The best lvling build for Witch (and probably Sorceress).
Debuff mobs, run and watch them all die.
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Witch
Lich
Chaos Contagion - Best Lving Lich build
Creator
WitchLich0.4 TLotD
Build Overview
Strengths and Weaknesses
- Clears maps extremely easily
- Mobs melt while you collect loot
- Tank relatively well
- No specific equipment required
- Best LVing
- Individual damage is reasonable
- Annoying to recover your HP
Build Variants
End-game
Campaign
Skill Gems
End-game
Campaign
Support Gem Requirements:
Str 25
Dex 40
Int 75
1
Contagion
2
Essence Drain
3
Despair
4
Withering Presence
5
Convalescence
6
Blink
7
Dark Effigy
8
Blasphemy
Gem Priority
+29
You can remove the Essence drain Chain gem to add a higher DPS gem like Derange. This will just require you to aim at the mobs to clear them.
Gem quality priority;
Contagion>Dark Effigy(getting 20% use Withering touch gem)>Whithering Pressence>Despair
Passive Tree
End-game
Campaign
main:
123
123
set 1:
20
20
set 2:
20
20
Ascension priority order: Eternal life >eldritch Empowerment > Crystalline Phylactery
Mana regeneration still works with Souless form! In the attribute nodes, take the Int needed to use the skills and put the rest in STR, STR will give you more life and mana regeneration.
The tree doesn't have much of a secret, because it's all about ES and chaos damage. So if you're dying a lot, focus more on getting ES, otherwise focus on damage.
That said, the path you should normally take is; head north, ignoring the ES points on the right at the start (insightfulness and melding); pick up Roil which helps a lot in distributing the Dots; head north ignoring all the lefts; pick up Whispers of Doom; follow the path to the right, until you've distributed all the extra points for the 2 weapons. From there, take what you think is most necessary.
Atlas Tree
End-game
Campaign
Quest Rewards
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Clearfell — Beira of the Rotten Pack
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Hunting Grounds — The Crowbell
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Freythorn — The King in the Mists
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Ogham Farmlands — Una's Hut
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Ogham Manor — Candlemass, the Living Rite
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Keth — Kabala, Constrictor Queen
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Valley of the Titans — Medallion
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Deshar — Final Letter
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The Spires of Deshar — Sisters of Garukhan
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Jungle Ruins — Mighty Silverfist
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The Venom Crypts — Venom Draught
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Jiquani's Machinarium — Blackjaw, the Remnant
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The Azak Bog — Ignagduk, the Bog Witch
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The Molten Vault — The Molten Vault
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Aggorat — Blood Sacrifice
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Journey's End — Captain Hartlin
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Eye of Hinekora — Navali's Rest
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Halls of the Dead — Yama The White
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Halls of the Dead — Tawhoa's Test
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Abandoned Prison — Goddess of Justice
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Halls of the Dead — Tasalio's Test
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Halls of the Dead — Ngamahu's Test
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Wolvenhold — Oswin, the Dread Warden
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The Khari Crossing — Akthi and Anundr
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The Khari Crossing — Molten Shrine
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Qimah — Tabana's Pillar
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Kriar Village — Lythara, the Wayward Spear
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Howling Caves — The Abominable Yeti
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How it Plays
Remember that whitering presence needs to be close to the mob for it to work.
Use contagion and then hit a target with contagion with Chaos bolt, watch the mob melt.
Rare mob or boss? Use Despair
Mob too tanky? Deploy totem (dark effigy)
Mob toooooo tanky? Keep all debuffs active at all times (essence drain/unleash/despair/dark effigy). They all last a few seconds, you can just dodge in the meantime, or if you prefer to give a bit more DPS spam Essence Drain which has a base damage.
Use Unearth to create mobs only and help you tank creeps
How it Works
Contagion spreads all damage debuffs and amplifies damage. So we fill the mob with debuff and spread the misfortune.
Changelog
===04/16===
Updated atlas passive, only the end-game mechanics are farmable and useful unfortunately.
Description guide for skill passive points.
===04/13===
Some changes to support gems in skills for better DPS.
And a notification about better Jewels to pick up.
===04/11===
- Rebalancing of passives made with PoB. It is possible to have higher DPS at the cost of lower survival (Final Barrage + low life), but I believe this version is superior due to its balance.
- Changes in the gems
- End-game version
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