In Season 7 of Diablo 4 there are witchcraft powers that you can equip. You can find out how to get the powers and how they work here at MeinMMO.
What are witchcraft powers? The witchcraft powers are essentially the new mechanic in Season 7 of Diablo 4. You can utilize the powers and learn special abilities. There are three or four different types of witchcraft powers:
- Abhorrent: Uses magic that unleashes destructive energies and polymorphs.
- Psyche: Uses defensive powers of mind and soul to create visions, focus attacks, and provoke madness in your enemies.
- Growth and Decay: Uses magic that heals and harms by increasing life and resources. These summons can cause terrible diseases and disturbances.
- Additionally, you can discover rare, forgotten wiccan powers.
How do I learn witchcraft powers? To learn new witch powers, you farm the seasonal fame. You gain fame, or “Restless Decay”, when you complete seasonal Whisper tasks and kill “Headflawed” enemies. You sacrifice “Restless Decay” at the altar at the Whispering Tree for new witch powers. This will also allow you to improve existing powers.
Below, we list all witch powers including their functions. As of the current status (January 16, 2025), there are a total of 25 witchcraft powers in Season 7.
Diablo 4 shows its witch powers in Season 7 in the trailer
All 25 Witch Powers and Their Functions
Blizzard has announced a total of 25 witch powers and readjusted them after the PTR. In the “Campfire Chat” livestream on January 16, 2025 on YouTube, another power was presented. If more powers are added, we will update the listing.
Abhorrent Powers
- Firebat Servants
- A lethal swarm of firebats attacks enemies every 3 seconds, dealing a total of X fire damage over a complete attack.
- From higher ranks: Enemies attacked by firebat servants 5 times are stunned for 3 seconds.
- Abyssal Resonance
- Unleashes an explosion for every 250 resources consumed that deals X shadow damage. Each explosion triggered within 10 seconds of the last increases the size and damage of the effect by 130%. Stackable up to 3 times.
- From rank 10: The third explosion pulls enemies towards you before detonation.
- Wave of Wailing
- Unleashes a wave of wailing when you deal damage to an enemy with your skills. Wave of Wailing additionally deals X shadow damage and transfers this damage to all other enemies of the same type in close proximity.
- From rank 5: With each transfer, damage increases by 25%. Guaranteed to transfer 5 times. Can hit the same target multiple times.
- Purifying Touch
- Abhorrent effects deal X more damage against Headflawed.
- From rank 10: This damage bonus now applies to all monsters.
- Shattered Soul
- Abhorrent effects inflict vulnerability on enemies for X seconds.
- From rank 10: Damage from psyche effects and growth and decay also causes vulnerability for half the duration.
- Ban of Flames
- Lucky hit: There is a chance of up to X to apply Ban of Flames to the target. Ban of Flames deals 1,600 additional fire damage every time you deal damage to the target.
- From rank 7: Ban of Flames explodes on a critical hit and deals damage to all nearby enemies.
- Doom Sphere
- An ominous sphere of pure Abhorrent energy orbits you and deals X fire damage to any enemy it touches. The Doom Sphere can fly off to distant enemies and return.
- From rank 5: If bosses take damage or are killed, the sphere is strengthened by 8%. After reaching 100%, the sphere explodes and deals 5,200 damage to nearby enemies before reforming in 3 seconds.
Psyche Powers
- Life Bond
- Automatically links your life force with up to 3 nearby enemies. X of the damage you take is shared as physical damage with the linked targets. An enemy player cannot be linked.
- From rank 15: 10 seconds after using a defensive, macabre, or deception skill, the linkage damage is guaranteed to be a critical hit.
- Ban of Shattering
- Damage caused by your witchcraft effects applies Ban of Shattering to enemies, causing them to deal X less damage for 5 seconds.
- From rank 8: If a Headflawed is affected by a ban, any damage dealt also becomes a critical hit for 5 seconds.
- Aura of Misfortune
- There is a chance of X that attacks from nearby enemies are interrupted. Does not apply to bosses.
- From rank 5: Additionally, increases your movement speed by 5% and slows enemies by 30%.
- Aura of Lamentation
- When you hit an enemy, it is affected by an Aura of Lamentation, which slows it and all nearby enemies by 70%. For each enemy in the Aura of Lamentation, you gain 3 primary resources per second. When the original enemy dies, the Aura of Lamentation transfers to another nearby enemy, retaining its duration. Lasts for X seconds.
