Infernalist

Infernalist

Witch

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	You seek power at any cost... and there is no price too high to pay.

Official artwork of the Infernalist.

Infernalist is an Ascendancy class for the Witch.

Overview

The Infernalist calls upon demonic forces to unleash hellish flames and gain great power at a cost. Pyromantic Pact trades Mana for Infernal Flame, where paying mana cost instead fills up a meter which causes her to take heavy damage when it's filled. Infernal Flame can then be enhanced to grant bonus damage while it's kept at high enough levels. Altered Flesh grants damage taken conversion and opens up three contracts with Beidat, reserving a quarter of your life in exchange for more Mana, Energy shield, or Spirit based on maximum Life. The Infernalist can shapeshift into a powerful spellcasting demon with Demonic Possession, at the cost of ramping life degen. She also has access to a loyal Hellhound companion, a powerful boost to critical hits that inflict self-ignite, and the ability to have all damage types inflict Ignite.

Passive skills

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

Notable skills

This class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
Altered Flesh	20% of Cold damage taken as Fire damage 20% of Lightning damage taken as Fire damage 20% of Physical damage taken as Chaos damage	—	Life
Beidat's Gaze	Reserves 25% of Life +1 to Maximum Mana per 6 Maximum Life	Altered Flesh	Life
Beidat's Will	Reserves 25% of Life +1 to Maximum Spirit per 25 Maximum Life	Altered Flesh	Life
Beidat's Hand	Reserves 25% of Life +1 to Maximum Energy Shield per 8 Maximum Life	Altered Flesh	Life
Demonic Possession	Grants Skill: Demon Form	—	Spell Damage
Mastered Darkness	Demonflame has no maximum	Demonic Possession	Spell Damage
Bringer of Flame	All Damage from you and Allies in your Presence contributes to Ignite Chance and Magnitude	—	Mana
Pyromantic Pact	Maximum Mana is replaced by twice as much Maximum Infernal Flame Gain Infernal Flame instead of spending Mana for Skill costs Take maximum Life and Energy Shield as Fire Damage when Infernal Flame reaches maximum Lose all Infernal Flame on reaching maximum Infernal Flame 25% of Infernal Flame lost per second if none was gained in the past 2 seconds	—	Mana
Seething Body	While on High Infernal Flame, you and Allies in your Presence Gain 50% of Damage as Fire Damage	Pyromantic Pact	Mana
Loyal Hellhound	Grants Skill: Summon Infernal Hound	—	Minion Life
Grinning Immolation	50% more Critical Damage Bonus Become Ignited when you deal a Critical Hit, taking 15% of your Life and Energy Shield as Fire Damage per second	—	Critical Chance

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	The Infernal Hound, granted by the Loyal Hellhound Notable Passive Skill, now Ignites Enemies within 2.5 metres (previously 1.5 metres). The Pyromantic Pact Notable Passive Skill now grants Infernal Flame equal to twice your Mana (previously equal to your Mana), but causes you to lose 25% of your Infernal Flame per second if you haven't gained any in the past 2 seconds (previously 50% per second). Demon Form, granted by the Demonic Possession Notable Passive Skill, no longer disables your weapons or has its own weapon set. It no longer grants level of all Spell Skills while in Demon Form, or increased Spell Damage per Demonflame. It now grants 3% more Spell Damage per Demonflame, and Quality now provides +0-10% increased Cast Speed while in Demon Form (previously had no Quality). Life Loss per second from Demonflame is now lower beyond Skill Gem 20.
0.2.0	The small Mana Ascendancy Passive Skills now provide 3% increased maximum Mana (previously 4%). The Bringer of Flame Ascendancy Passive Skill now causes All Damage from you and Allies in your Presence to contribute to Ignite Chance and Magnitude, instead of providing "While not on Low Infernal Flame, all Damage from you and Allies in your Presence contributes to Ignite Chance and Magnitude". No longer requires Pyromantic Pact.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.