PoE 2 0.2 Witch Build - Lich Necromancer
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This is a Lich Necromancer build for the Witch Class in the Dawn of the Hunt league for Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2). Check out the Lich Necromancer build for the Witch, including its gear, socketables, skills, and playstyle!
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Lich Necromancer Build Summary
Lich Necromancer Build
| Build Setup | |
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 Lich Necromancer |  Frost Bomb Creates a pulsing Orb of Frost. Each pulse inflicts Cold Exposure on nearby Enemies. When the Orb's duration ends, it explodes, dealing Cold damage to surrounding Enemies.  Ember Fusillade Conjures a blazing Ember that hovers around you. After a short duration, the Ember launches at the enemy, dealing fire damage in an area on impact. Recasting the spess resets the duration for all active Embers. Multiple Embers fired in the same Fusillade will attempt to target different enemies.  Raging Spirits While active, your Fire Spells will also summon Raging Spirits, which are short-lived flaming skulls that rush at nearby enemies and rapidly Attack them. Enemies will not directly engage these Minions, and can pass through them.  Skeletal Warrior Summons reviving Skeletal Warriors.  Skeletal Cleric Summons Reviving Skeletal Clerics that heal other minions and revive fallen Skeletons.  Skeletal Frost Mage Summons reviving Skeletal Frost Mages that can be commanded to cast Icy Explosions  Despair Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Chaos Resistance.  Blasphemy Turns socketed Curse skills into vile Auras, applying their effects to all nearby enemies.  Withering Presence While active, periodically Withers enemies in your Presence. |
 Strong against Energy Shields Excels at freezing targets Great Damage Scaling Shattered enemies do not leave useable corpsesMaximum DPS requires precise positioningHuge DPS loss when minions die too often | |
| Build Setup | |
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| Lich Necromancer |  Flame Wall Creates a wall of fire in front of the character, which ignites everything within its area. Any projectiles fired through the wall by you and allies deal added fire damage and inflict ignite on hit. Skeletal Warrior Summons reviving Skeletal Warriors.  Skeletal Arsonist Activate to summon bomb-throwing, Reviving Skeletal Arsonists taht can detonate other minions on Command.  Raise Zombie Consumes a Corpse or Power Charge to create a short-lived zombie. Zombies created from Power Charges are empowered.  Pain Offering Impales a Skeleton on bone spike to send nearby Minions into a frenzy as long as the spike remains. The bone spike itself is a minion. If it dies, effect ends immediately. Skeletal Cleric Summons Reviving Skeletal Clerics that heal other minions and revive fallen Skeletons. Skeletal Frost Mage Summons reviving Skeletal Frost Mages that can be commanded to cast Icy Explosions  Profane Ritual Marks a Corpse with a profane rune, dealing Chaos damage over time to nearby enemies. When the ritual is complete the corpse is consumed and you gain a power charge. Despair Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Chaos Resistance.  Bone Offering Impales a Skeleton on a bone spike to shield your Minions while the spike remains. The shield absorbs all damage from the next hit each Minion takes, then explodes. The bone spike itself is a Minion, and shields itself. If it dies, shields on your other Minions disappear. |
| Strong against Energy Shields Safe Playstyle Minions can tank projectiles for youLow MobilitySome enemies ignore minionsNo consistent way to get power charges | |
| Date | Changes Made |
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| 04/07/25 | ・ Skeletal Necromancer Build Created |
| 04/09/25 | ・Added Mapping Variant ・Updated the Skill Tree ・Updated Bossing Rotation |
| 04/014/25 | ・Adjusted Mapping skill gems ・Improved Mapping Gear ・Added Mapping Rotation ・Added Upgraded Runes |
Build FAQs
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Differences from Infernalist Minion
The Dawn of the Hunt introduced the Lich Ascendancy, giving the Witch additional options for minion builds. Similar to the Infernalist Minion Witch build, this build will utilize Summon Raging Spirits, Skeletal Arsonist, and Flame Wall.
The Blackened Heart
However, that is where the similarities end. The Lich ascendancy class provides the new Necromatic Conduit
・Lose 5% of Mana per Second.
Proper Positioning Is the Key to Optimal DPS
The way Necromantic Conduit functions is that your minions must be in your presence for the buff to take effect. And for the mapping setup, we would use the Withering Presence skill gem to increase their Chaos damage taken.
