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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: 105 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 105 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Swift Affliction II, Chaos Mastery, Considered Casting. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Lingering Horror, Dark Entries, Pure Energy 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
78.1%
└
Chaos Mastery
71.4%
└
Considered Casting
68.6%
└
Zenith II
45.7%
└
Chain III
40%
└
Deliberation
31.4%
└
Chain II
23.8%
└
Intense Agony
23.8%
└
Sione's Temper
20%
└
Rapid Casting II
15.2%
└
Extraction
9.5%
└
Execute III
8.6%
└
Swift Affliction III
8.6%
└
Drain Ailments
7.6%
└
Controlled Destruction
5.7%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Despair
100%
└
Heightened Curse
82.9%
└
Decaying Hex
74.3%
└
Cursed Ground
51.4%
└
Efficiency II
49.5%
└
Magnified Area II
36.2%
└
Doedre's Undoing
24.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
18.1%
└
Ritualistic Curse
15.2%
└
Focused Curse
14.3%
└
Chaos Mastery
10.5%
└
Impending Doom
7.6%
└
Hayoxi's Fulmination
7.6%
└
Spell Cascade
5.7%
└
Overabundance II
5.7%
└
Chaotic Freeze
4.8%
Blasphemy
99%
└
Ritualistic Curse
94.2%
└
Magnified Area II
82.7%
└
Slow Potency
69.2%
└
Heightened Curse
22.1%
└
Hex Bloom
20.2%
└
Atziri's Communion
5.8%
└
Decaying Hex
4.8%
└
Kalisa's Crescendo
3.8%
└
Focused Curse
2.9%
└
Clarity I
2.9%
└
Doedre's Undoing
1.9%
└
Mysticism II
1.9%
└
Clarity II
1.9%
Dark Effigy
96.2%
└
Overabundance II
89.1%
└
Urgent Totems III
78.2%
└
Controlled Destruction
62.4%
└
Concentrated Area
42.6%
└
Extraction
34.7%
└
Execute III
33.7%
└
Poison II
23.8%
└
Rapid Casting III
21.8%
└
Chaos Mastery
15.8%
└
Rapid Casting II
13.9%
└
Poison III
9.9%
└
Withering Touch
7.9%
└
Efficiency II
7.9%
└
Deliberation
7.9%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
5.9%
Contagion
96.2%
└
Magnified Area II
85.1%
└
Unleash
82.2%
└
Chaotic Freeze
62.4%
└
Rapid Casting II
55.4%
└
Arcane Surge
44.6%
└
Intense Agony
21.8%
└
Efficiency II
19.8%
└
Chaos Mastery
16.8%
└
Rapid Casting III
13.9%
└
Prolonged Duration II
12.9%
└
Swift Affliction II
7.9%
└
Magnified Area I
6.9%
└
Considered Casting
5.9%
└
Zenith II
5%
└
Rapid Casting I
3%
Temporal Chains
96.2%
└
Ritualistic Curse
94.1%
└
Magnified Area II
81.2%
└
Slow Potency
69.3%
└
Heightened Curse
21.8%
└
Hex Bloom
19.8%
└
Decaying Hex
6.9%
└
Atziri's Communion
5.9%
└
Focused Curse
4%
└
Kalisa's Crescendo
4%
└
Clarity I
3%
└
Doedre's Undoing
3%
└
Clarity II
2%
Withering Presence
93.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
84.7%
└
Chaos Mastery
77.6%
└
Clarity I
32.7%
└
Clarity II
29.6%
└
Mysticism I
10.2%
└
Mysticism II
7.1%
└
Prolonged Duration I
6.1%
└
Armour Demolisher I
2%
└
Her Declaration
2%
└
Armour Demolisher II
2%
└
Vitality II
2%
└
Cannibalism II
1%
└
Uhtred's Omen
1%
└
Uhtred's Augury
1%
└
Upwelling II
1%
Convalescence
78.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
86.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
