Lich Ascendancy Overview
The Lich Ascendancy for the Witch class offers the option of playing as a spell caster or as a minion overlord. It grants powerful offensive options through extra Chaos damage from Unholy Might, more damage to non-channeling spells, enemies killed in your presence have a chance to explode, your curses ignore Hexproof enemies & you can apply one extra curse and also gain one extra jewel socket slot with double the modifier values. To improve your your defenses you can use Eternal Life in combination with Soulless Form which allows you to mitigate 10% of damage taken as long as you have energy shield. You also have small nodes that grant extra energy shield, life and mana.
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Lich - Witch
Lich Ascendancy notables
| Node Effect | What it Does |
|---|---|
| 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. | When enemies are killed by you or your allies (including minions) in your presence (within a distance of 4m base) they have a 33% chance to explode and deal 25% of their maximum Life as Chaos damage to nearby enemies. |
| Dominion Over Flesh You can apply an additional Curse. Your Curses can affect Hexproof Enemies. | You increase your max curse limit by one and your can now curses enemies that otherwise were immune to curses. |
| Necromantic Conduit You and Allies in your Presence have Unholy Might while you are not on Low Mana. Lose 5% of maximum Mana per Second. | You and allies (including minions) in your presence (within a distance of 4m base) have Unholy Might at the cost of loosing 5% of your maximum Mana per second. Unholy Might is a buff that grants 30% of all damage as extra Chaos damage. |
| Blackened Heart 4% increased Magnitude of Unholy Might buffs you grant per 100 maximum Mana. | For your every 100 maximum mana you increase the effect of Unholy Might (30% extra Chaos damage) by 4%, which translates to 1,2% extra Chaos damage for every 100 mana. |
| Soulless Form 10% of Damage taken bypasses Energy Shield No inherent Mana regeneration Regenerate Mana equal to 6% of maximum Life per second. | 10% of the damage you take bypasses your energy shield to take your life instead. You no longer have any mana Regeneration based on your maximum mana and instead you regenerate mana based of your maximum life. |
| Eternal Life Your Life cannot change while you have Energy Shield. | As long as you have energy shield you cannot loose life. When this ascendancy is combined with Soulless Form you effectively take 10% less damage since your life can not change while you have energy shield. This also makes you immune to poison and bleeding. A unique that synergies very well with this Ascendancy is Atziri's Disdain. |
| Price of Power Non-Channeling Spells consume Power Charges to deal 25% more Damage. | When you have a power charge your next spell consumes it to deal 25% more damage. |
| Eldritch Empowerment Non-Channeling Spells cost an additional 3% of maximum Energy Shield. Non-Channeling Spells deal 30% more Damage. Spending Energy Shield does not interrupt Recharge. | All your non-channeling spells now deal 30% more damage at the cost of them also using 3% of your maximum energy shield per cast. Loosing energy shield when paying the spell cost does not interrupt energy shield recharge. |
Crystalline Phylactery | Gain one extra non-unique jewel socket slot which has double the modifier values. Your spells cost 50% more mana if you do not have any energy shield. |
Lich Ascendancy Summary
The Lich Ascendancy in Path of Exile 2 provides more offensive options than defensive ones, but the Eternal Life Ascendancy may be one of the most powerful defensive nodes in the game currently when combined with a unique such as Atziri's Disdain. With offensive nodes such as Rupture the Soul to improve your clear speed, Necromantic Conduit to gain extra Chaos damage and Crystalline Phylactery for increased jewel effect allows the Lich to scale well into the Endgame.
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Written by: Helm Breaker
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