ProExile Logo
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

(Gemling Legionnaire) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 52 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-09-04 12:01:30 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 52 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Zenith II, Swift Affliction II, Chaos Mastery. 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

Essence Drain
100%
└
Zenith II
88.5%
└
Swift Affliction II
86.5%
└
Chaos Mastery
76.9%
└
Profanity II
61.5%
└
Vilenta's Propulsion
53.8%
└
Considered Casting
34.6%
└
Deliberation
19.2%
└
Sione's Temper
9.6%
└
Chaos Attunement
7.7%
└
Efficiency II
7.7%
└
Poison III
7.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
5.8%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
3.8%
└
Blind II
3.8%
└
Dominus' Grasp
3.8%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Despair
100%
└
Magnified Area II
82.7%
└
Ritualistic Curse
76.9%
└
Atziri's Communion
28.8%
└
Heightened Curse
28.8%
└
Decaying Hex
21.2%
└
Mysticism II
15.4%
└
Cursed Ground
11.5%
└
Doedre's Undoing
11.5%
└
Focused Curse
11.5%
└
Impending Doom
9.6%
└
Slow Potency
7.7%
└
Spell Cascade
7.7%
└
Trickster's Shard
3.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
3.8%
└
Rakiata's Flow
3.8%
Withering Presence
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
94.2%
└
Chaos Mastery
28.8%
└
Clarity I
21.2%
└
Dialla's Desire
17.3%
└
Uhtred's Augury
13.5%
└
Clarity II
13.5%
└
Armour Demolisher II
11.5%
└
Uhtred's Omen
7.7%
└
Cannibalism I
7.7%
└
Armour Demolisher I
5.8%
└
Mysticism I
3.8%
└
Prolonged Duration I
3.8%
└
Cannibalism II
1.9%
└
Her Declaration
1.9%
└
Compressed Duration I
1.9%
Virtuous Barrier
100%
└
Armour Demolisher II
50%
└
Cool Headed
26.9%
└
Clarity II
7.7%
└
Precision I
7.7%
└
Vitality I
5.8%
└
Armour Demolisher I
5.8%
└
Cannibalism I
3.8%
└
Uruk's Smelting
3.8%
└
Clarity I
3.8%
└
Warm Blooded
3.8%
└
Her Declaration
1.9%
└
Vitality II
1.9%
└
Mysticism I
1.9%
Contagion
96.2%
└
Magnified Area II
92%
└
Swift Affliction II
76%
└
Chaos Mastery
70%
└
Arcane Surge
66%
└
Zenith II
64%
└
Chaotic Freeze
26%
└
Efficiency II
22%
└
Prolonged Duration II
16%
└
Rapid Casting II
8%
└
Mobility
6%
└
Unleash
6%
└
Considered Casting
6%
└
Swift Affliction III
4%
└
Dialla's Desire
4%
└
Profanity II
4%
Blasphemy
96.2%
└
Ritualistic Curse
96%
└
Magnified Area II
94%
└
Atziri's Communion
30%
└
Heightened Curse
28%
└
Slow Potency
20%
└
Mysticism II
16%
└
Decaying Hex
10%
└
Dialla's Desire
2%
└
Mysticism I
2%
└
Hex Bloom
2%
└
Rapid Casting II
2%
Temporal Chains
96.2%
└
Ritualistic Curse
96%
└
Magnified Area II
94%
└
Atziri's Communion
30%
└
Heightened Curse
28%
└
Slow Potency
20%
└
Mysticism II
16%
└
Decaying Hex
10%
└
Dialla's Desire
2%
└
Mysticism I
2%
└
Hex Bloom
2%
└
Rapid Casting II
2%
Dark Effigy
88.5%
└
Urgent Totems III
89.1%
└
Chaos Attunement
78.3%
└
Overabundance II
67.4%
└
Poison II
60.9%
└
Chaos Mastery
47.8%
└
Efficiency II
28.3%
└
Execute III
28.3%
└
Controlled Destruction
21.7%
└
Concentrated Area
17.4%
└
Poison III
15.2%
└
Rapid Casting II
10.9%
└
Zenith II
4.3%
└
Extraction
4.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
2.2%
└
Deliberation
2.2%
Flameblast
88.5%
└
Considered Casting
95.7%
└
Burgeon II
84.8%
└
Searing Flame II
76.1%
└
Zenith II
71.7%
└
Poison II
39.1%
└
Execute III
30.4%
└
Concentrated Area
21.7%
└
Controlled Destruction
15.2%
└
Ignite III
10.9%
└
Fire Mastery
6.5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
6.5%
└
Poison III
6.5%
└
