Abyssal Lich vs Blood Mage

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Abyssal Lich and Blood Mage are both Witch ascendancies. Abyssal Lich has 4 notables and 0 small passives, mostly about minions (2), spells (1) and physical (1). Blood Mage has 9 notables and 8 small passives, mostly about life (10), critical hits (5) and spells (4). The biggest differences: life (0 vs 10), critical hits (0 vs 5) and spells (1 vs 4). Abyssal Lich is not on this patch's passive tree. Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.

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Abyssal Lich

4 notables · 0 small · not on the tree

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  Rupture the FleshNotable

  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
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  Steward of KulemakNotable

  Damaging Spells consume a Power Charge if able to trigger Abyssal Apparition

  Grants skill Abyssal ApparitionConsume a Power Charge when you cast a damaging Spell to trigger an Abyssal Apparition who will also cast that same Spell for you. Does not work with Channelling Spells, Spells with a Cooldown, Triggered Spells, Spells granted by items, or Spells which already consume a Power Charge. This Skill is not directly Supportable.
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  Umbral WellNotable

  Skeletal Minions you would create instead grant you Umbral Souls for each Minion you would have created
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  Unwilling OfferingNotable

  Your Offerings can target Enemies in Culling range

  Your Offerings affect you instead of your Minions

  Offerings created by Culling Enemies have 1% increased Effect per Power of Culled Enemy

Blood Mage

9 notables · 8 small

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  Blood BarbsNotable

  Elemental Damage also Contributes to Bleeding Magnitude

  Bleeding you inflict on Cursed targets is Aggravated
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  Crimson PowerNotable

  Gain additional maximum Life equal to 100% of the Item Energy Shield on Equipped Body Armour
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  Gore SpikeNotable

  1% increased Critical Damage Bonus per 50 current Life
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  Grasping WoundsNotable

  25% of Life Loss from Hits is prevented, then that much Life is lost over 4 seconds instead
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  SanguimancyNotable · costs no point

  Skills gain a Base Life Cost equal to Base Mana Cost

  Grants skill Life RemnantsDrink 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.
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  Sanguine TidesNotable

  Flasks do not recover Life

  Gain 1 Life Flask Charge per 2% Life spent

  On Hitting an Enemy while a Life Flask is at full Charges, 40% of its Charges are consumed

  Gain 1% of damage as Physical damage for 5 seconds per Charge consumed this way
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  Sunder the FleshNotable

  Base Critical Hit Chance for Spells is 15%
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  Vitality SiphonNotable

  20% of Spell Damage Leeched as Life
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  Whispers of the FleshNotable

  Targets Cursed by you have 100% reduced Life Regeneration Rate

  Targets Cursed by you have at least 15% of Life Reserved

Small passives

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  Bleed on Critical Chance

  15% chance to inflict Bleeding on Critical Hit
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  Curse Effect

  6% increased Curse Magnitudes
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  Life×2

  3% increased maximum Life
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  Life Flasks

  15% increased Life Flask Charges gained
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  Life Leech

  12% increased amount of Life Leeched
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  Spell Critical Chance×2

  12% increased Critical Hit Chance for Spells

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