Curse
50%
└
Efficiency II
25%
└
Doedre's Undoing
25%
└
Focused Curse
25%
└
Mórrigan's Insight
25%
└
Slow Potency
25%
Elemental Conflux
27.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
66.7%
└
Lightning Mastery
66.7%
└
Armour Demolisher II
33.3%
Frost Wall
27.3%
└
Glacier
66.7%
└
Arbiter's Ignition
33.3%
└
Boundless Energy II
33.3%
└
Spell Cascade
33.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
33.3%
└
Verglas
33.3%
└
Supercritical
33.3%
Comet
27.3%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Zenith II
33.3%
└
Ixchel's Torment
33.3%
└
Execute III
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Spell Cascade
33.3%
└
Tul's Stillness
33.3%
└
Vorana's Siege
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Energy Retention
33.3%
Enfeeble
27.3%
└
Efficiency II
66.7%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Ritualistic Curse
33.3%
└
Doedre's Undoing
33.3%
└
Boundless Energy II
33.3%
Repulsion
27.3%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
66.7%
└
Focused Curse
33.3%
└
Mórrigan's Insight
33.3%
Despair
27.3%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Heightened Curse
66.7%
└
Doedre's Undoing
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Focused Curse
33.3%
└
Ritualistic Curse
33.3%
└
Boundless Energy II
33.3%
Lightning Bolt
18.2%
└
Spell Cascade
100%
└
Living Lightning II
50%
└
Oisín's Oath
50%
└
Pinpoint Critical
50%
└
Lightning Mastery
50%
└
Mana Flare
50%
└
Esh's Prowess
50%
└
Deliberation
50%
└
Concentrated Area
50%
Arctic Armour
18.2%
└
Freeze
100%
└
Cold Mastery
100%
└
Deep Freeze
50%
└
Pinpoint Critical
50%
└
Zenith II
50%
└
Knockback
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
Explosive Transmutation
18.2%
└
Armour Break III
100%
└
Spell Cascade
100%
└
Heft
50%
└
Pinpoint Critical
50%
└
Brutality III
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Uruk's Smelting
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
Skeletal Warrior
18.2%
└
Impale
50%
└
Culling Strike II
50%
└
Maim
50%
└
Brutus' Brain
50%
Remnants of Kalguur
18.2%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Armour Demolisher I
50%
└
Remnant Potency I
50%
└
Remnant Potency III
50%
Time of Need
18.2%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Armour Demolisher I
50%
Cast on Minion Death
18.2%
└
Energy Retention
100%
└
Ignite III
100%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
50%
Vulnerability
18.2%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Hayoxi's Fulmination
50%
└
Heightened Curse
50%
└
Focused Curse
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Ritualistic Curse
50%
Wolf Pack
18.2%
└
Minion Instability
100%
└
Feeding Frenzy I
100%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
50%
└
Romira's Requital
50%
└
Infernal Legion II
50%
Convalescence
18.2%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
Bone Cage
18.2%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Spell Cascade
100%
└
Zenith II
50%
└
Astral Projection
50%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
50%
└
Spell Echo
50%
└
Physical Mastery
50%
└
Supercritical
50%
Orb of Storms
18.2%
└
Overabundance II
100%
└
Compressed Duration II
50%
└
Pinpoint Critical
50%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Rapid Casting I
50%
Firestorm
18.2%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Overabundance II
50%
Charge Regulation
18.2%
Mana Tempest
18.2%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Arcane Surge
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Lightning Mastery
50%
└
Second Wind III
50%
Arc
9.1%
└
Energy Retention
100%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Dominus' Grasp
100%
Trinity
9.1%
└
Fire Mastery
100%
Chaos Bolt
9.1%
Coiling Bolts
9.1%
└
Considered Casting
100%
└
Trickster's Shard
100%
└
Deliberation
100%
└
Chaos Mastery
100%
Cast on Block
9.1%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Zenith II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
Refutation
9.1%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Zenith II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
Living Bomb
9.1%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
Spell Totem
9.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Heft
100%
└
Physical Mastery
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
Bonestorm
9.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Heft
100%
└
Physical Mastery
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
Wildwood's Gifts
9.1%
└
Remnant Potency III
100%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
100%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
Untether
9.1%
└
Considered Casting
100%
└
Heft
100%
└
Overabundance II
100%
Raise Shield
9.1%
Consecrate
9.1%
Skeletal Brute
9.1%
└
Sacrificial Lamb II
100%
└
Hulking Minions
100%
Volatile Dead
9.1%
Malice
9.1%
Sacrifice
9.1%
Thrashing Vines
9.1%
└
Considered Casting
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Accelerated Growth II
100%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
└
Supercritical
100%
Lightning Warp
9.1%
└
Considered Casting
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Execute II
100%
└
Supercritical
100%
└
Elemental Focus
100%
Thunderstorm
9.1%
└
Shock
100%
└
Shock Conduction
100%
└
Expand
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Coursing Current
100%
Entangle
9.1%
└
Accelerated Growth II
100%
└
Uruk's Smelting
100%
└
Physical Mastery
100%
└
Branching Fissures II
100%
└
Supercritical
100%
Freezing Mark
9.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Mark for Death
100%
└
Charged Mark
100%
└
Cold Mastery
100%
Frostbolt
9.1%
└
Sione's Temper
100%
└
Vilenta's Propulsion
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
100%
└
Rakiata's Flow
100%
Eye of Winter
9.1%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
100%
└
Wildshards II
100%
Cast on Elemental Ailment
9.1%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Lifetap
100%
└
Spell Cascade
100%
Frost Darts
9.1%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Sione's Temper
100%
Essence Drain
9.1%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Sione's Temper
100%
Feast of Flesh
9.1%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Lifetap
100%
└
Astral Projection
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
His Scattering Calamity
9.1%
└
Compressed Duration II
100%
└
Trickster's Shard
100%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
100%
└
Rakiata's Flow
100%
Cackling Companions
9.1%
Pounce
9.1%
Parry
9.1%
└
Zerphi's Infamy
100%
└
Rapid Attacks III
100%
└
Mobility
100%
Archmage
9.1%
└
Lightning Mastery
100%