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1.7%
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0.9%
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0.4%
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2.9%
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1%
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6%
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2.4%
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10.3%
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12%
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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%
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Monk
12.4%
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3.9%
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1.5%
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Ritualist
1.4%
Shaman
1.4%
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0.4%
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Spirit Walker
12.6%
Stormweaver
4.1%
Tactician
0.9%
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2.3%
Warbringer
0.3%
Warrior
0.5%
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Witchhunter
1.1%

Contagion

(Lich) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 86 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 86 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Magnified Area II, Unleash, Chaotic Freeze. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Pure Energy, Whispers of Doom, Soulless Form on the skill tree.

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

★ Selected Main Skills

Contagion
100%
└
Magnified Area II
83.7%
└
Unleash
81.4%
└
Chaotic Freeze
72.1%
└
Arcane Surge
51.2%
└
Rapid Casting II
44.2%
└
Chaos Mastery
25.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
23.3%
└
Efficiency II
19.8%
└
Intense Agony
17.4%
└
Rapid Casting III
12.8%
└
Zenith II
10.5%
└
Acrimony
8.1%
└
Considered Casting
7%
└
Swift Affliction II
5.8%
└
Mobility
4.7%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Despair
100%
└
Heightened Curse
86%
└
Decaying Hex
79.1%
└
Efficiency II
48.8%
└
Cursed Ground
43%
└
Magnified Area II
31.4%
└
Ritualistic Curse
19.8%
└
Doedre's Undoing
18.6%
└
Hayoxi's Fulmination
17.4%
└
Impending Doom
14%
└
Prolonged Duration II
12.8%
└
Focused Curse
10.5%
└
Chaos Mastery
7%
└
Spell Cascade
7%
└
Atziri's Allure
5.8%
└
Arcane Surge
4.7%
Blasphemy
98.8%
└
Ritualistic Curse
84.7%
└
Magnified Area II
75.3%
└
Slow Potency
64.7%
└
Heightened Curse
24.7%
└
Hex Bloom
22.4%
└
Decaying Hex
8.2%
└
Clarity II
5.9%
└
Focused Curse
5.9%
└
Atziri's Communion
5.9%
└
Cursed Ground
3.5%
└
Magnified Area I
3.5%
└
Clarity I
2.4%
└
Her Declaration
2.4%
└
Deliberation
1.2%
└
Withering Touch
1.2%
Temporal Chains
94.2%
└
Ritualistic Curse
86.4%
└
Magnified Area II
76.5%
└
Slow Potency
67.9%
└
Hex Bloom
23.5%
└
Heightened Curse
22.2%
└
Decaying Hex
7.4%
└
Clarity II
6.2%
└
Focused Curse
6.2%
└
Atziri's Communion
6.2%
└
Magnified Area I
3.7%
└
Clarity I
2.5%
└
Cursed Ground
2.5%
└
Her Declaration
2.5%
└
Deliberation
1.2%
└
Rapid Casting II
1.2%
Withering Presence
94.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
86.4%
└
Chaos Mastery
76.5%
└
Clarity II
25.9%
└
Clarity I
24.7%
└
Mysticism I
14.8%
└
Mysticism II
7.4%
└
Uhtred's Omen
4.9%
└
Prolonged Duration I
4.9%
└
Her Declaration
2.5%
└
Strong Hearted
1.2%
└
Armour Demolisher II
1.2%
└
Dialla's Desire
1.2%
Dark Effigy
93%
└
Overabundance II
90%
└
Urgent Totems III
75%
└
Controlled Destruction
