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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%
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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%
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Witchhunter
1.1%

Essence Drain

(Gemling Legionnaire) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 57 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 57 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Swift Affliction II, Considered Casting, 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

Essence Drain
100%
└
Swift Affliction II
86%
└
Considered Casting
78.9%
└
Zenith II
70.2%
└
Deliberation
59.6%
└
Profanity II
31.6%
└
Sione's Temper
26.3%
└
Chaos Mastery
24.6%
└
Dominus' Grasp
8.8%
└
Intense Agony
7%
└
Minion Pact II
7%
└
Efficiency II
7%
└
Mobility
7%
└
Corrosion
5.3%
└
Rageforged II
3.5%
└
Blind II
3.5%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Virtuous Barrier
100%
└
Armour Demolisher II
29.8%
└
Mysticism II
7%
└
Armour Demolisher I
5.3%
└
Cool Headed
5.3%
└
Warm Blooded
5.3%
└
Clarity I
5.3%
└
Vitality II
3.5%
└
Clarity II
3.5%
└
Mysticism I
3.5%
└
Strong Hearted
3.5%
└
Cannibalism I
1.8%
└
Uruk's Smelting
1.8%
└
Precision II
1.8%
Blasphemy
87.7%
└
Magnified Area II
96%
└
Ritualistic Curse
88%
└
Slow Potency
58%
└
Heightened Curse
40%
└
Prolonged Duration II
4%
└
Clarity I
4%
└
Decaying Hex
4%
└
Kalisa's Crescendo
2%
└
Vitality I
2%
└
Focused Curse
2%
└
Practical Magic II
2%
└
Concentrated Area
2%
└
Living Lightning II
2%
└
Culmination II
2%
└
Ailith's Chimes
2%
Temporal Chains
86%
└
Magnified Area II
98%
└
Ritualistic Curse
89.8%
└
Slow Potency
59.2%
└
Heightened Curse
42.9%
└
Decaying Hex
6.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
4.1%
└
Clarity I
4.1%
└
Kalisa's Crescendo
2%
└
Vitality I
2%
└
Poison II
2%
└
Cursed Ground
2%
└
Prolonged Duration I
2%
└
Atziri's Communion
2%
Contagion
84.2%
└
Magnified Area II
83.3%
└
Efficiency II
72.9%
└
Chaotic Freeze
64.6%
└
Swift Affliction II
58.3%
└
Chaos Mastery
56.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
22.9%
└
Rapid Casting II
16.7%
└
Mobility
12.5%
└
Unleash
12.5%
└
Arcane Surge
8.3%
└
Zenith II
8.3%
└
Acrimony
8.3%
└
Considered Casting
6.2%
└
Expand
6.2%
└
Slow Potency
6.2%
Withering Presence
84.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
89.6%
└
Chaos Mastery
62.5%
└
Cannibalism I
22.9%
└
Clarity I
10.4%
└
Armour Demolisher II
8.3%
└
Uruk's Smelting
6.2%
└
Cannibalism II
6.2%
└
Uhtred's Omen
4.2%
└
Uhtred's Augury
4.2%
└
Clarity II
2.1%
└
Mysticism I
2.1%
└
Strong Hearted
2.1%
└
Dialla's Desire
2.1%
└
Armour Demolisher I
2.1%
Despair
82.5%
└
Magnified Area II
70.2%
└
Heightened Curse
63.8%
└
Ritualistic Curse
61.7%
└
Decaying Hex
25.5%
└
Doedre's Undoing
19.1%
└
Cursed Ground
19.1%
└
Focused Curse
14.9%
└
Spell Cascade
12.8%
└
Impending Doom
12.8%
└
Slow Potency
12.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
8.5%
└
Zenith II
8.5%
└
Atziri's Allure
8.5%
└
Efficiency II
6.4%
└
Expand
4.3%
Dark Effigy
75.4%
└
Urgent Totems III
93%
└
Controlled Destruction
72.1%
└
Efficiency II
58.1%
└
Chaos Mastery
48.8%
└
Chaos Attunement
46.5%
└
Concentrated Area
25.6%
└
Poison II
20.9%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
16.3%
└
Zenith II
11.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
9.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
9.3%
└
Withering Touch
7%
└
Deliberation
7%
└
Extraction
7%
└
Poison III
7%
Flameblast
64.9%
└
Considered Casting
86.5%
└
Burgeon II
75.7%
└
Concentrated Area
67.6%
└
Controlled Destruction
64.9%
└
Poison II
48.6%
└
Searing Flame II
29.7%
└
Ignite III
18.9%
└
Xoph's Pyre
13.5%
└
Fire Mastery
10.8%
└
Vorana's Siege
10.8%
└
Scouring Flame
10.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
