Occultist

Occultist

Int

	Throw off the chains of fear and embrace that which was forbidden.

Occultist is an Ascendancy class for Witches that will be added in the Ascendancy expansion.

Overview

Occultists are suited for Witches with a focus on chaos damage or curses. Malediction greatly enhances Curse specialists, while Profane Bloom and Void Beacon let them dish out more chaos damage. Occultists also work well builds that rely on energy shield for protection or ones that just need a way to generate Power Charges.

Skills

Previews show its notable passive skills as:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite
Forbidden Power	10% chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical Strike +1 to Maximum Power Charges
Profane Bloom	Cursed Enemies you Kill explode dealing 10% of their Life as Chaos Damage Enemies you Curse take 10% increased Damage
Malediction	Enemies can have 1 additional Curse When you Kill an Enemy, for each Curse on that Enemy, gain 4% of Non-Chaos Damage as extra Chaos Damage for 4 seconds	Profane Bloom
Void Beacon	Nearby Enemies have -20% Chaos Resistance Nearby Enemies have 25% reduced Life Regeneration
Wicked Ward	+100 to maximum Energy Shield 30% increased Energy Shield Recharge Rate Energy Shield Recharge is not interrupted by Damage if Recharge began in the past 4 seconds
Vile Bastion	1% of Energy Shield Regenerated per second for each Enemy you've Killed in the past 4 seconds Immune to Stun while on Full Energy Shield	Wicked Ward

Void Beacon won't kill users with Chaos Inoculation allocated.