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1.6%
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0.9%
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0.4%
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2.8%
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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%

Despair

(Gemling Legionnaire) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 22 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-29 19:45:52 UTC

The Despair is a highly effective skill for the Gemling Legionnaire in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 22 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Impending Doom, Spell Cascade, Zenith II. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Essence of Virtue, Advanced Thaumaturgy, Implanted Gems on the skill tree.

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

★ Selected Main Skills

Despair
100%
└
Impending Doom
100%
└
Spell Cascade
95.5%
└
Zenith II
59.1%
└
Cursed Ground
54.5%
└
Doedre's Undoing
45.5%
└
Overabundance II
27.3%
└
Rakiata's Flow
22.7%
└
Trickster's Shard
18.2%
└
Ritualistic Curse
13.6%
└
Execute III
13.6%
└
Focused Curse
9.1%
└
Chaos Mastery
9.1%
└
Efficiency II
9.1%
└
Pinpoint Critical
4.5%
└
Mobility
4.5%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Virtuous Barrier
100%
└
Armour Demolisher II
13.6%
└
Precision I
9.1%
└
Mysticism I
4.5%
└
Armour Demolisher I
4.5%
└
Clarity II
4.5%
└
Vitality I
4.5%
Mana Remnants
68.2%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
93.3%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
40%
└
Remnant Potency III
33.3%
└
Remnant Potency I
33.3%
└
Clarity II
6.7%
└
Remnant Potency II
6.7%
Archmage
59.1%
└
Lightning Mastery
53.8%
└
Atziri's Communion
38.5%
└
Clarity II
30.8%
└
Vitality I
7.7%
└
Mysticism II
7.7%
└
Clarity I
7.7%
└
Cool Headed
7.7%
└
Vitality II
7.7%
Withering Presence
54.5%
└
Chaos Mastery
75%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
└
Clarity II
16.7%
└
Clarity I
16.7%
└
Strong Hearted
8.3%
└
Warm Blooded
8.3%
└
Cool Headed
8.3%
└
Mysticism II
8.3%
└
Mysticism I
8.3%
The Stars Answer
50%
└
Shock
27.3%
└
Efficiency II
18.2%
└
Blindside
18.2%
└
Lightning Attunement
9.1%
└
Mobility
9.1%
└
Armour Break III
9.1%
Temporal Chains
45.5%
└
Ritualistic Curse
90%
└
Slow Potency
80%
└
Magnified Area II
80%
└
Heightened Curse
50%
└
Cursed Ground
10%
└
Hex Bloom
10%
Blasphemy
40.9%
└
Slow Potency
88.9%
└
Magnified Area II
88.9%
└
Ritualistic Curse
88.9%
└
Heightened Curse
44.4%
└
Cursed Ground
11.1%
└
Hex Bloom
11.1%
Cast on Dodge
27.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
└
Boundless Energy II
16.7%
└
Energy Retention
16.7%
└
Burning Inscription
16.7%
└
Magnified Area II
16.7%
└
Clarity II
16.7%
└
Warm Blooded
16.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
16.7%
└
Clarity I
16.7%
Enfeeble
27.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
└
Boundless Energy II
16.7%
└
Energy Retention
16.7%
└
Burning Inscription
16.7%
└
Magnified Area II
16.7%
└
Clarity II
16.7%
└
Warm Blooded
16.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
16.7%
└
Clarity I
16.7%
Arctic Armour
27.3%
└
Zenith II
50%
└
Cold Mastery
50%
└
Embitter
50%
└
Cold Penetration
50%
└
Blind II
33.3%
└
Knockback
33.3%
└
Execute III
33.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
16.7%
└
Chaos Attunement
16.7%
└
Controlled Destruction
16.7%
└
Freeze
16.7%
Mana Tempest
27.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
66.7%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Considered Casting
16.7%
└
Uhtred's Omen
16.7%
└
Uhtred's Rite
16.7%
└
Morgana's Tempest
16.7%
Convalescence
22.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Second Wind II
60%
└
Prolonged Duration II
40%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
20%
└
Rapid Casting II
20%
Hexblast
22.7%
└
Zenith I
20%
Impurity
18.2%
└
Vitality II
25%
└
Clarity II
25%
└
Cannibalism II
25%
└
Armour Demolisher II
25%