Deliberation
4.3%
└
Scouring Flame
4.3%
└
Eternal Flame II
4.3%
Convalescence
65.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
97.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
94.1%
└
Second Wind III
70.6%
└
Her Declaration
23.5%
└
Seraph's Heart
17.6%
└
Second Wind II
14.7%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
5.9%
└
Clarity II
2.9%
└
Rapid Casting III
2.9%
└
Inhibitor
2.9%
└
Slow Potency
2.9%
└
Armour Demolisher I
2.9%
└
Rapid Casting II
2.9%
└
Armour Demolisher II
2.9%
└
Efficiency II
2.9%
The Stars Answer
40.4%
└
Deliberation
23.8%
└
Efficiency II
19%
└
Execute III
9.5%
└
Poison II
9.5%
└
Efficiency I
9.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
9.5%
└
Armour Demolisher I
9.5%
└
Slow Potency
9.5%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
4.8%
└
Heft
4.8%
└
Ignite III
4.8%
└
Armour Demolisher II
4.8%
└
Corrosion
4.8%
└
Rapid Casting II
4.8%
└
Blindside
4.8%
Spellslinger
25%
└
Vitality II
7.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
7.7%
└
Uruk's Smelting
7.7%
└
Cannibalism I
7.7%
└
Living Lightning II
7.7%
└
Boundless Energy II
7.7%
Sigil of Power
21.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
63.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
63.6%
└
Magnified Area II
36.4%
└
Mobility
27.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
18.2%
└
Second Wind I
9.1%
└
Efficiency II
9.1%
└
Second Wind III
9.1%
└
Prolonged Duration I
9.1%
└
Inhibitor
9.1%
└
Second Wind II
9.1%
Firestorm
19.2%
└
Execute II
40%
└
Fire Penetration II
30%
└
Blindside
30%
└
Prolonged Duration II
30%
└
Overabundance I
30%
└
Armour Demolisher II
20%
└
Deliberation
20%
└
Efficiency II
20%
└
Fire Exposure
20%
└
Corrosion
20%
└
Slow Potency
20%
└
Prolonged Duration I
20%
└
Execute I
10%
└
Mobility
10%
└
Overabundance II
10%
Spark
17.3%
└
Pierce II
11.1%
└
Deliberation
11.1%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
11.1%
└
Blind II
11.1%
└
Fire Attunement
11.1%
└
Compressed Duration II
11.1%
└
Efficiency I
11.1%
└
Lifetap
11.1%
└
Enduring Impact II
11.1%
└
Corrosion
11.1%
└
Bleed III
11.1%
└
Blindside
11.1%
└
Brutality II
11.1%
Mana Remnants
15.4%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
87.5%
└
Remnant Potency I
50%
└
Remnant Potency III
37.5%
└
Cannibalism II
25%
└
Clarity II
12.5%
└
Armour Demolisher II
12.5%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
12.5%
└
Vitality II
12.5%
└
Atziri's Communion
12.5%
Arc
15.4%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
50%
└
Deliberation
25%
└
Shock
25%
└
Bleed I
25%
└
Chain I
25%
└
Blind I
12.5%
└
Ricochet I
12.5%
└
Projectile Acceleration I
12.5%
└
Multishot I
12.5%
└
Ricochet II
12.5%
└
Innervate
12.5%
└
Pierce III
12.5%
└
Lightning Exposure
12.5%
└
Lightning Penetration
12.5%
└
Armour Demolisher I
12.5%
Ember Fusillade
15.4%
└
Compressed Duration II
50%
└
Heft
25%
└
Efficiency II
25%
└
Efficiency I
25%
└
Brutality I
12.5%
└
Execute I
12.5%
└
Nova Projectiles II
12.5%
└
Chain II
12.5%
└
Escalating Poison
12.5%
└
Knockback
12.5%
└
Lifetap
12.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
12.5%
└
Execute III
12.5%
└
Fire Attunement
12.5%
└
Ignite I
12.5%
Fireball
15.4%
└
Deliberation
50%
└
Multishot II
37.5%
└
Mobility
25%
└
Nova Projectiles I
25%
└
Fire Penetration II
25%
└
Ignite II
25%
└
Efficiency II
25%
└
Chain I
25%
└
Ricochet I
12.5%
└
Pierce II
12.5%
└
Projectile Acceleration I
12.5%
└
Fire Attunement
12.5%
└
Bleed I
12.5%
└
Deadly Poison II
12.5%
└
Fire Exposure
12.5%
Chaos Bolt
11.5%
└
Deep Cuts II