81.7%
└
Second Wind III
31.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
26.8%
└
Second Wind II
19.5%
└
Clarity I
14.6%
└
Rapid Casting III
7.3%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
6.1%
└
Mysticism I
4.9%
└
Clarity II
4.9%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
4.9%
└
Prolonged Duration I
3.7%
└
Second Wind I
2.4%
└
Efficiency II
2.4%
└
Profanity II
1.2%
Sigil of Power
71.4%
└
Magnified Area II
90.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
86.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
44%
└
Rapid Casting II
37.3%
└
Efficiency II
16%
└
Rapid Casting III
6.7%
└
Second Wind III
5.3%
└
Arcane Surge
4%
└
Profanity II
2.7%
└
Considered Casting
2.7%
└
Prolonged Duration I
1.3%
└
Inhibitor
1.3%
└
Second Wind II
1.3%
└
Potent Exposure
1.3%
└
Rapid Casting I
1.3%
Chaos Bolt
50.5%
└
Chaos Mastery
62.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
54.7%
└
Extraction
52.8%
└
Withering Touch
41.5%
└
Unleash
15.1%
└
Execute III
15.1%
└
Zenith II
9.4%
└
Multishot II
7.5%
└
Pierce III
7.5%
└
Chain III
7.5%
└
Poison II
5.7%
└
Controlled Destruction
5.7%
└
Rapid Casting III
5.7%
└
Chaos Attunement
3.8%
└
Sione's Temper
3.8%
Ravenous Swarm
47.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
60%
└
Escalating Poison
52%
└
Magnified Area II
38%
└
Withering Touch
28%
└
Poison II
26%
└
Culling Strike II
26%
└
Poison III
24%
└
Blind II
14%
└
Chaos Attunement
14%
└
Chaos Mastery
14%
└
Culling Strike I
12%
└
Maim
12%
└
Slow Potency
12%
└
Corrosion
10%
└
Rapid Attacks II
8%
Spellslinger
18.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
5.3%
└
Armour Break III
5.3%
└
Efficiency II
5.3%
└
Chaos Mastery
5.3%
└
Magnified Area II
5.3%
Power Siphon
12.4%
└
Rapid Casting II
15.4%
└
Deliberation
7.7%
└
Considered Casting
7.7%
└
Rapid Casting III
7.7%
└
Swift Affliction III
7.7%
└
Soul Drain
7.7%
└
Freeze
7.7%
Unearth
12.4%
└
Corpse Conservation
38.5%
└
Brutus' Brain
38.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
30.8%
└
Mobility
30.8%
└
Magnified Area I
23.1%
└
Efficiency II
23.1%
└
Minion Instability
23.1%
└
Minion Mastery
15.4%
└
Feeding Frenzy II
15.4%
└
Heft
7.7%
└
Bleed III
7.7%
└
Execute III
7.7%
└
Stun III
7.7%
└
Prolonged Duration I
7.7%
└
Unleash
7.7%
Enfeeble
10.5%
└
Ritualistic Curse
63.6%
└
Magnified Area II
45.5%
└
Heightened Curse
36.4%
└
Slow Potency
36.4%
└
Atziri's Communion
27.3%
└
Doedre's Undoing
9.1%
└
Efficiency II
9.1%
└
Lifetap
9.1%
└
Armour Demolisher I
9.1%
└
Compressed Duration I
9.1%
└
Prolonged Duration I
9.1%
└
Herbalism I
9.1%
└
Expanse
9.1%
└
Second Wind III
9.1%
└
Cursed Ground
9.1%
The Stars Answer
7.6%
└
Swift Affliction I
12.5%
└
Considered Casting
12.5%
└
Rapid Casting I
12.5%
Profane Ritual
6.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
71.4%
└
Chaos Mastery
57.1%
└
Magnified Area II
42.9%
└
Charge Profusion II
28.6%
└
Chaotic Freeze
28.6%
└
Acrimony
14.3%
└
Execute III
14.3%
└
Boundless Energy II
14.3%
└
Energy Retention
14.3%
└
Inhibitor
14.3%
└
