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Abyssal Lich
1.6%
Acolyte Of Chayula
0.9%
Amazon
0.4%
Blood Mage
2.8%
Chronomancer
0.9%
Deadeye
5.8%
Disciple Of Varashta
2.3%
Druid
10.9%
Gemling Legionnaire
11.6%
Huntress
1.7%
Infernalist
3.3%
Invoker
0.1%
Lich
1%
Martial Artist
13.5%
Mercenary
Monk
13.2%
Oracle
3.8%
Pathfinder
1.5%
Ranger
Ritualist
1.4%
Shaman
1.4%
Smith Of Kitava
0.3%
Sorceress
Spirit Walker
12.5%
Stormweaver
4%
Tactician
0.8%
Titan
2.2%
Warbringer
0.3%
Warrior
0.8%
Witch
Witchhunter
1.1%

Essence Drain

(Druid) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 66 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-29 19:45:52 UTC

The Essence Drain is a highly effective skill for the Druid in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 66 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Swift Affliction II, Considered Casting, Chaos Mastery. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Dark Entries, Pure Energy, Enhanced Barrier 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
80.3%
└
Considered Casting
75.8%
└
Chaos Mastery
75.8%
└
Chain III
48.5%
└
Zenith II
45.5%
└
Deliberation
31.8%
└
Chain II
22.7%
└
Sione's Temper
21.2%
└
Intense Agony
13.6%
└
Rapid Casting II
12.1%
└
Execute III
10.6%
└
Swift Affliction III
7.6%
└
Extraction
6.1%
└
Minion Pact II
6.1%
└
Chaotic Freeze
4.5%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Despair
97%
└
Heightened Curse
81.2%
└
Decaying Hex
65.6%
└
Efficiency II
46.9%
└
Magnified Area II
45.3%
└
Cursed Ground
43.8%
└
Doedre's Undoing
29.7%
└
Ritualistic Curse
25%
└
Prolonged Duration II
17.2%
└
Focused Curse
12.5%
└
Impending Doom
12.5%
└
Spell Cascade
10.9%
└
Hayoxi's Fulmination
10.9%
└
Atziri's Allure
7.8%
└
Arcane Surge
7.8%
└
Expand
3.1%
Temporal Chains
92.4%
└
Magnified Area II
96.7%
└
Ritualistic Curse
93.4%
└
Slow Potency
62.3%
└
Heightened Curse
27.9%
└
Hex Bloom
21.3%
└
Decaying Hex
8.2%
└
Focused Curse
4.9%
└
Atziri's Communion
4.9%
└
Rapid Casting II
3.3%
└
Lifetap
1.6%
└
Clarity II
1.6%
└
Mysticism I
1.6%
└
Efficiency II
1.6%
└
Doedre's Undoing
1.6%
└
Armour Demolisher I
1.6%
Contagion
92.4%
└
Magnified Area II
85.2%
└
Unleash
72.1%
└
Chaotic Freeze
65.6%
└
Arcane Surge
47.5%
└
Rapid Casting II
44.3%
└
Efficiency II
24.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
19.7%
└
Intense Agony
14.8%
└
Chaos Mastery
13.1%
└
Swift Affliction II
11.5%
└
Zenith II
9.8%
└
Considered Casting
9.8%
└
Rapid Casting III
8.2%
└
Acrimony
8.2%
└
Rapid Casting I
4.9%
Dark Effigy
90.9%
└
Urgent Totems III
85%
└
Overabundance II
85%
└
Concentrated Area
56.7%
└
Controlled Destruction
53.3%
└
Execute III
41.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
20%
└
Extraction
20%
└
Poison II
18.3%
└
Poison III
15%
└
Chaos Mastery
11.7%
└
Efficiency II
10%
└
Rapid Casting III
8.3%
└
Zenith II
6.7%
└
Urgent Totems II
6.7%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
5%
Blasphemy
90.9%
└
Magnified Area II
96.7%
└
Ritualistic Curse
93.3%
└
Slow Potency
63.3%
└
Heightened Curse
26.7%
└
Hex Bloom
21.7%
└
Decaying Hex
6.7%
└
Atziri's Communion
5%
└
Focused Curse
3.3%
└
Clarity II
1.7%
└
Mysticism I
1.7%
└
Doedre's Undoing
1.7%
└
Armour Demolisher I
1.7%
└
Clarity I
1.7%
Withering Presence
87.9%
└
Prolonged Duration II
81%
└
Chaos Mastery
81%
└
Clarity II
37.9%
└
Clarity I
32.8%
└
Mysticism I
13.8%
└
Prolonged Duration I
5.2%
└
Mysticism II
5.2%
└
Uhtred's Augury
3.4%
└
Uhtred's Omen
3.4%
└
Cool Headed
3.4%
└
Vitality II
1.7%
└
Cannibalism I
1.7%
└
Seraph's Heart
1.7%
└
Atziri's Communion
1.7%
└
Her Declaration
1.7%
Convalescence
77.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
88.2%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
88.2%
└
Second Wind II
35.3%
└
