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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%
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1.4%
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0.4%
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Spirit Walker
12.6%
Stormweaver
4.1%
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0.9%
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2.3%
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0.3%
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0.5%
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Witchhunter
1.1%

Contagion

(Monk) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 52 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-28 19:43:54 UTC

The Contagion is a highly effective skill for the Monk in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 52 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Magnified Area II, Efficiency II, Prolonged Duration II. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Essence of Virtue, Advanced Thaumaturgy, Implanted Gems 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
92.3%
└
Efficiency II
71.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
63.5%
└
Vitality I
34.6%
└
Boundless Energy II
25%
└
Chaotic Freeze
25%
└
Unleash
19.2%
└
Rapid Casting II
15.4%
└
Swift Affliction II
13.5%
└
Arcane Surge
13.5%
└
Intense Agony
9.6%
└
Zenith II
9.6%
└
Chaos Mastery
7.7%
└
Considered Casting
5.8%
└
Vitality II
3.8%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Blasphemy
94.2%
└
Magnified Area II
98%
└
Ritualistic Curse
91.8%
└
Slow Potency
85.7%
└
Heightened Curse
14.3%
└
Decaying Hex
6.1%
└
Focused Curse
4.1%
└
Cursed Ground
4.1%
└
Clarity II
4.1%
└
Hex Bloom
4.1%
└
Kalisa's Crescendo
2%
└
Clarity I
2%
└
Vitality I
2%
└
Uruk's Smelting
2%
└
Dialla's Desire
2%
└
Atziri's Communion
2%
Withering Presence
86.5%
└
Chaos Mastery
93.3%
└
Uhtred's Omen
37.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
└
Clarity I
6.7%
└
Her Declaration
4.4%
└
Clarity II
4.4%
└
Prolonged Duration I
4.4%
└
Dialla's Desire
2.2%
└
Atziri's Communion
2.2%
└
Mysticism II
2.2%
└
Armour Demolisher II
2.2%
Temporal Chains
86.5%
└
Magnified Area II
97.8%
└
Ritualistic Curse
91.1%
└
Slow Potency
84.4%
└
Heightened Curse
15.6%
└
Decaying Hex
6.7%
└
Focused Curse
4.4%
└
Cursed Ground
4.4%
└
Clarity II
4.4%
└
Hex Bloom
4.4%
└
Kalisa's Crescendo
2.2%
└
Vitality I
2.2%
└
Dialla's Desire
2.2%
└
Atziri's Communion
2.2%
Virtuous Barrier
67.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
65.7%
└
Clarity I
5.7%
└
Cannibalism I
5.7%
└
Uruk's Smelting
2.9%
└
Precision I
2.9%
└
Vitality I
2.9%
Cast on Elemental Ailment
61.5%
└
Magnified Area II
96.9%
└
Efficiency II
93.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
87.5%
└
Vitality I
56.2%
└
Boundless Energy II
37.5%
└
Vitality II
6.2%
└
Her Declaration
3.1%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
3.1%
└
Zenith II
3.1%
└
Swift Affliction III
3.1%
└
Energy Retention
3.1%
└
Intense Agony
3.1%
Arctic Armour
57.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
86.7%
└
Cold Mastery
23.3%
└
Freeze
13.3%
└
Knockback
13.3%
└
Bounty II
10%
└
Zenith II
6.7%
└
Embitter
6.7%
└
Cold Penetration
6.7%
└
Swift Affliction III
6.7%
└
Pin II
6.7%
└
Controlled Destruction
6.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
3.3%
└
Bleed IV
3.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
3.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
3.3%
Despair
55.8%
└
Magnified Area II
62.1%
└
Heightened Curse
55.2%
└
Ritualistic Curse
44.8%
└
Decaying Hex
41.4%
└
Slow Potency
34.5%
└
Doedre's Undoing
34.5%
└
Efficiency II
20.7%
└
Impending Doom
13.8%
└
Cursed Ground
13.8%
└
Chaos Mastery
10.3%
└
Focused Curse
10.3%
└
Spell Cascade
6.9%
└
Hayoxi's Fulmination
3.4%
└
Hex Bloom
3.4%
└
Expand
3.4%
Berserk
53.8%
└
