Witch Ascendancy

Infernalist

Infernalist trades conventional resources for Infernal Flame, Demon Form, Life reservation, Fire and Ignite scaling, and altered incoming damage types.

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

Character class: Witch
Path type: Regular
Introduced: 0.1.0
Maximum points: 8

Ascendancy treeOfficial export 0.5.2

Wiki reviewGame 0.5.4d

Tree identities, effects, connections, and icons come from the official 0.5.2 export. The class corpus was checked 2026-07-30 for game version 0.5.4d.

Gameplay identity

Current official tree

Core mechanics

Pyromantic Pact replaces Mana with Infernal Flame, and Seething Body uses high Infernal Flame to maintain Elemental Archon.
Demonic Possession grants Demon Form, while Beidat's branches reserve Life to add Energy Shield, Mana, or Spirit from maximum Life.

Important tradeoff

Reaching maximum Infernal Flame deals Fire damage based on maximum Life and Energy Shield, then removes all Infernal Flame.

How to unlock or change

Regular path

Complete an eligible Ascension Trial and use its Ascension device to choose this Ascendancy. To change to another regular Ascendancy for the same character class, complete the required trial tier and refund every allocated Ascendancy passive before using the device again.

Trial of the Sekhemas guide Trial of Chaos guide How to change Ascendancy

Ascendancy passive tree

Official export 0.5.2 | Plan this Ascendancy

11notables

11minor passives

0choice options

2granted skills

Notables and choices

Build-defining passives, choice parents, and their selectable options.

Passive	Exact effect	Requires	Unlocks
NotableAltered Flesh	20% of Physical Damage taken as Chaos Damage 20% of Lightning Damage taken as Fire Damage 20% of Cold Damage taken as Fire Damage	Life	Life, Life, Life
NotableBeidat's Gaze	Reserves 25% of Life +1 to Maximum Mana per 6 Maximum Life	Life	End of branch
NotableBeidat's Hand	Reserves 25% of Life +1 to Maximum Energy Shield per 8 Maximum Life	Life	End of branch
NotableBeidat's Will	Reserves 25% of Life +1 to Maximum Spirit per 25 Maximum Life	Life	End of branch
NotableBringer of Flame	All Damage from you and Allies in your Presence contributes to Flammability and Ignite Magnitudes	Flammability Magnitude	End of branch
NotableDemonic Possession	Grants Skill: Demon Form	Spell Damage	Spell Damage
NotableGrinning Immolation	Become Ignited when you deal a Critical Hit, taking 15% of your maximum Life and Energy Shield as Fire Damage per second 50% more Critical Damage Bonus	Critical Chance	End of branch
NotableLoyal Hellhound	Grants Skill: Summon Infernal Hound	Minion Life	End of branch
NotableMastered Darkness	Demonflame has no maximum	Spell Damage	End of branch
NotablePyromantic Pact	Maximum Mana is replaced by twice as much 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 25% of Infernal Flame lost per second if none was gained in the past 2 seconds	Mana	Mana
NotableSeething Body	Gain Elemental Archon when you cast a Spell while on High Infernal Flame Elemental Archon does not expire while on High Infernal Flame Lose Elemental Archon on reaching maximum Infernal Flame	Mana	End of branch

Minor passives

Every connecting passive in the current official tree export.

Passive	Exact effect	Requires	Unlocks
MinorCritical Chance	12% increased Critical Hit Chance	Ascendancy start	Grinning Immolation
MinorFlammability Magnitude	40% increased Flammability Magnitude	Ascendancy start	Bringer of Flame
MinorLife	3% increased maximum Life	Ascendancy start	Altered Flesh
MinorLife	3% increased maximum Life	Altered Flesh	Beidat's Will
MinorLife	3% increased maximum Life	Altered Flesh	Beidat's Gaze
MinorLife	3% increased maximum Life	Altered Flesh	Beidat's Hand
MinorMana	3% increased maximum Mana	Pyromantic Pact	Seething Body
MinorMana	3% increased maximum Mana	Ascendancy start	Pyromantic Pact
MinorMinion Life	Minions have 12% increased maximum Life	Ascendancy start	Loyal Hellhound
MinorSpell Damage	12% increased Spell Damage	Demonic Possession	Mastered Darkness
MinorSpell Damage	12% increased Spell Damage	Ascendancy start	Demonic Possession

Granted skills

Granted by Loyal Hellhound

Summon Infernal Hound

Activate to summon a Reviving Infernal Hound which Ignites enemies near it.

Minion, Companion, Persistent, Fire: Applies
Level: 1

Minions Ignite Enemies within a radius of 2.5 metres as though dealt Base Fire Damage equal to 20% of Minion's Maximum Life

Granted by Demonic Possession

Demon Form

Shapeshift into a demon, vastly boosting the power of your Spells. You gain Demonflame every second you remain in demon form, causing your Life to be lost at an ever-increasing rate. Maximum 10 Demonflame. Revert to human form if you reach 1 Life, use a Skill that isn't a Spell, or reactivate this Skill.

Shapeshift, Buff: Applies
Level: 1
Cost: 6 Mana
Cooldown Time: 15.00s

12% increased Cast Speed while in Demon Form
0.8 Life Loss per second per Demonflame
Deal 3% more Spell damage per Demonflame

Other Witch Ascendancies

Infernalist Blood Mage Lich Abyssal Lich

Guides using this page

AscendancyHow to choose a class and Ascendancy

Compare all eight classes by starting attributes, passive-tree position, associated combat style, and all 23 current Ascendancy choices.

Related mechanics

MechanicReservation

Reservation commits part of a resource to an active effect. Most persistent Skills reserve Spirit, but some effects reserve Life or Mana. The reserved amount remains part of the resource's maximum and cannot be spent, recovered, or used as defence while it is reserved.

Guides using this page

AscendancyHow to choose a class and Ascendancy

Compare all eight classes by starting attributes, passive-tree position, associated combat style, and all 23 current Ascendancy choices.

AscendancyTrial of the Sekhemas guide

Enter with a Barya, protect Honour, choose a route through each floor, use Relics and Sacred Water, defeat the scheduled boss, and claim the eligible Ascendancy reward.

AscendancyTrial of Chaos guide

Enter with an Inscribed Ultimatum, complete rooms while accumulating trial modifiers, defeat the scheduled bosses, and claim rewards or Ascendancy points from the completed tier.

AscendancyHow to change Ascendancy

Complete a suitable Ascension Trial, refund every allocated Ascendancy point beside the Ascension device, and choose another regular Ascendancy for the same character class.

BasicsHow to Get More Support Gem Sockets

Increase a Skill Gem from two to five Support sockets, understand item-granted and passive-granted skill breakpoints, and decide whether to risk corruption for a sixth socket.