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, Power Charge Duration	8% increased maximum Energy Shield 18% increased Power Charge Duration
Energy Shield, Curse Effect	8% increased maximum Energy Shield 5% increased Effect of your Curses
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	5% increased Area of Effect per Power Charge 5% increased Spell Damage per Power Charge Gain a Power Charge after you Spend a total of 200 Mana +1 to Maximum Power Charges		Energy Shield, Power Charge Duration
Profane Bloom	Your Curses can apply to Hexproof Enemies Cursed Enemies You or your Minions Kill have a 25% chance to Explode, dealing a quarter of their maximum Life as Chaos Damage		Energy Shield, Curse Effect
Malediction	Enemies can have 1 additional Curse 15% increased Effect of your Curses When you Kill an Enemy, for each Curse on that Enemy, gain 8% of Non-Chaos Damage as extra Chaos Damage for 4 seconds Enemies you Curse have Malediction	Profane Bloom	Energy Shield, Curse Effect
Void Beacon	Nearby Enemies have -20% to Chaos Resistance Nearby Enemies have 100% 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	+150 to maximum Energy Shield 1% of Energy Shield Regenerated per second for each Enemy You or your Minions have Killed Recently, up to 30% Cannot Be Stunned while you have Energy Shield	Wicked Ward	Energy Shield, Energy Shield Recharge Rate

Version history

Version	Changes
3.2.0	Minor node Energy Shield, Critical Strike Chance replaced with Energy Shield, Power Charge Duration. Minor node Energy Shield, Curse Duration replaced with Energy Shield, Curse Effect.