Diablo 4 Season 7: Season of Witchcraft
- 21 Jan. Season 7 was revealed duting the 21 November 2024 developer chat and included a PTR.
The Season of Witchcraft brings new events and new Witchcraft powers to players and new Helltide-like events which spawn in multiple zones for different timescales all at once.
New Witchcraft Powers
There are three main schools of Witchraft powers in Season 7 as well as lost powers which players will have to find.
- Eldritch—Wield magic that harnesses destructive energies and polymorphy.
- Psyche—Wield defensive powers of the mind and spirit to create visions, focus your attacks, and induce madness in your enemies.
- Growth & Decay—Wield magic that both heals and harms, boosting Life, Resource. These incantations can create horrific diseases and disruptions.
- Rare Lost powers of Witchcraft that have since been rediscovered.
Eldritch Powers
Firebat Servants
- A deadly swarm of Firebats swarm enemies every 2 seconds, inflicting X total Fire damage over 1 total attack.
- At Higher Ranks: Enemies are Stunned for 3 seconds after being hit 5 times by your Firebat Servants.
Abyssal Resonance
- Every 250 Resource spent, release an explosion dealing X Shadow damage. Each explosion triggered within 10 seconds of the last increases the size and damage by 130%. Stacking up to 3 times.
- At Rank 10: The third explosion pulls enemies towards you before detonating.
Wave of Woe
- Release a Wave of Woe when damaging an enemy with your skills. Wave of Woe deals an additional X Shadow damage and echoes this damage to all other nearby enemies of the same type.
- At Rank 5: Damage is increased by 15% each time damage is echoed and is guaranteed to echo at least 5 times. May strike the same target multiple times.
Purging Touch
- Eldritch Effects X increased damage against Headrotten.
- At Rank 10: This damage bonus now extends to all monsters.
Shaken Soul
- Eldritch Effects apply Vulnerable to enemies for X seconds.
- At Rank 10: Damage from Psyche and Growth & Decay Effects will also apply Vulnerable at half the duration.
Hex of Flames
- Lucky Hit: You have up to an X chance to apply Hex of Flames. Hex of Flames deals 1,600 additional Fire damage each time you deal damage to the target.
- At Rank 7: Hex of Flames explodes dealing damage to all nearby enemies when you land a Critical Strike.
Doom Orb
- An ominous orb of pure Eldritch energy circles you, damaging any enemy it touches for X Fire damage. Doom Orb may launch itself at distant enemies before returning.
- At Rank 5: Kills or damage to Bosses empower the orb’s damage by 5%. After 100%, the orb explodes dealing 5,200 damage to nearby enemies before reforming 3 seconds later.
Psyche Powers
Life Link
- Automatically link your life force with up to 3 nearby enemies. X of the damage you take is shared with the linked targets as physical damage. Cannot Life Link to enemy Players.
- At Rank 15: For 10 seconds after using a Defensive, Macabre of Subterfuge Skill, any linked damage will be a guaranteed Critical Strike.
Hex of Shattering
- Damage done by your Witchcraft Effects afflicts enemies with Hex of Shattering causing them to deal X reduced damage for 5 seconds.
- At Rank 8: When any Hex Effect is applied to Headrotten, all damage will be guaranteed Critical Strikes for 5 seconds.
Aura of Misfortune
- Enemies near you have X chance for their attacks to be interrupted. Does not work on bosses.
- At Rank 5: Aura of Misfortune increases your Movement Speed by 5% and Slows enemies by 30%.
Aura of Lament
- When you first strike an enemy, it is afflicted with an Aura of Lament that Slows it and other nearby enemies by 70%. For each enemy inside Aura of Lament, you gain 1 Primary Resource each second. If the initial enemy dies, Aura of Lament is passed onto another nearby enemy retaining the duration. Lasts X seconds.
- Only 1 enemy may be afflicted at a time. May only occur every 30 seconds.
Vengeful Spirit
- Every 19 Seconds, a Vengeful Spirit Servant appears for X seconds. While active, all damage taken is instead taken by the spirit.
- At Rank 5: When the Vengeful Spirit’s Life is fully depleted, it rushes towards up to 8 enemies dealing 2,000 Shadow damage.
Twilight Warding
- Every X seconds, gain a Barrier for 5 seconds absorbing 100 damage.
- At Rank 12: Twilight Warding reflects enemy projectiles while active.
Growth & Decay Powers
Poison Frog Servant
- Summon a Poison Frog Servant that attacks and Poisons enemies for X damage over 3 seconds. On death, the frog explodes violently dealing X Poison instantly damage to nearby enemies. This explosion will always Critically Strike.
- At Rank 5: Poison Frog attacks will pull enemies towards itself and Taunt enemies for 1 second.
Soul Harvest
- Feed upon the life force of nearby enemies whenever you use a skill with a cooldown, increasing your primary stat by 3% per monster for X seconds.
- At Rank 9: Soul Harvest does not lose duration so long as enemies are nearby.
Hex of Whispers
- Dealing damage to an enemy afflicts them with Hex of Whispers that deals X Shadow damage the next time damage is dealt. Afterwards, Hex of Whispers will jump to another enemy up to a maximum of 6 times. Hex of Whispers may only be applied once every 5 seconds.
- At Rank 7: After bouncing onto 6 enemies, the hex bounces back to you granting X Fortify and removing all crowd control and negative status effects.
Decay Augmentation
- Your Witchcraft Effects deal X of the damage dealt over 5 seconds. The damage type is based on your class.
- At Rank 10: When your damage-over-time effects exceed 85% of the target’s total Life, they immediately die.
Grow
- After casting an Ultimate Skill, your Servants, Minions, and Companions are empowered with dark magics. Growing larger in size and dealing X bonus damage. Lasts 15 seconds.
- At Rank 11: Your Servants, Minions and Companions gain 100% Critical Strike Chance while enlarged.
Aura of Siphoning
- Conjure an aura of decay that deals X Poison damage to enemies every second.
- At Rank 10: Each time Aura of Siphoning deals damage, you are healed for 1% of Maximum Life.
The Cycle
- Dealing any damage with your skills has a 15% chance to grow a flower from the ground. When an enemy is near, the flower deals X Poison damage to that enemy over 5 seconds. If an ally is near, the flower heals for 6% maximum Life. The flower withers away after use. A flower may grow once every 5 seconds per enemy.
- At Rank 5: The damage and healing affects all enemies or allies near the flower.
Lost Powers
Breath of the Coven
- Dealing damage or applying a Crowd Control effect with any of your Witchcraft Effects increases your Attack Speed by X for 10 Seconds, stacking once per unique Witchcraft Effect.
- Witchcraft Effects are Eldritch, Psyche, and Growth & Decay.
- At Rank 8: Gain 40% Lucky Hit chance while bonuses from Eldritch, Psyche, Growth & Decay are active at once.
Hex Specialization
- Increase the potency of your Hex Effects by X.
- At Rank 10: Increase the Critical Strike Chance by 10% against enemies afflicted by your Hex Effects.
Aura Specialization
- The size of your Aura Effects are increased by X.
- At Rank 10: Increase the Critical Strike Damage by 50% against enemies inside your Aura Effects.
Piranhado
- When an enemy is afflicted by both a Hex and an Aura Effect, a Piranhado is summoned pulling enemies towards it and dealing X Physical damage over 12 seconds. May occur once every 20 seconds.
- At Rank 5: Piranhado moves itself towards nearby enemies.
