Warrior vs Witch
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The Warrior is a Strength class (15/7/7 Str/Dex/Int) that starts with a Wooden Club and a Splintered Tower Shield; 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 (5 vs 25 nodes), energy shield (0 vs 11 nodes) and mana (0 vs 11 nodes). Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.
Side by side
| Warrior | Witch | |
|---|---|---|
| Attributes | Str15 Dex7 Int7 | Str7 Dex7 Int15 |
| Trait | Knockback opponents when attacking | Natural resilience to Chaos |
| Starts with |  Wooden Club Splintered Tower Shield |  Withered Wand Rattling Sceptre |
| First skill gem |  Rolling Slam |  Unearth |
| Gems that need its weapon | 20 (one hand mace, shield) | 0 (wand, sceptre) |
| Ascendancies |  Titan Warbringer Smith of Kitava |  Infernalist Blood Mage Lich |
Their ascendancies' nodes by theme
| Nodes about… | Warrior | Witch |
|---|---|---|
| Minions | 1 | 2 |
| Companions | 1 | – |
| Spells | 1 | 10 |
| Melee | 9 | – |
| Critical hits | – | 7 |
| Fire | 2 | 2 |
| Chaos | – | 1 |
| Physical | 1 | 1 |
| Elemental | – | 2 |
| Ignite | – | 3 |
| Bleeding | – | 2 |
| Curses | – | 7 |
| Totems | 4 | – |
| Block and shields | 4 | – |
| Life | 5 | 25 |
| Energy shield | – | 11 |
| Mana | – | 11 |
| Armour | 9 | – |
| Resistances | 5 | – |
| Spirit | 1 | 1 |
| Charges | – | 2 |
| Flasks and charms | – | 2 |
| Stun | 3 | – |
| Area of effect | 2 | 2 |
| Cooldowns | 1 | – |
| Leech | – | 2 |
| Shapeshifting | – | 1 |
| Warcries | 2 | – |
| Strength stacking | 4 | – |
Nodes of all the class's ascendancies added up; each ascendancy's own counts are on its page.
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
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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