Occultist

Occultist

Int

	Throw off the chains of fear and embrace that which was forbidden.

This page is about the Ascendancy class. For the Ascendant passive, see Occultist (Ascendant passive).

The Occultist is an Ascendancy class for Witches.

Overview

Occultists are suited for Witches with a focus on chaos damage or curses. Malediction greatly enhances curse specialists, while Profane Bloom and Void Beacon amplify the output of chaos damage. Occultists are well-served by builds that rely on & maximize energy shield. Occultists also may serve as a generic way to generate Power Charges in builds which lack other means of doing so.

Passive skills

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

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Notable skills

The class has the following notable passive skills:

This page is about the divination card. For the Ascendancy passive skill available to the Occultist, see Forbidden Power (Ascendancy passive skill).

Forbidden Power is a divination card. A set of 4 can be exchanged for a corrupted BalefireBalefire
Opal SceptreSceptre
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: 58.8-87.6
Critical Strike Chance: 6.50%
Attacks per Second: 1.25
Weapon Range: 11Requires Level 60, 95 Str, 131 Int40% increased Elemental DamageGrants Level 25 Scorching Ray Skill
(12-20)% increased Cast Speed
Recover (1-3)% of Life on Kill
Recover (1-3)% of Mana on Kill
10% increased Scorching Ray beam lengthAfter the fires swept down from the sky and swallowed the city,
all that lingered, as if locked in time,
was a memory of that which was gone, a whisper of deeds undone..

Item acquisition

This item is drop disabled.

Supporter attribution

This card has not yet been assigned or the creator wishes to remain anonymous.

Version history

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive

Version	Changes
3.2.0	Introduced to the game.

Energy Shield, Critical Strike Chance

Profane Bloom

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Cursed Enemies you or your Minions Kill have a 40% chance to Explode, dealing a quarter of their maximum Life as Chaos Damage
Your Hexes can affect Hexproof Enemies [1]

Profane Bloom is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Occultist. It allows your curses to apply on Hexproof enemies and gives cursed enemies a chance to explode when killed by you or your minions, dealing chaos damage in an area.

Interactions

Wielding ObliterationObliteration
Demon's HornWand
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: (75.6-105.6) to (186-234)
Critical Strike Chance: (8.82%-9.24%)
Attacks per Second: 1.20
Weapon Range: 120Requires Level 56, 179 Int(31-35)% increased Spell DamageAdds (25-50) to (85-125) Physical Damage
(26-32)% increased Critical Strike Chance
Gain (13-15)% of Physical Damage as Extra Chaos Damage
Enemies you Kill have a 20% chance to Explode, dealing a quarter of their maximum Life as Chaos DamageWe forge order from the world around us
Wielding anarchy and destruction as our tools of genesis. unique wand gives an additional 20% chance for enemies you kill to explode. It does not increase the damage from explosions.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.13.0	Chance for cursed enemies to explode increased from 25% to 40%.
3.2.0	Removed Enemies you Curse take 10% increased Damage. Added Your Curses can apply to Hexproof Enemies. Chance for cursed enemies to explode increased from 20% to 25%. Enemies killed by your minions now also have a chance to explode.
2.2.0	Added to the game.

Energy Shield, Curse Duration

Malediction

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

You can apply an additional Curse
15% increased Effect of your Curses
Enemies you Curse have Malediction [1]

This page is about the passive skill. For the debuff, see Malediction (debuff).

Malediction is an Ascendancy passive skill for the Occultist. It raises the additional curse limit by one, increases the effect of your curses, and causes enemies you curse to have Malediction, decreasing their damage and increasing their damage taken.

Mechanics

The Malediction debuff on cursed enemies applies the following:

• 10% reduced Damage Dealt
• 10% increased Damage Taken

Malediction can only be applyed to monsters with triggered or selfe casted Hexes/Marks. It is not applyed by curse auras (curses who are supported by Blasphemy or items witch grand a curse aura like the Witchfire Brew)

Version history

Version	Changes
3.13.0	Removed When you Kill an Enemy, for each Curse on that Enemy, gain 8% of Non-Chaos Damage as extra Chaos Damage for 4 seconds
3.2.0	The small passive leading to the notable no longer grants 15% increased Curse Duration and instead grants 5% increased Effect of your Curses. The notable now grants 15% increased Effect of your Curses, and causes Enemies you curse to have Malediction. Enemies with Malediction deal 10% reduced Damage and take 10% increased Damage. When you kill an Enemy, the notable now also grants 8% of Non-Chaos Damage as extra Chaos Damage for 4 seconds for each Curse on that enemy (up from 4%).
2.2.0	Added to the game.