16.7%
└
Nova Projectiles II
16.7%
└
Lightning Attunement
16.7%
└
Armour Demolisher II
16.7%
└
Chaos Mastery
16.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
16.7%
└
Withering Touch
16.7%
Ravenous Swarm
11.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Culling Strike II
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Poison II
16.7%
└
Blind II
16.7%
└
Chaos Mastery
16.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
16.7%
└
Rapid Attacks III
16.7%
└
Tul's Stillness
16.7%
└
Poison III
16.7%
└
Arakaali's Lust
16.7%
└
Clarity II
16.7%
└
Admixture
16.7%
└
Armour Demolisher I
16.7%
└
Brutality I
16.7%
Entangle
9.6%
└
Slow Potency
40%
└
Prolonged Duration II
40%
└
Poison III
20%
└
Blind II
20%
└
Efficiency II
20%
└
Poison Spores
20%
└
Stun II
20%
└
Efficiency I
20%
└
Lifetap
20%
└
Knockback
20%
└
Heft
20%
└
Exploit Weakness
20%
└
Branching Fissures II
20%
└
Swift Affliction II
20%
└
Bounty I
20%
Impurity
9.6%
└
Cool Headed
60%
└
Vitality II
40%
└
Clarity II
40%
└
Cannibalism II
20%
└
Seraph's Heart
20%
└
Her Declaration
20%
└
Warm Blooded
20%
Flame Wall
7.7%
└
Innervate
50%
└
Blindside
50%
└
Fire Exposure
25%
└
Ignite III
25%
└
Lightning Attunement
25%
└
Living Lightning II
25%
└
Boundless Energy II
25%
└
Brutality I
25%
└
Enduring Impact I
25%
└
Armour Break I
25%
└
Swift Affliction III
25%
Ghost Dance
7.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Vitality I
25%
└
Atziri's Communion
25%
└
Clarity I
25%
└
Armour Demolisher II
25%
└
Precision II
25%
└
Strong Hearted
25%
Unleash
7.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
25%
└
Profanity II
25%
└
Arcane Surge
25%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
25%
└
Lifetap
25%
└
Prolonged Duration II
25%
└
Armour Demolisher II
25%
└
Compressed Duration II
25%
Solar Orb
7.7%
Ice Nova
5.8%
└
Blindside
33.3%
Power Siphon
5.8%
└
Deliberation
33.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
33.3%
└
Charge Profusion II
33.3%
└
Execute II
33.3%
└
Bounty II
33.3%
└
Corrosion
33.3%
└
Mobility
33.3%
└
Charge Profusion I
33.3%
Incinerate
5.8%
└
Deliberation
33.3%
└
Corrosion
33.3%
└
Bursting Plague
33.3%
└
Deadly Poison I
33.3%
└
Blindside
33.3%
└
Fire Attunement
33.3%
└
Ignite I
33.3%
└
Poison II
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Searing Flame II
33.3%
└
Considered Casting
33.3%
└
Ignite III
33.3%
└
Burgeon II
33.3%
Living Bomb
5.8%
└
Efficiency II
66.7%
└
Brutality I
33.3%
└
Overabundance II
33.3%
└
Armour Demolisher I
33.3%
└
Bleed I
33.3%
└
Deliberation
33.3%
└
Overabundance I
33.3%
└
Bleed III
33.3%
└
Rageforged II
33.3%
└
Remnant Potency I
33.3%
└
Execute III
33.3%
Wolf Pack
5.8%
└
Romira's Requital
66.7%
└
Infernal Legion I
33.3%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
33.3%
└
Sacrificial Lamb II
33.3%
└
Minion Instability
33.3%
└
Deadly Poison II
33.3%
└
Poison III
33.3%
└
Last Gasp
33.3%
└
Meat Shield II
33.3%
└
Heft
33.3%
└
Lightning Attunement
33.3%
└
Bleed II
33.3%
└
Rapid Attacks I
33.3%
Mana Drain
5.8%
└
Deliberation
33.3%
└
Inhibitor
33.3%
└
Slow Potency
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Mobility
33.3%
Arctic Armour
5.8%
└
Knockback
100%
└
Cold Mastery
66.7%
└
Corrosion
33.3%
└
Poison III
33.3%
└
Bleed III
33.3%
└
Armour Break III
33.3%
└
Dialla's Desire
33.3%
└
Zenith II
33.3%
└
Freeze
33.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
33.3%
└
Blind II
33.3%
└
Execute III
33.3%
Sniper's Mark
5.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
66.7%
└
Second Wind I
33.3%
└
Charge Profusion I
