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[0.4] DEMON Infernalist - League Starter to Endgame Witch

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Starter

Speed Leveling

End Game

Witch

Infernalist

0.4 TLotD

By Ronarray

Updated on Dec 21, 2025

Dec 21, 2025

Build Overview

This is guide for my League Starter Build - Demon Form Infernalist for 0.4

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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After 0.4 Changes RECOUP Became more viable than Tecrod regeneration, the single target damage was reduced, but the clear is still alright, although the skill can feel a bit clunky still.

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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

Demon form looks cool
Fast Movement
You leap around
Good clear

Can feel clunky
Jumping into monsters

Build Variants

90+ Endgame (Recoup)

Lvl 1 to 15

15-75 Essence Drain (No Swap)

75+ Lightning SWAP

We can keep using Contagion + Essence Drain later to progress since those stack pretty good with Demon Form

Equipment

90+ Endgame (Recoup)

Lvl 1 to 15

15-75 Essence Drain (No Swap)

75+ Lightning SWAP

Set 1

Set 2

Equipment Priority

Gearing:

You need to focus on getting Wand + Focus OR Staff with as high combination of damaging stats as you can find.

Damaging stats priority should be will be a nice bonus too, such as:

1. + Level to skills

2. Spell Damage

3. Chaos Damage

4. Cast Speed

Defenses:

To Survive better it is important to use all items with Energy Shield.

Getting Life Regeneration + Maximum Life on items also should help with maintaining Demon Form stacks.

YOU NEED LIFE REGENERATION TO MAINTAIN THE FORM

Skill Gems

90+ Endgame (Recoup)

Lvl 1 to 15

15-75 Essence Drain (No Swap)

75+ Lightning SWAP

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 15

Dex 25

Int 30

Expand all

Essence Drain

Contagion

Frost Bomb

Withering Presence

Dark Effigy

Despair

Gem Priority

+14

At the start you will only have Essence Drain, Contagion, Frost Bomb and Withering Presence.

After you progress further, add in Despair to cast on bosses.

Passive Tree

90+ Endgame (Recoup)

Lvl 1 to 15

15-75 Essence Drain (No Swap)

75+ Lightning SWAP

main:

123

set 1:

set 2:

Ascendancy Order Priority:

Altered Flesh
Demonic Possession - make sure you have ~20 Life Regen initially, up to ~180 in the Endgame. Unallocate if you can't sustain it.
Beidat's Hand

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.

Some Abyss monsters can turn off your recoup, and you will drop dead fast without recovery. Be very mindful when fighting Abyss.