With that in mind, you'd need to be in a position where Withering Presence is being consistently applied to your enemies, while your minions should also be in your presence to take advantage of Necromantic Conduit.
This can take some time, as you need to be in the right places for each engagement. Play too close and you'll put yourself in harm's way, play too far and you'll miss out on important DPS.
Lich Necromancer Equipment
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 Rattling ScepterStats: Spirit - 100 Requirements: Level - 6 Intelligence - 13 Modifiers: ・+ Level of All Minion Skills ・+ Spirit ・+ Maximum Mana Weapon |  Twig CircletStats: Energy Shield - 19 Requirements: None Modifiers: ・+ Level of All Minion Skills Helmet |  Twig FocusStats: Energy Shield - 12 Requirements: None Modifiers: ・+ To Maximum Mana ・+ Resistances Offhand | |||||||||||||
 Tattered RobeStats: Energy Shield - 28 Requirements: None Modifiers: ・+Spirit ・+ Elemental Resistences ・+ Maximum Mana Body Armour | |||||||||||||||
 Torn GlovesStats: Energy Shield - 9 Requirements: None Modifiers: ・+Maximum Energy Shield ・+ Maximum Mana Gloves |  Linen BeltRequirements: None Implicit: ・+% Increased Mana Recovery from Flasks Modifier: ・+ Charm Slot ・-%Reduced Flask Charges Used ・+% Flask Charges Gained Belt |  Bones of Ullr Lattice SandalsStats: Energy Shield - 25 Requirements: Level - 16 Intelligence - 29 Implicit: ・Undead Minions have 20% reduced Reservation Modifiers: ・+ Maximum Life ・+ Maximum Mana Boots | |||||||||||||
 Grand Life FlaskStats: Flask Type - Life Recovered Life - 260 Charge Per Use - 10 Total Charges - 75 Duration - 5 sec. Implicit: ・Recovers 260 Life per second Modifier: ・Gains # Charges per second Health Flask |  Evergrasping Ring Pearl RingRequirements: Level - 32 Implicit: ・+%increased Cast Speed Modifier: ・To Maximum Mana ・Allies in your Presence Gain % of Damage as Extra Chaos Damage ・Enemies in your Presence Gain % of Damage as Extra Chaos Damage Ring 1 |  Solar AmuletRequirements: Level - 30 Implicit: ・+Life Regeneration per second Modifier: ・+ Level of All Minion Skills ・+ Maximum Spirit ・+% Increased Maximum Energy Shield ・+ Element Resistances Amulet |  Sapphire RingRequirements: Level - 12 Implicit: ・+% Cold Resistance Modifier: ・+ Maximum Life ・+ Maximum Mana ・+ Elemental Resitances ・+ Intelligence Ring 2 |  Grand Mana FlaskStats: Flask Type - Mana Recovered Mana - 110 Charge Per Use - 10 Total Charges - 75 Duration - 2.5 sec. Implicit: ・Recovers 110 Mana Modifier: ・Gains # Charges per second Mana Flask | |||||||||||
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| Rattling Scepter Stats: Spirit - 100 Requirements: Level - 6 Intelligence - 13 Modifiers: ・+ Level of All Minion Skills ・+ Spirit ・+ Maximum Mana Weapon | Twig Circlet Stats: Energy Shield - 19 Requirements: None Modifiers: ・+ Level of All Minion Skills Helmet | Twig Focus Stats: Energy Shield - 12 Requirements: None Modifiers: ・+ To Maximum Mana ・+ Resistances Offhand | |||||||||||||
| Tattered Robe Stats: Energy Shield - 28 Requirements: None Modifiers: ・+Spirit ・+ Elemental Resistences ・+ Maximum Mana Body Armour | |||||||||||||||
| Torn Gloves Stats: Energy Shield - 9 Requirements: None Modifiers: ・+Spirit ・+ Maximum Life Gloves | Linen Belt Requirements: None Implicit: ・+% Increased Mana Recovery from Flasks Modifier: ・+ Charm Slot ・-%Reduced Flask Charges Used ・+% Flask Charges Gained Belt |  Lattice SandalsStats: Energy Shield - 29 Requirements: Level - 16 Intelligence - 29 Modifiers: ・Movement Speed ・+ Maximum Life ・+ Elemental Resistances Boots | |||||||||||||
