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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

(Lich) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 63 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-09-04 12:01:30 UTC

The Essence Drain is a highly effective skill for the Lich in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 63 top players in the 75-89 bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Swift Affliction II, Chaos Mastery, Chain II. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Lingering Horror, Raw Power, Dark Entries 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
85.7%
└
Chaos Mastery
74.6%
└
Chain II
52.4%
└
Considered Casting
46%
└
Zenith II
46%
└
Intense Agony
34.9%
└
Rapid Casting II
31.7%
└
Sione's Temper
22.2%
└
Deliberation
19%
└
Chain III
19%
└
Extraction
7.9%
└
Drain Ailments
6.3%
└
Dominus' Grasp
4.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
4.8%
└
Chaotic Freeze
3.2%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Dark Effigy
100%
└
Overabundance II
82.5%
└
Urgent Totems III
71.4%
└
Controlled Destruction
60.3%
└
Concentrated Area
46%
└
Rapid Casting III
30.2%
└
Extraction
25.4%
└
Execute III
20.6%
└
Rapid Casting II
15.9%
└
Chaos Mastery
14.3%
└
Poison II
14.3%
└
Poison III
11.1%
└
Overabundance I
9.5%
└
Execute II
7.9%
└
Withering Touch
7.9%
└
Prolonged Duration II
6.3%
Contagion
100%
└
Magnified Area II
90.5%
└
Unleash
84.1%
└
Chaotic Freeze
79.4%
└
Rapid Casting II
65.1%
└
Arcane Surge
28.6%
└
Chaos Mastery
17.5%
└
Intense Agony
12.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
11.1%
└
Acrimony
9.5%
└
Rapid Casting III
9.5%
└
Efficiency II
6.3%
└
Magnified Area I
6.3%
└
Rapid Casting I
4.8%
└
Zenith II
4.8%
└
Considered Casting
4.8%
Despair
100%
└
Heightened Curse
74.6%
└
Decaying Hex
52.4%
└
Cursed Ground
42.9%
└
Magnified Area II
28.6%
└
Doedre's Undoing
15.9%
└
Efficiency II
15.9%
└
Ritualistic Curse
14.3%
└
Impending Doom
12.7%
└
Focused Curse
11.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
9.5%
└
Hex Bloom
9.5%
└
Hayoxi's Fulmination
6.3%
└
Spell Cascade
4.8%
└
Overabundance II
3.2%
└
Chaotic Freeze
3.2%
Blasphemy
93.7%
└
Ritualistic Curse
83.1%
└
Magnified Area II
79.7%
└
Slow Potency
66.1%
└
Heightened Curse
15.3%
└
Hex Bloom
11.9%
└
Decaying Hex
10.2%
└
Focused Curse
3.4%
└
Magnified Area I
1.7%
└
Doedre's Undoing
1.7%
└
Controlled Destruction
1.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
1.7%
└
Chaos Attunement
1.7%
└
Cursed Ground
1.7%
Withering Presence
92.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
74.1%
└
Chaos Mastery
46.6%
└
Clarity I
44.8%
└
Clarity II
15.5%
└
Prolonged Duration I
10.3%
└
Mysticism I
3.4%
└
Mysticism II
3.4%
└
Herbalism I
1.7%
└
Strong Hearted
1.7%
└
Cool Headed
1.7%
└
Warm Blooded
1.7%
└
Vitality II
1.7%
└
Armour Demolisher II
1.7%
Temporal Chains
90.5%
└
Ritualistic Curse
84.2%
└
Magnified Area II
78.9%
└
Slow Potency
66.7%
└
Heightened Curse
19.3%
└
Decaying Hex
12.3%
└
Hex Bloom
8.8%
└
Focused Curse
5.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
3.5%
└
Magnified Area I
1.8%
└
Efficiency II
1.8%
└
Doedre's Undoing
1.8%
└
Cursed Ground
1.8%
Chaos Bolt
76.2%
└
Rapid Casting II
70.8%
└
Chaos Mastery
66.7%
└
Extraction
58.3%
└
Withering Touch
47.9%
└
Considered Casting
10.4%
└
Unleash
10.4%
└
Execute III
8.3%
└
Zenith II
6.2%
└
Pierce III
6.2%
└
Wildshards II
6.2%
└
Poison III
4.2%
└
Zenith I
4.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
2.1%
└
Multishot II
2.1%
└
Nova Projectiles II
2.1%
Convalescence
