Huntress vs Witch
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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 Witch is an Intelligence class (7/7/15) that starts with a Withered Wand and a Rattling Sceptre. They begin at different points of the passive tree. Across their ascendancies the biggest differences are life (9 vs 25 nodes), energy shield (0 vs 11 nodes) and spells (0 vs 10 nodes). Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.
Side by side
| Huntress | Witch | |
|---|---|---|
| Attributes | Str7 Dex15 Int7 | Str7 Dex7 Int15 |
| Trait | Trained to block incoming attacks | Natural resilience to Chaos |
| Starts with |  Hardwood Spear Leather Buckler |  Withered Wand Rattling Sceptre |
| First skill gem |  Whirling Slash |  Unearth |
| Gems that need its weapon | 24 (spear, buckler) | 0 (wand, sceptre) |
| Ascendancies |  Amazon Spirit Walker Ritualist |  Infernalist Blood Mage Lich |
Their ascendancies' nodes by theme
| Nodes about… | Huntress | Witch |
|---|---|---|
| Minions | – | 2 |
| Companions | 7 | – |
| Spells | – | 10 |
| Melee | 2 | – |
| Projectiles | 3 | – |
| Attack speed | 3 | – |
| Critical hits | 3 | 7 |
| Fire | 1 | 2 |
| Cold and freeze | 1 | – |
| Lightning and shock | 4 | – |
| Chaos | – | 1 |
| Physical | 3 | 1 |
| Elemental | 5 | 2 |
| Ignite | – | 3 |
| Bleeding | – | 2 |
| Curses | – | 7 |
| Life | 9 | 25 |
| Energy shield | – | 11 |
| Mana | 4 | 11 |
| Evasion | 2 | – |
| Resistances | 2 | – |
| Spirit | 3 | 1 |
| Charges | – | 2 |
| Flasks and charms | 6 | 2 |
| Stun | 1 | – |
| Area of effect | 2 | 2 |
| Movement speed | 7 | – |
| Leech | 3 | 2 |
| Shapeshifting | – | 1 |
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
Witch ascendancies
- Infernalistlife 11, spells 4 and mana 4
- Blood Magelife 10, critical hits 5 and spells 4
- Lichenergy shield 7, mana 6 and curses 4
Blood Mage vs Infernalist · Infernalist vs Lich · Blood Mage vs Lich
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