Infernalist

Infernalist

Witch

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	You seek power at any cost... and there is no price too high to pay.

Official artwork of the Infernalist.

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 heavy damage when it's filled. Infernal Flame can then be enhanced to grant bonus damage while it's kept at high enough levels. 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. She can also shapeshift into a demon with Demonic Possession, gaining a large boost to spellcasting power but taking increasing amount of damage while transformed. She can also summon a Hellhound to mitigate incoming damage, and gain a large Critical Damage Bonus at the cost of igniting herself whenever she lands a crit.

Passive skills

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

Notable skills

This class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
Altered Flesh	20% of Cold damage taken as Fire damage 20% of Lightning damage taken as Fire damage 20% of Physical damage taken as Chaos damage	—	Life
Beidat's Gaze	Reserves 25% of life +1 to Maximum Mana per 6 Maximum Life	Altered Flesh	Life
Beidat's Will	Reserves 25% of life +1 to Maximum Spirit per 25 Maximum Life	Altered Flesh	Life
Beidat's Hand	Reserves 25% of life +1 to Maximum Energy Shield per 8 Maximum Life	Altered Flesh	Life
Demonic Possession	Grants Skill: Demon Form	—	Spell Damage
Mastered Darkness	Demonflame has no maximum	Demonic Possession	Spell Damage
Pyromantic Pact	Maximum Mana is replaced by Maximum Infernal Flame Gain Infernal Flame instead of spending Mana for Skill costs Take maximum Life and Energy Shield as Fire Damage when Infernal Flame reaches maximum Lose all Infernal Flame on reaching maximum Infernal Flame 50% of Infernal Flame lost per second if none was gained in the past 2 seconds	—	Mana
Bringer of Flame	All Damage from you and Allies in your Presence contributes to Ignite Chance and Magnitude	—	Mana
Seething Body	While on High Infernal Flame, you and Allies in your Presence Gain 50% of Damage as Fire Damage	Pyromantic Pact	Mana
Loyal Hellhound	Grants Skill: Summon Infernal Hound	—	Minion Life
Grinning Immolation	Become Ignited when you deal a Critical Hit, taking 15% of your Life and Energy Shield as Fire Damage per second 50% more Critical Damage Bonus	—	Critical Chance

Version history

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Version	Changes
0.2.0	The Demon Form Skill granted by the Demonic Possession Ascendancy Passive Skill now has a Cooldown of 15 seconds (previously 20), and a maximum Demonflame of 10 (previously uncapped). You now lose a flat amount of Life per second per Demonflame (scaling with Skill level), rather than a percentage of your Maximum Life. The dodge roll while in Demon Form has also had its distance reduced. The Seething Body Ascendancy Passive Skill now has While on High Infernal Flame, you and your Allies in your Presence Gain 50% of Damage as Fire Damage (previously 20%). The Grinning Immolation Ascendancy Passive Skill now provides 50% more Critical Damage Bonus (previously 30%). The Pyromantic Pact Ascendancy Passive Skill now causes 50% of Infernal Flame to be lost per second if none was gained in the past 2 seconds (previously 10%). The Bringer of Flame Ascendancy Passive Skill now causes All Damage from you and Allies in your Presence to contribute to Ignite Chance and Magnitude, instead of providing "While not on Low Infernal Flame, all Damage from you and Allies in your Presence contributes to Ignite Chance and Magnitude". No longer required Pyromantic Pact. The Loyal Hellhound Ascendancy Passive Skill no longer causes 20% of Damage from Hits to be taken from your Hellhound's Life before you. The Mastered Darkness Ascendancy Passive Skill now grants "Demonflame has no maximum". The small Mana Ascendancy Passive Skills now provide 3% increased maximum Mana (previously 4%). After allocating the Pyromantic Pact Ascendancy Passive Skill, you will now have at least 1 maximum Infernal Flame, even with 100% reduced maximum Mana. Using Blink while in Demon Form now plays an appropriate animation instead of landing to Blink.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.