73%
└
Prolonged Duration II
84.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
84.8%
└
Second Wind III
28.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
8.7%
└
Clarity II
6.5%
└
Mysticism I
4.3%
└
Mysticism II
2.2%
└
Second Wind I
2.2%
└
Prolonged Duration I
2.2%
└
Warm Blooded
2.2%
└
Cool Headed
2.2%
└
Clarity I
2.2%
└
Rapid Casting III
2.2%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
2.2%
Sigil of Power
60.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
76.3%
└
Magnified Area II
73.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
18.4%
└
Rapid Casting I
13.2%
└
Rapid Casting II
10.5%
└
Efficiency II
7.9%
└
Second Wind III
2.6%
└
Slow Potency
2.6%
└
Uhtred's Rite
2.6%
└
Concentrated Area
2.6%
└
Magnified Area I
2.6%
└
Efficiency I
2.6%
└
Prolonged Duration I
2.6%
Ravenous Swarm
49.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
54.8%
└
Escalating Poison
54.8%
└
Magnified Area II
32.3%
└
Poison II
29%
└
Poison III
22.6%
└
Chaos Mastery
22.6%
└
Culling Strike II
19.4%
└
Withering Touch
16.1%
└
Corrosion
12.9%
└
Culling Strike I
12.9%
└
Clarity II
6.5%
└
Armour Demolisher II
6.5%
└
Chaos Attunement
6.5%
└
Rapid Attacks II
3.2%
└
Feeding Frenzy II
3.2%
Power Siphon
12.7%
Unearth
9.5%
└
Brutus' Brain
33.3%
└
Poison II
33.3%
└
Feeding Frenzy II
33.3%
└
Minion Instability
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
16.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
16.7%
└
Compressed Duration II
16.7%
└
Magnified Area I
16.7%
└
Rapid Attacks III
16.7%
└
Heavy Swing
16.7%
└
Brutality III
16.7%
└
Rage III
16.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
16.7%
└
Rapid Attacks II
16.7%
└
Poison III
16.7%
Hexblast
9.5%
└
Concentrated Area
33.3%
└
Considered Casting
33.3%
└
Extraction
33.3%
└
Zenith I
16.7%
└
Execute II
16.7%
└
Magnified Area II
16.7%
└
Chaos Mastery
16.7%
└
Efficiency II
16.7%
Skeletal Warrior
7.9%
└
Brutus' Brain
40%
└
Minion Mastery
20%
└
Essence Harvest
20%
└
Sacrificial Lamb II
20%
└
Rapid Attacks III
20%
└
Knockback
20%
└
Maim
20%
Mana Remnants
6.3%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
75%
└
Remnant Potency I
50%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
25%
└
Clarity II
25%
└
Precision I
25%
└
Harmonic Remnants I
25%
└
Clarity I
25%
Arctic Armour
4.8%
└
Freeze
66.7%
└
Knockback
33.3%
└
Stun III
33.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
33.3%
└
Cold Mastery
33.3%
└
Cold Attunement
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
└
Controlled Destruction
33.3%
Spellslinger
4.8%
└
Concentrated Area
33.3%
└
Energy Capacitor
33.3%
└
Chaos Attunement
33.3%
Bonestorm
4.8%
└
Living Lightning
66.7%
└
Burgeon I
66.7%
└
Zenith I
66.7%
└
Zenith II
33.3%
└
Living Lightning II
33.3%
└
Burgeon II
33.3%
Profane Ritual
4.8%
└
Chaos Mastery
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
Refutation
3.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
Remnants of Kalguur
3.2%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Remnant Potency III
50%
└
Remnant Potency I
50%
Consecrate
3.2%
└
Encroaching Ground
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Persistent Ground III
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
Living Bomb
3.2%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
50%
└
Overabundance I
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Runic Extraction
50%
└
Withering Touch
50%
└
Overabundance II
50%
└
Considered Casting
50%
└
Execute II
50%
Mana Drain
3.2%
Repulsion
3.2%
└
Heightened Curse
50%
└
Magnified Area I
50%