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1.6%
Acolyte Of Chayula
0.9%
Amazon
0.4%
Blood Mage
2.8%
Chronomancer
0.9%
Deadeye
5.8%
Disciple Of Varashta
2.3%
Druid
10.9%
Gemling Legionnaire
11.6%
Huntress
1.7%
Infernalist
3.3%
Invoker
0.1%
Lich
1%
Martial Artist
13.5%
Mercenary
Monk
13.2%
Oracle
3.8%
Pathfinder
1.5%
Ranger
Ritualist
1.4%
Shaman
1.4%
Smith Of Kitava
0.3%
Sorceress
Spirit Walker
12.5%
Stormweaver
4%
Tactician
0.8%
Titan
2.2%
Warbringer
0.3%
Warrior
0.8%
Witch
Witchhunter
1.1%

Thunderstorm

(Lich) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 14 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-29 19:45:52 UTC

The Thunderstorm is a highly effective skill for the Lich in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 14 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Living Lightning II, Prolonged Duration II, Magnified Area II. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Pure Energy, Dampening Shield, Patient Barrier on the skill tree.

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

★ Selected Main Skills

Thunderstorm
100%
└
Living Lightning II
71.4%
└
Prolonged Duration II
64.3%
└
Magnified Area II
64.3%
└
Shock
50%
└
Efficiency II
28.6%
└
Rapid Casting II
28.6%
└
Shock Conduction
21.4%
└
Commiserate
14.3%
└
Overcharge
14.3%
└
Lightning Mastery
14.3%
└
Poison II
14.3%
└
Escalating Poison
14.3%
└
Stormfire
7.1%
└
Zenith II
7.1%
└
Potent Exposure
7.1%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Blasphemy
85.7%
└
Ritualistic Curse
83.3%
└
Magnified Area II
75%
└
Slow Potency
58.3%
└
Hex Bloom
33.3%
└
Heightened Curse
33.3%
└
Decaying Hex
8.3%
└
Focused Curse
8.3%
└
Atziri's Communion
8.3%
Temporal Chains
85.7%
└
Ritualistic Curse
83.3%
└
Magnified Area II
75%
└
Slow Potency
58.3%
└
Hex Bloom
33.3%
└
Heightened Curse
33.3%
└
Decaying Hex
8.3%
└
Focused Curse
8.3%
└
Atziri's Communion
8.3%
Convalescence
71.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
90%
└
Rapid Casting II
60%
└
Second Wind III
40%
└
Second Wind II
40%
└
Mysticism I
40%
└
Efficiency II
10%
└
Rapid Casting III
10%
└
Clarity II
10%
Entangle
57.1%
└
Branching Fissures II
100%
└
Accelerated Growth II
87.5%
└
Zenith II
75%
└
Execute III
75%
└
Trickster's Shard
50%
└
Rakiata's Flow
12.5%
└
Heft
12.5%
└
Mobility
12.5%
└
Magnified Area II
12.5%
└
Rapid Casting II
12.5%
└
Mórrigan's Insight
12.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
12.5%
└
Slow Potency
12.5%
Sigil of Power
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
85.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
71.4%
└
Rapid Casting III
14.3%
└
Second Wind II
14.3%
Thrashing Vines
42.9%
└
Blindside
100%
└
Zenith II
83.3%
└
Execute III
83.3%
└
Heft
66.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Brutality III
33.3%
└
Extraction
16.7%
└
Considered Casting
16.7%
└
Physical Mastery
16.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
16.7%
Bonestorm
42.9%
└
Zenith II
100%
└
Execute III
83.3%
└
Blindside
83.3%
└
Physical Mastery
66.7%
└
Heft
66.7%
└
Brutality III
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
16.7%
└
Extraction
16.7%
└
Considered Casting
16.7%
Elemental Weakness
35.7%
└
Magnified Area II
60%
└
Heightened Curse
60%
└
Efficiency II
40%
└
Cursed Ground
40%
└
Ritualistic Curse
20%
└
Prolonged Duration II
20%
└
Focused Curse
20%
└
Hayoxi's Fulmination
20%
Despair
35.7%
└
Heightened Curse
80%
└
Ritualistic Curse
40%
└
Doedre's Undoing
20%
└
Atziri's Allure
20%
└
Efficiency II
20%
└
Overabundance II
20%
└
Impending Doom
20%
└
Slow Potency
20%
└
Decaying Hex
20%
└
Cursed Ground
20%
└
Chaotic Freeze
20%
Withering Presence
28.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Chaos Mastery
100%
└
Her Declaration
50%
└
Clarity II
50%
└
Mysticism II
