Infernalist is an Ascendancy class for the Witch.
Overview
The Infernalist calls upon demonic forces to unleash hellish flames and gain great power at a cost. Pyromantic Pact trades Mana for Infernal Flame, where paying mana cost instead fills up a meter which causes her to take fire damage when filled. It can then be enhanced to grant the Elemental Archon buff while Infernal Flame is kept high but not full. Altered Flesh grants damage taken conversion and opens up three contracts with Beidat, reserving a quarter of your life in exchange for more Mana, Energy shield, or Spirit based on maximum Life. The Infernalist can shapeshift into a powerful spellcasting demon with Demonic Possession, at the cost of ramping life degen. She also has access to a loyal Hellhound companion, a powerful boost to critical hits that inflict self-ignite, and the ability to have all damage types inflict Ignite.
Passive skills
Minor skills
This class has the following minor passive skills:
| Name | Stats |
| Critical Chance | 12% increased Critical Hit Chance |
| Flammability Magnitude | 40% increased Flammability Magnitude |
| Life | 3% increased maximum Life |
| Mana | 3% increased maximum Mana |
| Minion Life | Minions have 12% increased maximum Life |
| Spell Damage | 12% increased Spell Damage |
Notable skills
This class has the following notable passive skills:
| Skill | Modifiers | Prerequisite | Preceding Passive |
| Altered Flesh | 20% of Physical Damage taken as Chaos Damage20% of Cold Damage taken as Fire Damage20% of Lightning Damage taken as Fire Damage | — | Life |
| Beidat's Gaze | +1 to Maximum Mana per 6 Maximum LifeReserves 25% of Life | Altered Flesh | Life |
| Beidat's Hand | +1 to Maximum Energy Shield per 8 Maximum LifeReserves 25% of Life | Altered Flesh | Life |
| Beidat's Will | +1 to Maximum Spirit per 25 Maximum LifeReserves 25% of Life | Altered Flesh | Life |
| Demonic Possession | Grants Skill: Demon Form | — | Spell Damage |
| Mastered Darkness | Demonflame has no maximum | Demonic Possession | Spell Damage |
| Bringer of Flame | All Damage from you and Allies in your Presencecontributes to Flammability and Ignite Magnitudes | — | Mana |
| Pyromantic Pact | Maximum Mana is replaced by twice as much Maximum Infernal FlameGain Infernal Flame instead of spending Mana for Skill costs25% of Infernal Flame lost per second if none was gained in the past 2 secon | — | Mana |
| Seething Body | Gain Elemental Archon when you cast a Spell while on High Infernal FlameElemental Archon does not expire while on High Infernal FlameLose Elemental Archon on reaching maximum Infernal Flame | Pyromantic Pact | Mana |
| Loyal Hellhound | Grants Skill: Summon Infernal Hound | — | Minion Life |
| Grinning Immolation | 50% more Critical Damage BonusBecome Ignited when you deal a Critical Hit, taking 15% of your maximum Life and Energy Shield as Fire Damage per second | — | Critical Chance |
Version history
| Version | Changes |
| 0.4.0 | Seething Body no longer grants While on High Infernal Flame, you and Allies in your Presence Gain 50% of Damage as Fire Damage. Seething Body now grants Gain Elemental Archon when you cast a Spell whi |
| 0.3.1b | Fixed a bug where the Infernalist's Altered Flesh Skill did not display stats on the character sheet correctly. |
| 0.3.0 | The Infernal Hound, granted by the Loyal Hellhound Notable Passive Skill, now Ignites Enemies within 2.5 metres (previously 1.5 metres). The Pyromantic Pact Notable Passive Skill now grants Infernal F |
| 0.2.0 | The small Mana Ascendancy Passive Skills now provide 3% increased maximum Mana (previously 4%). The Bringer of Flame Ascendancy Passive Skill now causes All Damage from you and Allies in your Presence |
| 0.1.0 | Introduced to the game. |
