All Occult (Witch) skills in Path of Exile 2, explained

Path of Exile 2’s Occult skills offer amazing abilities not just for the Witch class, but anyone who wishes to use them. This hinges on you having the proper stats though — and in many cases, enough Spirit. The Witch class specializes in summoning swarms of the undead, as well as spreading disease and misery across the battlefield. They can pin enemies down, and blast them with poison and dark magic at the same time.

You can use these skills regardless of what Class you choose in the game, but they may or may not synergize well with your build. That is always something to keep in mind. If you want to know what the Witch skills are in Path of Exile 2, we’ve got the full list of options.

All available Occult (Witch) skills in Path of Exile 2

The Witch skills in Path of Exile 2 focus on occult magic, summoning the undead, and spreading terrible pain to all enemies. You have static summons that require a specific amount of Spirit to keep them in play, and then extras like Raise Zombie, and the minions that come as a result of the Unearth spell.

Are you a fan of curses, bone spikes, and the undead? Then Witch skills are for you in Path of Exile 2! (Image via Grinding Gear Games)

You start off having the ability to learn the baseline skills in Path of Exile 2, provided you have an Uncut Skill Gem Level 1 or higher. As you go on, you’ll unlock higher-level Uncut Gems, each aligning with one of the skill levels in the skill tree for each weapon archetype.

Unlocked by Uncut Gem Level 1 and above

Skeletal Sniper: Summons long-ranged, Reviving Skeletal snipers that can fire a gas arrow on Command (Tags: Persistent, Physical, Fire, Chaos)
Skeletal Warrior: Summons Reviving Skeletal Warriors (Tags: Persistent, Physical)
Unearth: Raises spikes of bone from the earth in front of you, damaging enemies. The bones of Corpses in the area are ripped out and reassembled into short-lived Bone Construct Minions that fight for you (Tags: Minion, AoE, Physical, Duration)
Contagion: Afflicts a single enemy with a Debuff that deals Chaos damage over time. If the enemy dies while affected by Contagion, it and all other Chaos damage over time debuffs spread to nearby enemies and refresh their durations. Reanimating or detonating a corpse affected by Contagion will cause the Minion or explosion to spread Contagion on hit. (Tags: AoE, Chaos, Duration)

Unlocked by Uncut Gem Level 3 and above

Enfeeble: Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, making them deal less damage. (Tags: AoE, Duration, Curse)
Skeletal Arsonist: Summons bomb-throwing, Reviving SKeletal Arsonist that can detonate other Minions on Command (Tags: Persistent, Fire, Detonator)
Bone Cage: Raises a ring of bone spikes around you. The spikes are destroyed when enemies touch them, damaging and Pinning those enemies. (AoE, Physical, Duration, Nova)
Essence Drain: Fires a Projectile that applies a powerful Chaos damage over time debuff to enemies it hits. (Tags: Projectile, Chaos, Duration)

Unlocked by Uncut Gem Level 5 and above

Raise Zombie: Consumes a Corpse or Power Charge to create a short-lived Zombie. Zombies created from Power Charges are Empowered. (Tags: Physical, Duration)
Skeletal Frost Mage: Summons Reviving Skeletal Frost Mages that can be Commanded to cast icy explosions (Tags: Persistent, Cold)
Pain Offering: Impales a Skeleton on a bone spike to send nearby Minions into a frenzy as long as the spike remains, causing them to use skills more quickly and deal more damage. The bone spike itself is a Minion. If it dies, the effect ends immediately. (Tags: Buff, AoE, Aura, Duration)
Bonestorm: Channel to conjure a swarm of bone spikes in the air, then release to fire them at enemies and explode. Shrapnel lodges in enemies hit, each causing the next Attack against that enemy to deal additional damage. Consumes your Power Charges to cause much larger explosions. (Tags: AoE, Projectile, Sustained, Physical, Duration, Channelling)

Unlocked by Uncut Gem Level 7 and above

Detonate Dead: Causes a Corpse to violently explode, damaging surrounding enemies. (Tags: AoE, Physical, Fire, Detonator)
Profane Ritual: Marks a Corpse with a profane rune, dealing Chaos damage over time to nearby enemies. When the ritual is complete, The Corpse is consumed and you gain a Power Charge. (Tags: AoE, Chaos, Duration)
Vulnerability: Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, making Hits against them ignore a portion of their Armour. (Tags: AoE, Physical, Duration, Curse)

Unlocked by Uncut Gem Level 9 and above

Skeletal Reaver: Summons aggressive, Reviving Skeletal Reavers that can enrage on Command. (Tags: Persistent, Physical)
Despair: Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Chaos resistance. (Tags: AoE, Chaos, Duration, Curse)
Dark Effigy: Raises a Totem that bombards enemies afflicted by Chaos damage over time Debuffs (Tags: Totem, AoE, Projectile, Chaos, Duration)

Unlocked by Uncut Gem Level 11 and above

Skeletal Storm Mage: Summons Reviving Skeletal Storm Mages that can call down a lightning storm on dead Skeletons on Command. (Tags: Persistent, LIghtning)
Bone Offering: Impales a Skeleton on a bone spike to shield your Minions while the spike remains. The shield absorbs all damage from the next Hit each Minion takes, then explodes. The bone spike itself is a Minion and shields itself. If it dies, shields on your other minions disappear. (Tags: Buff, AoE, Physical, Duration)
Hexblast: Detonates Curses on enemies in an area, causing explosions of Chaos damage but removing the Curse. (Tags: AoE, Chaos, Payoff)

Unlocked by Uncut Gem Level 13

Skeletal Brute: Summons hard-hitting, Reviving Skeletal Brutes that can Stun Primed enemies.
Skeletal Cleric: Summons Reviving Skeletal Clerics that heal other minions and revive fallen Skeletons. (Tags: Persistent)
Soul Offering: Impales a Skeleton on a bone spike, granting you a powerful Spell damage Buff as long as the spike remains. Does not affect your Minions. The bone spike itself is a Minion. If it dies, the effect ends immediately.

Soul Offering is one of the final skills you can learn at this time, but it's a doozy (Image via Grinding Gear Games)

As you progress through Path of Exile 2, you can also use these Uncut Skill Gems to upgrade your skills. An Uncut Gem 2 can only upgrade a level 1 skill to level 2. Subsequent Uncut Gems can upgrade a skill at their level or below (e.g.: a Level 3 Gem can also upgrade a skill level at 1 or 2).

It's worth noting that all Support Skill Gems and Buff Gems will be covered separately, to make the information easier to digest.

As you go through these Witch skills in Path of Exile 2, you'll notice that all summon spells have a persistent Spirit cost. As you level up these skills, the required amount of Spirit will go down, allowing you to build a horde of minions much easier.

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