Witchhunter is an Ascendancy class for the Mercenary.
Overview
The Witchhunter has access to passives that grant general offensive bonuses, as well as specialized bonuses towards certain types of enemies. The Witchhunter is a potent boss killer, with access to Culling Strike and Decimating Strike to remove a chunk of their life, and the ability to reduce the enemy's Concentration and make them more vulnerable to damage and use their special abilities less frequently as you continue to hurt them. Sorcery Ward gives him an elemental barrier in exchange for armour and evasion, Zealous Inquisition adds pack-clearing power with infrequent but powerful on-kill explosions, and Weapon Master allows for more variety between weapon set passive trees.
Passive skills
Minor skills
This class has the following minor passive skills:
| Name | Stats |
| Area of Effect | 8% increased Area of Effect |
| Armour and Evasion | 15% increased Armour and Evasion Rating |
| Cooldown Recovery Rate | 6% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate |
| Damage vs Low Life Enemies | 35% increased Damage with Hits against Enemies that are on Low Life |
Notable skills
This class has the following notable passive skills:
| Skill | Modifiers | Prerequisite | Preceding Passive |
| Weapon Master | 100 Passive Skill Points become Weapon Set Skill Points | — | Cooldown Recovery Rate |
| Pitiless Killer | Culling Strike | — | Damage vs Low Life Enemies |
| Judge, Jury, and Executioner | Decimating Strike | Pitiless Killer | Damage vs Low Life Enemies |
| Witchbane | Break enemy Concentration on Hit equal to 100% of Damage DealtEnemies have Maximum Concentration equal to 30% of their Maximum LifeEnemies regain 10% of Concentration every second if they haven't lost Concentration in the past 5 seconds | — | Cooldown Recovery Rate |
| No Mercy | Deal up to 40% more Damage to Enemies based on their missing Concentration | Witchbane | Cooldown Recovery Rate |
| Obsessive Rituals | Grants Skill: Sorcery Ward50% less Armour and Evasion Rating | — | Armour and Evasion |
| Ceremonial Ablution | Sorcery Ward's Barrier can also take Physical and Chaos Damage from Hits | Obsessive Rituals | Armour and Evasion |
| Zealous Inquisition | 10% chance for Enemies you Kill to Explode, dealing 100%of their maximum Life as Physical DamageChance is doubled against Undead and Demons | — | Area of Effect |
| Version | Changes |
| 0.5.0 | Obsessive Rituals now grants 50% less Armour and Evasion Rating (previously 35% less). |
| 0.4.0 | Witchbane now has Enemies have Maximum Concentration equal to 30% of their Maximum Life (previously 40%). This is a buff. Ceremonial Ablution now instead grants Sorcery Ward also protects against Physical and Chaos Damage. |
| 0.3.0 | The Weapon Master Notable Passive Skill now grants 100 Passive Skill Points become Weapon Set Skill Points (previously 20). The preceding small Passive now grants 6% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate instead of Weapon Set Skill Points. The r |
| 0.1.0 | Introduced to the game. |