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Overabundance I
33.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
33.3%
Consecrate
5.8%
└
Deliberation
33.3%
└
Mobility
33.3%
└
Slow Potency
33.3%
└
Inhibitor
33.3%
Blink
5.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
└
Uhtred's Augury
33.3%
Cast on Critical
5.8%
└
Sione's Temper
33.3%
└
Boundless Energy II
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
└
Energy Retention
33.3%
Infernal Cry
5.8%
└
Second Wind II
33.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
33.3%
└
Battershout
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
Time of Need
5.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
66.7%
└
Armour Demolisher I
33.3%
└
Herbalism I
33.3%
└
Direstrike II
33.3%
└
Vitality I
33.3%
└
Cannibalism II
33.3%
Thunderstorm
5.8%
└
Living Lightning II
33.3%
└
Boundless Energy II
33.3%
Unearth
5.8%
└
Escalating Poison
66.7%
└
Culling Strike I
66.7%
└
Blindside
66.7%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Culling Strike II
33.3%
└
Brutus' Brain
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
└
Armour Demolisher I
33.3%
└
Brutality I
33.3%
└
Lightning Attunement
33.3%
└
Heightened Accuracy I
33.3%
Frostbolt
5.8%
└
Deliberation
33.3%
└
Ricochet II
33.3%
└
Chain I
33.3%
└
Multishot II
33.3%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
33.3%
└
Execute III
33.3%
└
Mobility
33.3%
└
Shock
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
Frost Wall
3.8%
└
Bleed III
50%
└
Fire Penetration II
50%
└
Armour Break III
50%
└
Xoph's Pyre
50%
└
Efficiency I
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Blindside
50%
Alchemist's Boon
3.8%
└
Clarity I
50%
└
Uhtred's Omen
50%
└
Armour Demolisher I
50%
Frost Darts
3.8%
└
Deliberation
50%
└
Ignite I
50%
└
Multishot II
50%
└
Execute III
50%
└
Projectile Acceleration II
50%
Comet
3.8%
└
Efficiency I
50%
└
Execute I
50%
└
Knockback
50%
└
Commiserate
50%
└
Admixture
50%
└
Heft
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
Orb of Storms
3.8%
└
Lightning Exposure
50%
└
Prolonged Duration I
50%
└
Chain I
50%
└
Overabundance II
50%
└
Neural Overload
50%
Frost Bomb
3.8%
└
Blind II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Slow Potency
50%
└
Shock
50%
└
Blindside
50%
└
Concoct II
50%
└
Second Wind III
50%
Skeletal Warrior
3.8%
└
Maim
50%
└
Rapid Attacks III
50%
└
Culling Strike II
50%
└
Blind II
50%
└
Brutus' Brain
50%
Hexblast
3.8%
└
Deliberation
100%
└
Concentrated Area
50%
└
Profanity II
50%
└
Chaos Mastery
50%
└
Considered Casting
50%
└
Armour Demolisher II
50%
└
Ignite I
50%
└
Blind II
50%
└
Blindside
50%
Firebolt
3.8%
Voltaic Mark
3.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
Freezing Mark
3.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
Volcano
3.8%
└
Corrosion
50%
└
Chain II
50%
└
Slow Potency
50%
└
Blindside
50%
└
Overabundance I
50%
Profane Ritual
3.8%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Chaotic Freeze
50%
└
Chaos Mastery
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Considered Casting
50%
└
Charge Profusion II
50%
└
Brutality III
50%
└
Mobility
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
Punch
3.8%
└
Ambush
50%
└
Rage III
50%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Rapid Attacks I
50%
Enfeeble
3.8%
└
Mobility
50%
└
Inhibitor
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Ritualistic Curse
50%
└
Heightened Curse
50%
Archmage
3.8%
└
Armour Demolisher II
50%
└
Dialla's Desire
50%
└
Uhtred's Augury
50%
└
Lightning Mastery
50%