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!

Witchhunter Ascendancy Skills

All Witchhunter Skills and Passives

The Witchhunter ascendancy revolves around knowing the weaknesses of the occult forces of Wraeclast. Listed below are the skills shown in the Witchhunter Ascendancy showcase:

Best Witchhunter Ascendancy Skills

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!

Build	Patch
Fire Grenade Witchhunter Focus: Leveling, Endgame, DoT, AoE, Mobbing	0.2
Bleed Bow Witchhunter Focus: Leveling, Endgame, DoT, Burst Damage, Bossing, Mobbing	0.1

List of Mercenary 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

List of Classes

List of New Classes

List of Early Access Classes

Class	Ascendancy Classes
Huntress	Amazon Ritualist
Mercenary	Tactician Witchhunter Gemling Legionnaire
Monk	Invoker Acolyte of Chayula
Ranger	Deadeye Pathfinder
Sorceress	Stormweaver Chronomancer
Warrior	Smith of Kitava Warbringer Titan
Witch	Lich Infernalist Blood Mage

List of Upcoming Classes