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[0.3] DEMON Infernalist - League Starter to Endgame Witch (T4 One Shots / All Content)

0.3 TTE

Verified

Starter

Speed Leveling

End Game

Witch

Infernalist

By Ronarray

Updated on Nov 20, 2025

Nov 20, 2025

Build Overview

This is guide for my League Starter Build - Demon Form Infernalist for 0.3.

This guide will help you pick the gear and gems and will help you out while progressing. It will also explain how the mechanics work and how to teleport through maps while being a Cool Demon.

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Endgame (T16) Gameplay + One Shots of all T4 Bosses - https://youtu.be/AH4KiYQilWk

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In 0.3 Demon Form received a very big buff and you can now use it WITH WEAPONS.

On top of that you will receive MORE Spell Damage instead of Increased for stacks of Demonflame which should improve the damage a lot.

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In this guide we are League Starting Unearth + Contagion and playing with Essence Drain + Contagion through the campaign / early maps.

After that we will be swapping to a combo of Lightning Warp and Ball Lightning to teleport through maps and explode everything!

If you have questions - hit me on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/ronarray), I will help!

Strengths and Weaknesses

Great Clear
Demon form looks cool
Fast Movement
You leap around

Need to get a lot of Regen
Jumping into monsters

Build Variants

90+ Endgame (One Shots)

Lvl 1 to 15

15-75 Essence Drain (No Swap)

75+ Lightning SWAP

Swapping to a Blood Magic caster and one shotting things.

Equipment

90+ Endgame (One Shots)

Lvl 1 to 15

15-75 Essence Drain (No Swap)

75+ Lightning SWAP

Set 1

Set 2

Equipment Priority

▸ Main Stats

Offense

When picking between different damage stats, focus on:

+ Levels to Spells
Crit Chance + Crit Damage
Spell Damage

Defense

The main thing you're looking out for is Energy Shield.
Make sure to get your Chaos Resistanse to 70+, since it deals extra damage against Energy Shield.

Utility

We're casting using our life and Lightning Warp is pretty expensive, we need to be able to cast it non-stop and for that we need a higher Life pool.

Roll Maximum Life on ALL the items as high as you can

Cast Speed makes gameplay MUCH smoother, you will hate yourself if you will not stack it.

Get Cast Speed in as many places as you can.

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▸ Wand & Focus

+ Levels to Lightning (Spells) is mandatory. It's a huge dps boost
Crit Chance / Crit Multi Should be there too.
% Spell damage get it AS HIGH as you can, it boosts both Lightning and damage we get from Atalui's Bloodletting.
% Damage as Extra Lightning is best, but Fire/Cold works.
Cast speed is good to have, we're aiming for higher CS to improve QoL
Energy Shield on Focus is nice to have, but not too important.

Please note: you DON'T really need % Increased Lightning damage on the Wand. Tons of our damage comes from Atalui's Bloodletting which is physical.

❗❗❗ ALSO the Level of your Wand determines how many support gem slots you get for Spellslinger. Aim for 80+

▸ Amulet

Mandatory +3 to level of Spells
~50-65 Spirit is needed to fit in all Auras
Cast Speed is very preferable to get
Crit Damage Bonus is harder to get but great too
Instill Barbaric Strength.

▸ Gloves

Highest Maximum Life you can afford
2 Rune slots + Effect of Socketed
Life gained on hit - very good to have to faster ramp up Life Regen in maps
Crit Damage Multiplier for more damage

▸ Helmet and Body Armour

Get as high Maximum Life as you can
Energy shield is your second priority
The rest should be Any Resistances

▸ Rings

We're using double Seed of Cataclysm to boost Crit Chance and Crit Damage. Mana cost increase doesn't affect us, because we have no Mana cost.
Aim for high Crit Chance / Dmg and don't forget to click with Crit Catalysts.
You can replace one of the Rings to a Rare ring with Life and Cast Speed if you don't have enough Life to cast.

▸ Boots

Maximum Life as always is #1 priority
Movement Speed for smoother gameplay
Resistances to reach the cap

▸ Belt

It should be Darkness Enthroned with GLOVES Stat. You have several options what to put inside.

