Occultist

Occultist

Witch

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:

Name	Bonuses
Energy Shield, Chaos Damage	10% increased Chaos Damage 8% increased maximum Energy Shield
Energy Shield, Critical Strike Chance	8% increased maximum Energy Shield 20% increased Critical Strike Chance
Energy Shield, Curse Duration	8% increased maximum Energy Shield 15% increased Curse Duration
Energy Shield, Energy Shield Recharge Rate	8% increased maximum Energy Shield 15% increased Energy Shield Recharge Rate

Notable skills

The class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
Forbidden Power	10% chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical Strike +1 to Maximum Power Charges		Energy Shield, Critical Strike Chance
Profane Bloom	Enemies you Curse take 10% increased Damage Cursed Enemies you Kill have a 20% chance to Explode, dealing a quarter of their maximum Life as Chaos Damage		Energy Shield, Curse Duration
Malediction	Enemies can have 1 additional Curse When you Kill an Enemy, for each Curse on that Enemy, gain 4% of Non-Chaos Damage as extra Chaos Damage for 4 seconds	Profane Bloom	Energy Shield, Curse Duration
Void Beacon	Nearby Enemies have -20% to Chaos Resistance Nearby Enemies have 25% reduced Life Regeneration rate		Energy Shield, Chaos Damage
Wicked Ward	+100 to maximum Energy Shield Energy Shield Recharge is not interrupted by Damage if Recharge began Recently		Energy Shield, Energy Shield Recharge Rate
Vile Bastion	0.5% of Energy Shield Regenerated per second for each Enemy you've Killed Recently Cannot Be Stunned while on Full Energy Shield	Wicked Ward	Energy Shield, Energy Shield Recharge Rate