Lich

Lich

Witch

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	Death if your domain, your flesh merely a material to be mastered.

Official artwork of the Lich.

Lich is an Ascendancy class for the Witch.

Overview

The Lich is a class who has become one with death, unlocking the potential to acquire great power at a price. She can apply everlasting curses to her enemies that make them explode on death, grant herself and her minions Unholy Might as long as she can prevent her Mana from running low, or empower her spells by consuming power charges or sacrificing energy shield. Crystalline Phylactery grants her an extra jewel socket with that gives the jewel enhanced power, for a price. Soulless Form gives Life/ES hybrid builds a new way to scale Mana regeneration, while Eternal Life freezes their Life value while having Energy Shield.

Passive skills

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

Name	Stats
Curse Area	25% increased Area of Effect of Curses [1] [2]
Energy Shield	20% increased maximum Energy Shield [1] [2]
Energy Shield if Consumed Power Charge	30% increased Energy Shield if you've consumed a Power Charge Recently [1]
Life	3% increased maximum Life [1] [2]
Mana	3% increased maximum Mana [1] [2]

Notable skills

This class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
Necromantic Conduit	While you are not on Low Mana, you and Allies in your Presence have Unholy Might Lose 5% of maximum Mana per Second	—	Mana
Blackened Heart	4% increased Magnitude of Unholy Might Buffs you grant per 100 maximum Mana	Necromantic Conduit	Mana
Rupture the Soul	Cursed Enemies Killed by you, or by Allies in your Presence, have a 33% chance to Explode, dealing a quarter of their maximum Life as Chaos Damage	—	Curse Area
Incessant Cacophony	You can apply an additional Curse Curses you inflict have infinite Duration	Rupture the Soul	Curse Area
Crystalline Phylactery	100% increased Effect of the Socketed Jewel Can Socket a non-Unique Basic Jewel into the Phylactery 50% more Mana Cost of Skills if you have no Energy Shield	—	Energy Shield
Eldritch Empowerment	Sacrifice 5% of maximum Energy Shield when you Cast a Spell Spells deal 30% more Damage when Sacrificing Energy Shield Sacrificing Energy Shield does not interrupt Recharge	—	Energy Shield
Price of Power	Spells consume a Power Charge if able to deal 40% more Damage	—	Energy Shield if Consumed Power Charge
Soulless Form	Regenerate Mana equal to 6% of maximum Life per second No inherent Mana Regeneration 10% of Damage taken bypasses Energy Shield	—	Life
Eternal Life	Your Life cannot change while you have Energy Shield	Soulless Form	Life

Version history

Version	Changes
0.4.0	Curse Area passive skills on the Passive Tree have been halved, now granting 10% Curse Area of Effect (previously 20%). The Zone of Control Notable skill now grants 20% increased Curse Area of Effect (previously 40%) but also grants 10% increased Curse Magnitudes (previously 8%). The Curse Area small passives on the Lich and Abyssal Lich now grant 15% increased Curse Area (previously 25%).
0.3.0	The Dominion over Flesh Notable Passive Skill has been renamed to Incessant Cacophony. It now grants Your Curses have infinite Duration instead of Your Curses can affect Hexproof Enemies. The Eldritch Empowerment Notable Passive Skill no longer provides Non-Channelling Spells cost an additional 3% of Maximum Energy Shield, Non-Channelling Spells deal 30% more Damage, or Spending Energy Shield does not interrupt Recharge. Instead, it now provides Spells deal 30% more Damage when Sacrificing Energy Shield, Sacrifice 5% of maximum Energy Shield when you Cast a Spell, and Sacrificing Energy Shield does not interrupt Recharge. The Price of Power Notable Passive Skill no longer grants Non-Channelling Spells consume a Power Charge if able to deal 25% more Damage. Instead, it now provides Spells consume a Power Charge if able to deal 40% more Damage.
0.2.0	Introduced to the game.