| Grand Life Flask Stats: Flask Type - Life Recovered Life - 260 Charge Per Use - 10 Total Charges - 75 Duration - 5 sec. Implicit: ・Recovers 260 Life per second Modifier: ・Gains # Charges per second Health Flask | Sapphire Ring Requirements: Level - 12 Implicit: ・+% Cold Reistance Modifier: ・+ Maximum Life ・+ Maximum Mana ・+ Elemental Resitances ・+ Intelligence Ring 1 | Solar Amulet Requirements: Level - 30 Implicit: ・+Life Regeneration per second Modifier: ・+ Level of All Minion Skills ・+ Maximum Spirit ・+% Increased Maximum Energy Shield ・+ Element Resistances Amulet | Sapphire Ring Requirements: Level - 12 Implicit: ・+% Cold Resistance Modifier: ・+ Maximum Life ・+ Maximum Mana ・+ Elemental Resitances ・+ Intelligence Ring 2 | Grand Mana Flask Stats: Flask Type - Mana Recovered Mana - 110 Charge Per Use - 10 Total Charges - 75 Duration - 2.5 sec. Implicit: ・Recovers 110 Mana Modifier: ・Gains # Charges per second Mana Flask | |||||||||||
Weapons
The Rattling Scepter will be your primary weapon of choice, giving you access to two free skeletal minions. Aim for +levels on your Minion skills, as it will increase all damage dealt by your offensive Minions in the field.
List of Weapons
Armor
The Bones of Ullr's Grid Sandals should be the first unique you look for, as it allows us to get more minions out into the field. Ideally, you would look for one with a movement speed stat that allows you to cover distances much faster.
For your armor, prioritize increasing your elemental resistances, followed by energy shield and maximum mana.
The build will not invest in the Life stat, as we will rely on Eternal Life
Accessories
The Evergrasping Ring adds additional chaos damage to your minions, which works well with Despair and Withering Presence. This speeds up your mapping tremendously.
However, Resistances take priority, so be sure to get your resistances up to a comfortable level before considering using other accessories to increase damage.
Runes and Soul Cores
| Equipment | Sockets |
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| Weapon | - |
| Armor |
Greater Desert Rune
Greater Glacial Rune
Greater Storm Rune
Greater Mind Rune
Greater Iron RuneYour choice of runes will depend on the current elemental resistances of your equipment. Use runes to fill in the areas where your resistances are lacking.
Once your resistances are capped, use Iron Runes if your defenses are still lacking, or use Mind Runes to hit maximum mana breakpoints for more damage.
| All Runes and Soul Cores | |
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| List of Runes | List of Soul Cores |
Charms
 Silver Charm |
・Increased Duration
・Increased Charges ・Gain Charges Per Second |
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 Nascent Hope Thawing Charm |
・Increased Duration
・Increased Charges ・Gain Charges Per Second |
 Stone Charm |
・Increased Duration
・Increased Charges ・Gain Charges Per Second |
Because of the build's lack of mobility skills, getting hit by an enemy attack with crowd control effects can be devastating, as you lack the tools to safely disengage.
The Silver Charm, Nascent Hope Thawing Charm, and Stone Charm are there to mitigate the effects of Slow, Freeze, and Stun, respectively, as standing still can mean a quick death for the Lich.
Lich Necromancer Skills
※ The Support Gems' priority are arranged in a descending order. The first one being the most important and the last being the least crucial.
