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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

(Chronomancer) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 23 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-28 19:43:54 UTC

The Essence Drain is a highly effective skill for the Chronomancer in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 23 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 Whispers of Doom, Phased Form, Zone of Control 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
95.7%
└
Considered Casting
87%
└
Chain III
60.9%
└
Chaos Mastery
60.9%
└
Zenith II
39.1%
└
Deliberation
30.4%
└
Efficiency II
26.1%
└
Sione's Temper
13%
└
Chain II
13%
└
Intense Agony
8.7%
└
Drain Ailments
8.7%
└
Chaos Attunement
8.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
8.7%
└
Minion Pact II
4.3%
└
Controlled Destruction
4.3%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Blasphemy
100%
└
Magnified Area II
91.3%
└
Ritualistic Curse
87%
└
Slow Potency
78.3%
└
Heightened Curse
65.2%
└
Decaying Hex
4.3%
└
Herbalism II
4.3%
└
Her Declaration
4.3%
└
Doedre's Undoing
4.3%
└
Dialla's Desire
4.3%
Despair
100%
└
Heightened Curse
91.3%
└
Magnified Area II
60.9%
└
Doedre's Undoing
52.2%
└
Efficiency II
47.8%
└
Decaying Hex
47.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
39.1%
└
Ritualistic Curse
26.1%
└
Cursed Ground
21.7%
└
Hayoxi's Fulmination
13%
└
Chaos Mastery
13%
└
Kalisa's Crescendo
8.7%
└
Spell Cascade
8.7%
└
Impending Doom
8.7%
└
Considered Casting
8.7%
└
Zenith II
8.7%
Contagion
95.7%
└
Magnified Area II
86.4%
└
Efficiency II
59.1%
└
Unleash
45.5%
└
Swift Affliction II
45.5%
└
Rapid Casting II
36.4%
└
Chaos Mastery
36.4%
└
Intense Agony
36.4%
└
Considered Casting
31.8%
└
Chaotic Freeze
27.3%
└
Zenith II
18.2%
└
Acrimony
13.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
9.1%
└
Arcane Surge
9.1%
└
Hourglass
4.5%
└
Minion Pact II
4.5%
Temporal Chains
91.3%
└
Magnified Area II
90.5%
└
Ritualistic Curse
90.5%
└
Slow Potency
85.7%
└
Heightened Curse
61.9%
└
Decaying Hex
4.8%
└
Doedre's Undoing
4.8%
└
Dialla's Desire
4.8%
Dark Effigy
87%
└
Urgent Totems III
95%
└
Overabundance II
75%
└
Controlled Destruction
65%
└
Poison II
65%
└
Concentrated Area
25%
└
Chaos Mastery
25%
└
Efficiency II
15%
└
Withering Touch
15%
└
Execute III
10%
└
Esh's Radiance
10%
└
Execute II
10%
└
Poison III
10%
└
Rapid Casting II
10%
└
Prolonged Duration II
10%
└
Overcharge
5%
Withering Presence
82.6%
└
Chaos Mastery
89.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
78.9%
└
Mysticism I
31.6%
└
Clarity II
26.3%
└
Clarity I
15.8%
└
Uhtred's Omen
10.5%
└
Cannibalism II
5.3%
└
Mysticism II
5.3%
└
Her Declaration
5.3%
└
Cool Headed
5.3%
Time Freeze
78.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
94.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
83.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
72.2%
└
Second Wind III
50%
└
Second Wind II
27.8%
└
Rapid Casting I
5.6%
└
Uhtred's Rite
5.6%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
5.6%
└
Second Wind I
5.6%
Time Snap
78.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
66.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
66.7%
└
Second Wind III
27.8%
└
Second Wind II
16.7%
└
Efficiency II
5.6%
└
Atziri's Impatience
5.6%
Sigil of Power
65.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
86.7%
└
Magnified Area II
80%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
46.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
46.7%
└
Second Wind II
13.3%
└
Efficiency II
13.3%
└
Magnified Area I
6.7%
└
Mobility
6.7%
└
Second Wind III
6.7%
Convalescence
52.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
91.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
83.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
41.7%
└
Second Wind II
33.3%
└
Second Wind III
25%
└
Clarity I
25%
└
Clarity II
16.7%
└
Arcane Surge
8.3%
Incinerate
47.8%
└
Extraction
90.9%
└
Burgeon II
81.8%
└
Scouring Flame
72.7%
└
Considered Casting
63.6%
└
Xoph's Pyre
54.5%
└
Ignite III
36.4%
└
Concentrated Area
27.3%
└
Searing Flame II
18.2%
└
Fire Mastery
18.2%
└
Burgeon I
9.1%
└
Controlled Destruction
9.1%
Spellslinger
34.8%
└
Boundless Energy II
12.5%
└
Searing Flame II
12.5%
└
Spell Cascade
12.5%
└
Efficiency II
12.5%
└
Deliberation
12.5%
└
Chaos Mastery
12.5%
Temporal Rift
34.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
87.5%
└
Second Wind III
25%
└
Clarity I
12.5%
Inevitable Agony
26.1%
└
Rapid Casting II
83.3%
└
Efficiency II
83.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
83.3%
└
Magnified Area II
83.3%
└
Spell Cascade
50%
└
Spell Echo