Mainly I advice to put Thane Grannell's Rune of Mastery to get HUGE Magnitudes of our Shocks. It's mainly a Bossing option.
Alternatively you can use Fenumus' Rune of Spinning for Cast Speed if you only do mapping and would prefer more QoL

❗❗❗ Please check what you're buying, Belts are different, you need "Gloves" belt.

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▸ Jewels

YOUR Undying Hate SHOULD BE 🟢TECROD🟢 and NOT ❌Amanamu (moba doesn't support it yet). Allocate Sacrifice of Blood keystone, it replaces Chaos Inoculation

Trade link for Tecrod Purchase

Rare Jewels should have Crit Dmg / Chance + Energy Shield

Skill Gems

90+ Endgame (One Shots)

Lvl 1 to 15

15-75 Essence Drain (No Swap)

75+ Lightning SWAP

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 40

Dex 45

Int 35

Expand all

Demon Form

Spellslinger

Sigil of Power

Cast on Critical

Arctic Armour

Lightning Warp

Ball Lightning

Demon Form

Sigil of Power

Gem Priority

+22

▸ Rotation

At the start of any area we need to ramp up our regeneration.

For that click Ball Lightning → Lightning Warp on it, pop the Life Flask to get you Life high enough (it's not mandatory, but makes it faster), the do it again and you're good to jump into monsters.

In a situation when you don't have enough life to cast, make sure to always use your Life Flask.

Use Spellslinger when you have more than 2+ charges on it. It's VERY satisfying!

On Bosses

1. Put the Sigil of Power on the ground (mandatory) + Temporal Chains (optional)

2. Ramp up regen by repeatedly casting Ball Lightning → Lightning Warp, use Life flask to speed it up.

3. Ball Lightning + Lightning Warp till the boss is dead.

You can also use Spellslinger if you have 2+ Charges on it by the moment you start attacking.
In this case, swap Projectile Acceleration III to Blind II and PRESS AND HOLD Lightning Warp button to one shot bosses.

▸ Alternative Gems for Lightning Warp

For bossing, I enjoy using Unleash.

However you can also swap it to Deliberation if you can't handle the Life costs OR if you get carried away before ramping up before the boss (to fully utilize Unleash you need the Maximum 2 Seals on the skill). Both versions work great.

Another fun support that you could use when clearing maps is Fiery Death. - monsters will explode when killed. It helps when clearing spread out maps and it's generally fun popping monsters.

Note that there's a delay before the corpse explodes.

If you can't afford Rakiata's Flow

Replace it with Lightning Penetration, but focus on getting it - it's a TREMENDOUS damage boost.

▸ If you don't have enough Spirit

The first thing that should go is Arctic Armour and everything inside it.

If you're not reaching enough just a bit, swap Vitality II to Vitality I - Vitality is there JUST as a QoL at the start of the map. It helps to hold off Demon Form stacks before you ramp up Undying Hate.

Passive Tree

90+ Endgame (One Shots)

Lvl 1 to 15

15-75 Essence Drain (No Swap)

75+ Lightning SWAP

main:

123

set 1:

set 2:

❗❗❗ We're NOT USING Chaos Inoculation. This Node is transformed into Sacrifice of Blood that provides "Regenerate 1 Life per second per 8 Life spent in the past 8 seconds". ❗❗❗

You get it when you insert Undying Hate with TECROD modifier into the Jewel socket.

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Now we're completely focusing on Crit Chance and Damage and dropping most Lightning-specific things in the tree, since Atalui's Bloodletting is not benefitting from it.

Zealot's Oath provides an AMAZING way to regenerate our Energy Shield instead of recharging it.

Blood Magic is mandatory to maximize our damage output AND solve any Mana issues we had before.

❗❗❗ Drop Sacrificial Blood if you can't handle Life costs. It's mostly there for Boss one shots.

Bringer of Flame actually bring significant DPS boost with the free ignite it provides, finishing off rogue monsters screens away from us.

How it Plays

Map Modifiers

Overall, there are no modifiers that brick the build, however Reduced Life Recovery Rate doesn't really feel that great. Try to avoid it on maps as it can make maps slower to optimally farm.