Acolyte Overview for Last Epoch (Patch 1.0)

"A rebellious scion who disobeyed her masters and sought out forbidden magic, the Acolyte will let nothing stop her from becoming more powerful."

The Acolyte enjoys the practice of the dark arts, calling summons and spells from beyond the physical realm. Acolytes shield themselves with the power of the undead and sacrifice the living to warp reality around them. The class can specialize into three distinct playstyles: the Lich, Necromancer and Warlock. As a Lich, the Acolyte transforms themselves into a powerful melee fighter to wreak havoc on the living. As a Necromaner, she can summon hordes of dead warriors and abominations to do her bidding. Lastly, the Warlock, where the Acolyte uses the souls of the damned to fuel her spells, channeling fire and death as a powerful caster. Whichever path you choose, the Acolyte is a versatile character able to adapt to the most difficult content and force all to bend the knee to her unsatiable will.

Regardless of the Mastery you choose to spec into, the Acolyte class comes with a handful of skills that can be used by all three. These skills are either unlocked by player level, or by placing Passive Points into the Acolyte Skill Tree.

Description	Rips blood out of a target enemy dealing physical damage to it. An orb of the blood is drawn back to you, restoring 10 health when it reaches you.
Scaling Tags	Physical, Spell, Intelligence
Possible Damage Types	Physical, Necrotic
Base Cooldown	N/A
Base Mana Cost	3 Mana

Description	Summon a skeleton warrior or skeleton archer to guard you. You are limited to 3 Skeletons at a time by default.
Scaling Tags	Minion, Intelligence
Possible Damage Types	Fire, Ice, Poison, Physical
Base Cooldown	N/A
Base Mana Cost	15 Mana

Description	Fires sharpened bones from your body. The bones pierce through enemies inflicting physical damage. Instead of mana, 9% of your current health is consumed to cast this spell.
Scaling Tags	Physical, Spell, Intelligence
Possible Damage Types	Physical
Base Cooldown	N/A
Base Mana Cost	Health cost

Description	Reveals wandering spirits around you for 6 seconds. The spirits wander at random dealing necrotic damage over time to enemies they pass through.
Scaling Tags	Spell, Necrotic, Damage over Time, Area, Intelligence
Possible Damage Types	Necrotic, Poison
Base Cooldown	13 seconds
Base Mana Cost	31 Mana

Description	A melee attack that hits all enemies in an area in front of you, dealing double damage to those that are Cursed.
Scaling Tags	Necrotic, Melee, Area, intelligence, Dexterity
Possible Damage Types	Necrotic,Physical
Base Cooldown	N/A
Base Mana Cost	N/A

Description	Apply a curse to enemies in an area for 8 seconds that causes physical damage when hit. The damage is tripled if you inflicted the hit yourself.
Scaling Tags	Physical, Spell, Curse, Area, Intelligence
Possible Damage Types	Necrotic, Physical
Base Cooldown	0 seconds
Base Mana Cost	16 Mana

Description	Creates a new body for you at the target location, then detonates your old body to deal physical damage to enemies around you. Instead of mana, 13% of your current health is consumed to cast this spell.
Scaling Tags	Physical, Area, Spell, Movement, Traversal, Intelligence
Possible Damage Types	Physical, Necrotic
Base Cooldown	5 seconds
Base Mana Cost	Health

Description	Summons a Volatile Zombie which trudges towards the nearest enemy. When it reaches an enemy or dies, it explodes dealing physical and fire damage to surrounding enemies.
Scaling Tags	Minion, Intelligence
Possible Damage Types	Physical, Fire, Necrotic, Poison
Base Cooldown	N/A
Base Mana Cost	16 Mana

Description	Calls forth five hungering souls that seek out enemies, on hit they deal necrotic damage and then possesses the target. Possessed enemies take necrotic damage over time for 1.5 seconds. Enemies cannot be possessed by multiple souls at once.
Scaling Tags	Necrotic, Spell, Damage over Time, Intelligence
Possible Damage Types	Fire, Necrotic
Base Cooldown	N/A
Base Mana Cost	11 Mana

Description	Summons a bone golem, which attacks slowly, but has a 15% chance to retaliate with Bone Shatter when hit.
Scaling Tags	Minion, Intelligence
Possible Damage Types	Physical, Fire, Cold
Base Cooldown	10 seconds
Base Mana Cost	60 Mana

Description	Curses a target with a powerful necrotic damage over time effect which lasts 3 seconds. Spreads to a single nearby target on target death.
Scaling Tags	Necrotic, Spell, Damage over Time, Curse, Intelligence
Possible Damage Types	Necrotic
Base Cooldown	N/A
Base Mana Cost	3 Mana

Description	Target enemies and all nearby enemies take fire damage per second. Each enemy can only have one Infernal Shade attached at a time. Expires after 5 seconds. Max 4 active shades.
Scaling Tags	Fire, Spell, Damage over Time, Area, Intelligence
Possible Damage Types	Physical, Fire
Base Cooldown	N/A
Base Mana Cost	18 Mana