| Skill | Support Gems |
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| Skeletal Warrior Skeletal Warrior Summons reviving Skeletal Warriors. |  Meat Shield Meat Shield Supports skills which create Minions, granting them more life but making them deal less damage.  Last Gasp Last Gasp Support skills that create Persistent Minions, causing those Minions to fight on for a short duration before dying when they are fatally wounded.  Sacrificial Lamb Sacrificial Lamb Supports skills which create Minions, causing your skills which can target Minions to prioritise targeting Minions from the Supported Skill. |
| Skeletal Frost Mage Skeletal Frost Mage Summons reviving Skeletal Frost Mages that can be commanded to cast Icy Explosions |  Cold Penetration Cold Penetration Supports any skill that Hits enemies, making those Hits Penetrate enemy Cold resistance.  Cold Mastery Cold Mastery Supports Cold skills, granting then an additional level.  Minion Mastery Minion Mastery Supports Minion skills, granting them an additional level.  Feeding Frenzy Feeding Frenzy Supports skills which create Minions, making them deal and take more damage.  Enormity Enormity Support Skills which summon Persistent Minions. Supported Minions are larger, have more life, and deal more Damage, but cost significantly more Spirit. |
| Skeletal Cleric Skeletal Cleric Summons Reviving Skeletal Clerics that heal other minions and revive fallen Skeletons. |  Ingenuity Ingenuity Supports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns recover. |
| Pain Offering Pain Offering Impales a Skeleton on bone spike to send nearby Minions into a frenzy as long as the spike remains. The bone spike itself is a minion. If it dies, effect ends immediately. |  Font of Blood Font of Blood Supports skills which create stationary objects. Objects created by supported skills generate a Font of Blood, creating an Aura which grants Life regeneration.  Expanse Expanse Supports any skill that you use yourself, granting it significantly higher Area of Effect but causing it to gain a long cooldown. Cannot support skills which already have a cooldown.  Font of Rage Font of Rage Supported Skills which create stationary objects. Objects created by supported Skills generate a Font of Rage, creating an Aura which grants Rage over time, as well as preventing Rage loss. |
| Raise Zombie Raise Zombie Consumes a Corpse or Power Charge to create a short-lived zombie. Zombies created from Power Charges are empowered. |  Martial Tempo Martial Tempo Supports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.  Withering Touch Withering Touch Supports any skill that hits enemies, giving it a chance to Wither enemies on hit. |
| Raging Spirits Raging Spirits While active, your Fire Spells will also summon Raging Spirits, which are short-lived flaming skulls that rush at nearby enemies and rapidly Attack them. Enemies will not directly engage these Minions, and can pass through them. |  Minion Instability Minion Instability Supports skills which create Minions, causing them to violently explode when reduced to low life.  Fire Penetration Fire Penetration Supports any skill that Hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy Fire resistances.  Infernal Legion Infernal Legion Supports skills which create Minions, causing them and enemies near them to Burn. Damage dealt by the burning is based off the Life of the supported Minion. |
| Ember Fusillade Ember Fusillade Conjures a blazing Ember that hovers around you. After a short duration, the Ember launches at the enemy, dealing fire damage in an area on impact. Recasting the spess resets the duration for all active Embers. Multiple Embers fired in the same Fusillade will attempt to target different enemies. |  Unleash Unleash Supports Spells you cast yourself, making their effect reoccur when cast. Cannot support Channelling Skills or Skills with a Cooldown.  Fast Forward Fast Forward Supports any skill that has a duration, making that duration shorter.  Arcane Tempo Arcane Tempo Supports spells, causing them to cast faster |
| Blasphemy Blasphemy Turns socketed Curse skills into vile Auras, applying their effects to all nearby enemies. | Despair Despair Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Chaos Resistance.  Chaos Mastery Chaos Mastery Supports Chaos skills, granting them an additional level.  Magnified Effect Magnified Effect Supports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.  Heightened Curse Heightened Curse Supports curse skills, magnifying their power. |
| Withering Presence Withering Presence While active, periodically Withers enemies in your Presence. |  Persistence Persistence Supports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer. |
| Frost Bomb Frost Bomb Creates a pulsing Orb of Frost. Each pulse inflicts Cold Exposure on nearby Enemies. When the Orb's duration ends, it explodes, dealing Cold damage to surrounding Enemies. |  Spell Echo Spell Echo Supports Spells that affect an area around you or a target location. Supported Spells echo, causing their effects to happen again after a short delay. Cannot support Channelling skills or Remote skills.  Spell Cascade Spell Cascade Supports Spells that affect an area around you or a target location, causing those spells to also target additional areas on either side of the target area, along a randomly chosen axis. Cannot support Channelling skills or Remote skills.  Strip Away Strip Away Supports Skills which apply Exposure to Enemies, increasing the effect of applied Exposure. |
