Huntress vs Warrior
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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 Warrior is a Strength class (15/7/7) that starts with a Wooden Club and a Splintered Tower Shield. They begin at different points of the passive tree. Across their ascendancies the biggest differences are armour (0 vs 9 nodes), melee (2 vs 9 nodes) and movement speed (7 vs 0 nodes). Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.
Side by side
| Huntress | Warrior | |
|---|---|---|
| Attributes | Str7 Dex15 Int7 | Str15 Dex7 Int7 |
| Trait | Trained to block incoming attacks | Knockback opponents when attacking |
| Starts with |  Hardwood Spear Leather Buckler |  Wooden Club Splintered Tower Shield |
| First skill gem |  Whirling Slash |  Rolling Slam |
| Gems that need its weapon | 24 (spear, buckler) | 20 (one hand mace, shield) |
| Ascendancies |  Amazon Spirit Walker Ritualist |  Titan Warbringer Smith of Kitava |
Their ascendancies' nodes by theme
| Nodes about… | Huntress | Warrior |
|---|---|---|
| Minions | – | 1 |
| Companions | 7 | 1 |
| Spells | – | 1 |
| Melee | 2 | 9 |
| Projectiles | 3 | – |
| Attack speed | 3 | – |
| Critical hits | 3 | – |
| Fire | 1 | 2 |
| Cold and freeze | 1 | – |
| Lightning and shock | 4 | – |
| Physical | 3 | 1 |
| Elemental | 5 | – |
| Totems | – | 4 |
| Block and shields | – | 4 |
| Life | 9 | 5 |
| Mana | 4 | – |
| Armour | – | 9 |
| Evasion | 2 | – |
| Resistances | 2 | 5 |
| Spirit | 3 | 1 |
| Flasks and charms | 6 | – |
| Stun | 1 | 3 |
| Area of effect | 2 | 2 |
| Movement speed | 7 | – |
| Cooldowns | – | 1 |
| Leech | 3 | – |
| Warcries | – | 2 |
| Strength stacking | – | 4 |
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
Warrior ascendancies
- Titanmelee 5, stun 3 and life 2
- Warbringertotems 4, block and shields 4 and armour 4
- Smith of Kitavaresistances 5, melee 4 and armour 3
Titan vs Warbringer · Smith of Kitava vs Titan · Smith of Kitava vs Warbringer
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