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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

(Gemling Legionnaire) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 17 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-29 19:45:52 UTC

The Essence Drain is a highly effective skill for the Gemling Legionnaire in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 17 top players in the 75-89 bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Swift Affliction II, Zenith II, Considered Casting. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Void, Essence of Virtue, Advanced Thaumaturgy 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
100%
└
Zenith II
94.1%
└
Considered Casting
88.2%
└
Deliberation
76.5%
└
Profanity II
58.8%
└
Intense Agony
17.6%
└
Dominus' Grasp
17.6%
└
Sione's Temper
17.6%
└
Chaos Mastery
11.8%
└
Boundless Energy II
5.9%
└
Energy Retention
5.9%
└
Poison III
5.9%
└
Rakiata's Flow
5.9%
└
Rapid Casting II
5.9%
└
Profanity I
5.9%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Despair
100%
└
Magnified Area II
88.2%
└
Ritualistic Curse
82.4%
└
Heightened Curse
70.6%
└
Chaos Mastery
11.8%
└
Decaying Hex
11.8%
└
Slow Potency
5.9%
└
Mysticism II
5.9%
└
Atziri's Communion
5.9%
└
Hayoxi's Fulmination
5.9%
└
Prolonged Duration II
5.9%
└
Doedre's Undoing
5.9%
└
Overabundance II
5.9%
└
Arcane Surge
5.9%
└
Cursed Ground
5.9%
Temporal Chains
100%
└
Magnified Area II
94.1%
└
Ritualistic Curse
94.1%
└
Heightened Curse
58.8%
└
Slow Potency
23.5%
└
Mysticism II
5.9%
└
Atziri's Communion
5.9%
└
Decaying Hex
5.9%
└
Efficiency II
5.9%
└
Expand
5.9%
Virtuous Barrier
100%
└
Armour Demolisher II
11.8%
└
Precision I
5.9%
└
Cannibalism I
5.9%
Blasphemy
94.1%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
93.8%
└
Heightened Curse
56.2%
└
Slow Potency
18.8%
└
Mysticism II
6.2%
└
Atziri's Communion
6.2%
└
Decaying Hex
6.2%
Contagion
94.1%
└
Magnified Area II
93.8%
└
Chaotic Freeze
87.5%
└
Efficiency II
75%
└
Swift Affliction II
75%
└
Chaos Mastery
75%
└
Unleash
12.5%
└
Mobility
6.2%
└
Rapid Casting II
6.2%
└
Considered Casting
6.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
6.2%
└
Zenith II
6.2%
Flameblast
88.2%
└
Considered Casting
100%
└
Burgeon II
100%
└
Concentrated Area
93.3%
└
Controlled Destruction
86.7%
└
Poison II
66.7%
└
Fire Mastery
13.3%
└
Xoph's Pyre
6.7%
└
Eternal Flame II
6.7%
└
Poison III
6.7%
└
Searing Flame II
6.7%
Withering Presence
88.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
86.7%
└
Cannibalism I
33.3%
└
Chaos Mastery
20%
└
Clarity II
6.7%
└
Vitality I
6.7%
└
Clarity I
6.7%
Dark Effigy
76.5%
└
Urgent Totems III
92.3%
└
Controlled Destruction
92.3%
└
Chaos Mastery
84.6%
└
Chaos Attunement
76.9%
└
Efficiency II
61.5%
└
Rapid Casting II
15.4%
└
Concentrated Area
15.4%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
7.7%
└
Deliberation
7.7%
└
Zenith II
7.7%
└
Urgent Totems II
7.7%
Spellslinger
29.4%
└
Boundless Energy II
40%
└
Energy Retention
40%
└
Zenith II
20%
└
Efficiency II
20%
Convalescence
17.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
└
Mysticism I
33.3%
└
Second Wind II
33.3%
Consecrate
17.6%
Sniper's Mark
17.6%
Mana Drain
17.6%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Mobility
33.3%
└
Lifetap
33.3%
└
Deliberation
33.3%
Chaos Bolt
17.6%
└
Withering Touch
33.3%
└
Zenith II
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
└
Chaos Mastery
33.3%
Punch
11.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Brutality II
50%
└
Verglas
50%
Arctic Armour
11.8%
└
Slow Potency
50%
└
Freeze
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Blind II
50%
└
Knockback
50%
└
Cold Mastery
50%
Ghost Dance
11.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Clarity II
50%
└
Mysticism II
50%
Sigil of Power
11.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Mobility
50%
Voltaic Mark
11.8%
Solar Orb
11.8%
Power Siphon
11.8%
Refutation
11.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Efficiency II
50%
Unleash
5.9%
Frostflame Nova
5.9%
Mana Remnants
5.9%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
Elemental Weakness
5.9%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Lifetap
100%
└
Compressed Duration II
100%
Hexblast
5.9%
└
Execute II
100%
└
Swift Affliction III
100%
└
Momentum
100%
└
Deliberation
100%
Profane Ritual
5.9%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Compressed Duration II
100%
└
Lifetap
100%
└
Rageforged II
100%
Freezing Mark
5.9%
Ravenous Swarm
5.9%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Overabundance II
100%
└
Deadly Poison II
100%
Infernal Cry
5.9%
Tame Beast
5.9%
Attrition
5.9%
Living Bomb
5.9%
└
Considered Casting
100%
└
Controlled Destruction
100%
└
Overabundance II
100%
└
Fire Mastery
100%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
Incinerate
5.9%
└
Considered Casting
100%
└
Searing Flame II
100%
└
Burgeon II
100%
└
Fire Mastery
100%
└
Chaos Attunement
100%
Fireball
5.9%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Energy Retention
100%
Spark
5.9%
└
Multishot II
100%
└
Commiserate
100%
└
Fork
100%
└
Lightning Attunement
100%
Bone Blast
5.9%
└
Shock
100%
└
Lightning Attunement
100%
└
Mobility
100%
Reap
5.9%
└
Bounty II
100%
└
Blind II
100%
└
Corrosion
100%
Entangle
5.9%
└
Overabundance I
100%
└
Lightning Attunement
100%
Firebolt
5.9%
└
Multishot II
100%
└
Pierce III
100%
└
Shock
100%
└
Corrosion
100%
Trail of Caltrops
5.9%
└
Corrosion
100%
└
Bursting Plague
100%
└
Overcharge
100%
└
Swift Affliction I
100%
Plague Bearer
5.9%
└
Blindside
100%
└
Precision I
100%
└
Bursting Plague
100%
└
Corrosion
100%