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Abyssal Lich
1.7%
Acolyte Of Chayula
0.9%
Amazon
0.4%
Blood Mage
3%
Chronomancer
1%
Deadeye
6.1%
Disciple Of Varashta
2.3%
Druid
12.7%
Gemling Legionnaire
12.5%
Huntress
1.9%
Infernalist
3.3%
Invoker
0.1%
Lich
1.1%
Martial Artist
14.3%
Mercenary
Monk
7.6%
Oracle
4%
Pathfinder
1.6%
Ranger
Ritualist
1.4%
Shaman
1.5%
Smith Of Kitava
0.4%
Sorceress
Spirit Walker
12.7%
Stormweaver
4.1%
Tactician
0.9%
Titan
2.3%
Warbringer
0.3%
Warrior
0.8%
Witch
Witchhunter
1.2%

Essence Drain

(Lich) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 209 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-28 07:44:41 UTC

The Essence Drain is a highly effective skill for the Lich in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 209 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 Pure Energy, Lingering Horror, 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
83.7%
└
Chaos Mastery
72.7%
└
Considered Casting
64.1%
└
Zenith II
39.2%
└
Deliberation
35.4%
└
Chain III
34%
└
Chain II
28.7%
└
Sione's Temper
28.2%
└
Rapid Casting II
17.7%
└
Intense Agony
17.7%
└
Extraction
12%
└
Execute III
12%
└
Drain Ailments
4.8%
└
Chaos Attunement
4.8%
└
Swift Affliction III
4.3%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Despair
99.5%
└
Heightened Curse
87%
└
Decaying Hex
77.9%
└
Cursed Ground
51.4%
└
Efficiency II
39.4%
└
Magnified Area II
25%
└
Doedre's Undoing
22.1%
└
Focused Curse
17.3%
└
Ritualistic Curse
15.4%
└
Chaos Mastery
12%
└
Prolonged Duration II
11.1%
└
Hayoxi's Fulmination
9.1%
└
Impending Doom
9.1%
└
Overabundance II
5.3%
└
Spell Cascade
4.3%
└
Hex Bloom
3.8%
Blasphemy
98.6%
└
Ritualistic Curse
89.8%
└
Magnified Area II
85%
└
Slow Potency
65.5%
└
Hex Bloom
22.3%
└
Heightened Curse
20.4%
└
Atziri's Communion
7.3%
└
Decaying Hex
7.3%
└
Clarity II
2.9%
└
Magnified Area I
1.9%
└
Clarity I
1.9%
└
Focused Curse
1.9%
Contagion
97.6%
└
Magnified Area II
88.2%
└
Unleash
81.4%
└
Chaotic Freeze
73.5%
└
Rapid Casting II
59.3%
└
Arcane Surge
52.5%
└
Chaos Mastery
16.7%
└
Efficiency II
15.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
14.2%
└
Intense Agony
11.3%
└
Rapid Casting III
8.3%
└
Acrimony
6.9%
└
Swift Affliction II
6.9%
└
Considered Casting
5.4%
└
Zenith II
4.9%
└
Magnified Area I
3.4%
Temporal Chains
96.2%
└
Ritualistic Curse
91.5%
└
Magnified Area II
84.6%
└
Slow Potency
67.7%
└
Hex Bloom
22.9%
└
Heightened Curse
19.9%
└
Atziri's Communion
7.5%
└
Decaying Hex
7%
└
Focused Curse
3%
└
Clarity II
2.5%
└
Magnified Area I
2%
└
Clarity I
2%
└
Doedre's Undoing
1.5%
Dark Effigy
96.2%
└
Overabundance II
89.6%
└
Urgent Totems III
86.6%
└
Controlled Destruction
64.2%
└
Execute III
45.3%
└
Concentrated Area
44.8%
└
Extraction
34.3%
└
Poison II
20.9%
└
Rapid Casting III
18.9%
└
Rapid Casting II
14.4%
└
Chaos Mastery
12.9%
└
Withering Touch
7.5%
└
Efficiency II
7%
└
Execute II
5%
└
Deliberation
4.5%
└
Poison III
4%
Withering Presence
92.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
84%
└
Chaos Mastery
73.2%
└
Clarity I
39.7%
└
Clarity II
24.2%
└
Mysticism I
13.4%
└
Prolonged Duration I
4.1%
└
Mysticism II
4.1%
Convalescence
78.9%
└
