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Witchhunter Ascendancy Overview and Skills
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The Witchhunter is an ascendancy of the Mercenary class in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2) that specializes in dispatching the occult. Learn more about the Witchhunter's mechanics, its confirmed skills, and its base class!
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0.3.0 Patch Notes
The Weapon Master node has increased the skill points from 20 to 100. Additionally, Sorcery Ward's recharge time no longer restarts when your Armour or Evasion changes.
Witchhunter Ascendancy Skills
All Witchhunter Skills and Passives
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| 1 | Weapon Master | ・100 Passive Skill Points become Weapon Set Skill Points |
| 2 | Pitiless Killer | ・ Culling Strike Culling Strike Culling Strikes kill Normal enemies if their life is at 30% or below. Magic enemies are instead killed at 20%, Rare at 10% and Unique at 5%. These thresholds are checked before the damage of the Hit is applied. |
| 3 | Judge, Jury, and Executioner | ・ Decimating Strike Decimating Strike Hits against Full Life Enemies remove between 5% and 30% of Life, before the damage of the Hit is applied.
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| 4 | Witchbane | ・Enemies have Maximum Concentration Concentration Enemies have less Cooldown Recovery Rate the lower their Concentration, scaling down to 50% less Cooldown Recovery Rate when Concentration is 0%. equal to 40% of their Maximum Life.
・Break enemy Concentration on Hit equal to 100% of Damage Dealt ・Enemies regain 10% of Concentration every second if they haven't lost Concentration in the past 5 seconds. |
| 5 | No Mercy | ・Deal up to 40% more Damage to Enemies based on their missing Concentration. |
| 6 | Obsessive Rituals | ・Grants Skill: Sorcery Ward Sorcery Ward Passively manifests a protective barrier which takes Elemental Damage from Hits for you until depleted. The barrier instantly recharges to its full value a short time after it stops taking damage or is fully depleted.
・35% less Armour and Evasion Rating |
| 7 | Ceremonial Ablution | ・50% increased effect of Sorcery Ward. ・Sorcery Ward recovers 50% faster. |
| 8 | Zealous Inquisition | ・10% chance for Enemies you Kill to Explode, dealing 100% of their maximum Life as Physical Damage. ・Chance is doubled against Undead and Demons. |
Best Witchhunter Ascendancy Skills
| Skill | Effect |
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| Pitiless Killer | ・ Culling Strike Culling Strike Culling Strikes kill Normal enemies if their life is at 30% or below. Magic enemies are instead killed at 20%, Rare at 10% and Unique at 5%. These thresholds are checked before the damage of the Hit is applied. |
| No Mercy | ・Deal up to 50% more Damage to Enemies based on their missing Concentration. |
| Zealous Inquisition | ・10% chance for Enemies you Kill to Explode, dealing 100% of their maximum Life as Physical Damage. ・Chance is doubled against Undead and Demons. |
Listed above are the best Ascendancy skills for the Gemling Legionnaire. The Pitiless Killer node is one of the best damage passives in the game since its Culling Strike is unique where it can also affect Normal enemies.
No Mercy is also extremely helpful for Witchhunter since it can deal up to 50% more damage according to their remaining Concentration, which you can break most of the time.
Lastly, the Zealous Inquisition node is perfect for clearing mobs as it allows you to proc Explosions on kill, with a higher chance against Undead and Demons.
Witchhunter Ascendancy Mechanics
Focuses on Offensive Effects
The Witchhunter has a straight forward Ascendancy tree that mostly focuses on dealing more damage and gaining hit effects such as Culling Strike, which allows you to insta-kill enemies when their life reaches a certain threshold and Decimating Strike, which is a one-time hit effect that can shave off up to 30% max life against full health enemies.
Makes Use of Concentration
Concentration is a mechanic unique to the Witchhunter ascendancy class where it gives your enemies an additional buildup that starts at 100% and decreases on hit. The less Concentration an enemy has, the more damage you will deal up to a maximum of 30%.
Elemental Shield with Sorcery Ward
With Sorcery Ward, you are given a protective Barrier that can block all Elemental Damage until its depleted. This scales with 30% of your Armor and Evasion Rating so keep this in mind if you are building for this.
List of Witchhunter Builds
All Witchhunter Builds
※ Select the latest patch for the latest builds, but click on the earlier versions if you want to see Legacy builds!
Witchhunter Base Class
Ascends From the Mercenary
To become a Witchhunter, one must take on the Mercenary as their starting class and complete their Ascension Trials. The other ascended option of the Mercenary would be the Gemling Legionnaire.
Due to the Mercenary's high AoE damage yet immobile nature, consider taking on trials that focus more on dealing with big groups of weak enemies that you can blast through!
Mercenary Class Overview and Ascendancies
Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2) Related Guides
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List of Early Access Classes
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List of Upcoming Classes
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| Shadow | Duelist |
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