Profane Bloom Energy Shield, Curse Duration

Void Beacon

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Nearby Enemies have -20% to Cold Resistance
Nearby Enemies have -20% to Chaos Resistance
Nearby Enemies have 100% reduced Life Regeneration rate [1]

Void Beacon is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Occultist. It lowers the cold and chaos resistance and life regeneration of nearby enemies.

The radius of the aura is 60.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.5.0	Now also causes nearby Enemies to have -20% to Cold resistance.
3.2.0	Reduced life regeneration to nearby enemies increased from 25% to 100%.
2.2.0	Added to the game.

References

Energy Shield, Chaos Damage

Wicked Ward

Keystone

Energy Shield Recharge is not interrupted by Damage if
Recharge began Recently
50% less Energy Shield Regeneration Rate
50% less Maximum total Recovery per Second from Energy Shield Leech [1]

Embrace the forbidden. Let dark energies envelop you.

Wicked Ward is a keystone passive skill that prevents energy shield recharge from being interrupted by damage if energy shield recharge began recently, but halves your energy shield regeneration and leech.

Location

Wicked Ward is located on the right side of the upper part of the tree, near the energy shield wheel for the Witch.

Class	Distance from start
Witch	8
Shadow	10
Scion	14
Templar	16
Ranger	18
Marauder	24
Duelist	24

Related unique items

These unique items have the Wicked Ward modifier, which provides the same effect as this keystone. Taking the keystone in addition to equipping one of these items will impart no additional benefit.

Item	Base Item		Stats
Skin of the LordsSkin of the Lords Simple RobeQuality: +20% Movement Speed: -3%Item has no level requirement and Energy Shield (Hidden) Sockets cannot be modified +1 to Level of Socketed Gems 100% increased Global Defences You can only Socket Corrupted Gems in this item Item has 6 Sockets and is fully linked (Hidden) <Random Keystone> CorruptedThe Lords are chosen so carefully. Only they may grace His flesh.	Simple Robe	1	Item has no level requirement and Energy Shield (Hidden) Sockets cannot be modified +1 to Level of Socketed Gems 100% increased Global Defences You can only Socket Corrupted Gems in this item Item has 6 Sockets and is fully linked (Hidden) <Random Keystone> Acrobatics Ancestral Bond Arrow Dancing Avatar of Fire Blood Magic Call to Arms Conduit Corrupted Soul Crimson Dance Doomsday Eldritch Battery Elemental Equilibrium Elemental Equilibrium Elemental Overload Elemental Overload Eternal Youth Ghost Reaver Glancing Blows Hollow Palm Technique Iron Grip Iron Reflexes Mind Over Matter Minion Instability Mortal Conviction Pain Attunement Perfect Agony Phase Acrobatics Point Blank Resolute Technique Runebinder Imbalanced Guard Supreme Ego The Agnostic The Impaler Unwavering Stance Vaal Pact Wicked Ward Wind Dancer Zealot's Oath Corrupted

Version history

Version	Changes
3.7.0	No longer part of the Occultist ascendancy. Is now a keystone passive. No longer grants +100 to Maximum Energy Shield. Now grants 50% less energy shield regeneration and energy shield leech leech.
2.2.0	Added to the game.

Energy Shield, Energy Shield Recharge Rate

Vile Bastion

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Regenerate 2% of Energy Shield per second for each
Enemy you or your Minions have Killed Recently, up to 10% per second
Cannot Be Stunned while you have Energy Shield
Regenerate 40 Energy Shield per second [1]

Vile Bastion is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Occultist. It grants flat energy shield regeneration and percentage energy shield regeneration for each enemy killed by you or your minions recently. It also grants immunity to stun while you have any amount of energy shield.

Since this passive grants energy shield regeneration, it is not removed by Vaal Pact, unlike life regeneration that is converted with Zealot's Oath.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.13.0	Now grants 2% energy shield regeneration per second for each enemy you or your minions have killed recently, up to 10% (from a minimum of 1%)
3.8.0	Now also causes you to regenerate 40 Energy Shield per second.
3.7.0	Now grants 1% energy shield regeneration per second for each enemy you or your minions have killed recently, up to 10% (from a maximum of 30%). No longer grants +150 to maximum energy shield.
3.2.0	Added +150 to maximum Energy Shield. Energy shield regeneration per enemy killed increased from 0.5% to 1%. Energy shield regeneration is now capped at 30%. Enemies killed by your minions now also grant energy shield regeneration. Now grants stun immunity while you have any amount of energy shield, instead of only at full energy shield.
2.2.0	Added to the game.

Wicked Ward Energy Shield, Energy Shield Recharge Rate