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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%

Essence Drain

(Monk) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 27 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-29 19:45:52 UTC

The Essence Drain is a highly effective skill for the Monk in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 27 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Swift Affliction II, Considered Casting, Chaos Mastery. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Dark Entries, Whispers of Doom, Pure Chaos 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
77.8%
└
Considered Casting
74.1%
└
Chaos Mastery
63%
└
Deliberation
44.4%
└
Chain III
44.4%
└
Zenith II
37%
└
Sione's Temper
18.5%
└
Intense Agony
14.8%
└
Chaotic Freeze
14.8%
└
Chain II
14.8%
└
Rapid Casting II
11.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
7.4%
└
Execute III
7.4%
└
Minion Pact II
7.4%
└
Urgent Totems III
7.4%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Despair
96.3%
└
Heightened Curse
69.2%
└
Efficiency II
69.2%
└
Decaying Hex
53.8%
└
Cursed Ground
42.3%
└
Magnified Area II
42.3%
└
Doedre's Undoing
30.8%
└
Ritualistic Curse
26.9%
└
Impending Doom
19.2%
└
Spell Cascade
15.4%
└
Focused Curse
11.5%
└
Hayoxi's Fulmination
11.5%
└
Overabundance II
11.5%
└
Armour Demolisher I
3.8%
└
Compressed Duration II
3.8%
└
Vorana's Siege
3.8%
Withering Presence
92.6%
└
Chaos Mastery
80%
└
Prolonged Duration II
68%
└
Clarity I
32%
└
Clarity II
16%
└
Prolonged Duration I
12%
└
Mysticism I
12%
└
Mysticism II
12%
└
Her Declaration
8%
└
Armour Demolisher I
8%
└
Uhtred's Omen
8%
└
Seraph's Heart
4%
└
Dialla's Desire
4%
└
Uhtred's Augury
4%
└
Cool Headed
4%
Contagion
85.2%
└
Magnified Area II
91.3%
└
Unleash
52.2%
└
Chaotic Freeze
52.2%
└
Rapid Casting II
39.1%
└
Arcane Surge
39.1%
└
Swift Affliction II
26.1%
└
Intense Agony
26.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
21.7%
└
Efficiency II
21.7%
└
Profanity II
13%
└
Rapid Casting III
13%
└
Chaos Mastery
13%
└
Acrimony
8.7%
└
Zenith II
8.7%
└
Dialla's Desire
4.3%
Blasphemy
85.2%
└
Ritualistic Curse
91.3%
└
Magnified Area II
78.3%
└
Slow Potency
60.9%
└
Heightened Curse
30.4%
└
Hex Bloom
21.7%
└
Atziri's Communion
8.7%
└
Efficiency II
4.3%
└
Lifetap
4.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
4.3%
└
Strong Hearted
4.3%
└
Clarity I
4.3%
└
Decaying Hex
4.3%
└
Clarity II
4.3%
Temporal Chains
81.5%
└
Ritualistic Curse
90.9%
└
Magnified Area II
77.3%
└
Slow Potency
63.6%
└
Heightened Curse
36.4%
└
Hex Bloom
22.7%
└
Efficiency II
9.1%
└
Atziri's Communion
9.1%
└
Lifetap
4.5%
└
Cursed Ground
4.5%
└
Decaying Hex
4.5%
└
Clarity II
4.5%
Dark Effigy
77.8%
└
Overabundance II
90.5%
└
Urgent Totems III
85.7%
└
Concentrated Area
47.6%
└
Controlled Destruction
42.9%
└
Execute III
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
23.8%
└
Efficiency II
23.8%
└
Poison II
19%
└
Extraction
19%
└
Rapid Casting III
19%
└
Chaos Mastery
14.3%
└
Withering Touch
9.5%
└
Poison III
9.5%
└
Esh's Radiance
9.5%
└
Chaos Attunement
9.5%
Sigil of Power
70.4%
└
Prolonged Duration II
84.2%
└
Magnified Area II
78.9%
└
Rapid Casting II
52.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
52.6%
└
Second Wind III
15.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
5.3%
Convalescence
66.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
94.4%
└
Prolonged Duration II
88.9%
└
Second Wind III
33.3%
└
Second Wind II
27.8%
└
Rapid Casting II
22.2%
└
Clarity II
16.7%
└
Rapid Casting III
16.7%
└
Mysticism I
