Sorceress vs Warrior
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The Sorceress is an Intelligence class (7/7/15 Str/Dex/Int) that starts with an Ashen Staff; 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 melee (0 vs 9 nodes), spells (9 vs 1 nodes) and armour (1 vs 9 nodes). Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.
Side by side
| Sorceress | Warrior | |
|---|---|---|
| Attributes | Str7 Dex7 Int15 | Str15 Dex7 Int7 |
| Trait | Natural resilience to elements | Knockback opponents when attacking |
| Starts with |  Ashen Staff |  Wooden Club Splintered Tower Shield |
| First skill gem |  Spark |  Rolling Slam |
| Gems that need its weapon | 0 (staff) | 20 (one hand mace, shield) |
| Ascendancies |  Stormweaver Chronomancer Disciple of Varashta |  Titan Warbringer Smith of Kitava |
Their ascendancies' nodes by theme
| Nodes about… | Sorceress | Warrior |
|---|---|---|
| Minions | 4 | 1 |
| Companions | – | 1 |
| Spells | 9 | 1 |
| Melee | – | 9 |
| Attack speed | 1 | – |
| Critical hits | 4 | – |
| Fire | 2 | 2 |
| Cold and freeze | 6 | – |
| Lightning and shock | 5 | – |
| Physical | – | 1 |
| Elemental | 3 | – |
| Totems | – | 4 |
| Block and shields | – | 4 |
| Life | 4 | 5 |
| Energy shield | 5 | – |
| Mana | 6 | – |
| Armour | 1 | 9 |
| Resistances | – | 5 |
| Spirit | – | 1 |
| Stun | – | 3 |
| Area of effect | 4 | 2 |
| Cooldowns | 3 | 1 |
| Warcries | – | 2 |
| Strength stacking | – | 4 |
Nodes of all the class's ascendancies added up; each ascendancy's own counts are on its page.
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
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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