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Elemental Weakness Life Remnants Archmage Blood Mage (The Vertex)

Blood Mage·WitchPatch 0.5.2·byPublic Ladder
Version 1·Updated Jun 13, 2026
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Overview

Offense

1. Elemental Weakness
10.8M
2. Spellslinger
861,045
Casts/sec
3.37

Utility

Mana
4,072
Spirit
142
Gear spirit
84
Move speed
x1.34

Defense

Life
2,169
ES
0
Gear ES
718
Character armour
1,232
Gear armour
948
Character evasion
1,460
Gear evasion
1,116
Fire res
75%
Cold res
76%
Lightning res
75%
Chaos res
75%

Passive Tree

133
Nodes
33
Notables
2
Keystones

Key Passives

Arcane IntensityNotable
3% increased Spell Damage per 100 maximum Mana
Mana
Turn the Clock BackNotable
15% increased Spell Damage
-10% reduced Projectile Speed for Spell Skills
Spell DamageSpeed
True StrikeNotable
+10 to Dexterity
20% increased Critical Hit Chance
AttributeCritical
For the JugularNotable
25% increased Critical Damage Bonus
+10 to Intelligence
CriticalAttribute
Grasping WoundsNotable
25% of Life Loss from Hits is prevented, then that much Life is lost over 4 seconds instead
Life
Impending DoomNotable
-40% faster Curse Activation
Your Curses have 20% increased Magnitudes if 50% of Curse Duration expired
Curse
OverzealousNotable
16% increased Cast Speed
-15% increased Mana Cost of Skills
SpeedMana
SanguimancyNotable
life remnants gain per globe: 1
Skills gain a Base Life Cost equal to Base Mana Cost
Life

Effect Profile

EffectStats
Attribute
PassiveCountTotal
  • to any Attribute37+185
  • to Intelligence4+40
  • to Strength2+20
  • to Dexterity1+10
Critical
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Critical Damage Bonus11230%
  • increased Critical Hit Chance9130%
  • increased Critical Hit Chance for Spells8108%
  • increased Critical Spell Damage Bonus460%
Spell Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Spell Damage10115%
  • triggered Spells deal # % increased Spell Damage486%
Mana
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Mana Regeneration Rate665%
  • increased Mana Cost of Skills2-25%
  • increased Mana Cost Efficiency110%
  • increased maximum Mana18%
Speed
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Cast Speed636%
  • increased Projectile Speed for Spell Skills223%
  • reduced Projectile Speed for Spell Skills2-15%
Curse
PassiveCountTotal
  • faster Curse Activation4-70%
  • increased Curse Magnitudes419%
  • your Curses have # % increased Magnitudes if # % of Curse Duration expired120%
Life
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased maximum Life26%
  • gain additional maximum Life equal to # % of the Item Energy Shield on Equipped Body Armour1100%
  • life remnants gain per globe: #1+1
  • of Life Loss from Hits is prevented, then that much Life is lost over # seconds instead125%
Jewel
PassiveCountTotal
  • [Jewel] Socket50

Gear

Weapon 1

Golem Song

Dueling Wand

Item Level 81
Rare
Properties
Quality0
SocketsS
Requirements
Level78
Rune
  • +1 to Level of all Spell Skills
Bonded
  • Bonded: Archon recovery period expires 30% faster
Desecrated
  • 49% increased Critical Hit Chance for Spells
Explicit
  • +5 to Level of all Cold Spell Skills
  • Gain 25% of Damage as Extra Lightning Damage
  • 98% increased Spell Damage
Crafted
  • +179 to maximum Mana
  • +1 to Level of all Spell Skills
  • 44% increased Cast Speed
  • Gain 11% of Elemental Damage as Extra Cold Damage
Weapon 2 / Offhand

Rathpith Globe

Sacred Focus

Item Level 79
Unique
Properties
Energy Shield160
Quality0
SocketsS
Requirements
Level75
Enchant
  • 25% increased Energy Shield
Rune
  • +22% to Fire Resistance
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Explicit
  • 73% increased Energy Shield
  • +60 to maximum Life
  • Non-Channelling Spells deal 6% increased Damage per 100 maximum Life
  • 13% increased Life Cost Efficiency
  • Non-Channelling Spells deal 6% increased Damage per 100 maximum Mana
  • Corrupted
Helmet

The Vertex

Tribal Mask

Item Level 81
Unique
Properties
Energy Shield89
Evasion257
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level33
Enchant
  • +1% to Maximum Cold Resistance
Rune
  • 3% increased maximum Mana
Explicit
  • Has no Attribute Requirements
  • 146% increased Evasion and Energy Shield
  • 27% increased Critical Hit Chance
  • +17% to Chaos Resistance
  • +5 to Level of all Curse Skills
  • Corrupted
Body Armour