33.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
33.3%
└
Uhtred's Rite
16.7%
└
Arcane Surge
16.7%
Enfeeble
21.7%
└
Magnified Area II
80%
└
Ritualistic Curse
60%
└
Heightened Curse
60%
└
Slow Potency
40%
└
Herbalism II
20%
└
Her Declaration
20%
└
Dialla's Desire
20%
Mana Drain
21.7%
Refutation
13%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
66.7%
└
Mobility
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
└
Second Wind III
33.3%
└
Uhtred's Rite
33.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
Flameblast
13%
└
Considered Casting
66.7%
└
Burgeon II
66.7%
└
Searing Flame II
66.7%
└
Ignite III
66.7%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
33.3%
└
Concentrated Area
33.3%
└
Scouring Flame
33.3%
└
Wildfire
33.3%
└
Fiery Death
33.3%
└
Controlled Destruction
33.3%
└
Extraction
33.3%
Unearth
13%
└
Brutus' Brain
100%
└
Magnified Area II
66.7%
└
Rapid Attacks III
66.7%
└
Maim
66.7%
└
Culling Strike II
66.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
66.7%
└
Prolonged Duration I
33.3%
└
Arcane Surge
33.3%
Blink
13%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
66.7%
└
Mobility
66.7%
Chaos Bolt
13%
└
Considered Casting
33.3%
└
Zenith II
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
└
Controlled Destruction
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting III
33.3%
└
Deliberation
33.3%
└
Chaos Attunement
33.3%
└
Chaos Mastery
33.3%
Ravenous Swarm
13%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Withering Touch
66.7%
└
Escalating Poison
66.7%
└
Maim
33.3%
└
Culling Strike II
33.3%
└
Poison II
33.3%
└
Blind II
33.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
└
Chaos Mastery
33.3%
Remnants of Kalguur
8.7%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
100%
└
Remnant Potency I
100%
└
Cool Headed
50%
└
Mysticism II
50%
Soul Offering
8.7%
└
Meat Shield II
100%
└
Danse Macabre
100%
└
Minion Mastery
100%
└
Guatelitzi's Ablation
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Kulemak's Dominion
50%
└
Sacrificial Offering
50%
Impurity
8.7%
└
Clarity II
50%
└
Mysticism II
50%
Living Bomb
8.7%
└
Ignite III
100%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Fiery Death
50%
└
Eternal Flame II
50%
└
Chaos Attunement
50%
└
Wildfire
50%
└
Expand
50%
Consecrate
8.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Persistent Ground III
50%
└
Encroaching Ground
50%
Overwhelming Presence
8.7%
└
Cool Headed
50%
└
Strong Hearted
50%
└
Warm Blooded
50%
Time of Need
8.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
Skeletal Cleric
4.3%
└
Meat Shield II
100%
└
Last Gasp
100%
Explosive Transmutation
4.3%
└
Vorana's Siege
100%
└
Deadly Poison II
100%
└
Poison II
100%
└
Spell Cascade
100%
└
Escalating Poison
100%
The Stars Answer
4.3%
Firestorm
4.3%
└
Considered Casting
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Ignite III
100%
└
Inexorable Critical II
100%
Power Siphon
4.3%
└
Searing Flame II
100%
└
Chaos Attunement
100%
└
Inexorable Critical I
100%
Mana Tempest
4.3%
└
Arcane Surge
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Lightning Mastery
100%
Detonate Dead
4.3%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Searing Flame II
100%
└
Spell Cascade
100%
Fulmination
4.3%
└
Elemental Armament I
100%
└
Electrocute
100%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
└
Lightning Mastery
100%
└
Lightning Attunement
100%
Iron Ward
4.3%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Heft
100%
└
Brutality III
100%
└
Physical Mastery
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
Cast on Block
4.3%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Energy Retention
100%
Grim Pillars
4.3%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Energy Retention
100%
Scavenged Plating
4.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Herbalism I
100%
└
Physical Mastery
100%
Raise Shield
4.3%
Rite of Restoration
4.3%
Volatile Dead
4.3%
Purity of Fire
4.3%
└
Vitality II
100%
└
Cool Headed
100%
└
Strong Hearted
100%
└
Warm Blooded
100%
Mist Raven
4.3%
└
Hulking Minions
100%
└
Execute II
100%
└
Bidding II
100%
└
Chaos Attunement
100%
Arctic Armour
4.3%
└
Clarity II
100%
Malice
4.3%
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4.3%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Rapid Casting III
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Second Wind II
100%
Parry
4.3%
Skeletal Reaver
4.3%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
100%
└
Minion Mastery
100%
└
Meat Shield II
100%
└
Last Gasp
100%
Spiraling Conspiracy
4.3%
└
Kurgal's Leash
100%
└
Bidding III
100%
Unleash
4.3%
Animus Exchange
4.3%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%