Blood Mage vs Lich

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Blood Mage and Lich are both Witch ascendancies. Blood Mage has 9 notables and 8 small passives, mostly about life (10), critical hits (5) and spells (4). Lich has 9 notables and 9 small passives, mostly about energy shield (7), mana (6) and curses (4). The biggest differences: life (10 vs 4), energy shield (1 vs 7) and critical hits (5 vs 0). Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.

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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

Lich

9 notables · 9 small

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  Blackened HeartNotable

  4% increased Magnitude of Unholy Might Buffs you grant per 100 maximum Mana
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  Crystalline PhylacteryNotable

  Can Socket a non-Unique Basic Jewel into the Phylactery

  100% increased Effect of bonuses gained from Socketed Jewel

  50% more Mana Cost of Skills if you have no Energy Shield
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  Eldritch EmpowermentNotable

  Sacrificing Energy Shield does not interrupt Recharge

  Sacrifice 5% of maximum Energy Shield when you Cast a Spell

  Spells for which this Sacrifice was fully made deal 30% more Damage
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  Eternal LifeNotable

  Your Life cannot change while you have Energy Shield
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  Incessant CacophonyNotable

  Curses you inflict have infinite Duration

  You can apply an additional Curse
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  Necromantic ConduitNotable

  While you are not on Low Mana, you and Allies in your Presence have Unholy Might

  Lose 5% of maximum Mana per Second
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  Price of PowerNotable

  Spells consume a Power Charge if able to deal 40% more Damage
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  Rupture the SoulNotable

  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 Chaos damage
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  Soulless FormNotable

  10% of Damage taken bypasses Energy Shield

  No inherent Mana Regeneration

  Regenerate Mana equal to 6% of maximum Life per second

Small passives

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  Curse Area×2

  15% increased Area of Effect of Curses
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  Energy Shield×2

  20% increased maximum Energy Shield
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  Energy Shield if Consumed Power Charge

  30% increased maximum Energy Shield if you've consumed a Power Charge Recently
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  Life×2

  3% increased maximum Life
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  Mana×2

  3% increased maximum Mana

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