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1.7%
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0.9%
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0.4%
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2.9%
Chronomancer
1%
Deadeye
6%
Disciple Of Varashta
2.4%
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10.3%
Gemling Legionnaire
12%
Huntress
1.7%
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3.3%
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0.1%
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1.1%
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13.9%
Mercenary
Monk
12.4%
Oracle
3.9%
Pathfinder
1.5%
Ranger
Ritualist
1.4%
Shaman
1.4%
Smith Of Kitava
0.4%
Sorceress
Spirit Walker
12.6%
Stormweaver
4.1%
Tactician
0.9%
Titan
2.3%
Warbringer
0.3%
Warrior
0.5%
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Witchhunter
1.1%

Contagion

(Lich) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 22 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-28 19:43:54 UTC

The Contagion is a highly effective skill for the Lich in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 22 top players in the 75-89 bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Unleash, Magnified Area II, Chaotic Freeze. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Lingering Horror, Melding, Void on the skill tree.

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

★ Selected Main Skills

Contagion
100%
└
Unleash
86.4%
└
Magnified Area II
77.3%
└
Chaotic Freeze
59.1%
└
Rapid Casting II
45.5%
└
Arcane Surge
40.9%
└
Chaos Mastery
31.8%
└
Intense Agony
27.3%
└
Rapid Casting III
13.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
13.6%
└
Magnified Area I
9.1%
└
Considered Casting
9.1%
└
Efficiency II
9.1%
└
Boundless Energy II
9.1%
└
Swift Affliction II
9.1%
└
Mobility
4.5%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Essence Drain
100%
└
Swift Affliction II
86.4%
└
Chaos Mastery
63.6%
└
Considered Casting
59.1%
└
Zenith II
40.9%
└
Chain III
31.8%
└
Chain II
31.8%
└
Rapid Casting II
27.3%
└
Deliberation
27.3%
└
Intense Agony
18.2%
└
Boundless Energy II
9.1%
└
Chaotic Freeze
9.1%
└
Minion Pact II
4.5%
└
Controlled Destruction
4.5%
└
Efficiency II
4.5%
└
Sione's Temper
4.5%
Blasphemy
95.5%
└
Ritualistic Curse
71.4%
└
Slow Potency
66.7%
└
Magnified Area II
66.7%
└
Heightened Curse
14.3%
└
Clarity II
9.5%
└
Atziri's Communion
9.5%
└
Hex Bloom
9.5%
└
Clarity I
4.8%
└
Decaying Hex
4.8%
└
Bounty II
4.8%
└
Mysticism I
4.8%
Temporal Chains
90.9%
└
Ritualistic Curse
75%
└
Slow Potency
70%
└
Magnified Area II
65%
└
Heightened Curse
15%
└
Atziri's Communion
10%
└
Hex Bloom
10%
└
Clarity II
5%
└
Clarity I
5%
└
Decaying Hex
5%
└
Mysticism I
5%
Despair
90.9%
└
Heightened Curse
75%
└
Decaying Hex
65%
└
Cursed Ground
40%
└
Efficiency II
30%
└
Magnified Area II
30%
└
Chaos Mastery
20%
└
Prolonged Duration II
20%
└
Ritualistic Curse
15%
└
Doedre's Undoing
15%
└
Impending Doom
10%
└
Arcane Surge
5%
└
Atziri's Allure
5%
└
Spell Cascade
5%
└
Execute III
5%
└
Withering Touch
5%
Dark Effigy
86.4%
└
Overabundance II
89.5%
└
Urgent Totems III
63.2%
└
Controlled Destruction
57.9%
└
Concentrated Area
47.4%
└
Execute III
31.6%
└
Extraction
31.6%
└
Poison II
21.1%
└
Rapid Casting III
21.1%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
15.8%
└
Rapid Casting II
15.8%
└
Poison III
10.5%
└
Withering Touch
10.5%
└
Hardy Totems II
5.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
5.3%
└
Urgent Totems I
5.3%
Withering Presence
81.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
94.4%
└
Chaos Mastery
55.6%
└
Clarity I
27.8%
└
Clarity II
16.7%
└
Mysticism I
5.6%
└
Mysticism II
5.6%
└
Prolonged Duration I
5.6%
└
Uruk's Smelting
5.6%
Convalescence
77.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
88.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
82.4%
└
Second Wind III
41.2%
└
Rapid Casting II
17.6%
└
Cool Headed
11.8%
└
Second Wind II
5.9%
└
Rapid Casting III
5.9%
└
Efficiency II
5.9%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
5.9%
└
Clarity II
5.9%
└
Clarity I
5.9%
└
Strong Hearted
5.9%
└
Warm Blooded
5.9%
└
Uhtred's Rite
5.9%
└
Mysticism I
5.9%
Sigil of Power
63.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
92.9%
└
Magnified Area II
92.9%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
35.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
14.3%
└
Efficiency II
7.1%
└
Second Wind III
7.1%
└
Lifetap
7.1%
└
Rapid Casting III
7.1%
└
Rapid Casting I
7.1%
└
Second Wind II
7.1%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
7.1%
Chaos Bolt
54.5%
└
Extraction
66.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
66.7%
└
Chaos Mastery
66.7%
└
Withering Touch
33.3%
└
Unleash
33.3%
└
Execute III
25%
└
Zenith II
25%
└
Execute II
16.7%
└
Rapid Casting III
8.3%
└
Pinpoint Critical
8.3%
└
Wildshards I