8.1%
└
Poison III
8.1%
└
Eternal Flame II
8.1%
└
Extraction
8.1%
Convalescence
38.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
90.9%
└
Prolonged Duration II
72.7%
└
Second Wind II
45.5%
└
Second Wind III
22.7%
└
Slow Potency
13.6%
└
Armour Demolisher II
13.6%
└
Efficiency II
13.6%
└
Rapid Casting II
13.6%
└
Inhibitor
9.1%
└
Mysticism I
9.1%
└
Lifetap
4.5%
└
Efficiency I
4.5%
└
Rapid Casting III
4.5%
└
Vitality II
4.5%
└
Clarity II
4.5%
Spellslinger
28.1%
└
Armour Demolisher I
18.8%
└
Boundless Energy II
12.5%
└
Swift Affliction II
12.5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
12.5%
└
Fiery Death
6.2%
└
Magnified Area II
6.2%
└
Chaos Mastery
6.2%
└
Efficiency II
6.2%
└
Spell Cascade
6.2%
└
Direstrike I
6.2%
└
Precision II
6.2%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
6.2%
└
Blindside
6.2%
└
Bounty I
6.2%
└
Mobility
6.2%
Mana Remnants
24.6%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
85.7%
└
Remnant Potency III
42.9%
└
Remnant Potency I
35.7%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
28.6%
└
Armour Demolisher II
21.4%
└
Precision I
14.3%
└
Selfless Remnants
7.1%
└
Clarity I
7.1%
└
Cannibalism II
7.1%
└
Clarity II
7.1%
└
Armour Demolisher I
7.1%
└
Remnant Potency II
7.1%
Arctic Armour
22.8%
└
Knockback
61.5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
53.8%
└
Cold Mastery
30.8%
└
Corrosion
15.4%
└
Freeze
15.4%
└
Armour Demolisher II
15.4%
└
Slow Potency
15.4%
└
Blind II
15.4%
└
Clarity II
15.4%
└
Pin I
7.7%
└
Controlled Destruction
7.7%
└
Elemental Focus
7.7%
└
Zenith II
7.7%
└
Dialla's Desire
7.7%
└
Bleed I
7.7%
The Stars Answer
19.3%
└
Efficiency II
27.3%
└
Corrosion
18.2%
└
Lightning Penetration
18.2%
└
Lightning Attunement
18.2%
└
Bounty II
9.1%
└
Blindside
9.1%
└
Stun II
9.1%
└
Armour Demolisher II
9.1%
└
Rageforged II
9.1%
└
Knockback
9.1%
└
Mobility
9.1%
└
Slow Potency
9.1%
└
Deliberation
9.1%
└
Inhibitor
9.1%
Power Siphon
19.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
18.2%
└
Bounty II
18.2%
└
Charge Profusion II
18.2%
└
Mobility
18.2%
└
Corrosion
18.2%
└
Execute I
9.1%
└
Brutality III
9.1%
└
Bleed I
9.1%
└
Shock
9.1%
└
Lightning Attunement
9.1%
└
Life Drain
9.1%
Sigil of Power
15.8%
└
Magnified Area II
66.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
55.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
55.6%
└
Rapid Casting II
22.2%
└
Mobility
22.2%
└
Deliberation
22.2%
└
Second Wind III
11.1%
└
Slow Potency
11.1%
Enfeeble
15.8%
└
Slow Potency
77.8%
└
Magnified Area II
77.8%
└
Ritualistic Curse
77.8%
└
Mobility
11.1%
└
Inhibitor
11.1%
└
Heightened Curse
11.1%
Mana Drain
14%
└
Slow Potency
37.5%
└
Armour Demolisher I
25%
└
Efficiency II
25%
└
Mobility
25%
└
Deliberation
25%
└
Inhibitor
25%
└
Lifetap
12.5%
└
Rapid Casting II
12.5%
Archmage
14%
└
Lightning Mastery
75%
└
Atziri's Communion
25%
└
Clarity II
25%
└
Vitality I
25%
└
Armour Demolisher II
12.5%
└
Clarity I
12.5%
└
Uhtred's Omen
12.5%
Chaos Bolt
12.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
42.9%
└
Considered Casting
28.6%
└
Pierce III
28.6%
└
Chaos Mastery
28.6%
└
Controlled Destruction
14.3%
└
Ignite III
14.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
14.3%
└
Deliberation
14.3%
└
Withering Touch
14.3%
└
Nova Projectiles II
14.3%
Ravenous Swarm
12.3%
└
Culling Strike II
42.9%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
42.9%
└
Prolonged Duration II
28.6%
└
Overabundance II
28.6%
└
Corrosion
28.6%
└
Chaos Mastery
28.6%
└
Maim
28.6%
└
Withering Touch
28.6%
└
Blind II
28.6%
└
Enduring Impact I
14.3%
└
Magnified Area II
14.3%
└
Brink II
14.3%
└
Rapid Attacks II
14.3%
└
Pin II
14.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
14.3%
Mana Tempest
12.3%
└
Efficiency II
71.4%
└
Lightning Mastery
57.1%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