Freezing Mark
18.2%
└
Prolonged Duration I
25%
└
Efficiency I
25%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
25%
└
Prolonged Duration II
25%
└
Mark for Death
25%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
25%
Spellslinger
18.2%
Infernal Cry
18.2%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
25%
└
Second Wind III
25%
Punch
13.6%
└
Rapid Attacks II
66.7%
└
Rage II
66.7%
└
Potent Exposure
33.3%
└
Close Combat II
33.3%
└
Elemental Armament I
33.3%
└
Immolate
33.3%
└
Rapid Attacks I
33.3%
└
Lightning Attunement
33.3%
└
Deliberation
33.3%
└
Life Leech I
33.3%
Blink
13.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
66.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Mobility
33.3%
Alchemist's Boon
13.6%
└
Herbalism I
33.3%
└
Vitality II
33.3%
└
Clarity I
33.3%
Sniper's Mark
13.6%
└
Efficiency I
33.3%
└
Lifetap
33.3%
└
Charge Profusion I
33.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
33.3%
Chaos Bolt
9.1%
└
Multishot II
50%
└
Mobility
50%
Dark Effigy
9.1%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
100%
└
Deliberation
100%
└
Poison II
50%
└
Withering Touch
50%
└
Extraction
50%
└
Poison III
50%
Sigil of Power
9.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
Frost Bomb
9.1%
└
Long Fuse II
50%
└
Short Fuse II
50%
└
Brutality II
50%
Charge Regulation
9.1%
Arc
9.1%
└
Mobility
50%
└
Lightning Penetration
50%
Boneshatter
9.1%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Life Leech III
50%
└
Rapid Attacks II
50%
└
Close Combat II
50%
Soul Offering
9.1%
└
Brutus' Brain
100%
└
Danse Macabre
100%
└
Kulemak's Dominion
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Sacrificial Offering
50%
Skeletal Cleric
9.1%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
100%
└
Meat Shield II
50%
Voltaic Mark
9.1%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Prolonged Duration I
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
50%
└
Charged Mark
50%
Mana Drain
9.1%
Frost Wall
4.5%
Elemental Weakness
4.5%
Volatile Dead
4.5%
Perfect Strike
4.5%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Armour Demolisher II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks III
100%
Armour Breaker
4.5%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Armour Demolisher II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks III
100%
Power Siphon
4.5%
Molten Blast
4.5%
Shockwave Totem
4.5%
Plague Bearer
4.5%
Tornado
4.5%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
Resonating Shield
4.5%
Stormcaller Arrow
4.5%
└
Shock
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Lightning Attunement
100%
└
Lifetap
100%
Snipe
4.5%
└
Elemental Armament I
100%
└
Window of Opportunity I
100%
└
Life Leech I
100%
Bloodhound's Mark
4.5%
└
Pin I
100%
└
Close Combat I
100%
└
Charged Mark
100%
Refutation
4.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Clarity I
100%
Berserk
4.5%
Eternal Rage
4.5%
Consecrate
4.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Persistent Ground III
100%
└
Encroaching Ground
100%
Volcano
4.5%
Mace Strike
4.5%
└
Heavy Swing
100%
└
Bleed I
100%
└
Rage I
100%
Contagion
4.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Magnified Area I
100%
Earthquake
4.5%
Cast on Block
4.5%
└
Heightened Curse
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
100%
Time of Need
4.5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
Raise Shield
4.5%
Rolling Slam
4.5%
Shield Wall
4.5%
Volcanic Fissure
4.5%
Forge Hammer
4.5%
Magma Barrier
4.5%
His Scattering Calamity
4.5%
Feast of Flesh
4.5%
Lightning Rod
4.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Elemental Armament I
100%
└
Deliberation
100%
Toxic Growth
4.5%
└
Longshot II
100%
└
Stoicism I
100%
└
Corrosion
100%
Pounce
4.5%
└
Blind II
100%
└
Maim
100%
└
Brutus' Brain
100%
Lightning Arrow
4.5%
└
Innervate
100%
└
Execute III
100%
Freezing Salvo
4.5%
└
Slow Potency
100%
└
Fire Penetration II
100%
Elemental Conflux
4.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
Spark
4.5%