Second Wind III
25.5%
└
Rapid Casting II
17.6%
└
Mysticism I
11.8%
└
Clarity I
11.8%
└
Clarity II
9.8%
└
Rapid Casting III
7.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
5.9%
└
Mysticism II
5.9%
└
Efficiency II
3.9%
└
Atziri's Communion
3.9%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
3.9%
└
Her Declaration
2%
Sigil of Power
65.2%
└
Magnified Area II
93%
└
Prolonged Duration II
88.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
41.9%
└
Rapid Casting II
37.2%
└
Second Wind III
14%
└
Rapid Casting III
7%
└
Efficiency II
7%
└
Rapid Casting I
4.7%
└
Mobility
4.7%
└
Compressed Duration II
2.3%
└
Magnified Area I
2.3%
└
Arcane Surge
2.3%
└
Profanity II
2.3%
└
Overabundance II
2.3%
Chaos Bolt
47%
└
Rapid Casting II
71%
└
Withering Touch
45.2%
└
Extraction
45.2%
└
Chaos Mastery
41.9%
└
Execute III
19.4%
└
Chain III
16.1%
└
Sione's Temper
12.9%
└
Controlled Destruction
9.7%
└
Poison II
9.7%
└
Unleash
9.7%
└
Freeze
6.5%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
6.5%
└
Considered Casting
6.5%
└
Dominus' Grasp
6.5%
└
Deadly Poison II
3.2%
Ravenous Swarm
27.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
61.1%
└
Escalating Poison
61.1%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Culling Strike II
38.9%
└
Withering Touch
33.3%
└
Poison II
33.3%
└
Poison III
27.8%
└
Bleed III
11.1%
└
Maim
11.1%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
11.1%
└
Blind II
11.1%
└
Clarity I
5.6%
└
Chaos Attunement
5.6%
└
Slow Potency
5.6%
└
Corrosion
5.6%
Spellslinger
18.2%
└
Boundless Energy II
25%
└
Efficiency II
16.7%
└
Gorge
8.3%
└
Lifetap
8.3%
└
Energy Retention
8.3%
└
Withering Touch
8.3%
└
Fluke
8.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
8.3%
└
Armour Break III
8.3%
Mana Drain
12.1%
└
Slow Potency
12.5%
└
Rapid Casting II
12.5%
Enfeeble
10.6%
└
Magnified Area II
57.1%
└
Heightened Curse
57.1%
└
Ritualistic Curse
42.9%
└
Lifetap
42.9%
└
Rapid Casting II
28.6%
└
Efficiency II
28.6%
└
Atziri's Allure
14.3%
└
Cursed Ground
14.3%
└
Atziri's Communion
14.3%
└
Prolonged Duration I
14.3%
└
Armour Demolisher I
14.3%
└
Compressed Duration I
14.3%
Incinerate
10.6%
└
Xoph's Pyre
71.4%
└
Extraction
71.4%
└
Burgeon II
57.1%
└
Considered Casting
42.9%
└
Searing Flame II
42.9%
└
Scouring Flame
28.6%
└
Ignite III
28.6%
└
Concentrated Area
14.3%
└
Mobility
14.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
14.3%
└
Persistent Ground III
14.3%
└
Wildfire
14.3%
└
Fiery Death
14.3%
└
Blindside
14.3%
└
Escalating Poison
14.3%
Profane Ritual
9.1%
└
Mobility
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
└
Charge Profusion II
33.3%
└
Compressed Duration II
16.7%
└
Efficiency II
16.7%
└
Gorge
16.7%
└
Boundless Energy II
16.7%
└
Lifetap
16.7%
└
Magnified Area II
16.7%
└
Compressed Duration I
16.7%
└
Overabundance I
16.7%
Time Freeze
9.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Second Wind II
83.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
83.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
66.7%
└
Second Wind III
16.7%
Time Snap
9.1%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
66.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
66.7%
└
Second Wind III
33.3%
└
Second Wind II
16.7%
Virtuous Barrier
9.1%
└
Armour Demolisher II
16.7%
└
Clarity I
16.7%
└
Vitality II
16.7%
└
Clarity II
16.7%
Unearth
9.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
└
Corpse Conservation
33.3%
└
Magnified Area I
16.7%
└
Minion Mastery
16.7%
└
Rage II
16.7%
└
Feeding Frenzy II
16.7%
└
Unleash
16.7%
└
Brutus' Brain
16.7%
└
Magnified Area II
16.7%
└
Efficiency II
16.7%
└
Mobility
16.7%
└
Heft
16.7%
└
Stun III
16.7%
└
Bleed III
16.7%
└
Execute III
16.7%
Flameblast
7.6%
└
Considered Casting
80%
└
Searing Flame II
80%
└
Burgeon II
