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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%

Essence Drain

(Chronomancer) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 13 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-09-04 12:01:30 UTC

The Essence Drain is a highly effective skill for the Chronomancer in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 13 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Swift Affliction II, Considered Casting, Chain III. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Dark Entries, Unbound Encore, Potent Incantation on the skill tree.

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

★ Selected Main Skills

Essence Drain
100%
└
Swift Affliction II
92.3%
└
Considered Casting
84.6%
└
Chain III
61.5%
└
Chaos Mastery
46.2%
└
Zenith II
46.2%
└
Deliberation
46.2%
└
Efficiency II
30.8%
└
Intense Agony
23.1%
└
Drain Ailments
15.4%
└
Sione's Temper
7.7%
└
Dominus' Grasp
7.7%
└
Acrimony
7.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
7.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
7.7%
└
Multishot II
7.7%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Time Freeze
92.3%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
91.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
58.3%
└
Second Wind II
50%
└
Second Wind III
50%
Despair
92.3%
└
Heightened Curse
91.7%
└
Magnified Area II
66.7%
└
Efficiency II
58.3%
└
Cursed Ground
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
41.7%
└
Doedre's Undoing
25%
└
Decaying Hex
25%
└
Ritualistic Curse
16.7%
└
Spell Cascade
16.7%
└
Expanse
8.3%
└
Vorana's Siege
8.3%
└
Impending Doom
8.3%
└
Focused Curse
8.3%
└
Slow Potency
8.3%
Dark Effigy
92.3%
└
Urgent Totems III
83.3%
└
Overabundance II
83.3%
└
Poison II
75%
└
Controlled Destruction
58.3%
└
Efficiency II
41.7%
└
Withering Touch
25%
└
Concentrated Area
16.7%
└
Esh's Radiance
16.7%
└
Execute II
8.3%
└
Extraction
8.3%
└
Poison III
8.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
8.3%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
8.3%
└
Deliberation
8.3%
└
Rapid Casting III
8.3%
Temporal Chains
92.3%
└
Magnified Area II
91.7%
└
Slow Potency
83.3%
└
Heightened Curse
75%
└
Ritualistic Curse
75%
└
Prolonged Duration II
8.3%
Contagion
92.3%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Efficiency II
66.7%
└
Swift Affliction II
58.3%
└
Intense Agony
50%
└
Unleash
33.3%
└
Zenith II
33.3%
└
Considered Casting
25%
└
Arcane Surge
16.7%
└
Chaotic Freeze
16.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
16.7%
└
Mobility
8.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
8.3%
└
Zarokh's Revolt
8.3%
└
Rapid Casting III
8.3%
└
Hourglass
8.3%
Time Snap
92.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
75%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
66.7%
└
Second Wind III
33.3%
└
Second Wind II
16.7%
└
Atziri's Impatience
8.3%
└
Profanity II
8.3%
└
Slow Potency
8.3%
Withering Presence
92.3%
└
Chaos Mastery
83.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
75%
└
Clarity II
33.3%
└
Clarity I
25%
└
Cool Headed
8.3%
└
Uruk's Smelting
8.3%
Blasphemy
84.6%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Slow Potency
90.9%
└
Ritualistic Curse
81.8%
└
Heightened Curse
72.7%
Incinerate
61.5%
└
Burgeon II
100%
└
Extraction
100%
└
Considered Casting
62.5%
└
Scouring Flame
62.5%
└
Xoph's Pyre
62.5%
└
Fire Mastery
37.5%
└
Searing Flame II
37.5%
└
Concentrated Area
25%
└
Ignite III
12.5%
Sigil of Power
53.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
71.4%
└
Magnified Area II
71.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
57.1%
└
Rapid Casting II
57.1%
└
Second Wind III
14.3%
└
Second Wind II
14.3%
Convalescence
46.2%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
83.3%
└
Second Wind II
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Second Wind III
33.3%
Mana Drain
38.5%
└
Rapid Casting II
40%
Temporal Rift
30.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
75%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
25%
Spellslinger
30.8%
└
Fluke
25%
└
Boundless Energy II
25%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
25%
Consecrate
23.1%
└
Expanse
33.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
└
Encroaching Ground
33.3%
└
Persistent Ground II
33.3%
Blink
23.1%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Mobility
66.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
66.7%
└
Second Wind III
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Potent Exposure
33.3%
Chaos Bolt
23.1%
└
Rapid Casting II
66.7%
└
Chaos Mastery
33.3%
└
Trickster's Shard
33.3%
└
Execute II
33.3%
└
Dominus' Grasp
33.3%
└
Chain III
33.3%
└
Unleash
33.3%
Inevitable Agony
15.4%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Spell Cascade
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Arcane Surge
50%
Skeletal Cleric
15.4%
└
Meat Shield II
100%
└
Infernal Legion II
50%
└
Tecrod's Revenge
50%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
50%
└
Essence Harvest
50%
└
Last Gasp
50%
Soul Offering
15.4%
└
Danse Macabre
100%
└
Guatelitzi's Ablation
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Charge Profusion II
50%
└
Brutus' Brain
50%
└
Minion Mastery
50%
└
Meat Shield II
50%
Power Siphon
15.4%
Raise Shield
15.4%
└
Steadfast II
50%
└
Blind II
50%
└
Mobility
50%
└
Stun III
50%
Flameblast
15.4%
└
Deliberation
50%
└
Controlled Destruction
50%
└
Burgeon II
50%
└
Second Wind II
50%
└
Considered Casting
50%
Frostflame Nova
7.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
Mist Raven
7.7%
└
Bidding III
100%
└
Kurgal's Leash
100%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
└
Maim
100%
Charge Regulation
7.7%
└
Clarity II
100%
└
Uhtred's Omen
100%
Leylines
7.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
Mana Remnants
7.7%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Clarity I
100%
Parry
7.7%
Solar Orb
7.7%
Unearth
7.7%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks III
100%
└
Prolonged Duration I
100%
└
Brutus' Brain
100%
└
Arcane Surge
100%
Refutation
7.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%