Huntress vs Sorceress
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The Huntress is a Dexterity class (7/15/7 Str/Dex/Int) that starts with a Hardwood Spear and a Leather Buckler; the Sorceress is an Intelligence class (7/7/15) that starts with an Ashen Staff. They begin at different points of the passive tree. Across their ascendancies the biggest differences are spells (0 vs 9 nodes), companions (7 vs 0 nodes) and movement speed (7 vs 0 nodes). Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.
Side by side
| Huntress | Sorceress | |
|---|---|---|
| Attributes | Str7 Dex15 Int7 | Str7 Dex7 Int15 |
| Trait | Trained to block incoming attacks | Natural resilience to elements |
| Starts with |  Hardwood Spear Leather Buckler |  Ashen Staff |
| First skill gem |  Whirling Slash |  Spark |
| Gems that need its weapon | 24 (spear, buckler) | 0 (staff) |
| Ascendancies |  Amazon Spirit Walker Ritualist |  Stormweaver Chronomancer Disciple of Varashta |
Their ascendancies' nodes by theme
| Nodes about… | Huntress | Sorceress |
|---|---|---|
| Minions | – | 4 |
| Companions | 7 | – |
| Spells | – | 9 |
| Melee | 2 | – |
| Projectiles | 3 | – |
| Attack speed | 3 | 1 |
| Critical hits | 3 | 4 |
| Fire | 1 | 2 |
| Cold and freeze | 1 | 6 |
| Lightning and shock | 4 | 5 |
| Physical | 3 | – |
| Elemental | 5 | 3 |
| Life | 9 | 4 |
| Energy shield | – | 5 |
| Mana | 4 | 6 |
| Armour | – | 1 |
| Evasion | 2 | – |
| Resistances | 2 | – |
| Spirit | 3 | – |
| Flasks and charms | 6 | – |
| Stun | 1 | – |
| Area of effect | 2 | 4 |
| Movement speed | 7 | – |
| Cooldowns | – | 3 |
| Leech | 3 | – |
Nodes of all the class's ascendancies added up; each ascendancy's own counts are on its page.
Huntress ascendancies
- Amazonelemental 5, life 4 and attack speed 3
- Spirit Walkercompanions 7, movement speed 3 and projectiles 2
- Ritualistflasks and charms 4, life 3 and movement speed 3
Amazon vs Spirit Walker · Amazon vs Ritualist · Ritualist vs Spirit Walker
Sorceress ascendancies
- Stormweavercold and freeze 5, lightning and shock 5 and spells 3
- Chronomancerspells 3, area of effect 3 and cooldowns 3
- Disciple of Varashtaminions 4, energy shield 4 and spells 3
Chronomancer vs Stormweaver · Disciple of Varashta vs Stormweaver · Chronomancer vs Disciple of Varashta
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