Season context and purpose
Historical Season 7, patch family 2.1. Wave-based Overpower and Shadow damage for packs and higher Pit. Archived guide capture: 2025-03-03. Optimization applies to the named activity and gearing stage; this is not a current or cross-season ranking promise.
Kessime’s Legacy changes wave movement and concentrates damage. Ultimate Shadow adds Darkness scaling to Blood Wave. Fastblood and collected orbs reduce cooldowns; Rathma’s Vigor produces frequent Overpowers.
Six bar slots and class system
Zan/Wat automates Decrepify. Reap replaces Corpse Tendrils in the late Mythic plan because Blood Wave groups enemies itself. Blood Mist remains the safety option; Sever is a deliberate offensive swap.
Book of the Dead: sacrifice Reaper Warriors for Shadow damage, Bone Mages for Overpower damage and Iron Golem for critical damage.
| Slot | Skill |
|---|---|
| 1 | Blood Wave |
| 2 | Blight |
| 3 | Corpse Explosion |
| 4 | Decompose |
| 5 | Reap |
| 6 | Blood Mist |
Skill points for the selected variant
Complete base-point allocation for the selected “Mythic Skill Points” variant: 71 points. Item-granted ranks are additional; allocated skills need not all be equipped. This table is not a level-by-level order. Preserved planner revision: 2025-03-16.
| Talent / upgrade | Base points |
|---|---|
| Reap | 1 |
| Blood Mist | 1 |
| Blight | 1 |
| Decompose | 1 |
| Supernatural Blight | 1 |
| Dreadful Blood Mist | 1 |
| Corpse Explosion | 1 |
| Decrepify | 1 |
| Blood Wave | 5 |
| Prime Blood Wave | 1 |
| Terror | 3 |
| Gloom | 3 |
| Stand Alone | 1 |
| Reaper's Pursuit | 3 |
| Coalesced Blood | 3 |
| Hewed Flesh | 3 |
| Inspiring Leader | 3 |
| Memento Mori | 3 |
| Tides of Blood | 3 |
| Rathma's Vigor | 1 |
| Supreme Blood Wave | 1 |
| Abhorrent Decrepify | 1 |
| Blighted Corpse Explosion | 1 |
| Fueled by Death | 3 |
| Death's Embrace | 3 |
| Spiked Armor | 3 |
| Amplify Damage | 3 |
| Enhanced Blight | 1 |
| Enhanced Corpse Explosion | 1 |
| Enhanced Blood Mist | 1 |
| Enhanced Decrepify | 1 |
| Necrotic Fortitude | 3 |
| Finality | 3 |
| Precision Decay | 3 |
| Titan's Fall | 3 |
Equipment, aspects and stat priorities
Match wave cooldown to the actual Tidal animation lock. Then scale Life, Overpower, critical damage and Blood Wave ranks. Extra cooldown reduction helps little while the animation still blocks another cast.
| Role | Equipment / mechanic |
|---|---|
| Core | Kessime’s Legacy; Ultimate Shadow; Tidal; Fastblood |
| Scaling | Blood-Wave-Ranks; Maximum Life; Overpower; Flesh-eater |
| Mythics | Heir of Perdition; Shroud of False Death |
Rotation and resources
Briefly tag with Decompose, start Blood Wave, place Blight under targets and use Corpse Explosion for Flesh-eater/Fueled by Death. Collect orbs between waves. Reap stays equipped for its Darkness bar bonus and need not be spammed.
Season mechanic and targeted choices
Witchcraft: six powers, at most one unique power, and three Occult Gems in jewelry. Check power tags, aura and gem conditions together. Runes and Mercenaries require Vessel of Hatred.
| Selection |
|---|
| Purging Touch; Soul Harvest; Hex of Whispers; Aura of Siphoning; Aura Specialization; Piranhado |
| Occult Gems: Voice of the Stars; Friend of the Bog; Hungering Void |
| Runes: Zan + Wat; Bac + Xal (separate Igni/Qax push variant) |
Paragon: boards and glyphs
First bring glyphs to ranks 15 and 46 for radius increases, then continue toward rank 100. Additional bonuses require enough purchased attributes within range.
Glyph priority: Imbiber, Dominate, Abyssal, Sacrificial, Essence.
| Board | Glyph |
|---|---|
| Start | Essence |
| Blood Begets Blood | Sacrificial |
| Bloodbath | Abyssal |
| Flesh-eater | Dominate |
| Frailty | Imbiber |
Leveling, transition and patch limits
Start with Tendrils and a manual curse. Switch to the late Reap bar only with Kessime and a reliable orb/cooldown loop; early points and Book choices belong to a different progression stage.
The wave deals the main damage here. S6 Spirit Wave with Blood Artisan’s Cuirass is a different build. Tidal had a cast lock in the selected March revision; unlimited recasts despite complete cooldown resets are not promised.
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Sources & editorial reference date
Independently written guidance. Linked sources support verification of game systems, versions and described changes. Editorial reference date: 2026-10-23.
- Blizzard: Season of Witchcraft news.blizzard.com
- Maxroll: genuine S7 guide capture, 2025-03-03 web.archive.org
- Maxroll retained planner: S7 necromancer, selected historical variant maxroll.gg