- The Dominion over Flesh Notable Passive Skill has been renamed to Incessant Cacophany. 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.
PoE 2 Lich Ascendancy Class: Tree & Passive Nodes
Lich Update 0.3 Patch Notes
Lich Ascendancy Passive Nodes

Small Passives
- 20% increased maximum Energy Shield
- 30% increased Energy Shield if you've consumed a Power Charge recently
- 3% increased maximum Life
- 3% increased maximum Mana
- 25% increased Area of Effect of Curses
Notables
Crystalline Phylactery
Can Socket one non-Unique Basic Jewel
100% increased Effect of Socketed Jewels
50% more Mana Cost if you have no Energy Shield
Price of Power
Non-Channeling Spells consume Power Charges to deal 25% more Damage
Soulless Form
10% of Damage taken bypasses Energy Shield
No inherent Mana regeneration
Regenerate Mana equal to 6% of maximum Life per second
Eternal Life ( <- Soulless Form )
Your Life cannot change while you have Energy Shield
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
Rupture the Soul
Cursed Enemies Killed by you or Allies in your Presence hav a 33% chance to Explode, dealing a quarter of their maximum Life as Chaos Damage
Blackened Heart ( <- Rupture the Soul )
4% increased Magnitude of Unholy Might buffs you grant per 100 maximum Mana
Necromantic Conduit
You and Allies in your Presence have Unholy Might while you are not on Low Mana
Lose 5% of Mana per Second
Dominion Over Flesh
You can apply an additional Curse
Your Curses can affect Hexproof Enemies
Video Review
Lich Release Date
On March 27th, the Lich was revealed to be one of the new Ascendancies for the Witch Class.
It will officially release on April 4th as part of the big Dawn of the Hunt update.
"Take your smithing skills to new heights by embracing power from the insatiable one himself, Kitava." - Official GGG site.
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Make sure to check out with our Lich builds, in order to find fun and powerful builds for this Ascendancy. Alternatively, if you are just starting out or looking for a budget-friendly build, check out league starter builds for Lich.