| Skill | Support Gems |
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| Skeletal Warrior Skeletal Warrior Summons reviving Skeletal Warriors. | Meat Shield Meat Shield Supports skills which create Minions, granting them more life but making them deal less damage. Last Gasp Last Gasp Support skills that create Persistent Minions, causing those Minions to fight on for a short duration before dying when they are fatally wounded. Sacrificial Lamb Sacrificial Lamb Supports skills which create Minions, causing your skills which can target Minions to prioritise targeting Minions from the Supported Skill. |
| Skeletal Frost Mage Skeletal Frost Mage Summons reviving Skeletal Frost Mages that can be commanded to cast Icy Explosions |  Glaciation Glaciation Supports any skill that hits enemies, makit it more effective at Freezing enemies. Cold Mastery Cold Mastery Supports Cold skills, granting then an additional level. |
| Skeletal Arsonist Skeletal Arsonist Activate to summon bomb-throwing, Reviving Skeletal Arsonists taht can detonate other minions on Command. | Martial Tempo Martial Tempo Supports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.  Fire Infusion Fire Infusion Supports Attacks, causing them to Gain Fire Damage but deal less Cold and Lightning Damage. Fire Penetration Fire Penetration Supports any skill that Hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy Fire resistances. |
| Profane Ritual Profane Ritual Marks a Corpse with a profane rune, dealing Chaos damage over time to nearby enemies. When the ritual is complete the corpse is consumed and you gain a power charge. | Fast Forward Fast Forward Supports any skill that has a duration, making that duration shorter.  Profusion Profusion Supports skills that can generate Charges, giving them a chance to generate and additional Charge when they do so.  Corpse Conservation Corpse Conservation Supports skills that consume Corpses, giving them a chance to take effect without destroying the Corpse. |
| Pain Offering Pain Offering Impales a Skeleton on bone spike to send nearby Minions into a frenzy as long as the spike remains. The bone spike itself is a minion. If it dies, effect ends immediately. | Font of Blood Font of Blood Supports skills which create stationary objects. Objects created by supported skills generate a Font of Blood, creating an Aura which grants Life regeneration. |
| Bone Offering Bone Offering Impales a Skeleton on a bone spike to shield your Minions while the spike remains. The shield absorbs all damage from the next hit each Minion takes, then explodes. The bone spike itself is a Minion, and shields itself. If it dies, shields on your other Minions disappear. | Expanse Expanse Supports any skill that you use yourself, granting it significantly higher Area of Effect but causing it to gain a long cooldown. Cannot support skills which already have a cooldown. |
| Raise Zombie Raise Zombie Consumes a Corpse or Power Charge to create a short-lived zombie. Zombies created from Power Charges are empowered. | Persistence Persistence Supports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.  Perpetual Charge Perpetual Charge Supports skills that consume Power, Frenzy, or Endurance Charges on use, giving them a chance not to remove each Charge while still gaining the benefits of Consuming them. Minion Mastery Minion Mastery Supports Minion skills, granting them an additional level. |
| Flame Wall Flame Wall Creates a wall of fire in front of the character, which ignites everything within its area. Any projectiles fired through the wall by you and allies deal added fire damage and inflict ignite on hit. |  Fortress Fortress Supports skills that create walls in a line, causing them to be created in a circle instead but deal less hit damage. Spell Cascade Spell Cascade Supports Spells that affect an area around you or a target location, causing those spells to also target additional areas on either side of the target area, along a randomly chosen axis. Cannot support Channelling skills or Remote skills. Arcane Tempo Arcane Tempo Supports spells, causing them to cast faster |
| Skeletal Cleric Skeletal Cleric Summons Reviving Skeletal Clerics that heal other minions and revive fallen Skeletons. | Ingenuity Ingenuity Supports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns recover. |
| Raging Spirits Raging Spirits While active, your Fire Spells will also summon Raging Spirits, which are short-lived flaming skulls that rush at nearby enemies and rapidly Attack them. Enemies will not directly engage these Minions, and can pass through them. | Minion Instability Minion Instability Supports skills which create Minions, causing them to violently explode when reduced to low life. Feeding Frenzy Feeding Frenzy Supports skills which create Minions, making them deal and take more damage. Infernal Legion Infernal Legion Supports skills which create Minions, causing them and enemies near them to Burn. Damage dealt by the burning is based off the Life of the supported Minion. |
As with minion-centric builds, minions will be the primary source of damage. **Skeletal Frost Mage, Skeletal Arsonist, and Raging Spirits will be the primary minions that frontload our damage, with Zombies and Skeletal Warriors providing additional tanking and frontline support.
Pain Offering and Bone Offering will be used to support our minions, which along with Skeletal Clerics will increase the survivability of all minions and improve their damage output.
