Witchhunter

Witchhunter

Mercenary

	There's something very wrong with this world... and you're going to fix it.

Official artwork of the Witchhunter.

Witchhunter is an Ascendancy class for the Mercenary.

Overview

The Witchhunter has access to passives that grant general offensive bonuses, as well as specialized bonuses towards certain types of enemies. The Witchhunter is a potent boss killer, with access to Culling Strike and Decimating Strike to remove a chunk of their life, and the ability to reduce the enemy's Concentration and make them more vulnerable to damage and use their special abilities less frequently as you continue to hurt them. Sorcery Ward gives him an elemental barrier in exchange for armour and evasion, Zealous Inquisition adds pack-clearing power with infrequent but powerful on-kill explosions, and Weapon Master allows for more variety between weapon set passive trees.

Passive skills

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

Name	Stats
Area of Effect	8% increased Area of Effect [1]
Armour and Evasion	15% increased Armour and Evasion Rating [1] [2]
Cooldown Recovery Rate	6% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate [1] [2] [3]
Damage vs Low Life Enemies	35% increased Damage with Hits against Enemies that are on Low Life [1] [2]

Notable skills

This class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
Weapon Master	100 Passive Skill Points become Weapon Set Skill Points	—	Cooldown Recovery Rate
Pitiless Killer	Culling Strike	—	Damage vs Low Life Enemies
Judge, Jury, and Executioner	Decimating Strike	Pitiless Killer	Damage vs Low Life Enemies
Witchbane	Break enemy Concentration on Hit equal to 100% of Damage Dealt Enemies have Maximum Concentration equal to 30% of their Maximum Life Enemies regain 10% of Concentration every second if they haven't lost Concentration in the past 5 seconds	—	Cooldown Recovery Rate
No Mercy	Deal up to 40% more Damage to Enemies based on their missing Concentration	Witchbane	Cooldown Recovery Rate
Obsessive Rituals	Grants Skill: Sorcery Ward 35% less Armour and Evasion Rating	—	Armour and Evasion
Ceremonial Ablution	Sorcery Ward's Barrier can also take Physical and Chaos Damage from Hits	Obsessive Rituals	Armour and Evasion
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	—	Area of Effect

Version history

Version	Changes
0.4.0	Witchbane now has Enemies have Maximum Concentration equal to 30% of their Maximum Life (previously 40%). This is a buff. Ceremonial Ablution now instead grants Sorcery Ward also protects against Physical and Chaos Damage.
0.3.0	The Weapon Master Notable Passive Skill now grants 100 Passive Skill Points become Weapon Set Skill Points (previously 20). The preceding small Passive now grants 6% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate instead of Weapon Set Skill Points. The recharge time of Sorcery Ward no longer restarts when your Armour or Evasion changes.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.