80%
└
Concentrated Area
80%
└
Fire Mastery
60%
└
Magnified Area II
20%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
20%
└
Execute III
20%
└
Ignite III
20%
└
Controlled Destruction
20%
└
Poison II
20%
Power Siphon
7.6%
└
Pinpoint Critical
20%
└
Rapid Casting II
20%
Mana Remnants
6.1%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
75%
└
Clarity I
50%
└
Remnant Potency I
25%
└
Remnant Potency III
25%
Wolf Pack
6.1%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
75%
└
Romira's Requital
75%
└
Minion Mastery
75%
└
Hulking Minions
50%
└
Infernal Legion II
50%
└
Minion Instability
50%
└
Essence Harvest
25%
└
Loyalty
25%
└
Elemental Army
25%
Skeletal Reaver
6.1%
└
Minion Mastery
75%
└
Rage III
25%
└
Heft
25%
└
Life Leech II
25%
└
Feeding Frenzy II
25%
└
Meat Shield II
25%
└
Last Gasp
25%
Impurity
6.1%
└
Clarity II
50%
└
Mysticism II
50%
└
Cool Headed
25%
└
Warm Blooded
25%
└
Vitality II
25%
└
Cannibalism II
25%
Unleash
4.5%
Freezing Mark
4.5%
└
Eternal Mark
100%
└
Charged Mark
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
66.7%
└
Cold Mastery
33.3%
Archmage
4.5%
└
Lightning Mastery
100%
Skeletal Cleric
4.5%
└
Minion Mastery
100%
└
Brutus' Brain
33.3%
Soul Offering
4.5%
└
Sacrificial Offering
100%
└
Minion Mastery
66.7%
└
Danse Macabre
66.7%
└
Meat Shield II
66.7%
└
Kulemak's Dominion
66.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
Life Remnants
4.5%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
66.7%
└
Remnant Potency I
66.7%
└
Cannibalism II
33.3%
└
Mysticism I
33.3%
└
Remnant Potency III
33.3%
Ghost Dance
4.5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Warm Blooded
66.7%
└
Precision II
33.3%
└
Second Wind II
33.3%
Navira, the Last Mirage
3%
└
Bidding III
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Kurgal's Leash
100%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Cold Mastery
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
Bonestorm
3%
└
Lifetap
100%
└
Brutality III
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Brutality II
50%
Living Bomb
3%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Searing Flame II
50%
└
Fiery Death
50%
└
Ignite III
50%
└
Expand
50%
└
Overabundance II
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Fire Mastery
50%
Refutation
3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Second Wind III
50%
Demon Form
3%
└
Efficiency I
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Profanity I
50%
└
Helbrym's Hide
50%
Hexblast
3%
Plague Bearer
3%
└
Bursting Plague
100%
└
Precision II
50%
└
Blindside
50%
└
Corrosion
50%
└
Slow Potency
50%
└
Life Drain
50%
└
Escalating Poison
50%
└
Pin II
50%
The Stars Answer
3%
Spark
3%
└
Sione's Temper
50%
└
Lifetap
50%
└
Rising Tempest
50%
└
Considered Casting
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Zenith II
50%
└
Lightning Mastery
50%
Skeletal Frost Mage
3%
└
Minion Mastery
100%
└
Multishot II
50%
└
Brutus' Brain
50%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
50%
Skeletal Storm Mage
3%
└
Minion Mastery
100%
Temporal Rift
3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Uhtred's Rite
50%
└
Slow Potency
50%
Blink
3%
└
Atziri's Communion
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Second Wind III
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
Spell Totem
3%
└
Embitter
50%
└
Urgent Totems III
50%
└
Execute III
50%
└
Rakiata's Flow
50%
Frost Bomb
3%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Potent Exposure
100%
└
Short Fuse II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Overabundance I
50%
Discipline
3%
└
Clarity II
100%
└
Strong Hearted
50%
└
Upwelling I
50%
└
Cool Headed
50%
Solar Orb
3%
└
Ignite III
50%
└
Searing Flame II
50%
└
Considered Casting
50%
└
Eternal Flame II
50%