42.9%
└
Advancing Storm
42.9%
└
Second Wind III
28.6%
└
Mobility
28.6%
└
Armour Demolisher I
14.3%
└
Uhtred's Augury
14.3%
└
Rapid Casting III
14.3%
└
Lifetap
14.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
14.3%
Charge Regulation
12.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
28.6%
Sniper's Mark
8.8%
└
Efficiency II
60%
└
Prolonged Duration II
60%
└
Compressed Duration II
40%
└
Charge Profusion I
40%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
20%
└
Mark for Death
20%
└
Overabundance I
20%
└
Second Wind I
20%
Impurity
8.8%
└
Clarity II
60%
└
Mysticism II
60%
└
Seraph's Heart
40%
└
Her Declaration
40%
└
Cool Headed
20%
└
Warm Blooded
20%
└
Precision II
20%
└
Clarity I
20%
Ghost Dance
8.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
80%
└
Armour Demolisher I
20%
└
Uhtred's Omen
20%
Spark
8.8%
└
Projectile Acceleration II
20%
└
Uruk's Smelting
20%
└
Pierce I
20%
└
Lightning Attunement
20%
└
Efficiency II
20%
└
Lightning Exposure
20%
└
Multishot II
20%
└
Blind II
20%
└
Chain III
20%
└
Momentum
20%
└
Zenith I
20%
└
Deep Freeze
20%
└
Hourglass
20%
└
Ice Bite II
20%
Refutation
7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
75%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
75%
└
Efficiency II
75%
└
Mobility
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
25%
└
Deliberation
25%
└
Armour Demolisher I
25%
└
Slow Potency
25%
└
Energy Retention
25%
└
Glacier
25%
Arc
7%
└
Dominus' Grasp
75%
└
Urgent Totems III
75%
└
Rakiata's Flow
50%
└
Execute III
50%
└
Armour Demolisher I
25%
└
Nova Projectiles II
25%
└
Fork
25%
└
Bleed I
25%
└
Zenith II
25%
└
Sione's Temper
25%
Profane Ritual
7%
└
Charge Profusion II
75%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Chaotic Freeze
25%
└
Burning Inscription
25%
└
Intense Agony
25%
└
Swift Affliction II
25%
└
Chaos Mastery
25%
└
Efficiency II
25%
└
Mobility
25%
└
Brutality III
25%
└
Energy Capacitor
25%
Discipline
7%
└
Armour Demolisher I
25%
Frostflame Nova
7%
└
Hourglass
50%
└
Considered Casting
50%
└
Tul's Stillness
50%
└
Freeze
50%
└
Deep Freeze
50%
└
Magnified Area II
25%
└
Ignite III
25%
└
Arbiter's Ignition
25%
└
Swift Affliction III
25%
Consecrate
7%
└
Armour Demolisher I
25%
└
Compressed Duration II
25%
└
Prolonged Duration II
25%
└
Efficiency II
25%
└
Slow Potency
25%
└
Deliberation
25%
└
Mobility
25%
└
Inhibitor
25%
Unleash
5.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Armour Demolisher I
33.3%
└
Mobility
33.3%
└
Inhibitor
33.3%
Volcano
5.3%
└
Overabundance I
66.7%
└
Chain II
66.7%
└
Lightning Attunement
66.7%
└
Corrosion
33.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
Blink
5.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Mobility
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
66.7%
└
Slow Potency
33.3%
└
Deliberation
33.3%
└
Inhibitor
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
Eternal Rage
5.3%
└
Clarity II
33.3%
Punch
5.3%
└
Brutality I
33.3%
└
Retreat I
33.3%
└
Multishot I
33.3%
└
Compressed Duration II
33.3%
└
Lightning Attunement
33.3%
└
Rapid Attacks II
33.3%
└
Short Fuse II
33.3%
└
Ambush
33.3%
└
Magnified Area I
33.3%
└
Deep Freeze
33.3%
└
Concentrated Area
33.3%
└
Coursing Current
33.3%
Incinerate
5.3%
└
Ignite III
100%
└
Considered Casting
66.7%
└
Scouring Flame
66.7%
└
Searing Flame II
33.3%
└
Burgeon II
33.3%
└
Extraction
33.3%
└
Eternal Flame III
33.3%
└
Controlled Destruction
33.3%
└
Fire Mastery
33.3%
└
Armour Demolisher I
33.3%
└
Chaos Attunement
33.3%
Solar Orb
5.3%
└
Ignite II
33.3%
└
Withering Touch
33.3%
└
Searing Flame II
33.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
Skeletal Cleric
5.3%
└
Brutus' Brain
66.7%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
33.3%
Spell Totem
5.3%
└
Dominus' Grasp
100%
└
Urgent Totems III
100%
└
Rakiata's Flow
66.7%
└
Execute III
