Sorceress vs Witch
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The Sorceress is an Intelligence class (7/7/15 Str/Dex/Int) that starts with an Ashen Staff; the Witch is an Intelligence class (7/7/15) that starts with a Withered Wand and a Rattling Sceptre. They begin at the same point of the passive tree. Across their ascendancies the biggest differences are life (4 vs 25 nodes), curses (0 vs 7 nodes) and cold and freeze (6 vs 0 nodes). Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.
Side by side
| Sorceress | Witch | |
|---|---|---|
| Attributes | Str7 Dex7 Int15 | Str7 Dex7 Int15 |
| Trait | Natural resilience to elements | Natural resilience to Chaos |
| Starts with |  Ashen Staff |  Withered Wand Rattling Sceptre |
| First skill gem |  Spark |  Unearth |
| Gems that need its weapon | 0 (staff) | 0 (wand, sceptre) |
| Ascendancies |  Stormweaver Chronomancer Disciple of Varashta |  Infernalist Blood Mage Lich |
Their ascendancies' nodes by theme
| Nodes about… | Sorceress | Witch |
|---|---|---|
| Minions | 4 | 2 |
| Spells | 9 | 10 |
| Attack speed | 1 | – |
| Critical hits | 4 | 7 |
| Fire | 2 | 2 |
| Cold and freeze | 6 | – |
| Lightning and shock | 5 | – |
| Chaos | – | 1 |
| Physical | – | 1 |
| Elemental | 3 | 2 |
| Ignite | – | 3 |
| Bleeding | – | 2 |
| Curses | – | 7 |
| Life | 4 | 25 |
| Energy shield | 5 | 11 |
| Mana | 6 | 11 |
| Armour | 1 | – |
| Spirit | – | 1 |
| Charges | – | 2 |
| Flasks and charms | – | 2 |
| Area of effect | 4 | 2 |
| Cooldowns | 3 | – |
| Leech | – | 2 |
| Shapeshifting | – | 1 |
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
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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