PoE Occultist Ascendancy Class: Tree & Passives

The Occultist is an Ascendancy class of the Witch, the other two being the Elementalist and Necromancer.

The Occultist specialises in Cold and Chaos Damage and has the ability to Explode Cursed Enemies on Kill. She also has some interesting options for Power Charge scaling, applying additional Curses, and opportunities for building high Energy Shield and Chaos Resistance.

Small Passives

• 6% increased maximum Energy Shield, 10% increased Chaos Damage
• 6% increased maximum Energy Shield, 10% increased Chaos Damage, 10% increased Cold Damage
• 6% increased maximum Energy Shield, 10% increased Cold Damage
• 6% increased maximum Energy Shield, 5% increased Effect of your Curses
• 6% increased maximum Energy Shield, 15% increased Energy Shield Recharge Rate
• 6% increased maximum Energy Shield, 15% increased Power Charge Duration

Unholy Authority

• You can apply an additional Curse
• Your Hexes can affect Hexproof Enemies

Profane Bloom

• Cursed Enemies you or your Minions Kill have a 50% chance to Explode, dealing a quarter of their maximum Life as Chaos Damage

Void Beacon

• Nearby Enemies have -20% to Chaos Resistance
• Nearby Enemies have 100% reduced Life Regeneration rate
• Nearby Enemies have -20% to Cold Resistance

Withering Presence

Void Beacon is required to allocate Withering Presence

• 15% more Chaos Damage
• +60% to Chaos Resistance
• Every second, inflict Withered on nearby Enemies for 15 seconds
• Nearby Hindered Enemies deal 15% reduced Damage over Time

Frigid Wake

Void Beacon is required to allocate Frigid Wake

• 15% more Cold Damage
• Cannot be Chilled
• Cannot be Frozen
• Every 4 seconds, 50% chance to Freeze nearby Non-Frozen Enemies for 0.4 seconds
• Nearby Chilled Enemies deal 10% reduced Damage with Hits

Vile Bastion

• Maximum Energy Shield is increased by Chance to Block Spell Damage
• Cannot Be Stunned while you have Energy Shield
• Regenerate 100 Energy Shield per second

Forbidden Power

• +1 to Maximum Power Charges
• 6% increased Area of Effect per Power Charge
• 6% increased Damage per Power Charge
• Gain a Power Charge after Spending a total of 200 Mana