8.3%
Ravenous Swarm
31.8%
└
Withering Touch
57.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
42.9%
└
Prolonged Duration I
28.6%
└
Poison II
28.6%
└
Culling Strike II
28.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
28.6%
└
Escalating Poison
28.6%
└
Magnified Area I
28.6%
└
Poison III
28.6%
└
Armour Demolisher I
14.3%
└
Corrosion
14.3%
└
Slow Potency
14.3%
└
Maim
14.3%
└
Blind II
14.3%
└
Chaos Attunement
14.3%
Unearth
22.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
60%
└
Minion Mastery
40%
└
Magnified Area II
40%
└
Feeding Frenzy II
40%
└
Zenith I
20%
└
Life Drain
20%
└
Minion Instability
20%
└
Heft
20%
└
Rage II
20%
└
Brutality III
20%
└
Corpse Conservation
20%
└
Swift Affliction III
20%
└
Minion Splash I
20%
Enfeeble
18.2%
└
Ritualistic Curse
75%
└
Atziri's Communion
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Heightened Curse
25%
Skeletal Warrior
13.6%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
33.3%
Wolf Pack
13.6%
└
Minion Instability
66.7%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
33.3%
└
Loyalty
33.3%
└
Infernal Legion I
33.3%
Profane Ritual
13.6%
└
Chaos Mastery
66.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
└
Derange
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
└
Zarokh's Refrain
33.3%
└
Chaotic Freeze
33.3%
└
Magnified Area I
33.3%
└
Spell Cascade
33.3%
Mana Drain
13.6%
His Foul Emergence
13.6%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Chaos Mastery
33.3%
└
Physical Mastery
33.3%
└
Spell Echo
33.3%
└
Controlled Destruction
33.3%
└
Spell Cascade
33.3%
└
Execute II
33.3%
└
Zenith II
33.3%
└
Zarokh's Revolt
33.3%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
33.3%
Feast of Flesh
13.6%
Firebolt
9.1%
Ember Fusillade
9.1%
Vulnerability
9.1%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Doedre's Undoing
50%
└
Burning Inscription
50%
Cast on Minion Death
9.1%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Sione's Temper
50%
└
Chaotic Freeze
50%
Hexblast
9.1%
└
Considered Casting
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Spell Echo
50%
└
Lifetap
50%
└
Unleash
50%
Power Siphon
9.1%
└
Derange
50%
└
Lifetap
50%
Bind Spectre
9.1%
Living Bomb
9.1%
└
Boundless Energy II
50%
└
Energy Capacitor
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Execute II
50%
└
Overabundance II
50%
└
Withering Touch
50%
Soul Offering
4.5%
└
Danse Macabre
100%
Discipline
4.5%
Orb of Storms
4.5%
└
Living Lightning II
100%
└
Blind II
100%
└
Extraction
100%
└
Poison II
100%
Galvanic Field
4.5%
Bonestorm
4.5%
└
Considered Casting
100%
└
Heft
100%
└
Execute III
100%
└
Burgeon II
100%
Impurity
4.5%
└
Warm Blooded
100%
└
Clarity II
100%
└
Mysticism II
100%
└
Cool Headed
100%
Crushing Fear
4.5%
Bone Cage
4.5%
└
Spell Cascade
100%
└
Magnified Area I
100%
└
Rapid Casting I
100%
Barkskin
4.5%
└
Clarity I
100%
Unleash
4.5%
Skeletal Frost Mage
4.5%
└
Feeding Frenzy I
100%
└
Freeze
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Rapid Casting III
100%
└
Multishot II
100%
Skeletal Arsonist
4.5%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Multishot II
100%
└
Minion Mastery
100%
└
Feeding Frenzy II
100%
└
Fiery Death
100%
Skeletal Reaver
4.5%
└
Tecrod's Revenge
100%
└
Rage III
100%
└
Heft
100%
└
Feeding Frenzy II
100%
└
Kurgal's Leash
100%
Pain Offering
4.5%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Minion Mastery
100%
└
Danse Macabre
100%
└
Sacrificial Offering
100%
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4.5%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Chaotic Freeze
100%
Repulsion
4.5%
└
Bounty II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Clarity II
100%
Flameblast
4.5%
└
Burgeon II
100%
└
Rapid Casting III
100%
└
Astral Projection
100%
└
Second Wind III
100%
└
Scouring Flame
100%
Incinerate
4.5%
└
Burgeon II
100%
└
Profanity II
100%
└
Ignite III
100%
└
Extraction
100%
└
Scouring Flame
100%
Fireball
4.5%
└
Sione's Temper
100%
└
Ricochet II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Fork
100%
└
Trickster's Shard
100%
Lightning Warp
4.5%
└
Soul Drain
100%
└
Life Drain
100%
└
Living Lightning
100%
└
Runic Extraction
100%
└
Persistent Ground III
100%
Spellslinger
4.5%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Overabundance II
100%
└
Energy Capacitor
100%
Firestorm
4.5%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Overabundance II
100%
└
Energy Capacitor
100%
Bitter Dead
4.5%
└
Gorge
100%
└
Excise
100%
└
Corpse Conservation
100%
└
Second Wind II
100%
Spectre: Ravenous Brute
4.5%
└
Stun III
100%
└
Rapid Attacks III
100%
└
Brink II
100%
└
Uruk's Smelting
100%
Elemental Invocation
4.5%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Energy Capacitor
100%
Thunderstorm
4.5%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Energy Capacitor
100%
Sacrifice
4.5%
Bone Blast
4.5%
Blink
4.5%
Volcano
4.5%
└
Burgeon I
100%