11.1%
└
Efficiency II
11.1%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
5.6%
└
Uhtred's Rite
5.6%
└
Clarity I
5.6%
Chaos Bolt
44.4%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Extraction
50%
└
Chaos Mastery
50%
└
Withering Touch
41.7%
└
Execute III
25%
└
Chain III
16.7%
└
Dominus' Grasp
16.7%
└
Unleash
16.7%
└
Deliberation
8.3%
└
Controlled Destruction
8.3%
└
Sione's Temper
8.3%
└
Poison II
8.3%
└
Pierce III
8.3%
└
Trickster's Shard
8.3%
└
Zarokh's Revolt
8.3%
Ravenous Swarm
37%
└
Escalating Poison
80%
└
Prolonged Duration II
80%
└
Magnified Area II
40%
└
Poison II
40%
└
Poison III
40%
└
Culling Strike II
30%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
30%
└
Chaos Attunement
30%
└
Culling Strike I
20%
└
Tul's Stillness
20%
└
Withering Touch
20%
└
Chaos Mastery
20%
└
Maim
10%
└
Blind II
10%
└
Mysticism I
10%
Spellslinger
22.2%
└
Boundless Energy II
33.3%
└
Sione's Temper
16.7%
└
Energy Retention
16.7%
└
Energy Capacitor
16.7%
└
Magnified Area II
16.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
16.7%
└
Spell Cascade
16.7%
└
Chaos Attunement
16.7%
Mana Remnants
18.5%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Remnant Potency III
60%
└
Warm Blooded
20%
└
Clarity II
20%
└
Cool Headed
20%
└
Remnant Potency II
20%
└
Remnant Potency I
20%
Blink
14.8%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Atziri's Impatience
25%
└
Second Wind III
25%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
25%
The Stars Answer
14.8%
└
Efficiency II
25%
└
Armour Demolisher I
25%
└
Lifetap
25%
└
Prolonged Duration II
25%
Impurity
14.8%
└
Cool Headed
50%
└
Clarity II
50%
└
Uhtred's Omen
25%
└
Chaos Mastery
25%
└
Strong Hearted
25%
└
Warm Blooded
25%
└
Seraph's Heart
25%
└
Her Declaration
25%
Unearth
14.8%
└
Brutus' Brain
75%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Corpse Conservation
50%
└
Culling Strike II
25%
└
Rapid Attacks III
25%
└
Magnified Area I
25%
└
Withering Touch
25%
└
Magnified Area II
25%
└
Poison III
25%
└
Bleed III
25%
└
Rapid Casting I
25%
└
Mobility
25%
└
Dialla's Desire
25%
Enfeeble
14.8%
└
Ritualistic Curse
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Slow Potency
50%
└
Atziri's Communion
25%
└
Heightened Curse
25%
└
Strong Hearted
25%
└
Clarity I
25%
└
Mobility
25%
└
Efficiency II
25%
└
Deliberation
25%
Time Snap
11.1%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Second Wind III
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
Time Freeze
11.1%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Second Wind III
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
66.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
66.7%
Flameblast
11.1%
└
Poison III
33.3%
└
Deadly Poison II
33.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
33.3%
└
Rageforged II
33.3%
└
Extraction
33.3%
└
Considered Casting
33.3%
└
Eternal Flame II
33.3%
└
Controlled Destruction
33.3%
└
Burgeon II
33.3%
└
Concentrated Area
33.3%
Virtuous Barrier
11.1%
└
Vitality I
33.3%
└
Clarity I
33.3%
Spell Totem
11.1%
└
Urgent Totems III
100%
└
Chaotic Freeze
66.7%
└
Withering Touch
33.3%
└
Sione's Temper
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
└
Rakiata's Flow
33.3%
└
Vorana's Siege
33.3%
└
Execute III
33.3%
Life Remnants
7.4%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Remnant Potency I
50%
└
Remnant Potency III
50%
Incinerate
7.4%
└
Considered Casting
100%
└
Searing Flame II
100%
└
Burgeon II
100%
└
Extraction
100%
└
Deliberation
50%
└
Xoph's Pyre
50%
Firebolt
7.4%
Ghost Dance