Armour Demolisher II
67.9%
└
Uhtred's Augury
3.6%
└
Dialla's Desire
3.6%
└
Vitality I
3.6%
Perfect Strike
48.1%
└
Tasalio's Rhythm
96%
└
Window of Opportunity II
92%
└
Scouring Flame
92%
└
Xoph's Pyre
88%
└
Rapid Attacks II
84%
└
Wildfire
16%
└
Concussive Runes
8%
└
Elemental Armament II
8%
└
Perfected Endurance
4%
└
Rakiata's Flow
4%
Raise Shield
48.1%
└
Mobility
20%
└
Close Combat II
8%
└
Elemental Armament II
8%
└
Deliberation
8%
└
Magnified Area I
8%
└
Blind II
4%
└
Physical Mastery
4%
└
Longshot II
4%
└
Mana Leech
4%
└
Ice Bite I
4%
└
Magnified Area II
4%
└
Ambush
4%
└
Concentrated Area
4%
└
Burgeon I
4%
└
Rapid Attacks II
4%
Magma Barrier
46.2%
└
Armour Demolisher II
75%
└
Fire Mastery
16.7%
└
Charge Profusion II
8.3%
└
Fire Attunement
4.2%
└
Close Combat II
4.2%
└
Knockback
4.2%
└
Elemental Armament II
4.2%
└
Withering Touch
4.2%
Infernal Cry
42.3%
└
Fire Attunement
68.2%
└
Fire Mastery
13.6%
└
Enraged Warcry II
13.6%
└
Mobility
9.1%
└
Raging Cry
9.1%
└
Uhtred's Rite
9.1%
└
Potent Exposure
9.1%
└
Magnified Area II
9.1%
└
Wildfire
9.1%
└
Fiery Death
9.1%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
9.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
9.1%
└
Vorana's Siege
9.1%
└
Stun III
4.5%
└
Enraged Warcry I
4.5%
Mace Strike
40.4%
└
Elemental Focus
66.7%
└
Living Lightning II
57.1%
└
Rageforged II
52.4%
└
Rapid Attacks II
38.1%
└
Rage III
14.3%
└
Close Combat II
14.3%
└
Deliberation
14.3%
└
Armour Break III
14.3%
└
Blind II
14.3%
└
Magnified Area II
14.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
9.5%
└
Blindside
9.5%
└
Culling Strike II
9.5%
└
Fork
9.5%
└
Elemental Armament II
9.5%
Blink
40.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Mobility
95.2%
└
Rapid Casting II
95.2%
└
Uhtred's Rite
4.8%
Dark Effigy
32.7%
└
Urgent Totems III
88.2%
└
Concentrated Area
52.9%
└
Controlled Destruction
47.1%
└
Overabundance II
47.1%
└
Execute III
41.2%
└
Poison II
23.5%
└
Rapid Casting II
23.5%
└
Extraction
23.5%
└
Zenith II
11.8%
└
Efficiency II
11.8%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
11.8%
└
Withering Touch
11.8%
└
Urgent Totems II
11.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
11.8%
└
Vilenta's Propulsion
11.8%
Convalescence
28.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
86.7%
└
Second Wind III
46.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
40%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
13.3%
└
Second Wind II
13.3%
└
Vitality II
6.7%
└
Mysticism II
6.7%
└
Efficiency II
6.7%
└
Cannibalism I
6.7%
└
Mysticism I
6.7%
└
Clarity I
6.7%
└
Rapid Casting III
6.7%
└
Her Declaration
6.7%
Essence Drain
28.8%
└
Considered Casting
93.3%
└
Swift Affliction II
86.7%
└
Deliberation
66.7%
└
Chaos Mastery
60%
└
Zenith II
60%
└
Chain III
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
13.3%
└
Intense Agony
13.3%
└
Efficiency II
13.3%
└
Chain I
6.7%
└
Chain II
6.7%
└
Minion Pact I
6.7%
└
Extraction
6.7%
└
Drain Ailments
6.7%
└
Swift Affliction III
6.7%
Shockwave Totem
26.9%
└
Pinpoint Critical
85.7%
└
Freeze
71.4%
└
Close Combat II
71.4%
└
Concentrated Area
64.3%
└
Magnified Area II
14.3%
└
Embitter
7.1%
└
Corrosion
7.1%
└
Overabundance II
7.1%
└
Urgent Totems III
7.1%
└
Close Combat I
7.1%
└
Withering Touch
7.1%
└
Profanity II
7.1%
└
Chaos Attunement
7.1%
└
Armour Explosion
7.1%
└
Culling Strike I
7.1%
Sigil of Power
21.2%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
81.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
45.5%
└
Rapid Casting II
27.3%
└
Second Wind III
18.2%
└
Uhtred's Omen
9.1%
└
Efficiency II
9.1%
└
Uhtred's Rite
9.1%
└
Deliberation
9.1%
Enfeeble
13.5%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
100%
└
Slow Potency
42.9%
└
Doedre's Undoing
14.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
14.3%
└
Heightened Curse
14.3%
└
Dialla's Desire
14.3%
Ravenous Swarm
13.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
