Ritualist Ascendancy Overview
The Ritualist Ascendancy allows players to steal rare monster modifiers, similar to a mini Headhunter. The option to equip a third Ring allows you to further maximize your builds gearing potential and "Mind Phlyacteries" allows for very high Charm uptime.
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Ritualist - Huntress
| Node Effect | What it Does |
|---|---|
| Pick between one of three downsides to reach Unfurled Finger: -15% to all Elemental Resistances -25% reduced Spirit 30% reduced maximum Mana | Pick whichever downside least impacts your build. The reduced maximum Mana has potential to help "Mind Phylacteries" Charm uptime by reducing the relative cost. |
| +1 Ring Slot | Rings can grant a lot of extra power so gaining an extra slot is strong. This ring is not scaled by Ingenuity. |
| 25% increased bonuses gained from Equipped Rings and Amulets | A better version of Ingenuity as it also scales the extra Ring Slot from "Unfurled Finger". |
| 5% increased Life Recovery rate per 5% missing Life | Grants up to 95% increased Life Recovery at 5% missing health and under. This is a generic boost for every mechanic that changes the players HP such as Flasks, Leech, Regeneration or Recoup. Can be paired with Shavronne's Satchel on Low Life builds in order to increase the Energy Shield recovered. |
| +1 Charm Slot 20% more Charm Charges gained | Allows you to use another Charm and increases your Charm uptime. Straight forward. |
| Can instead consume 25% of maximum Mana to trigger Charms with insufficient charges | Allows for extremely high Charm uptime with sufficient mana recovery. Can be paired with sources of % reduced maximum Mana (such as on the small travel node towards Unfurled Finger) in order to increase the effectiveness of sources of flat mana gain. |
| Grants Skill: Ritual Sacrifice | Ritual Sacrifice can be used on the corpse of a slain rare monster to gain one of their modifiers for a short time. The strength of this node entirely depends how long the buff lasts. |
| Ritual Sacrifice can be used on yourself to remove 20% of maximum Life to grant a random Monster Modifier A maximum of one Modifier can be granted this way | A very RNG heavy bonus as a lot of Monster Modifiers are not desirable enough to justify an Ascendancy notable. |
| Grants Skill: Blood Boil | "Blood Boil" causes nearby enemies to grow volatile Bloodboils. Slaying the enemy causes them to burst and spread Corrupted Blood to surrounding enemies. |
Summary
The Ritualist Ascendancy Overview for PoE2 showcases the different Ascendancy node options available to the Huntress class. Between further scaling Jewellery, stealing rare monster modifiers, high Charm uptime and Volatile Bloodboils the Ritualist has interesting available options without forcing players into a certain obvious archetype.
Credits
Written by: Cptn Garbage
Reviewed by: Tenkiei