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{{Ascendancy Class
|name = Occultist
|flavour_text = ''Throw off the chains of fear and embrace that which was forbidden.''
}}

{{about|the Ascendancy class|the Ascendant passive|Occultist (Ascendant passive)}}

The '''Occultist''' is an [[Ascendancy class]] for [[Witch]]es.

==Overview==
The Occultist is a Witch class that specializes in [[cold damage|cold]] and [[chaos damage|chaos]] [[damage over time]] (DoT) effects as well as [[curse]]s, with a minor affinity for both [[energy shield]] and [[Power Charge|power charges]]. The class is capable of reliably generating said Power Charges without needing to trigger on-kill effects, using [[Forbidden_Power_(Ascendancy_passive_skill)|Forbidden Power]].  [[Malediction]] and [[Profane Bloom]] are a great boon to builds that utilize curses in any form, though to bring out their full potential you would ideally combine them with other sources of non-chaos damage. [[Withering Presence]] and [[Frigid Wake]], the two specialized damage over time nodes behind [[Void Beacon]], amplify the power of chaos and cold damage over time respectively. Historically the Occultist has been one of the most resilient Ascendants, utilizing many forms of damage mitigation and energy shield generation.  With the removal of its notable [[Wicked Ward]] and the power down of [[Vile Bastion]], it still retains its powerful defensive layers in either Frigid Wake or Malediction but is no longer the be-all and end-all for energy shield durability.

==Passive skills==
[[Image:Ascendancy skill tree Occultist.png|500px|thumb|right|Occultist skill tree]]
===Minor skills===
This class has the following minor passive skills:
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===Notable skills===
The class has the following notable passive skills:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! Skill !! class="unsortable" | Modifiers !! Prerequisite !! Preceding Passive
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{{psl|id=AscendancyOccultist12|format=tablerow}}
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| [[Energy Shield, Power Charge Duration]]
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{{psl|id=AscendancyOccultist7|format=tablerow}}
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| [[Energy Shield, Curse Effect]]
|-
{{psl|id=AscendancyOccultist8|format=tablerow}}
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| [[Energy Shield, Curse Effect]]
|-
{{psl|id=AscendancyOccultist11|format=tablerow}}
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| [[Energy Shield, Cold and Chaos Damage]]
|-
{{psl|id=AscendancyOccultist15|format=tablerow}}
| [[Void Beacon]]
| [[Energy Shield, Chaos Damage]]
|-
{{psl|id=AscendancyOccultist16|format=tablerow}}
| [[Void Beacon]]
| [[Energy Shield, Cold Damage]]
|-
{{psl|id=AscendancyOccultist10|format=tablerow}}
| 
| [[Energy Shield, Energy Shield Recharge Rate]]
|}

==Version history==
{{Version history table header}}
{{Version history table row|3.13.0}}
* Small passives that previously granted additional Chaos Damage over Time Multiplier now instead grant 10% increased Chaos Damage.
* Small passives that previously granted additional Cold Damage over Time Multiplier now instead grant 10% increased Cold Damage.
{{Version history table row|3.7.0}}
* [[Wicked Ward]] has been removed from the Ascendancy tree.
* [[Vile Bastion]] no longer requires any Ascendancy notables.
* Each of the small passives on the Occultist Ascendancy tree now grant 6% increased energy shield (from 8%).
{{Version history table row|3.5.0}}
* New Notables - [[Withering Presence]] and [[Frigid Wake]].
* Added a small passive leading to Withering Presence which grants 8% increased maximum Energy Shield and +5% to Non-Ailment Chaos Damage over Time Multiplier.
* Added a small passive leading to Frigid Wake which grants 8% increased maximum Energy Shield and +5% to Cold Damage over Time Multiplier.
* The small passive leading to [[Void Beacon]] now also grants 10% increased Cold Damage.
{{Version history table row|3.2.0}}
* Minor node [[Energy Shield, Critical Strike Chance]] replaced with [[Energy Shield, Power Charge Duration]].
* Minor node [[Energy Shield, Curse Duration]] replaced with [[Energy Shield, Curse Effect]].
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== See also ==
* [[Necromancer]]
* [[Elementalist]]

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