25%
└
Dialla's Desire
25%
Contagion
28.6%
└
Chaotic Freeze
100%
└
Magnified Area II
75%
└
Considered Casting
50%
└
Arcane Surge
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Unleash
25%
└
Rapid Casting II
25%
└
Concentrated Area
25%
└
Drain Ailments
25%
└
Profanity II
25%
└
Intense Agony
25%
└
Prolonged Duration II
25%
Reap
21.4%
Frost Bomb
21.4%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Potent Exposure
100%
└
Overabundance II
66.7%
└
Spell Echo
66.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
33.3%
└
Second Wind III
33.3%
Enfeeble
21.4%
└
Ritualistic Curse
66.7%
└
Heightened Curse
66.7%
└
Atziri's Communion
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
Dark Effigy
21.4%
└
Urgent Totems III
100%
└
Overabundance II
100%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
└
Execute III
66.7%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Controlled Destruction
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting III
33.3%
└
Pinpoint Critical
33.3%
Essence Drain
21.4%
└
Swift Affliction II
100%
└
Considered Casting
66.7%
└
Chaos Mastery
66.7%
└
Minion Pact II
66.7%
└
Execute III
33.3%
└
Ricochet II
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
└
Intense Agony
33.3%
└
Chain III
33.3%
└
Deliberation
33.3%
Mana Remnants
14.3%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Remnant Potency I
100%
└
Clarity II
50%
Blink
14.3%
Wolf Pack
14.3%
└
Minion Instability
100%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
100%
└
Essence Harvest
100%
└
Physical Mastery
100%
└
Hulking Minions
100%
Arctic Armour
14.3%
└
Knockback
50%
Malice
14.3%
└
Clarity I
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Prolonged Duration I
50%
Ravenous Swarm
7.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Mysticism I
100%
└
Armour Demolisher II
100%
└
Chaos Mastery
100%
Companion: Crested Behemoth
7.1%
└
Searing Flame II
100%
└
Infernal Legion II
100%
└
Wildfire
100%
└
Feeding Frenzy II
100%
└
Ignite III
100%
Fulmination
7.1%
Raise Shield
7.1%
Cast on Block
7.1%
Tame Beast
7.1%
Tornado
7.1%
└
Considered Casting
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Zenith II
100%
└
Deliberation
100%
└
Swift Affliction II
100%
Elemental Conflux
7.1%
└
Compressed Duration II
100%
└
Clarity I
100%
└
Cold Mastery
100%
Spellslinger
7.1%
Heart of Ice
7.1%
Icestorm
7.1%
Barkskin
7.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Clarity I
100%
Consecrate
7.1%
Lightning Bolt
7.1%
Cast on Critical
7.1%
Purity of Lightning
7.1%
└
Warm Blooded
100%
└
Seraph's Heart
100%
└
Clarity II
100%
└
Cool Headed
100%
└
Mysticism II
100%
Spell Totem
7.1%
└
Zenith II
100%
└
Urgent Totems III
100%
└
Execute III
100%
└
Cold Mastery
100%
Grim Pillars
7.1%
└
Zenith II
100%
└
Urgent Totems III
100%
└
Execute III
100%
└
Cold Mastery
100%
Mana Tempest
7.1%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Lightning Mastery
100%
└
Advancing Storm
100%
Power Siphon
7.1%
Impurity
7.1%
└
Chaos Mastery
100%
└
Clarity I
100%
└
Strong Hearted
100%
└
Warm Blooded
100%
The Stars Answer
7.1%
Discipline
7.1%
└
Herbalism II
100%
└
Vitality II
100%
Time of Need
7.1%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
Orb of Storms
7.1%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Unleash
100%
└
Compressed Duration II
100%
└
Overabundance I
100%
└
Selfless Remnants
100%
Companion: Quadrilla
7.1%
└
Minion Mastery
100%
└
Feeding Frenzy II
100%
└
Minion Splash II
100%
└
Romira's Requital
100%
└
Supercritical
100%
Refutation
7.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Mobility
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
Chaos Bolt
7.1%
Vulnerability
7.1%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Heightened Curse
100%
└
Cursed Ground
100%
Pounce
7.1%