Welcome to the Naughty List - Crit Stygian Coal Lich Build Guide

Build comes alive as soon as you equip Stygian Coal

Can be played zoom-zoom style with a few modifications

Scales easily with PrefixIntelligence, PrefixSpell Critical Strike Chance, and even SuffixHealth!

Reaper Form gives you a free cheat death

Reaper Form constantly drains health along with Mind Over Body 10/10, this build requires constant movement and killing

If you get knocked out of Reaper Form, a lot of damage potential and survivability go with it.

Starts most encounters and monoliths at very low hp

How to play the build

Each monolith or boss you will typically start with very low hp. Spam a few potions, switch to Reaper Form and spam Rip Blood while casting Drain Life. The more rip blood's you cast, the more damage you will do and the more mana you will generate. This build has a fast ramp time since Drain Life casts will persist on the ground for a duration. The more time you can spend casting Drain Life the more damage you will do.

When you cast Rip Blood you will generate global spell damage from Arcane Absorption 4/4. With 50% increase cast speed you can generate +200 flat spell damage. It's important you are casting Rip Blood as much as you can in boss fights.

Once you've built up enough Spell Damage Stacks cast Death Seal to skyrocket your damage.

Your health will progressively drain faster the longer you are in Reaper Form. You will do enough damage to leech back this health loss so long as you're continuously casting.

How to solve mana problems

• Since Drain Life has an enormous mana cost it is easy to run out of mana if your cast speed is too low
• The build generates mana by casting Rip Blood proccing Mana Feast 3/3 The more cast speed you have the more mana you will generate!
• Aim to get 50% increase from your gear. This can be accomplished by a T5 PrefixCast Speed on your gloves along with a T6 Cast Speed on your Catalyst.
• Remember, each point of intelligence also increase cast speed. So getting T7 Intelligence can really help!

When to use Death Seal

• Death Seal serves a dual purpose.

1. It's our big damage button, giving us massive damage increase thanks to Corrupted Consciousness 5/5
2. Death Seal is cast thanks to Mortal Pulse 1/1 which is an AOE Necrotic Spell that can clear big packs

• When you feel overwhelmed by the number of enemies on screen use Death Seal to clear them out
• Use Death Seal on bosses to push big damage numbers. Learn when bosses have Immunity or Damage Reduction Phases (Like Herot and Abberoth) and you'll blow up bosses in no time!

Leveling with this build can be quite a pain because of Dark Shackles 1/1 adding +60 mana cost to drain life. I recommend not picking up Dark Shackles until you feel comfortable with the mana cost while spamming Rip Blood.

Your endgame set up is chasing as much Intelligence and Spell Critical Strike Chance as possible.

Stats you're looking for

• 150 Intelligence
• 50% spell crit
• 300% crit multiplier
• 150% total cast speed (+50% from gear)
• 60% Endurance

You will get there by slamming T7 PrefixSpell Critical Strike Chance and PrefixIntelligence wherever you can.

Link to Loot Filter I use (warning it's very strict)

https://www.lastepochtools.com/loot-filters/view/ko375aoY

What about Seed of Ekkidrasil ?

• Seed of Ekkidrasil has the stats we're looking in the build. However, the damage dealt before mana can cause mana problems. It is by no means a mandatory item.
• If you want to use one, I recommend slamming T7 PrefixLevel of Death Seal

I'm running out of mana!

• Since Drain Life has an enormous mana cost it is easy to run out of mana if your cast speed is too low
• The build generates mana by casting Rip Blood procing Mana Feast 3/3. The more cast speed you have the more mana you will generate
• Aim to get 50% increase from your gear. This can be accomplished by a T5 PrefixCast Speed on your gloves along with a T6 Cast Speed on your Catalyst.
• Remember, each point of intelligence also increase cast speed. So getting T7 Intelligence can really help!

What about Bone Curse?

• Bone Curse would be a great addition to this build.
• If you wanted to get your Aberroth kill times down even further
• Transplant is the skill you would drop for Bone Curse