Abyssal Lich

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Abyssal Lich
The Well of Souls is yours to command.
File:Abyssal Lich official art.jpg
Official artwork of the Abyssal Lich.

Abyssal Lich is an alternate ascendancy class for the Witch.

Unlocking

A character that has already ascended to be a Lich can bring a Kulemak's InvitationKulemak's InvitationSomething awaits you in the Well.Something awaits you in the Well. to the Well of Souls and jump into the well. Doing so will take the player to the Black Cathedral; after defeating Vessel of Kulemak, the area will contains a urn with the displayed text "Embrace Abyssal Power?". Interacting with it allows the player to freely switch between the regular Lich ascendancy and the Abyssal Lich alternate ascendancy. The position of allocated ascendancy passives remain the same, though certain passives are changed.

Overview

The Abyssal Lich is a Lich that has absorbed the powers of the Well of Souls, gaining the undying power of the Abyssal, replacing some of its Ascendancy passives with alternates. Necromantic Conduit and Blackened Heart is replaced with Umbral Well, which replaces your Skeleton minions with different buffs, and Unwilling Offering, which allows you to use Offering skills on enemies to Cull them and grant its effect to yourself instead of minions. Price of Power is replaced with Steward of Kulemak, which consumes power charges to summon an apparition that casts the same spell you used. Rupture the Soul is replaced with Rupture the Flesh which makes cursed enemies explode for physical damage instead of chaos.

Passive skills

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

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Notable skills

This class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill Modifiers Prerequisite Preceding Passive
Umbral Well Skeletal Minions you would create instead grant you Umbral Souls for each Minion you would have created Mana
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
Necromantic Conduit Mana
Rupture the Flesh 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 Physical 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
Steward of Kulemak Grants Skill: Abyssal Apparition
Damaging Spells consume a Power Charge if able to trigger Abyssal Apparition
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
  • Introduced to the game.