Lich Ascendancy Overview and Skills
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Wield the ruinous powers of chaos and curses with the Witch Ascendancy class in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2). Learn more about the Lich's mechanics, skills, builds, and base class in this guide!
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Lich Ascendancy Skills
All Lich Skills and Passives
Listed below are the Lich's ascendancy class skills that were mentioned and showcased during the Dawn of the Hunt livestream:
| # | Skill | Effect |
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| 1 | Necromantic Conduit | ・You and Allies Allies Your allies include other players, Minions, and any other entity that fights alongside you and has its own stats. in your Presence You do not count as your own Ally. Presence Your Presence is an area around your character within which certain effects (such as many Auras) are applied. By default this has 6 metre radius. The size of this area can be modified by Presence Area modifiers, but not by Skill Area modifiers. have Unholy Might Unholy Might Grants 100% of Physical damage converted to Chaos Damage and 25% chance to apply Withered on Hit while you are not on Low Mana.
・Lose 5% of Mana per Second. |
| 2 | Mana | ・3% increase maximum Mana |
| 3 | Blackened Heart | ・4% increased Magnitude Magnitude The Magnitudes of a Buff or Debuff are the values of the stats it applies to the target. A Buff or Debuff with higher magnitudes is more powerful. of Unholy Might Modifiers to the Magnitude of Buffs or Debuffs come from whoever applies it and are multiplicative with modifiers to the Effect the Buff or Debuff has on the target. Unholy Might Unholy Might is a Buff that grants 30% of all damage as extra Chaos Damage. buffs you grant per 100 maximum Mana
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| 4 | Rupture the Soul | ・ Cursed Cursed Curses significantly Debuff affected targets. By default a target can have on Curse on them at a time. Enemies Killed by you or Allies Allies Your allies include other players, Minions, and any other entity that fights alongside you and has its own stats. in your Presence You do not count as your own Ally. Presence Your Presence is an area around your character within which certain effects (such as many Auras) are applied. By default this has 6 metre radius. The size of this area can be modified by Presence Area modifiers, but not by Skill Area modifiers. have a 33% chance to Explode, dealing a quarter of their maximum Life as Chaos Chaos Chaos damage is one of the five damage types. It is reduced by chaos resistance. Damage.
Chaos damage is the least common damage type, and removes twice as much energy shield as the damage value when taken. |
| 5 | Curse Area | ・25% increased Area of Effect of Curses Curses Curses significantly Debuff affected targets. By default a target can have on Curse on them at a time.
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| 6 | Dominion Over Flesh | ・You can apply an additional Curse Curse Curses significantly Debuff affected targets. By default a target can have on Curse on them at a time. .
・Your Curses Curses Curses significantly Debuff affected targets. By default a target can have on Curse on them at a time. can affect Hexproof Hexproof ・Grants immunity to hexes. Enemies.
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| 7 | Energy Shield | ・20% increased maximum Energy Shield |
| 8 | Eldritch Empowerment | ・Non-Channeling Spells cost an additional 3% of maximum Energy Shield Energy Shield A defensive feature that acts as an additional health pool beyond the character's base health points. This is displayed as a blue light on your health orb.
・Non-Channeling Spells deal 30% more Damage ・Non-Channeling Spells does not interrupt Recharge |
| 9 | Energy Shield | ・20% increased maximum Energy Shield |
| 10 | Crystalline Phylactery | ・Can Socket one non-Unique Basic Jewel
・100% Increased Effect of Socketed Jewels ・50% more Mana Cost if you have no Energy Shield |
| 11 | Energy Shield if Consumed Power Charge | ・30% increase Energy Shield Energy Shield A defensive feature that acts as an additional health pool beyond the character's base health points. This is displayed as a blue light on your health orb. if you've consumed a Power Charge Recently
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| 12 | Price of Power | ・Non-Channeling Spells consume Power Charges to deal 25% more Damage |
| 13 | Soulless Form | ・10% of Damage taken bypasses Energy Shield Energy Shield A defensive feature that acts as an additional health pool beyond the character's base health points. This is displayed as a blue light on your health orb.
・No inherent Mana Regeneration ・Regenerate Mana equal to 6^ of maximum Life per second |
| 14 | Life | ・3% increased maximum Life |
| 15 | Eternal Life | ・Your Life cannot change while you have Energy Shield Energy Shield A defensive feature that acts as an additional health pool beyond the character's base health points. This is displayed as a blue light on your health orb.
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Best Lich Ascendancy Skills
| Skill | Effect |
|---|---|
| Crystalline Phylactery | ・Can Socket one non-Unique Basic Jewel
・100% Increased Effect of Socketed Jewels ・50% more Mana Cost if you have no Energy Shield |
| Eternal Life | ・Your Life cannot change while you have Energy Shield Energy Shield A defensive feature that acts as an additional health pool beyond the character's base health points. This is displayed as a blue light on your health orb. |
The Crystalline Phylactery node allows you to slot in an extra non-unique jewel and doubles their effect, with the caveat of increasing all mana costs by 50% if you do not have an energy shield.
Alternatively, Eternal Life makes you practically immune to Poison effects as long as you have Energy Shields. Keep in mind that this also affects your healing and life regeneration so only use this if you have a decent amount of Energy Shields.
Lich Ascendancy Mechanics
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Socket a Basic Jewel With Double the Potency
The Lich gains a singular jewel socket which doubles the bonuses that the jewel provides. The node comes with the restriction that it can only accept basic jewels, so uniques are out of the question.
There's also the caveat of Increased mana cost if you don't have Energy Shield. This incentivizes stacking the Energy Shield stat, which can be done with uniques such as Ghostwrithe or Chaos Innoculation builds.
Endow Your Minions With the Power of Chaos
With minion builds being a consistently strong option for Witches, the Necromantic Conduit empowers the witch and her minions, transforming the attribute of physical attack damage and turning it into chaos.
List of Lich Builds
All Lich Builds
※ Select the latest patch for the latest builds, but click on the earlier versions if you want to see Legacy builds!
Lich Base Class
Ascends From the Witch
To become an Lich, one must take on the Witch as their starting class and complete their Ascension Trials. The other ascended options of the Witch would be the Blood Mage and the Infernalist.
Due to the Witch's squishy and less mobile nature, it is recommended to take on Ascension Trials with minimal environmental hazards to minimize the risk of dying!
Witch Class Overview and Ascendancies
Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2) Related Guides
List of New Classes
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List of Early Access Classes
| Class | Ascendancy Classes |
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 Lich |
Huntress
Amazon 
Ritualist
Mercenary
Tactician
Witchhunter
Gemling Legionnaire
Monk
Invoker
Acolyte of Chayula
Ranger
Deadeye
Pathfinder
Sorceress
Stormweaver
Chronomancer
Warrior
Smith of Kitava
Warbringer
Titan
Witch
Infernalist
Blood MageList of Upcoming Classes
| Druid | Templar |
| Shadow | Duelist |
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