Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)

Lich Ascendancy Overview and Skills

Path of Exile 2 - Lich

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, and base class in this guide!

Lich Ascendancy Mechanics


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.

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
1 Necromantic Conduit
・You and Allies in your Presence have Unholy Might 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 of Unholy Might buffs you grant per 100 maximum Mana
4 Rupture the Soul Cursed Enemies Killed by you or Allies in your Presence have a 33% chance to Explode, dealing a quarter of their maximum Life as Chaos Damage.
5 Curse Area ・25% increased Area of Effect of Curses
6 Dominion Over Flesh
・You can apply an additional Curse .
・Your Curses can affect Hexproof Enemies.
7 Energy Shield ・20% increased maximum Energy Shield
8 Eldritch Empowerment ・Non-Channeling Spells cost an additional 3% of maximum Energy Shield
・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 if you've consumed a Power Charge Recently
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
・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

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

The Crystalline Phylactery node doubles the effect of any non-unique base jewel, 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 Base Class

Ascends From the Witch

Path of Exile 2 - 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

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