Overabundance II
14.3%
└
Efficiency II
14.3%
└
Intense Agony
14.3%
└
Corpse Conservation
14.3%
└
Burning Inscription
14.3%
Mana Drain
6.7%
└
Considered Casting
14.3%
└
Rapid Casting I
14.3%
└
Efficiency I
14.3%
Impurity
5.7%
└
Clarity II
50%
└
Warm Blooded
33.3%
└
Chaos Mastery
33.3%
└
Mysticism II
33.3%
└
Vitality II
16.7%
└
Cannibalism I
16.7%
└
Vitality I
16.7%
└
Herbalism I
16.7%
└
Seraph's Heart
16.7%
└
Her Declaration
16.7%
└
Clarity I
16.7%
└
Precision II
16.7%
└
Herbalism II
16.7%
Repulsion
4.8%
└
Decaying Hex
40%
└
Magnified Area II
40%
└
Ritualistic Curse
40%
└
Prolonged Duration II
20%
└
Armour Break III
20%
└
Efficiency II
20%
└
Spell Cascade
20%
└
Impending Doom
20%
└
Zenith II
20%
└
Hayoxi's Fulmination
20%
└
Heightened Curse
20%
└
Slow Potency
20%
Living Bomb
3.8%
└
Overabundance II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Withering Touch
75%
└
Efficiency II
75%
└
Execute II
50%
└
Selfless Remnants
25%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
25%
└
Execute III
25%
Charge Regulation
3.8%
└
Clarity I
50%
└
Uhtred's Omen
50%
└
Clarity II
25%
Blink
3.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Uhtred's Rite
25%
Wolf Pack
3.8%
└
Essence Harvest
100%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
75%
└
Minion Instability
50%
└
Romira's Requital
50%
└
Minion Mastery
25%
└
Hulking Minions
25%
└
Poison III
25%
└
Loyalty
25%
└
Chaos Attunement
25%
└
Maim
25%
Flame Wall
3.8%
└
Fortress I
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Ignite III
25%
└
Fortress II
25%
└
Fire Mastery
25%
└
Execute III
25%
Refutation
2.9%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
66.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
Cast on Minion Death
2.9%
└
Boundless Energy II
66.7%
└
Sione's Temper
33.3%
└
Chain III
33.3%
└
Doedre's Undoing
33.3%
└
Chaotic Freeze
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Heightened Curse
33.3%
└
Execute III
33.3%
└
Energy Retention
33.3%
└
Spell Cascade
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
Skeletal Cleric
2.9%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
66.7%
└
Minion Mastery
33.3%
└
Last Gasp
33.3%
└
Deathmarch
33.3%
└
Meat Shield II
33.3%
└
Infernal Legion I
33.3%
└
Feeding Frenzy I
33.3%
└
Minion Instability
33.3%
Archmage
2.9%
└
Lightning Mastery
66.7%
└
Cool Headed
33.3%
└
Strong Hearted
33.3%
└
Warm Blooded
33.3%
└
Atziri's Communion
33.3%
└
Clarity I
33.3%
Hexblast
2.9%
└
Chaos Mastery
100%
└
Considered Casting
100%
└
Deliberation
66.7%
└
Magnified Area II
66.7%
└
Concentrated Area
33.3%
└
Extraction
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
Bonestorm
2.9%
└
Lifetap
66.7%
└
Exploit Weakness
33.3%
└
Perpetual Charge
33.3%
└
Zenith II
33.3%
└
Living Lightning II
33.3%
└
Considered Casting
33.3%
Arctic Armour
2.9%
└
Frost Nexus
33.3%
└
Freeze
33.3%
└
Controlled Destruction
33.3%
└
Knockback
33.3%
└
Execute II
33.3%
Flameblast
2.9%
└
Burgeon II
66.7%
└
Zenith II
33.3%
└
Eternal Flame II
33.3%
└
Ignite III
33.3%
└
Scouring Flame
33.3%