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Essence Drain Chayula Monk POE2 Build

Essence Drain Chayula Monk POE2 Build

Our predicted setup for the Chayula Monk Ascendency that uses Essence Drain and Contagion to spread deadly debuffs amongst enemies

Essence Drain
Chayula Monk Build

Created for Early Access

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Guide notes
December 6, 2024
-Created for Early Access

 

The Essence Drain is a Spell that applies a Chaos Damage over Time debuff on a single enemy, which should not be confused with Damaging Ailments, such as Poison. It deals a high amount of Damage over its duration, but it can't stack, so you can increase its damage directly. Instead, you should overlap multiple Damage over Time effects on the same enemy to make them more devastating. 

The best Skill to use alongside the Essence Drain is the Contagion, which transfers all Damage over Time debuffs spread to other enemies upon killing the main host. Thanks to this Spell you can apply yet another Damaging Effect on your Enemies, but also easily spread them through a pack of monsters. The Contagion deals significantly more Damage for each Damaging Effect it transmits to a nearby enemy, but this bonus is hard to utilize against Bosses. 

Another Damaging Debuff you might want to use is the Decaying Hex, which deals Damage based on your total amount of Intelligence to Hexed enemies. It is not as strong as the other Spells, but you would want to use Despair Curse to lower the Chaos Resistances of your enemies anyway. You can also use the Dark Effigy which summons a Totem that bombards enemies affected by the Damage over Time effect. It will greatly help with the initial spread of your Contagion. Lastly, you can use the Hexblast to detonate enemies under the effect of your Curse. It deals a solid amount of Damage, which can inflict a stack of Poison for even more Chaos Damage. 

There aren't really any Chaos DoT classes at the moment, we expect the third Witch's Ascendency to be such, for now, we need to find alternatives among the other available ones. Blood Mage was our primary goal, as it's a very durable class, and was "advertised" as being chaos-oriented, but with the introduction of Ascendency details it appears not to offer much in terms of damage. We will be testing this popular Skill combination on a Chayula Monk - it is impossible to predict how much bonus Chaos Damage it gets from the Passives, as it wasn't disclosed yet how conversion and sources of added damage affect Damage over Time effects, but it can be potentially very powerful with the Purple Flames of Chayula and Grasp of the Void Passive.

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1. Gameplay

Use Contagion and Essence Drain to spread deadly Debuffs on your Enemies. Against Bosses, you should additionally summon the Dark Effigy to bombard them with additional Damage, Curse with Despair to lower their Chaos Resistance, and optionally use Hexblast to deal initial Damage and Leech Life. 

 


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2. Gems and Skills used

 Main Skills
Essence Drain - fires a Projectile that applies a Chaos Damage over time debuff when it Hits.
Contagion - Afflicts a single enemy with a debuff that deals Chaos Damage over time. If the enemy dies while affected by Contagion, it and all other Chaos Damage over time debuffs spread to nearby enemies and refresh their Durations. 
 Utility Skills
Dark Effigy - Raises a Totem that bombards enemies afflicted by Chaos damage over time Debuffs.
Despair - Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Chaos Resistance.
Decaying Hex - Supports Curse skills, Cursed enemies' bodies decay, taking Chaos damage over time.
Hexblast - Detonates Curses on enemies in an area, causing explosions of Chaos Damage but removing the Curse.

 

3. Gear Setup

Use Caster Weapons that boost your Spell Damage over time effect and add extra Chaos Gem Levels. For defense, you should focus on maximum Life and Energy Shield. Capping your Resistance is also very important.   

 


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