Mercenary Ascendancy

Witchhunter

Witchhunter breaks enemy Concentration, gains damage against weakened targets, and adds Culling, Decimating Strike, Sorcery Ward, and extensive Weapon Set specialisation.

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Character class: Mercenary
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

Witchbane gives enemies Concentration that Hits can break, while No Mercy scales damage with their missing Concentration.
Weapon Master converts 100 passive points into Weapon Set Skill Points, and Pitiless Killer grants Culling Strike.

Important tradeoff

Obsessive Rituals grants Sorcery Ward but applies 50% less Armour and Evasion Rating.

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

8notables

8minor passives

0choice options

1granted skills

Notables and choices

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

Passive	Exact effect	Requires	Unlocks
NotableCeremonial Ablution	Sorcery Ward's Barrier can also take Physical and Chaos Damage from Hits	Armour and Evasion	End of branch
NotableJudge, Jury, and Executioner	Decimating Strike	Damage vs Low Life Enemies	End of branch
NotableNo Mercy	Deal up to 40% more Damage to Enemies based on their missing Concentration	Cooldown Recovery Rate	End of branch
NotableObsessive Rituals	50% less Armour and Evasion Rating Grants Skill: Sorcery Ward	Armour and Evasion	Armour and Evasion
NotablePitiless Killer	Culling Strike	Damage vs Low Life Enemies	Damage vs Low Life Enemies
NotableWeapon Master	100 Passive Skill Points become Weapon Set Skill Points	Cooldown Recovery Rate	End of branch
NotableWitchbane	Enemies have Maximum Concentration equal to 30% of their Maximum Life Break enemy Concentration on Hit equal to 100% of Damage Dealt Enemies regain 10% of Concentration every second if they haven't lost Concentration in the past 5 seconds	Cooldown Recovery Rate	Cooldown Recovery Rate
NotableZealous Inquisition	10% chance for Enemies you Kill to Explode, dealing 100% of their maximum Life as Physical Damage Chance is doubled against Undead and Demons	Area of Effect	End of branch

Minor passives

Every connecting passive in the current official tree export.

Passive	Exact effect	Requires	Unlocks
MinorArea of Effect	8% increased Area of Effect	Ascendancy start	Zealous Inquisition
MinorArmour and Evasion	15% increased Armour and Evasion Rating	Obsessive Rituals	Ceremonial Ablution
MinorArmour and Evasion	15% increased Armour and Evasion Rating	Ascendancy start	Obsessive Rituals
MinorCooldown Recovery Rate	6% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	Ascendancy start	Witchbane
MinorCooldown Recovery Rate	6% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	Witchbane	No Mercy
MinorCooldown Recovery Rate	6% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	Ascendancy start	Weapon Master
MinorDamage vs Low Life Enemies	35% increased Damage with Hits against Enemies that are on Low Life	Pitiless Killer	Judge, Jury, and Executioner
MinorDamage vs Low Life Enemies	35% increased Damage with Hits against Enemies that are on Low Life	Ascendancy start	Pitiless Killer

Granted skills

Granted by Obsessive Rituals

Sorcery Ward

Passively manifests a protective barrier which takes Elemental Damage from Hits for you until depleted. The barrier instantly recharges to its full value a short time after it stops taking damage or is fully depleted.

Spell, Buff, Persistent, Lightning, Cold, Fire: Applies
Level: 1

Barrier recharges after 8 seconds
Elemental Damage from Hits is taken from the Barrier before your Life, Mana or Energy Shield Barrier can take Elemental Damage up to 30% of your Armour and Evasion Rating

Other Mercenary Ascendancies

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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

MechanicDecimating Strike

Decimating Strike makes a Hit against a Full Life enemy remove a random 5% to 30% of its Life immediately before the Hit's damage is applied. It is granted by the Witchhunter notable Judge, Jury, and Executioner and by Aerisvane's Wings.

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.