7.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Atziri's Communion
50%
└
Clarity I
50%
└
Second Wind I
50%
Freezing Mark
7.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Prolonged Duration I
50%
└
Mark of Siphoning
50%
└
Mark for Death
50%
Thunderstorm
7.4%
└
Shock Conduction
100%
└
Overcharge
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Commiserate
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Spell Echo
50%
└
Expand
50%
Power Siphon
7.4%
Profane Ritual
7.4%
└
Overabundance I
100%
└
Unleash
50%
└
Compressed Duration II
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Charge Profusion II
50%
└
Compressed Duration I
50%
Mana Tempest
3.7%
└
Morgana's Tempest
100%
└
Lifetap
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Lightning Mastery
100%
Reap
3.7%
└
Considered Casting
100%
└
Zenith II
100%
└
Physical Mastery
100%
└
Deliberation
100%
Detonate Dead
3.7%
└
Shock
100%
└
Blind II
100%
└
Admixture
100%
└
Soul Drain
100%
Vulnerability
3.7%
└
Prolonged Duration I
100%
└
Compressed Duration I
100%
Inevitable Agony
3.7%
└
Arcane Surge
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Spell Cascade
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
Mana Drain
3.7%
└
Mobility
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
Raise Shield
3.7%
Temporal Rift
3.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
100%
Powered by Verisium
3.7%
└
Efficiency II
100%
Bloodhound's Mark
3.7%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Poison III
100%
└
Swift Affliction II
100%
└
Close Combat II
100%
Eternal Rage
3.7%
└
Uhtred's Omen
100%
└
Warm Blooded
100%
Sniper's Mark
3.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
Voltaic Mark
3.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
Tame Beast
3.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
Malice
3.7%
Charge Regulation
3.7%
Solar Orb
3.7%
Heart of Ice
3.7%
└
Slow Potency
100%
└
Cold Mastery
100%
Icestorm
3.7%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
Demon Form
3.7%
└
Armour Demolisher II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Second Wind III
100%
└
Profanity II
100%
Comet
3.7%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Spell Cascade
100%
Time of Need
3.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Armour Demolisher II
100%
Lightning Warp
3.7%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Chaos Attunement
100%
Arc
3.7%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Chaos Attunement
100%
Repulsion
3.7%
└
Slow Potency
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
100%
Hexblast
3.7%
└
Considered Casting
100%
└
Deliberation
100%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
└
Controlled Destruction
100%
Arctic Armour
3.7%
└
Freeze
100%
└
Ambush
100%
└
Poison II
100%
└
Cold Mastery
100%
Bone Cage
3.7%
└
Poison III
100%
└
Spell Cascade
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Rapid Casting I
100%
Attrition
3.7%
Entangle
3.7%
└
Unleash
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Branching Fissures II
100%
└
Mórrigan's Insight
100%
Living Bomb
3.7%
└
Considered Casting
100%
└
Fire Penetration II
100%
└
Overabundance II
100%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
└
Rapid Casting I
100%
Grim Pillars
3.7%
└
Rakiata's Flow
100%
└
Vorana's Siege
100%
└
Urgent Totems III
100%
└
Execute III
100%
Elemental Conflux
3.7%
└
Atziri's Communion
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cold Mastery
100%
└
Clarity I
100%
Discipline
3.7%
└
Clarity II
100%
Archmage
3.7%
└
Lightning Mastery
100%
Elemental Weakness
3.7%