Morior Invictus

Grand Regalia

Item Level 84
Unique
Properties
Armour948
Energy Shield260
Evasion859
Movement Speed-4%
Quality20
SocketsS S S S S
Requirements
Level65
Rune
  • +200 to maximum Mana
  • +22% to Fire Resistance
Bonded
  • Bonded: +100 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +100 to maximum Mana
Explicit
  • 334% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
  • +45 to maximum Life per Socket filled
  • +59 to maximum Mana per Socket filled
  • +10% to all Elemental Resistances per Socket filled
  • Corrupted
Gloves

Maelstrom Hold

Sirenscale Gloves

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield115
Quality20
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level80
Rune
  • 25% increased Life Cost Efficiency
  • 50% increased Glory generation
Bonded
  • Bonded: Banner Skills have 20% increased Aura Magnitudes
Desecrated
  • 78% increased Energy Shield
Explicit
  • +122 to maximum Mana
  • +113 to maximum Life
  • +45% to Cold Resistance
  • +34% to Lightning Resistance
Crafted
  • 60% increased effect of Socketed Augment Items
Boots

Dread Slippers

Flax Sandals

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield94
Quality0
SocketsS
Requirements
Level50
Rune
  • 5% increased Movement Speed
Bonded
  • Bonded: 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
Explicit
  • 35% increased Movement Speed
  • 84% increased Energy Shield
  • +123 to maximum Mana
  • +33% to Cold Resistance
  • +45% to Lightning Resistance
  • 52% reduced Shock duration on you
Belt

Mageblood

Utility Belt

Item Level 80
Unique
Properties
Charm Slots2
Requirements
Level55
Implicit
  • Has 2 Charm Slots
  • 20% of Flask Recovery applied Instantly
Explicit
  • Legacy of Diamond
  • Legacy of Gold
  • Legacy of Diamond
  • Legacy of Amethyst
  • All Mage's Legacies have 49% increased effect per duplicate Mage's Legacy you have
Amulet

Dread Torc

Gold Amulet

Item Level 79
Rare
Requirements
Level35
Enchant
  • Allocates Invigorating Grandeur
Desecrated
  • 14% increased Rarity of Items found
Implicit
  • 13% increased Rarity of Items found
Explicit
  • +166 to maximum Mana
  • +47 to maximum Energy Shield
  • +42 to Spirit
  • +4 to Level of all Spell Skills
  • +26% to Fire Resistance
Ring 1

Grim Grasp

Gold Ring

Item Level 78
Rare
Requirements
Level40
Desecrated
  • 17% increased Rarity of Items found
Implicit
  • 8% increased Rarity of Items found
Explicit
  • 24% increased Cast Speed
  • +208 to maximum Mana
  • 17% increased Rarity of Items found
  • +31 to Intelligence
Crafted
  • 7% increased maximum Mana
Ring 2

Kalandra's Touch

Ring

Item Level 81
Unique
Requirements
Level0
Implicit
  • Reflects opposite Ring
Charm 1

Experimenter's Silver Charm of the Perpetual

Item Level 80
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level10
Implicit
  • Used when you are affected by a Slow
Explicit
  • 36% increased Duration
  • 61% increased Charges gained
Charm 2

Petaled Thawing Charm of the Sylvan

Item Level 81
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level12
Implicit
  • Used when you become Frozen
Explicit
  • Gains 0.25 Charges per Second
  • Recover 174 Life when Used
Charm 3

Rite of Passage

Golden Charm

Item Level 81
Unique
Properties
Charges Max80
Charges Per Use80
Duration10
Quality0
Requirements
Level50
Implicit
  • Used when you kill a Rare or Unique enemy
Explicit
  • Possessed by Spirit Of The Bear for 20 seconds on use
Life Flask

Potent Ultimate Life Flask of the Brewer

Item Level 78
Magic
Properties
Quality20
Requirements
Level60
Implicit
  • 74% increased Amount Recovered
  • 28% reduced Charges per use
Mana Flask

Potent Ultimate Mana Flask of the Brewer

Item Level 73
Magic
Properties
Quality20
Requirements
Level60
Implicit
  • 75% increased Amount Recovered
  • 29% reduced Charges per use

Skills & Gems

Elemental Weakness(Lv20)5 gems

Curse all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Elemental Resistances.

