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Abyssal Lich Ascendancy Overview and Skills
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The Abyssal Lich is a hidden ascendancy class introduced in the Rise of the Abyssal League in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2). Learn more about the Abyssal Lich's mechanics, skills, and base class and how to unlock it in this guide!
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How to Unlock an Abyssal Lich
Defeat the Vessel of Kulemac and Embrace the Abyss
| # | Objectives |
|---|---|
| 1 | 
Make your way through the campaign, beat the Trial of Sekhemas, and ascend to the Lich. |
| 2 | 
In Act II, head to the Mastodon Badlands and unlock the Well of Souls. |
| 3 |  Progress through the campaign as normal, and try to obtain a Kulemak's Invitation by doing Abyssal Events. If you have finished the campaign and still haven't obtained one, you can trade a few Exalted Orbs for one. |
| 4 |
Once you have the Kulemak's Invitation in your inventory, head to the Well of Souls. Jump into the well to access the Black Cathedral. Note: We recommend finishing the campaign and reaching level 80 or above before fighting the boss. You can retry the boss encounter an unlimited number of times if you fail, but once you leave the area, you cannot return, and you will lose the Kulemac's Invitation. Make sure you're prepared before diving in! |
| 5 | 
Defeat the Vessel of Kulemak, and the Grip of Kulemak item will appear. Do not choose the option take the finger, as this will immediately end the encounter. |
| 5 | Following the initial encounter, three interactable statues will become accessible: Ulaman's Storm, Kurgal's Grip, and Amanmu's Fracturing. Interacting with one of the statues will empower the boss and result in another encounter, which will add another Desecrated Modifier to the Grip of Kulamek. Interact with all three status and subsequently defeat the Vessel to proceed. |
| 5 | Upon completing all three status and finishing each encounter, the option to Return the Finge will become available. This will initiate a boss fight with the Vessel of Kulemac at full strength.Return the finger to start the encounter, and you will be given the option to Embrace the Abyss, allowing your ascedance to the Abyssal Lich. |
Abyssal Lich Ascendancy Skills
All Skills and Passives
The Abyssal Lich's ascendancy class skills are listed below. These Ascendancy skills are unlocked after you defeat the full-power Vessel of Kulemac inside the Well of Souls.
| # | Skill | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Umbral Well | Skeletal Minions you would create instead grant you Umbral Souls Umbral Souls Umbral Souls provide:
・Skeletal Warriors grant 15% increased Attack Damage ・Skeletal Snipers grant 15% increased Projectile Speed ・Skeletal Clerics grant 30% increased Energy Shield Recharge Rate ・Skeletal Arsonists grant 15% increased Area of Effect ・Skeletal Storm Mages grant 25% increased Spell Damage ・Skeletal Frost Mages grant 35% increased maximum Energy Shield ・Skeletal Brutes grant 60% increased Stun buildup ・Skeletal Reavers grant 6% increased Skill Speed for each Minion you would have created. |
| 2 | Minion Reservation Efficiency | ・6% Increased Reservation of Minion Skills |
| 3 | Unwilling Offering | ・Your offerings can target Enemies in Culling Range
・Your offerings affect you instead of your Minions ・Offerings created by Culling enemies have 1% increased Effect per Power of Culled Enemy |
| 4 | Rupture the Flesh | ・ 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 Physical Physical Physical 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 | Minion Duration | ・15% Increased Minion Duration |
| 6 | Incessant Cacophony | ・Curses you inflct have infinite Duration. You can apply an additional Curse.
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| 7 | Curse Area | ・25% Increased Area of Effect of Curses |
| 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 | Steward of Kulemak | ・Grants Skill: Abyssal Apparition Abyssal Apparition Consume a Power charge when you cast a damaging Spell to trigger an Abyssal Apparition who will also cast that same Spell for you. Does not work with Channeling Spells, Spells with a Cooldown, Triggered Spells, Spells granted by items, or Spells which already consume a Power Charge. This skill is not directly Supportable.
・Damaging Spells consume a Power Charge if able to trigger Abyssal Apparition |
| 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 Abyssal Lich Ascendancy Skills
| Skill | Effect |
|---|---|
| Umbral Well | Skeletal Minions you would create instead grant you Umbral Souls Umbral Souls Umbral Souls provide:
・Skeletal Warriors grant 15% increased Attack Damage ・Skeletal Snipers grant 15% increased Projectile Speed ・Skeletal Clerics grant 30% increased Energy Shield Recharge Rate ・Skeletal Arsonists grant 15% increased Area of Effect ・Skeletal Storm Mages grant 25% increased Spell Damage ・Skeletal Frost Mages grant 35% increased maximum Energy Shield ・Skeletal Brutes grant 60% increased Stun buildup ・Skeletal Reavers grant 6% increased Skill Speed for each Minion you would have created. |
| Steward of Kulemak | ・Grants Skill: Abyssal Apparition Abyssal Apparition Consume a Power charge when you cast a damaging Spell to trigger an Abyssal Apparition who will also cast that same Spell for you. Does not work with Channeling Spells, Spells with a Cooldown, Triggered Spells, Spells granted by items, or Spells which already consume a Power Charge. This skill is not directly Supportable.
・Damaging Spells consume a Power Charge if able to trigger Abyssal Apparition |
The Umbral Well replaces the Necromantic Conduit and completely alters your play style. While you will still amass minions, each one will provide a different stat bonus based on the type of Skeletal Minion summoned.
Alternatively, the Steward of Kulemak interacts uniquely with power charges. This grants you an Abyssal Apparition that repeats your last used skill, opening up a myriad of new build possibilities.
Abyssal Lich Ascendancy Mechanics
Similar to the Lich, With a Few Unique Ascendancy Skills
The Abyssal Lich retains the Lich's passive abilities, including Crystalline Phylactery, which can be used in conjunction with the Abyssal Lich's unique passive abilities. This allows for some variation between builds with some adjustments, as some stas that Lich benefits from can still benefit the Abyssal Lich.
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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List of Upcoming Classes
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| Shadow | Duelist |
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