Prolonged Duration II
87.9%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
86.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
26.1%
└
Second Wind III
24.2%
└
Second Wind II
19.4%
└
Clarity I
11.5%
└
Clarity II
7.9%
└
Rapid Casting III
4.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
4.2%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
4.2%
└
Second Wind I
3.6%
└
Mysticism I
3%
└
Rapid Casting I
1.8%
└
Mysticism II
1.8%
└
Efficiency II
1.2%
Sigil of Power
67.9%
└
Magnified Area II
88.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
83.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
42.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
37.3%
└
Efficiency II
11.3%
└
Rapid Casting III
7%
└
Second Wind II
5.6%
└
Second Wind III
3.5%
└
Considered Casting
2.8%
└
Deliberation
1.4%
└
Profanity II
1.4%
└
Prolonged Duration I
1.4%
└
Magnified Area I
1.4%
└
Arcane Surge
1.4%
Chaos Bolt
59.3%
└
Chaos Mastery
72.6%
└
Extraction
66.1%
└
Rapid Casting II
62.1%
└
Withering Touch
57.3%
└
Execute III
13.7%
└
Considered Casting
12.9%
└
Unleash
7.3%
└
Rapid Casting III
5.6%
└
Poison II
4.8%
└
Deliberation
4.8%
└
Zenith II
3.2%
└
Chain III
3.2%
└
Controlled Destruction
3.2%
└
Sione's Temper
2.4%
└
Zenith I
2.4%
Ravenous Swarm
45.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
70.5%
└
Escalating Poison
70.5%
└
Magnified Area II
63.2%
└
Poison II
43.2%
└
Culling Strike II
33.7%
└
Culling Strike I
18.9%
└
Withering Touch
18.9%
└
Poison III
14.7%
└
Blind II
8.4%
└
Chaos Attunement
8.4%
└
Corrosion
7.4%
└
Maim
6.3%
└
Slow Potency
6.3%
└
Chaos Mastery
4.2%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
4.2%
Spellslinger
14.8%
└
Boundless Energy II
6.5%
└
Zenith II
6.5%
└
Controlled Destruction
6.5%
└
Clarity II
3.2%
└
Multishot II
3.2%
└
Deliberation
3.2%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
3.2%
└
Rapid Casting II
3.2%
└
Chaos Mastery
3.2%
└
Overabundance II
3.2%
└
Spell Cascade
3.2%
Unearth
13.9%
└
Prolonged Duration II
31%
└
Brutus' Brain
24.1%
└
Minion Instability
13.8%
└
Mobility
13.8%
└
Prolonged Duration I
10.3%
└
Efficiency II
10.3%
└
Corpse Conservation
10.3%
└
Arcane Surge
10.3%
└
Culling Strike I
10.3%
└
Minion Mastery
10.3%
└
Magnified Area I
6.9%
└
Bleed III
6.9%
└
Heft
6.9%
└
Rapid Attacks III
6.9%
└
Rapid Casting II
6.9%
Enfeeble
11.5%
└
Ritualistic Curse
62.5%
└
Heightened Curse
45.8%
└
Magnified Area II
37.5%
└
Atziri's Communion
25%
└
Slow Potency
25%
└
Focused Curse
20.8%
└
Decaying Hex
12.5%
└
Arcane Surge
8.3%
└
Hex Bloom
8.3%
└
Efficiency II
8.3%
└
Expand
4.2%
└
Prolonged Duration I
4.2%
└
Magnified Area I
4.2%
└
Cursed Ground
4.2%
└
Herbalism I
4.2%
Power Siphon
7.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
6.2%
└
Withering Touch
6.2%
└
Deliberation
6.2%
└
Considered Casting
6.2%
└
Rapid Casting I
6.2%
Mana Drain
6.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
21.4%
└
Slow Potency
7.1%
└
Arcane Surge
7.1%
└
Inhibitor
7.1%
Wolf Pack
5.7%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
75%
└
Minion Instability
66.7%
└
Essence Harvest
41.7%
└
Loyalty
25%
└
Romira's Requital
25%
└
Infernal Legion II
25%
└
Feeding Frenzy II