The rest of the skills are used to complement the minions in the field, with Despair, Withering Presence, and Frost Bomb used to lower resistances, and Flame Wall and Ember Fusillade used exclusively to generate Raging Spirits.
Lich Necromancer Passive Tree
Passive Tree Progression
| Ascendancy Passive | |||
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 Necromantic Conduit and Eternal Life | |||
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| 3. |  | 4. | |
| 5. |  | 6. |  |
| Ascendancy Passive | |||
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 Necromantic Conduit and Blackened Heart | |||
| 1. |  | 2. |  |
| 3. |  | 4. | - |
The passive tree selections are standard for Minion builds, buffing their damage, health, respawn rate, and critical chance. Open Mind is taken to counter the mana drain of the Necromantic Conduit, and can be skipped if you have mana regeneration from your gear.
Towards the end of the game, Soulless Form and Eternal Life are taken for survivability, so we take nodes that increase our Energy shield. Luckily, there are a few in close proximity, so Enhanced Barrier and Patient Barrier are taken.
Passive Skill Tree Guide and List of Passives
Lich Necromancer Playstyle
Skill Rotations
※ Press on what type you are fighting for a more detailed explanation on the playstyle and skill rotation.
| Type | Skill Rotation |
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| Mobbing | Flame Wall Creates a wall of fire in front of the character, which ignites everything within its area. Any projectiles fired through the wall by you and allies deal added fire damage and inflict ignite on hit.
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Despair Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Chaos Resistance.
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Profane Ritual Marks a Corpse with a profane rune, dealing Chaos damage over time to nearby enemies. When the ritual is complete the corpse is consumed and you gain a power charge.
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Raise Zombie Consumes a Corpse or Power Charge to create a short-lived zombie. Zombies created from Power Charges are empowered.
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Pain Offering Impales a Skeleton on bone spike to send nearby Minions into a frenzy as long as the spike remains. The bone spike itself is a minion. If it dies, effect ends immediately.
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| Bossing | Pain Offering Impales a Skeleton on bone spike to send nearby Minions into a frenzy as long as the spike remains. The bone spike itself is a minion. If it dies, effect ends immediately.
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Ember Fusillade Conjures a blazing Ember that hovers around you. After a short duration, the Ember launches at the enemy, dealing fire damage in an area on impact. Recasting the spess resets the duration for all active Embers. Multiple Embers fired in the same Fusillade will attempt to target different enemies.
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Despair Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Chaos Resistance.
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Skeletal Frost Mage Summons reviving Skeletal Frost Mages that can be commanded to cast Icy Explosions
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| Mapping | Blasphemy Turns socketed Curse skills into vile Auras, applying their effects to all nearby enemies.
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Withering Presence While active, periodically Withers enemies in your Presence.
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Skeletal Frost Mage Summons reviving Skeletal Frost Mages that can be commanded to cast Icy Explosions
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Frost Bomb Creates a pulsing Orb of Frost. Each pulse inflicts Cold Exposure on nearby Enemies. When the Orb's duration ends, it explodes, dealing Cold damage to surrounding Enemies.
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Skeletal Frost Mage Summons reviving Skeletal Frost Mages that can be commanded to cast Icy Explosions
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Mobbing
For general mobbing, take Skeletal Arsonist and Raise Zombie as there would be plenty of corpses for you to use.
- Open up with a Flame Wall for your Skeletal Arsonist attacks to pass through.
- Follow with Despair to lower the enemy's Chaos resistance.
- Use Profane Ritual on a fallen enemy corpse to gain a Power Charge.
- Use Raise Zombie with your Power Charge. Be sure to use Raise Zombie based on the number of Power Charges you have.
- Use Pain Offering when you have a lot of minions to take down tanky elites or mobs.
This should be your opening rotation, while the rest of your mob combat interactions should just be refreshing debuffs or replacing your downed Zombies with new ones.
Bossing
When fighting bosses, you will need to adjust your skill usage based on the boss's next move, as your priority will be to dodge incoming attacks before using your skills.
- Open up with a Pain Offering to buff all damage dealt with your minions
- Use Ember Fusillade, and using the Unleash stacks
- Debuff the boss with Despair
- Start dropping the ice bombs with your Skeletal Frost mages
Be sure to refresh Despair whenever possible, as you and your minions are all dealing Chaos damage thanks to Necromantic Conduit, and keep recasting Wall of Flame whenever it's safe to do so, as the damage from Raging Spirits is still formidable when enough of them are in the field.