85.7%
└
Escalating Poison
71.4%
└
Magnified Area II
71.4%
└
Culling Strike II
42.9%
└
Withering Touch
28.6%
└
Poison II
28.6%
└
Poison III
28.6%
└
Culling Strike I
14.3%
└
Rapid Attacks III
14.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
14.3%
└
Overabundance II
14.3%
└
Bleed III
14.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
14.3%
└
Clarity II
14.3%
└
Chaos Attunement
14.3%
Incendiary Shot
11.5%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Fire Attunement
100%
└
Scouring Flame
83.3%
└
Rageforged II
66.7%
└
Xoph's Pyre
66.7%
└
Close Combat II
50%
└
Wildfire
16.7%
└
Ignite III
16.7%
Eternal Rage
11.5%
└
Vitality II
33.3%
└
Vitality I
16.7%
Chaos Bolt
9.6%
└
Extraction
40%
└
Withering Touch
20%
└
Rapid Casting II
20%
└
Chaos Mastery
20%
└
Rapid Casting III
20%
└
Multishot II
20%
└
Pierce III
20%
Rapid Shot
9.6%
└
Streamlined Rounds
60%
└
Nimble Reload
60%
└
Rapid Attacks III
60%
└
Mobility
60%
└
Multishot II
40%
└
Poison III
40%
└
Nova Projectiles I
20%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
20%
└
Rapid Attacks II
20%
Herald of Ash
7.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Fire Mastery
50%
└
Swift Affliction III
25%
└
Acrimony
25%
Spellslinger
7.7%
└
Boundless Energy II
50%
└
Magnified Area II
25%
└
Kaom's Madness
25%
└
Armour Demolisher I
25%
└
Precision II
25%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
25%
└
Vitality I
25%
└
Efficiency II
25%
└
Chaotic Freeze
25%
└
Clarity II
25%
└
Energy Retention
25%
Flameblast
7.7%
└
Ignite III
75%
└
Eternal Flame II
50%
└
Searing Flame II
25%
└
Deliberation
25%
└
Extraction
25%
└
Xoph's Pyre
25%
└
Vorana's Siege
25%
└
Scouring Flame
25%
└
Rapid Casting II
25%
└
Fire Penetration II
25%
└
Brutality III
25%
└
Fire Attunement
25%
└
Swift Affliction II
25%
Unearth
5.8%
└
Magnified Area II
66.7%
└
Brutus' Brain
66.7%
└
Prolonged Duration I
33.3%
└
Corpse Conservation
33.3%
└
Poison III
33.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
└
Rapid Attacks III
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
└
Meat Shield II
33.3%
└
Elemental Army
33.3%
The Stars Answer
5.8%
Mana Drain
5.8%
└
Slow Potency
66.7%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Mobility
33.3%
└
Inhibitor
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
Mana Remnants
5.8%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Remnant Potency I
100%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
66.7%
└
Clarity II
33.3%
└
Armour Demolisher I
33.3%
└
Selfless Remnants
33.3%
└
Seraph's Heart
33.3%
Crossbow Shot
5.8%
└
Lightning Penetration
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Culling Strike II
33.3%
└
Fork
33.3%
└
Elemental Focus
33.3%
Freezing Mark
3.8%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
50%
└
Mobility
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Charged Mark
50%
Voltaic Mark
3.8%
└
Mobility
50%
└
Second Wind II
50%
└
Poison II
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Charged Mark
50%
Bloodhound's Mark
3.8%
└
Blind II
50%
└
Heft
50%
└
Pin I
50%
└
Brutality III
50%
Ancestral Cry
3.8%
└
Heightened Charges
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Fiery Death
50%
└
Immolate
50%
└
Armour Explosion
50%
└
Uruk's Smelting
50%
└
Wildfire
50%
Time of Need
3.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
Punch
3.8%
└
Stun II
50%
└
Heft
50%
└
Armour Break I
50%
└
Life Leech III
50%
└
Hourglass
50%
└
Ambush
50%
└
Magnified Area I
50%
└
Ice Bite II
50%
└
Embitter
50%
Cast on Critical
3.8%
Overwhelming Presence
3.8%
└
Armour Demolisher I
50%
└
Clarity I
50%
Parry
3.8%
Oil Grenade
3.8%
└
Nova Projectiles I
100%
└
Poison III
50%
└
Mobility
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Multishot II
50%
└
Urgent Totems III
50%
└
Short Fuse II
50%
Impurity
3.8%
└
Cool Headed
50%
└
Clarity II
50%
└
Strong Hearted
50%
└
Warm Blooded
50%