66.7%
└
Zenith II
33.3%
└
Sione's Temper
33.3%
Frost Bomb
5.3%
└
Magnified Area II
66.7%
└
Spell Echo
66.7%
└
Potent Exposure
66.7%
└
Long Fuse II
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Spell Cascade
33.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
33.3%
└
Lightning Attunement
33.3%
└
Momentum
33.3%
└
Shock
33.3%
Purity of Fire
5.3%
└
Vitality II
100%
└
Cool Headed
100%
└
Warm Blooded
66.7%
└
Herbalism II
33.3%
└
Clarity I
33.3%
└
Precision II
33.3%
└
Strong Hearted
33.3%
└
Seraph's Heart
33.3%
└
Clarity II
33.3%
Freezing Mark
3.5%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Charged Mark
100%
└
Overabundance I
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Armour Demolisher II
50%
└
Eternal Mark
50%
Voltaic Mark
3.5%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Compressed Duration I
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
Feast of Flesh
3.5%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Corpse Conservation
50%
└
Astral Projection
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
Skeletal Frost Mage
3.5%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
50%
└
Brutus' Brain
50%
└
Pierce III
50%
└
Multishot II
50%
└
Minion Mastery
50%
Trail of Caltrops
3.5%
└
Corrosion
100%
└
Close Combat II
50%
└
Blindside
50%
└
Escalating Poison
50%
Plague Bearer
3.5%
└
Corrosion
100%
└
Blind I
50%
└
Blindside
50%
└
Escalating Poison
50%
Bloodhound's Mark
3.5%
└
Lifetap
50%
└
Rupture
50%
└
Rageforged I
50%
└
Fire Exposure
50%
└
Ignite III
50%
Repulsion
3.5%
└
Focused Curse
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Practical Magic II
50%
└
Concentrated Area
50%
└
Living Lightning II
50%
└
Culmination II
50%
└
Ailith's Chimes
50%
└
Charge Profusion II
50%
Alchemist's Boon
3.5%
└
Armour Demolisher I
50%
Ice Nova
3.5%
└
Slow Potency
50%
└
Lightning Attunement
50%
└
Deliberation
50%
└
Eternal Flame II
50%
└
Execute I
50%
└
Blindside
50%
└
Efficiency I
50%
└
Fire Attunement
50%
Freezing Shards
3.5%
└
Chain II
50%
└
Blind I
50%
└
Bursting Plague
50%
└
Lightning Attunement
50%
Flame Wall
3.5%
└
Spell Echo
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Blindside
50%
└
Eternal Flame I
50%
└
Fire Exposure
50%
Cast on Elemental Ailment
3.5%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Energy Retention
50%
└
Glacier
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Boundless Energy II
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
Whirling Slash
3.5%
└
Rapid Attacks III
100%
└
Rage III
50%
└
Punch Through
50%
└
Bleed I
50%
└
Heightened Accuracy II
50%
└
Medved's Felling
50%
└
Rigwald's Ferocity
50%
└
Dialla's Desire
50%
└
Knockback
50%
Herald of Ice
3.5%
└
Uruk's Smelting
100%
└
Armour Break III
100%
└
Bounty II
50%
└
Fire Attunement
50%
└
Mórrigan's Insight
50%
└
Uul-Netol's Embrace
50%
└
Armour Explosion
50%
└
Deadly Herald
50%
Living Bomb
3.5%
└
Armour Demolisher I
50%
└
Considered Casting
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Expanse
50%
Trinity
3.5%
└
Uhtred's Augury
50%
└
Armour Demolisher II
50%
└
Cold Mastery
50%
Spear Throw
3.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Execute I
50%
└
Ice Bite I
50%
Entangle
3.5%
└
Poison Spores
50%
└
Physical Mastery
50%
└
Accelerated Growth II
50%
└
Kaom's Madness
50%
└
Prolonged Duration I
50%
└
Knockback
50%
└
Upheaval I
50%
Thrashing Vines
3.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Poison Spores
50%
└
Accelerated Growth II
50%
└
Corrosion
50%
└
Prolonged Duration I
50%
└
Brutality I
50%
└
Rageforged I
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
Soul Offering
3.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Mobility
50%
└
Sacrificial Lamb II
50%
└
Minion Mastery
50%
└
Sacrificial Offering
50%
└
Brutus' Brain
50%
└
Danse Macabre
50%
└
Kulemak's Dominion
50%