Quick Summary
Abyssal Lich is an alternate ascendancy class for the Witch.
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. 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:
| Name | Stats |
| Curse Area | 15% increased Area of Effect of Curses |
| Energy Shield | 20% increased maximum Energy Shield |
| Energy Shield if Consumed Power Charge | 30% increased maximum Energy Shield if you've consumed a Power Charge Recently |
| Life | 3% increased maximum Life |
| Minion Duration | 15% increased Minion Duration |
| Minion Reservation Efficiency | 6% increased Reservation Efficiency of Minion Skills |
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 | — | Minion Reservation Efficiency |
| Unwilling Offering | Your Offerings can target Enemies in Culling rangeYour Offerings affect you instead of your MinionsOfferings created by Culling Enemies have 1% increased Effect per Power of Culled Enemy | Umbral Well | Minion Duration |
| 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 CurseCurses you inflict have infinite Duration | Rupture the Flesh | Curse Area |
| Crystalline Phylactery | 100% increased Effect of bonuses gained from Socketed JewelCan Socket a non-Unique Basic Jewel into the Phylactery50% 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 SpellSpells for which this Sacrifice was fully made deal 30% more DamageSacrificing Energy Shield does not interrupt Recharge | — | Energy Shield |
| Steward of Kulemak | Grants Skill: Abyssal ApparitionDamaging 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 secondNo inherent Mana Regeneration10% of Damage taken bypasses Energy Shield | — | Life |
| Eternal Life | Your Life cannot change while you have Energy Shield | Soulless Form | Life |
| 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% inc |
| 0.3.0 | Introduced to the game. |
