1General information about the Witch
Ce tutorial will first explain to you in a general way how to play the Witch (by detailing its advantages and maluses) then will dwell on its skills, the way in which to play it and finally the way to equip your character so that it can get the best out of it during your most difficult fights in Black Desert Online.
Witch stats in Black Desert Online:
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Advantage:
- Good class in PvE and PvP (1vs1)
- Hybrid: able to fight in close and distance position
- Has AoE type skills (area attack)
- Proper support class
- Has great mobility
Disadvantages:
- Weak defense
- Weak in Group PvP and Siege
- Class difficult to master
Know that the Witch will be one of the most difficult classes to play in Black Desert Online. Its sequences will be precise and you will have little maneuver due to the weak defense of this class. Wasting your Kills in PvP will be detrimental and will quickly take you to your death. In addition, be aware that the Witch will be strong in PvE and 1vs1 (in PvP) but will not be recommended in groups as well as in Siege.
2Skill tree
Below you will find a "Classic" build of the Witch from Black Desert Online. To successfully obtain this build, you will need to have reached level 55 of the game and collected 844 Skill points. Note that later you can create your own skill tree when you know enough about this class and according to your way of playing it. The next section of our tutorial will explain what these skills are for and how to use them.
"Classic" skill tree for the Witch:
Witch skill tree
3Skills and generalities of the Witch
After seeing above one of the many skill trees that you will be able to do with a Witch in Black Desert Online, this new part of our tutorial will explain why and how to use them. This will allow you to understand the gameplay of the Witch, better manage your spells and then associate them to create combos.
"General" type skill:
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Shards of Darkness | |
| Creates a shard of darkness floating around you. Using a mount will cause all shards to disappear. | ||
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Spiritual Absorption |
| Absorb natural energy and transform it into fragments of darkness. | ||
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Shield of Darkness | |
| Conjure dark power to protect a wizard. | ||
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bloodthirsty pact | |
| Use dark power to consume MP to recover HP. | ||
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dark armor | |
| Manipulate dark power to strengthen DPs. | ||
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Dark Tactics | |
| Manipulate dark power to optimize dodging skills. | ||
"Dodging" skill:
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dodge | |
| Perform a rolling dodge to avoid attacks. | ||
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Nocturnal crow | |
| Use Night Raven to teleport a short distance. | ||
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Raven's Feast |
| Use Shards of Darkness to perform Nocturnal Raven if you don't have enough stamina. | ||
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Searing Raven | |
| Instantly teleport forward to attack enemies. | ||
"Kick" type skill:
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Low kick |
| Perform a dark energy magic attack on the lower part of the enemies. | |
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Jump kick |
| Kick the upper part of enemies in front of you with a magic attack. | |
“Damage” type skill:
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dark cleft | |||
| Slice enemies in front of you with dark power. | ||||
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Stream of Darkness | ||
| Ability to attack with dark energy while dodging. | ||||
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Sinister Energy | |||
| Launches a ball of sinister energy at enemies. | ||||
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sinister shadow | ||
| Ability to perform Sinister Energy while dodging left and right. | ||||
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absolute darkness | ||
| Create a condensed ball of dark energy and throw it at your enemies. | ||||
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black wave | ||
| Send waves of dark energy towards enemies in front of you. | ||||
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swarm of darkness | |||
| Consume all Dark Fragments to cause explosive damage. | ||||
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dark release | |||
| Knock enemies back with a blast of dark power. | ||||
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Dusk Darter | |||
| Cancel multiple skills and charge instantly to attack enemies. | ||||
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Eruption of guilt | ||
| Blast enemies suffering from the Curse of Guilt with a ranged spirit attack. | ||||
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Claws of Darkness | |||
| Perform a combo attack with dark power. | ||||
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funeral flame | ||
| Leap forward during Claws of Darkness to perform an explosive magic attack. | ||||
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Signs of agony | |||
| Marks enemies with signs of agony to make them suffer. Can temporarily stun them. | ||||
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crow blight | |||
| Burn enemies around you with dark flames. | ||||
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Burning kick | ||
| Ability to execute a flaming kick during Raven's Burn. | ||||
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shadow mark | |||
| Projects a wave of dark energy that deals continuous damage to enemies. Can steal HP from affected enemies. | ||||
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fatal eruption | |||
| Launches the enemy into the air with a blast of dark energy. | ||||
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Grim omen | |||
| Summons a minion of darkness that inflicts severe pain on its target. The servant of darkness follows the target until it explodes. | ||||
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Apocalypse Nightmare | |||
| Higher-class magic that allows reality to be cursed. Hits a wide area with a devastating attack. | ||||
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Bloody Scourge | |||
| Bring the flail with red energy swirling around you. | ||||
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Abyssal Flame | |||
| Sends an abyssal flame towards enemies, inflicting damage. | ||||
4The Witch's combos
This new part of the Tutorial allowing you to understand how the Witch works in the MMORPG Black Desert Online will show you a non-exhaustive list of combos of this class. Some of these sequences are called "Secret" and are never indicated in the game, which will give you a definite advantage when you face novice opponents or those who do not know the class of the Witch.
Details about this list of combos:
This will change according to the customization of your keyboard keys! The abbreviation CG stands for "Left mouse click" and CD means "Right mouse click".
The key in square brackets [x] means that you must press the key in question once. In general, the signs will be spaced with a ">" showing you the following sequence. Example: [A] > [B] will ask you to press the A key on your keyboard and then the B key.
The key in parentheses (x) means that you must hold down the key in question. Clarification: when (Locked x) is written in the parentheses, you will have to hold this button until the next stage of the combo. (Permanently Locked x) will prompt you to hold that key until your combo is complete.
The name of the skills will be in English and the list of combos will be written via QWERTY keyboard shortcuts, we will modify the list of combos as well as the name of the skills later.
When two keys are separated by a "+", you must press both keys at the same time. For example: [A]+[B] will ask you to press the A and B keys on your keyboard at the same time.
| Combo : | [SHIFT] + [CG] > [W] + [CD] > [W] > [W] > [SHIFT] + [LMB] |
| Required Skills | Rushing Crow, Night Crow, Midnight Stinger |
| Combo : | (Locked SHIFT) + [S] > (HOLD CG) + (Locked CD) |
| Required Skills | Night Crow, Abyssal Flame |
| Combo : | [LMB] + [A] Or [D] > (Locked SHIFT) + (Locked F) |
| Required Skills | Flow of Darkness, Shadow Eruption |
| Combo : | [F] > (SHIFT Lock) + (F Lock) |
| Required Skills | Low Kick, High Kick, Shadow Eruption |
| Combo : | [E] + [S] > (SHIFT Lock) + (CD Lock) |
| Required Skills | Signs of Agony, Mark of Shadow |
| Combo : | [E] + [S] > (Lock CG) + (Lock CD) |
| Required Skills | Signs of Agony, Abyssal Flame |