58.8%
└
Concentrated Area
51.2%
└
Execute III
48.8%
└
Extraction
32.5%
└
Rapid Casting III
17.5%
└
Poison II
17.5%
└
Poison III
13.8%
└
Rapid Casting II
11.2%
└
Chaos Mastery
11.2%
└
Deliberation
7.5%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
6.2%
└
Efficiency II
6.2%
└
Withering Touch
6.2%
Essence Drain
93%
└
Swift Affliction II
87.5%
└
Chaos Mastery
72.5%
└
Considered Casting
67.5%
└
Deliberation
45%
└
Chain III
43.8%
└
Zenith II
38.8%
└
Sione's Temper
30%
└
Chain II
22.5%
└
Execute III
17.5%
└
Intense Agony
11.2%
└
Extraction
10%
└
Rapid Casting II
8.8%
└
Chaos Attunement
5%
└
Swift Affliction III
2.5%
└
Swift Affliction I
2.5%
Convalescence
76.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
86.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
84.8%
└
Second Wind III
40.9%
└
Rapid Casting II
37.9%
└
Second Wind II
19.7%
└
Clarity I
15.2%
└
Clarity II
9.1%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
6.1%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
6.1%
└
Second Wind I
3%
└
Rapid Casting III
3%
└
Mysticism II
3%
└
Efficiency II
3%
└
Prolonged Duration I
3%
└
Mysticism I
1.5%
Sigil of Power
67.4%
└
Prolonged Duration II
91.4%
└
Magnified Area II
89.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
43.1%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
41.4%
└
Efficiency II
10.3%
└
Second Wind II
6.9%
└
Second Wind III
5.2%
└
Magnified Area I
3.4%
└
Prolonged Duration I
1.7%
└
Rapid Casting I
1.7%
└
Mobility
1.7%
└
Considered Casting
1.7%
Chaos Bolt
45.3%
└
Chaos Mastery
61.5%
└
Extraction
56.4%
└
Rapid Casting II
51.3%
└
Withering Touch
43.6%
└
Execute III
23.1%
└
Unleash
20.5%
└
Controlled Destruction
10.3%
└
Chain III
10.3%
└
Considered Casting
7.7%
└
Zenith II
7.7%
└
Rapid Casting I
5.1%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
5.1%
└
Freeze
5.1%
└
Pierce III
2.6%
└
Swift Affliction III
2.6%
Ravenous Swarm
37.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
81.2%
└
Escalating Poison
68.8%
└
Magnified Area II
43.8%
└
Withering Touch
37.5%
└
Poison III
34.4%
└
Culling Strike II
34.4%
└
Poison II
28.1%
└
Bleed III
15.6%
└
Chaos Attunement
15.6%
└
Blind II
12.5%
└
Maim
9.4%
└
Chaos Mastery
6.2%
└
Slow Potency
6.2%
└
Culling Strike I
6.2%
└
Minion Mastery
3.1%
Spellslinger
23.3%
└
Boundless Energy I
5%
└
Magnified Area II
5%
└
Charge Profusion II
5%
Enfeeble
17.4%
└
Ritualistic Curse
73.3%
└
Magnified Area II
53.3%
└
Heightened Curse
40%
└
Atziri's Communion
20%
└
Prolonged Duration II
13.3%
└
Slow Potency
13.3%
└
Zarokh's Refrain
6.7%
└
Focused Curse
6.7%
└
Efficiency II
6.7%
└
Clarity II
6.7%
└
Her Declaration
6.7%
└
Doedre's Undoing
6.7%
└
Decaying Hex
6.7%
Unearth
14%
└
Prolonged Duration II
66.7%
└
Brutus' Brain
58.3%
└
Corpse Conservation
25%
└
Magnified Area II
25%
└
Poison III
16.7%
└
Arcane Surge
16.7%
└
Mobility
16.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
16.7%
└
Minion Mastery
16.7%
└
Feeding Frenzy II
16.7%
└
Efficiency II
16.7%
└
Deadly Poison II
8.3%
└
Culling Strike II
8.3%
└
Soul Drain
8.3%
└
Rapid Attacks III
8.3%
Living Bomb
8.1%
└
Withering Touch
71.4%
└
Rapid Casting II
71.4%
└
Overabundance II
57.1%
└
Efficiency II
57.1%
└
Execute II
42.9%
└
Xoph's Pyre
28.6%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
28.6%
└
Zenith II
14.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
14.3%
└
Magnified Area II
14.3%
Wolf Pack
8.1%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
85.7%
└
Essence Harvest
71.4%
└
Minion Instability
57.1%
└
Hulking Minions
42.9%
└
Feeding Frenzy I
