Blood Mage

Blood Mage

Witch

	Your search for power took you on a journey inwards.

Official artwork of the Blood Mage.

Blood Mage is an Ascendancy class for the Witch.

Overview

The Blood Mage puts her Life on the line in exchange for power. The Blood Mage must take Sanguimancy as her first skill, causing skills to have a life cost on top of mana cost, but also causing killed monsters to drop Life Remnants that recover life which can Overflow. From there on, she gains access to passives that grant powerful bonuses to Critical Hits and life-based defenses and recovery, the ability to have elemental damage to scale Bleeding, curses that reserve enemy life and prevent life regeneration, and turning life flask charges into a source of damage.

Passive skills

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

Name	Stats
Bleed on Critical Chance	15% chance to inflict Bleeding on Critical Hit [1]
Curse Effect	6% increased Curse Magnitudes [1]
Life	3% increased maximum Life [1] [2] [3]
Life Flasks	15% increased Life Flask Charges gained [1]
Life Leech	12% increased amount of Life Leeched [1]
Spell Critical Chance	12% increased Critical Hit Chance for Spells [1] [2]

Notable skills

This class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
Sanguimancy	Grants Skill: Life Remnants Skills gain a Base Life Cost equal to Base Mana Cost	—	—
Sunder the Flesh	Base Critical Hit Chance for Spells is 15%	Sanguimancy	Spell Critical Chance
Gore Spike	1% increased Critical Damage Bonus per 50 current Life	Sunder the Flesh	Spell Critical Chance
Vitality Siphon	10% of Spell Damage Leeched as Life	Sanguimancy	Life Leech
Blood Barbs	Bleeding you inflict on Cursed targets is Aggravated Elemental Damage also Contributes to Bleeding Magnitude	Sanguimancy	Bleed on Critical Chance
Sanguine Tides	Gain 1 Life Flask Charge per 4% Life spent On Hitting an Enemy while a Life Flask is at full Charges, 40% of its Charges are consumed Gain 1% of damage as Physical damage for 3 seconds per Charge consumed this way 50% less Life Recovery from Flasks	Sanguimancy	Critical Chance
Whispers of the Flesh	Targets Cursed by you have at least 15% of Life Reserved Targets Cursed by you have 100% reduced Life Regeneration Rate	Sanguimancy	Curse Effect
Grasping Wounds	25% of Life Loss from Hits is prevented, then that much Life is lost over 4 seconds instead	Sanguimancy	Life
Crimson Power	Gain additional maximum Life equal to 100% of the Item Energy Shield on Equipped Body Armour	Grasping Wounds	Life

Version history

Version	Changes
0.4.0	Whispers of the Flesh now also grants Targets Cursed by you have 100% reduced Life Regeneration Rate.
0.3.0	The small Life Passive Skill prior to Sanguimancy has been removed. The Sanguimancy Notable Passive Skill is now free to allocate. The Gore Spike Passive Skill now grants 1% increased Critical Damage Bonus per 50 Life (previously 40), and has swapped locations with the Sunder the Flesh Notable Passive Skill. The Between the Cracks Notable Passive Skill has been renamed to Sanguine Tides, and no longer provides Critical Hits ignore Monster Armour. Instead, it now provides Gain 1 Life Flask Charge per 4% Life spent, and 50% less Life Recovery from Flasks. It also now has when your Life Flask reaches full Charges, 40% of its Charges are consumed, and Gain 1% of Damage as Physical Damage for 3 seconds per Charge consumed this way. The Open Sores Notable Passive Skill has been renamed to Whispers of the Flesh, and no longer grants Your Curses have Infinite Duration. Instead, it now grants Enemies affected by your Curses have at least 15% of Life Reserved.
0.2.0	Added a new Between the Cracks Ascendancy Passive Skill that causes Critical Hits to ignore Monster Armour. Requires Sanguimancy.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.