- At most 1 enemy can be under the effect of the Aura at the same time. Can only occur every 30 seconds.
- Revenant Spirit
- Every 19 seconds, a vengeful spirit appears for X seconds. While active, the spirit takes all damage on your behalf.
- From rank 5: When the life of the vengeful spirit is completely depleted, it charges at up to 8 enemies, dealing 2,000 shadow damage.
- Dusk Shield
- Every X seconds, you gain a barrier for 5 seconds that absorbs 100 damage.
- From rank 12: Dusk Shield reflects enemy projectiles while active.
- Willpower
- When you kill an enemy, your next Overwhelm deals X% more damage, up to 100%.
- From rank 4: The damage bonus applies to the next 2 Overwhelm attacks instead of 1.
In the “Campfire Chat” livestream on YouTube, Blizzard presented four of the witch powers on November 21:
“Growth and Decay” Powers
- Poison Frog Servant
- Summons a poison frog servant that attacks enemies and poisons them for X damage over 3 seconds. Upon its death, the frog explodes, dealing X poison damage to nearby enemies immediately. The explosion always deals a critical hit.
- From rank 5: Additionally, the poison frog servant pulls enemies towards it and taunts them for 1 second.
- Soul Harvest
- Every time you use a skill with a cooldown, you draw from the life force of nearby enemies, increasing your primary value by 3% per monster for X seconds.
- From rank 9: The duration of Soul Harvest does not decrease as long as enemies are nearby.
- Ban of Whispers
- When you deal damage to an enemy, you apply Ban of Whispers to it. The next time damage is dealt, Ban of Whispers inflicts X shadow damage. After that, it jumps to up to 6 other enemies. Ban of Whispers can only be applied once every 5 seconds.
- From rank 7: After the ban has jumped to 6 enemies, it jumps back to you, granting you X fortitude and removing all loss of control and negative status effects.
- Decay-Enhancement
- Your witchcraft effects deal X of the damage dealt over 5 seconds. The type of damage depends on your class.
- If one of your damage-over-time effects exceeds 85% of the target’s total life, it dies instantly.
- Growth
- Using an Ultimate skill empowers your servants and companions with dark magic. They grow larger and deal X bonus damage. Lasts for 15 seconds.
- From rank 11: Additionally, they gain a critical hit chance of 100%.
- Aura of Withdrawal
- Summons an aura of decay that deals X poison damage to enemies every second.
- From rank 10: Each time Aura of Withdrawal deals damage, you are healed for 1% of your maximum life.
- The Cycle
- If you deal damage with your skills, there is a 15% chance that a flower sprouts from the ground. If an enemy is nearby, the flower deals X poison damage to that enemy over 5 seconds. If an ally is nearby, the flower heals all nearby allies for 6% of their maximum life. After use, the flower wilts. A flower can only grow per enemy every 2 seconds.
- From rank 5: Damage and healing affect all enemies or allies near the flower.
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Forgotten Powers
- Breath of the Circle
- When you deal damage or control loss effects with one of your witchcraft effects, your attack speed increases by X for 10 seconds. Stackable once per unique witchcraft effect.
- The different witchcraft effects are Abhorrent, Psyche, and Growth and Decay.
- From rank 8: As long as the bonuses of all 3 witchcraft effects are active, you gain a lucky hit chance of 40%.
- Ban Specialization
- Increases the potency of your ban effects by X.
- From rank 10: Increases critical hit chance against enemies affected by your ban effects by 10%.
- Aura Specialization
- The range of your aura effects is increased by X.
- From rank 10: Increases critical hit damage against enemies affected by your aura effects by 50%.
- Piranhado
- When an enemy is affected by both a ban and an aura effect, a Piranhado is summoned, pulling enemies towards it and dealing X physical damage over 12 seconds. Can occur every 20 seconds.
- Rank 5: Piranhado moves towards nearby enemies.
In Season 7, Diablo 4 revolves around the witchcraft powers and the new occult gems that you can socket into your items. How to obtain the occult gems and how they work can be found here at MeinMMO: Diablo 4 Occult Gems: How to get the gems in Season 7
