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[0.5.5] Twisted Empyrean Lich

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End Game
0.5.5 FR
SSF
Creator
Updated on Sep 17, 2026
Sep 17, 2026

Build Overview

About this Build

  • Core item is Twisted Empyrean, and main stat is gaining Cold Damage for Maximum Mana
  • While Twisted Empyrean also has other strong stats like up to 400 flat Mana, +5% Crit Chance, huge flat Cold Damage and up to 20% of Damage Taken from Mana before Life
  • Originally i wanted to use Shield, but Rathpith Globe with Mana mod together with Crown of Eyes is a lot stronger option, allowing to scale Attack Damage by Spell Damage
  • Since this Mace can have up to 10% base Crit Chance, i went for Maligaro's Virtuosity and Pinpoint Critical
  • Build reaches 100% of Damage Taken from Mana before Life with:
    - Tree
    - Twisted Empyrean
    - Feathered Raiment + The Greatwolf's Rune of Willpower
    - And one Sapphire in Ascendancy Socket that can roll up to 4% which becomes 8
    - You can check it in PoB in "Calcs" tab, scroll down where "Damaging Hits" is, and you will see "Mind over Matter %", it should be 100%
  • Aside of that, Rings and Amulets are fairly cheap, explained in Equipment part

Leveling

  • Mace require Level 78 to use from known data, but could be lower because it's level requirement based on requirement of built in skill if it's higher than requirement of item itself, so possibly you can use fairly early on. But before that using more regular Mace build with Rare Maces
  • Later will add Leveling setup with Mace
  • Or you can try it as second build by leveling Lich with something more normal

Useful links

Strengths and Weaknesses

  • Cold Mace Lich build, it sounds cool!
  • Build reach over 5k Mana on low/mid budget, with up to 7k on high budget
  • At ~5.4k Mana build has ~900 Mana Regen, plus ~90% Mana Recoup
  • High Damage
  • Good clearing with Rupture the Soul
  • Not fast
  • Leveling with Mace is not cool

Build Variants

Equipment

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Jewels
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Equipment Priority
+12

GEAR NOTES

Weapons

  • Twisted Empyrean, first priority is Attack Damage per Mana Mod, second is Damage taken from Mana before Life. Then Cold Damage, Crit Chance, Mana and Physical Damage
  • Rathpith Globe with Mana mod, quite cheap even with 2 Sockets Trade Link

Helmet

  • Crown of Eyes with 2 Sockets

Body Armor

  • High ES Feathered Raiment, preferably with good Resists

Gloves

  • Maligaro's Virtuosity with 2 Sockets, should be cheaper on average to Vaal it yourself

Amulet

  • Mana, %Mana, Resists and Mana Regeneration. Any Int or Str is good too
  • Tons of Instils, but i picked Dispatch Foes because it's cheap

Rings

  • Two Rare Rings with Mana Resists, and Mana Regen
  • Such Rings are very cheap, you can buy them without Crafted Mod (White text mod), make sure it has 3 Prefixes and slam Perfect Essence of Mind that remove 1 of 3 Prefixes and add 4-6% Mana, so 66% of success. Then add Mana quality and it's done

Belt

  • Midnight Braid, corrupting it can make it roll up to 61% Recoup

Flasks

  • Normal Life Flask or Blood of the Warrior
  • Lavianga's Spirits

Charms

  • Any Charms for your preference

Jewels

  • Heart of the Well with double Extra Damage
  • One Sapphire with up to 4% Damage Taken from Mana before Life in Ascendancy Socket
  • Rest of Sapphires with Spell Damage, Crit Chance, Cold Penetration. One should have 2% Mana on Kill

Skill Gems

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 55

Dex 40

Int 70

1

Mace Strike

Level 20

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2

Stampede

Level 20

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3

Hammer of the Gods

Level 20

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4

Supercharged Slam

Level 20

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5

Rolling Slam

Level 20

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6

Infernal Cry

Level 20

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7

Mana Remnants

Level 20

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Blasphemy

Level 20

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Gem Priority
+34

You can use pretty much any Mace attacks you like

Make sure to bind all Attacks only to Set 1

And bind only Infernal Cry to Set 2

Spirit Skills:

  • Mana Remnants for some extra Mana sustain and survivability
  • Blasphemy for Rupture the Soul

Passive Tree

main:
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set 1:
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set 2:
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20

Set 1 Main Tree

Set 2 just for Infernal Cry

Quest Rewards

Check which quests you’ve completed on your character
ClearfellBeira of the Rotten Pack
+10% to Cold Resistance
FreythornThe King in the Mists
+30 to Spirit
Ogham ManorCandlemass, the Living Rite
+20 to maximum Life
The Spires of DesharSisters of Garukhan
+10% to Lightning Resistance
Valley of the TitansMedallion
30% increased Charm Charges gained
+1 Charm Slot
The Azak BogIgnagduk, the Bog Witch
+30 to Spirit
Jiquani's MachinariumBlackjaw, the Remnant
+10% to Fire Resistance
The Venom CryptsVenom Draught
25% increased Stun Threshold
Abandoned PrisonGoddess of Justice
30% increased Mana Recovery from Flasks
Eye of HinekoraNavali's Rest
5% increased Maximum Mana
Halls of the DeadTribal Medicine
Not Specified2 choices
Halls of the DeadNgamahu's Test
+5% to Fire Resistance
Halls of the DeadTasalio's Test
+5% to Cold Resistance
Halls of the DeadTawhoa's Test
+5% to Lightning Resistance
The Khari CrossingMolten Shrine
5% increased Maximum Life
QimahTabana's Pillar
+5 to all Attributes
Kriar VillageLythara, the Wayward Spear
+40 to Spirit

Changelog

May 8, 2026: Uploaded
Jun 20, 2026: Updated to actual working build

Comments

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Jason3d ago

apparently he isn't going to reply to any of us

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knackebröd4d ago

How are you generating enough glory to use hammer of the ancients if you use attacks and not spells, my attacks don't cost life only spells do

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PaintMasterPoE
Author
1h ago

see below

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Jason5d ago

also, hammer of gods is unusable. any help would be appreciated.

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PaintMasterPoE
Author
1h ago

Fixed, replace Zerphi's Infamy withInexorable Critical II

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Jason5d ago

Where are you getting your strength from to even use the mace? I had to put on rings and amulet.

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PaintMasterPoE
Author
1h ago

Just open pob, you will see that there's rune that convert 40% of requirement to strength

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