As one of the 6 returning classes in PoE 1, Witch was officially released in Path of Exile 2. But we can find some obvious differences abound in the new look Witch and the old one.
PoE 2 promises players to bring many quality of life and balance changes, which will affect the entire gameplay, such as the introduction of a new resource named Spirit, which helps you to summon Minions. And Witch will continue the “elemental spellcaster” ability in PoE 1, but the focus will be on Chaos Damage and Summons.
This article will introduce all the information about Witch and how this class works in detail.
Witch Class Overview
In fact, from a technical perspective, Witch does not have INT attribute. But Passive Skill Tree that features tons of INT nodes, such as Spell Damage, Minion Damage, Energy Shield, and more has offered her INT attribute.
Witch is excellent at performing occult magic and is equipped with some overwhelming skills like summoning undead army or deal chaos damage with poisons and contagion.
Weapon: Sceptres
Sceptre serves as the iconic weapon of Witch. Sceptre is not only a skill in the game, but grants the wielder more Spirit. In the early stages, Sceptre will naturally be your primary channel to get your army running.
With the game pushing forward, Sceptres are available to embrace more base Spirit amounts and higher-level summoning Skills. The improvement of weapon performance is also destined to make Witch more powerful.
Witch Skill Gems
Based on the latest game test results, we have summarized the skill gems that most Witch builds require and you can embrace them by investing some POE 2 Gold. Below are these skill gems and some important descriptions.
- Contagion: Infects the target until it dies and continues to spread to nearby enemies.
- Skeletal Sniper: Shoot a gas arrow to deal damage.
- Unearth: Launch spikes from the ground.
- Essence Drain: Helps Contagion spread to nearby enemies.
- Skeletal Arsonist: Detonate low health minions.
- Bone Cage
- Raise Zombie
- Skeletal Frost Mage
- Pain Offering
- Bonestorm
- Detonate Dead
- Vulnerability
- Profane Ritual
- Despair
- Skeletal Reaver
- Dark Effigy
- Bone Offering
- Skeletal Storm Mage
- Hexblast
- Skeletal Brute
- Skeletal Cleric
- Power Offering
- Skeletal Warrior
Conclusion
In conclusion, Witch has been greatly improved in PoE 2. Some quality of life changes and specific completion have made this class more charming.
Lastly, although it has not been confirmed, according to reliable information, the “self-cast” Witch build will also work as well. This build does not pay attention to summons, but deals massive damage by advantage of Contagion or Essence Drain.
Other Tweaks In PoE 2
Auto Revive
In PoE 2, most Summon Skills will revive automatically, which saves the time and energy to continuously resummons your minions. It should be noted that for those temporarily summoned minions, they will not be automatically resurrected.
Command Spells
PoE 2 introduces the function of Commands, offering you an opportunity to control AI of your summons. You can give them commands, for example, to move to a specific location, attack a specific enemy, or even open a door.
For some Summon Skills which own unique skill effects, you can command them to activate.
That’s it for Witch improvements and other updates in Path of Exile 2. Thanks for reading.