Curse radius is 1.5 metres
Curse inflicts -40% to Elemental Resistances
Curse duration is 6 seconds
Curse does not apply to enemies above level 20
Impending DoomSupports Curse skills you cast yourself, causing them to trigger Doom Blast on Cursed enemies when the Curse expires.Lv1
Doedres UndoingSupports Curse Skills. Supported Skills create an area which Curses Enemies within it, and spawns Witchtoads in that area. Witchtoads leap at eneimes that get close, and seek out Cursed enemies with higher aggression. Dark Consequences will be Triggered when they hit enemies with their leap, violently exploding the Witchtoad.Lv1
Spell CascadeSupports Cascadable Spells, causing them to Cascade to either side of the target area, along a randomly chosen axis.Lv1
Atalui BloodlettingSupports any Skill, turning a portion of its Mana cost into a Life cost. Does not support Skills which reserve Spirit. Supported Skills Gain a portion of their Life cost as extra Physical Damage.Lv1
InspirationSupports any skill, making it cost less to use. Cannot support skills which reserve Spirit.Lv1
Soul Offering(Lv19)5 gems

Skewer a Skeleton on a bone spike, granting you a powerful Spell damage Buff as long as the spike remains. Does not affect your Minions. The bone spike is itself a Minion. If it dies, the effect ends immediately.

Buff grants you 20% increased Spell damage
Kulemaks DominionSupports Offering Skills, causing your Cascadable Spells to Cascade to the locations of Supported Offerings.Lv1
LifetapSupports any Skill, turning its Mana cost into a Life cost. Does not support Skills which reserve Spirit.Lv1
AblationSupports Offering Skills. Supported Skills Sacrifice a portion of your life on use, but deal much more damage and have more powerful Buffs in return.Lv1
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
Brutus BrainSupports skills which create Minions, causing those Minions to be unable to deal or take Damage. Cannot support skills which create undamageable Minions.Lv1
Life Remnants(Lv20)3 gems

Drink the blood of your enemies to restore your Life. While active, enemies you kill have a chance to spawn a Life Remnant, and Hitting a target spawns a Life Remnant every few seconds. Picking up a Life Remnant grants you Life which can Overflow maximum Life.

Each Remnant grants 11 Life
DissipateSupports Skills which create Remnants, allowing those Remnants to be collected from further away.Lv1
InterludeSupports Skills which create Remnants, making those Remnants more powerful.Lv1
Khatals RejuvenationSupports Skills that generate Remnants. Picking up Remnants from Supported Skills grants Khatal's Rejuvenation.Lv1
Parry(Lv1)2 gems

Ready your Buckler to parry the next Hit you would take, Blocking the Hit and retaliating with a quick sweep that leaves enemies off balance, causing them to take massively increased Attack damage for a short duration. Parrying causes you to accumulate Heavy Stun buildup. You cannot Evade a Hit you could parry, but Evasion instead grants an equal chance to avoid this Heavy Stun buildup.

Zerphis LegacySupports Attacks and Warcries you use yourself. Supported Skills gain a Glory requirement, and build Glory when you spend Life on Skills. Supported Skills deal more damage and have significantly increased area of effect.Lv1
Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1
Mana Remnants(Lv20)2 gems

Conjure surging arcane energy to restore your Mana. While active, enemies you kill affected by Elemental Ailments have a chance to spawn a Mana Remnant, and Critically Hitting a target with Elemental Ailments spawns a Mana Remnant every few seconds. Picking up a Mana Remnant grants you Mana which can Overflow maximum Mana.

Each Remnant grants 28 Mana
DissipateSupports Skills which create Remnants, allowing those Remnants to be collected from further away.Lv1
InterludeSupports Skills which create Remnants, making those Remnants more powerful.Lv1
Spellslinger(Lv18)No supports

While active, gains Energy when you cast Spells. Using the Invocation once sufficient Energy is gathered will consume the Energy to trigger socketed Spells, and can trigger them multiple times if it has enough Energy.

No support gems detected for this skill.

Skeletal Cleric(Lv19)1 gem

Activate to summon Reviving Skeletal Clerics that heal other minions and revive fallen Skeletons.

Tecrods RevengeSupports Skills that create Persistent Minions, causing those Minions to fight on when they are fatally wounded, dying after a duration. Minions from Supported Skills gain Soul Eater and a burst of speed on entering this state.Lv1
Archmage(Lv20)1 gem

While active, causes your Non-Channelling Spells to cost additional mana and deal extra Lightning damage, both based on your maximum Mana.

Non-Channelling Spells cost an additional 8% of your maximum Mana
Lightning MasterySupports Lightning skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1
Spark(Lv20)No supports

Launch a spray of sparking Projectiles that travel erratically along the ground until they hit an enemy or expire. Consumes a Cold Infusion if possible to fire many sparks in a circle.

Fires 4 Projectiles
Deals 1 to 10 Lightning Damage

No support gems detected for this skill.

Life Remnants(Lv1)No supports

Drink the blood of your enemies to restore your Life. While active, enemies you kill have a chance to spawn a Life Remnant, and Hitting a target spawns a Life Remnant every few seconds. Picking up a Life Remnant grants you Life which can Overflow maximum Life.

Each Remnant grants 11 Life

No support gems detected for this skill.

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