28.6%
└
Physical Mastery
28.6%
└
Romira's Requital
28.6%
└
Loyalty
28.6%
└
Infernal Legion I
28.6%
└
Minion Mastery
14.3%
└
Infernal Legion II
14.3%
└
Poison III
14.3%
└
Catha's Brilliance
14.3%
└
Brutus' Brain
14.3%
Power Siphon
7%
└
Withering Touch
16.7%
└
Extraction
16.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
16.7%
Discipline
7%
└
Clarity II
33.3%
└
Clarity I
16.7%
└
Cool Headed
16.7%
└
Strong Hearted
16.7%
└
Warm Blooded
16.7%
Hexblast
5.8%
└
Considered Casting
60%
└
Extraction
60%
└
Chaos Mastery
60%
└
Deliberation
20%
└
Zenith II
20%
└
Rapid Casting II
20%
└
Magnified Area II
20%
└
Chaos Attunement
20%
Mana Drain
5.8%
Bonestorm
5.8%
└
Burgeon I
40%
└
Considered Casting
40%
└
Lifetap
40%
└
Brutality I
20%
└
Zenith I
20%
└
Rapid Casting II
20%
└
Blindside
20%
└
Heft
20%
└
Burgeon II
20%
Vulnerability
4.7%
└
Lifetap
50%
└
Arcane Surge
25%
└
Unleash
25%
└
Magnified Area II
25%
└
Heightened Curse
25%
└
Spell Echo
25%
└
Slow Potency
25%
└
Ritualistic Curse
25%
└
Rapid Casting II
25%
The Stars Answer
4.7%
└
Concentrated Area
25%
└
Efficiency II
25%
Consecrate
4.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
25%
└
Encroaching Ground
25%
└
Persistent Ground III
25%
└
Expanse
25%
Profane Ritual
3.5%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Considered Casting
66.7%
└
Chaos Mastery
66.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
└
Corpse Conservation
33.3%
└
Boundless Energy I
33.3%
└
Charge Profusion II
33.3%
Refutation
3.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
66.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
66.7%
└
Rapid Casting III
33.3%
└
Uhtred's Rite
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
Repulsion
2.3%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Heightened Curse
50%
└
Ritualistic Curse
50%
└
Withering Touch
50%
└
Poison III
50%
└
Bleed III
50%
Malice
2.3%
└
Cool Headed
50%
└
Clarity II
50%
└
Strong Hearted
50%
└
Warm Blooded
50%
Mana Remnants
2.3%
└
Selfless Remnants
50%
└
Remnant Potency III
50%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
50%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
50%
└
Clarity I
50%
Charge Regulation
2.3%
└
Clarity I
50%
└
Dialla's Desire
50%
└
Uhtred's Omen
50%
Impurity
2.3%
└
Clarity II
50%
└
Mysticism II
50%
└
Chaos Mastery
50%
└
Her Declaration
50%
Arctic Armour
2.3%
└
Cold Mastery
100%
└
Freeze
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
Thunderstorm
2.3%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Lightning Mastery
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Living Lightning
50%
└
Poison II
50%
└
Overabundance II
50%
└
Execute III
50%
Freezing Mark
2.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Eternal Mark
50%
└
Overabundance II
50%
└
Charged Mark
50%
Life Remnants
2.3%
└
Remnant Potency I
100%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
50%
Flameblast
2.3%
└
Burgeon II
100%
└
Considered Casting
50%
└
Eternal Flame II
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Execute III
50%
└
Controlled Destruction
50%
└
Poison II
50%
└
Profanity II
50%
└
Ignite III
50%
Lightning Warp
2.3%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Lightning Mastery
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
Archmage
2.3%
└
Lightning Mastery
100%
└
Clarity I
50%
Pounce
2.3%
└
Living Lightning
50%
└
Opening Move
50%
Incinerate
2.3%
└
Searing Flame II
100%
└
Burgeon II
100%
└
Eternal Flame II
50%
└
Execute III
50%
└
Ignite III
50%
└
Considered Casting
50%
└
Fire Mastery
50%
└
Extraction
50%