Hi all,
I will use this topic to develop my initial Witch - Infernalist Leveling Guide. I will basically document how I leveled my Infernalist to Endgame and showcase what worked well and what worked less good.
We should take in account that GGG is applying changes to the game due to the large amount of feedback they received on it being difficult for a lot of players. With that, I assume it will just become “easier”.
I will break the guide down in Acts and for each act give a rough estimate what my level was when I was playing through it. This will likely impact how easy/hard it will be to progress.
Act 1 - Skill Gems
When starting Act 1 make sure to find the Sceptre and Unearth Gem from the chests in the starting area. The Sceptre will provide 2 Skeletal Warriors that will fight for you and Unearth will provide 8 Bone Constructs that will be summoned from slain monsters (corpses). You will need both to defeat the first boss you encounter before entering Clearfell (which is your camp during Act 1).
Since minions are very expensive at low level it is best to first select Contagion and spent the 100 spirit on an extra Skeletal Warrior (you can only add 1). Make sure to add the skill to your short key, I had Unearth on my left mouse button and Contagion on my right mouse button.
The attack rotation at this point is:
Contagion - Unearth
Keep spamming Unearth especially if there are dead monsters lying around. This will summon Bone Constructs, temporary minions, that will fight for you. If you had Contagion on monsters when they die the bone contract will be contagious and spread it to other monsters!
Once you find another Level 1 Skill Gem use it to get the Skeletal Sniper Skill Gem. Reduce 1 of the Skeletal Warriors and add 1 Skeletal Sniper. Make sure you add the Gas Arrow Skill to your short keys, I typically use Q for it.
The attack rotation is now updated to:
Contagion - Gas Arrow - Unearth
Contagion and Gas Arrow are both Damage over Time skills so you will want these on monsters at the start of a battle. Unearth is your main damage spell so you can keep spamming this spell. If you see monster corpses make sure you hit with Unearth to get the maximum benefit from the Bone Constructs.
The next Level 1 Skill Gems you can assign the to Flame Wall. Flame Wall works really well with Gas Arrow. This is because the arrows that at Skeletal Sniper shoots will catch fire if they pass through Flame Wall, but it gets better. If an arrow that is on fire hits the gas cloud from the Gas Arrow skill it will explode! Once you have Flame Wall the attack rotation becomes as follows:
Gas Arrow - Contagion - Flamewall - Unearth
Try to position the Gas Arrow in the middle of monster packs and the Flame Wall at the edge of the monster pack. So you basically want the Flame Wall between your Skeletal Sniper and the gas cloud from Gas Arrow.
Act 1 - Support Gems
To be added soon.
Act 1 - Passive Skills
The first couple of Passive Skill points should be assigned to Spell and Minion Damage working towards the Notable skill point of Raw Destruction.
Act 1 - Item Focus
To be added soon.
This guide will be written iteratively.