Is there a way to remove the mana leech suffix on these gloves, or at least try to?

• +2 Melee is lvl 41
• Mana Leech is lvl 54
• Attack Speed is lvl 60

You can not replace Mana leech because the Omen will target the +2 Melee (the Omen will highlight the mod before you use it).

Source: https://poe2db.tw/us/Gloves_int#ModifiersCalc

You can only use an essence and hope for the 1/3 or use a desecration for the 1/3. For the essence, you don’t need to use the crystallization that targets prefix/suffix, as the item is full of mods it will guarantee remove a suffix if it adds a suffix(60% socket). As for desecration, you don’t need to use the essence to get the mark of the abyssal lord, using a regular ribcage with the omen to target prefix will remove a prefix and add a desecration(hover and read the desecrate tooltip, it will remove one if mods are full)

Vaal orb has a chance to change existing mod.

I dont know how to craft but isnt perfect essence of battle guaranteed to remove +2skills to add +5 skillsand then you can whittle it for 100% hit chance?

risk it

remove no, replace sure, essence of horror, essence of hysteria, perfect essence of grounding, desecration targeting suffixes, all give you 1/3 chance

You can try omen to add crit bonus. 1/3 chance you win. 2/3 chance you get fucked.

Depending on what you want, you could risk it and roll for +60% socketed items with an essence of horror and one of the crystalization omens (I think dextral is for suffixes, I can't remember off the top of my head) but that'd be around 29d

**Also whittling maybe? I'm not much of a crafter. I just did that on a pair of gloves I had to remove something I didn't want and got lucky to keep my attack speed

Omen of Whittling?