Mapping
Once you have upgraded your equipment, you can easily clear maps with your Skeletal Frost Mages.
- When Blasphemy is Socketed with Despair and Withering Presence is active, get within range of your enemies.
- Cast Command: Ice Bomb via Skeletal Frost Mages
- Use Frost Bomb on surviving/encroaching enemies
- Re-cast Command: Ice Bomb as needed
[Pay close attention[/red] to the number of Command: Ice Bomb charges you currently have, and wait out the cooldown if necessary to make sure you have the right amount of charges before entering the next pack.
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Flame Wall Creates a wall of fire in front of the character, which ignites everything within its area. Any projectiles fired through the wall by you and allies deal added fire damage and inflict ignite on hit.
 Flammability Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Fire Resistance.
Raging Spirits While active, your Fire Spells will also summon Raging Spirits, which are short-lived flaming skulls that rush at nearby enemies and rapidly Attack them. Enemies will not directly engage these Minions, and can pass through them.
Skeletal Warrior Summons reviving Skeletal Warriors.
Pain Offering Impales a Skeleton on bone spike to send nearby Minions into a frenzy as long as the spike remains. The bone spike itself is a minion. If it dies, effect ends immediately.
Skeletal Cleric Summons Reviving Skeletal Clerics that heal other minions and revive fallen Skeletons.
Focus: Minions, Crowd Control, DoT |
Witch Endgame Builds
 Minion Infernalist
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Flame Wall Creates a wall of fire in front of the character, which ignites everything within its area. Any projectiles fired through the wall by you and allies deal added fire damage and inflict ignite on hit.
Raging Spirits While active, your Fire Spells will also summon Raging Spirits, which are short-lived flaming skulls that rush at nearby enemies and rapidly Attack them. Enemies will not directly engage these Minions, and can pass through them.
Skeletal Arsonist Activate to summon bomb-throwing, Reviving Skeletal Arsonists taht can detonate other minions on Command.
Pain Offering Impales a Skeleton on bone spike to send nearby Minions into a frenzy as long as the spike remains. The bone spike itself is a minion. If it dies, effect ends immediately.
 Detonate Dead Causes a Corpse to violently explode, damaging surrounding enemies.
 Vulnerability Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, making Hits against them ignore a portion of their Armour.
 Skeletal Brute Summons hard-hitting, Reviving Skeletal Brutes that can Stun Primed enemies.
Skeletal Cleric Summons Reviving Skeletal Clerics that heal other minions and revive fallen Skeletons.
Focus: Minions, Crowd Control, DoT |
 Bonestorm Blood Mage
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 Bonestorm Channel to conjure a swarm of bone spikes in the air, then release to fire at the enemies and explode. Shrapnel Impales enemies Hit, causing subsequent Attack Hits against those targets to deal Extra Damage. Consumes your Power Charge to cause much larger explosions.
Vulnerability Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, making Hits against them ignore a portion of their Armour.
 Bone Cage Raises a ring of bone spikes around you. The spikes are destroyed when enemies touch them, damaging and Pinning those enemies.
Blasphemy Turns socketed Curse skills into vile Auras, applying their effects to all nearby enemies.
 Life Remnants 25% chance to spawn a Remnant on killing an enemy;Spawn a Remnant on Critically Hitting a target, no more than once every 2 seconds;Each Remnant grants X Life
Focus: High Single Target Damage |
| Demon Form Infernalist
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 Arctic Armour Conjures an icy barrier that gains stages overtime. While the barrier has stages, Melee Attacks that hit you will remove a stage to cause a burst of ice that deals Cold Spell damage to the attacker.
 Ice Nova A nova of ice expands from you, Knocking Back enemies based on how close they are to you. Casting Ice Nova targeting near a Frostbolt Projectile will cause it to originate from the Frostbolt insead of you, and cause more Freeze buildup.
 Solar Orb Creates a fiery Orb that periodically releases fiery pulses. Enemies that are very close to the Orb are Ignited.
Flammability Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Fire Resistance.
 Flameblast Channels to build destructive energy around you or a targeted Solar Orb. Releasing the energy causes a devastating explosion that is larger and more intense the longer you channelled for.