25%
└
Minion Mastery
25%
└
Poison III
16.7%
└
Hulking Minions
16.7%
└
Culling Strike II
8.3%
└
Meat Shield II
8.3%
└
Infernal Legion I
8.3%
└
Brutus' Brain
8.3%
└
Fire Attunement
8.3%
Hexblast
5.3%
└
Considered Casting
63.6%
└
Chaos Mastery
45.5%
└
Controlled Destruction
27.3%
└
Deliberation
27.3%
└
Concentrated Area
27.3%
└
Extraction
27.3%
└
Execute II
18.2%
└
Magnified Area II
18.2%
└
Withering Touch
9.1%
└
Poison III
9.1%
└
Corrosion
9.1%
└
Swift Affliction III
9.1%
└
Pin III
9.1%
└
Execute III
9.1%
Profane Ritual
5.3%
└
Chaos Mastery
54.5%
└
Magnified Area II
45.5%
└
Rapid Casting II
45.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
27.3%
└
Chaotic Freeze
27.3%
└
Considered Casting
18.2%
└
Intense Agony
18.2%
└
Unleash
9.1%
└
Boundless Energy II
9.1%
└
Cool Headed
9.1%
└
Corpse Conservation
9.1%
└
Acrimony
9.1%
└
Spell Echo
9.1%
└
Profanity I
9.1%
└
Expand
9.1%
Living Bomb
4.8%
└
Overabundance II
80%
└
Rapid Casting II
60%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Withering Touch
50%
└
Execute II
40%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
20%
└
Spell Cascade
20%
└
Prolonged Duration II
10%
└
Rapid Casting III
10%
└
Boundless Energy II
10%
└
Energy Retention
10%
└
Execute III
10%
└
Zenith II
10%
└
Controlled Destruction
10%
└
Vorana's Siege
10%
Bonestorm
4.3%
└
Lifetap
33.3%
└
Zenith I
22.2%
└
Burgeon I
22.2%
└
Considered Casting
22.2%
└
Living Lightning II
22.2%
└
Zenith II
22.2%
└
Burgeon II
22.2%
└
Perpetual Charge
11.1%
└
Heft
11.1%
└
Profanity I
11.1%
└
Ricochet I
11.1%
└
Bounty II
11.1%
└
Living Lightning
11.1%
└
Rapid Casting II
11.1%
└
Extraction
11.1%
Freezing Mark
3.8%
└
Charged Mark
87.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
62.5%
└
Eternal Mark
62.5%
└
Cold Mastery
37.5%
└
Efficiency II
25%
└
Deliberation
12.5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
12.5%
Elemental Weakness
3.3%
└
Heightened Curse
57.1%
└
Magnified Area II
28.6%
└
Focused Curse
28.6%
└
Atziri's Allure
14.3%
└
Decaying Hex
14.3%
└
Potent Exposure
14.3%
└
Lifetap
14.3%
└
Efficiency II
14.3%
└
Ritualistic Curse
14.3%
The Stars Answer
3.3%
Repulsion
2.9%
└
Magnified Area II
66.7%
└
Ritualistic Curse
66.7%
└
Decaying Hex
33.3%
└
Slow Potency
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
16.7%
└
Hex Bloom
16.7%
└
Splinter Totem II
16.7%
└
Zenith II
16.7%
└
Impending Doom
16.7%
└
Spell Cascade
16.7%
Refutation
2.9%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
66.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
66.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
└
Sione's Temper
16.7%
└
Efficiency II
16.7%
└
Mobility
16.7%
Discipline
2.9%
└
Clarity II
16.7%
└
Clarity I
16.7%
└
Warm Blooded
16.7%
Impurity
2.4%
└
Clarity II
80%
└
Mysticism II
60%
└
Seraph's Heart
40%
└
Her Declaration
40%
└
Chaos Mastery
20%
└
Vitality II
20%
└
Cannibalism II
20%
Flame Wall
2.4%
└
Prolonged Duration II
40%
└
Fortress II
40%
└
Ignite III
40%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
20%
└
Sione's Temper
20%
└
Fortress I
20%
└
Magnified Area II
20%
└
Rapid Casting II
20%
└
Considered Casting
20%
└
Extraction
20%
└
Concentrated Area
20%