 Grim Feast Feeds on corpses to bolster your Energy Shield. While active, enemies and Reviving Minions that die in your Presence have a chance to drop Grim Remnants. Picking up a Grim Remnant grants you Energy Shield which can Overflow maximum Energy Shield.
Focus: Fast Clear, AoE |
| Detonate Dead Blood Mage
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 Frost Wall Creates a Wall of Ice Crystals which holds back enemies. The Crystals explode if sufficiently damaged, orif pushed hard enough, damaging nearby enemies..
Grim Feast Feeds on corpses to bolster your Energy Shield. While active, enemies and Reviving Minions that die in your Presence have a chance to drop Grim Remnants. Picking up a Grim Remnant grants you Energy Shield which can Overflow maximum Energy Shield.
Detonate Dead Causes a Corpse to violently explode, damaging surrounding enemies.
Vulnerability Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, making Hits against them ignore a portion of their Armour.
Skeletal Brute Summons hard-hitting, Reviving Skeletal Brutes that can Stun Primed enemies.
Skeletal Cleric Summons Reviving Skeletal Clerics that heal other minions and revive fallen Skeletons.
 Soul Offering Impales a Skeleton on a bone spike, granting you a powerful Spell Damage Buff as long as the spike remains. Does not affect your minions. The bone spike itself is a Minion. If it dies, the effect ends immediately.
 Sacrifice While active, your undead Reviving Minions can be used in place of Corpses by your skills, but your Minions Revive more slowly.
Focus: High Damage, Fast Clear, Minions |
| Lich Necromancer
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Flame Wall Creates a wall of fire in front of the character, which ignites everything within its area. Any projectiles fired through the wall by you and allies deal added fire damage and inflict ignite on hit.
Skeletal Warrior Summons reviving Skeletal Warriors.
Skeletal Arsonist Activate to summon bomb-throwing, Reviving Skeletal Arsonists taht can detonate other minions on Command.
Raise Zombie Consumes a Corpse or Power Charge to create a short-lived zombie. Zombies created from Power Charges are empowered.
Pain Offering Impales a Skeleton on bone spike to send nearby Minions into a frenzy as long as the spike remains. The bone spike itself is a minion. If it dies, effect ends immediately.
Skeletal Cleric Summons Reviving Skeletal Clerics that heal other minions and revive fallen Skeletons.
Skeletal Frost Mage Summons reviving Skeletal Frost Mages that can be commanded to cast Icy Explosions
Profane Ritual Marks a Corpse with a profane rune, dealing Chaos damage over time to nearby enemies. When the ritual is complete the corpse is consumed and you gain a power charge.
Despair Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Chaos Resistance.
Bone Offering Impales a Skeleton on a bone spike to shield your Minions while the spike remains. The shield absorbs all damage from the next hit each Minion takes, then explodes. The bone spike itself is a Minion, and shields itself. If it dies, shields on your other Minions disappear.
Focus: Minion, Chaos, AoE, Curse |
| Cast on Ignite Comet Infernalist
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Solar Orb Creates a fiery Orb that periodically releases fiery pulses. Enemies that are very close to the Orb are Ignited.
Flammability Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Fire Resistance.
 Comet Calls down a mass of ice from the sky, dealing high damage at the targeted location. Targeting close to you will cause you to jump back as you cast.
 Contagion Afflicts a single enemy with a Debuff that deals Chaos Damage over time. If the enemy dies while affected by contagion, it and all other Chaos Damage over time Debuffs spread to other enemies and refresh their durations. Reanimating or detonating a corpse affected by contagion will cause the Minion or explosion to spread Contagion on hit.
 Overwhelming Presence While active, enemies in your Presence are easier to Stun and inflict Elemental Ailments upon.
 Cast on Ignite While active, gains Energy when you Ignite enemies and triggers socketed spells on reaching maximum Energy.
 Alchemist's Boon While active, grants you Flask Charges passively and causes Life and Mana recovery from your Flasks to also apply to Allies in your presence.
 Demon Form (12–25)% increased Cast Speed while in Demon Form;+(3–6) to Level of all Spell Skills while in Demon Form;Lose 0.5% of Life per second per Demonflame;Deal (7–18)% increased Spell damage per Demonflame
Focus: AoE, Mobbing, Freeze, Ignite |
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