In the world of Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds, the Witch is an elegant perfectionist spellcaster who settles for no less than ultimate grace with her craft. While the Witch seems like a stylish person in the real world, she transforms in the Ni no Kuni world as a formidable magic-user.
For fans who want to use the Witch in the latest Ni no Kuni game, they may need to regard her as the frontline magic-based damager in the game. And for Cross Worlds players who want to perfect their Witch build, there are particular aspects of her skillset that they can fine-tune for the best spellcasting the game has to offer.
The Witch: Magical Obliteration
Compared to other Classes in Cross Worlds, the Witch is geared specifically for solo magic domination. Built to fend for herself with powerful magical attacks from a distance, the Witch is equipped with a wide array of attacks designed to eliminate foes quickly and efficiently, perhaps at the expense of cooperating with the rest of her peers. Relevant elements when building a Witch include:
- Security at a distance: The strength of the Witch isn’t just found in her powerful spells, but also the fact that she can dish them out from afar. This already gives her an element of safety against foes, and she also has a couple of mobility skills to use in emergencies.
- Emphasis on solo play: Soloists and players who don’t have a lot of teammates can enjoy the Witch for being a self-sustaining unit. They hardly need any buffs from team members if they find themselves on their own, but their firepower definitely adds a lot of punch in team plays.
- Lack of group support skills: Because of this aspect, the Witch is more reliant on team synergies to boost the rest of the team’s attacks.
Core Class Skills: Single-Target Destruction
Regarding her Core Class Abilities, the Witch emphasizes on strong magical attacks that seek to eliminate single opponents as quickly as possible. This makes her quite optimal against elite mobs as well as bosses that come her way. Here's Witch’s full arsenal:
- Piercing Storm: One of the most staple attacks in the Witch’s arsenal, this frontal blast knocks enemies down for as long as 1.5 seconds. This is an ideal starter for the rest of her toolkit, since enemies have no room to counter.
- Spear Dance: The Witch rises into the air and executes a spinning attack with her spear, attacking all foes around her. For the duration, she gets a 10% protection shield as well. This works as one of her more defensive abilities, giving her a degree of protection when surrounded.
- Winged Spear: The Witch spins her spear around her, dealing damage to surrounding opponents while slowing them down for three seconds. This is a nifty rotation-closer that players can use to prepare the Witch for another round, or before she unleashes her Ultimate.
- (Ultimate) Infinite Spears: Serving as the Witch’s Ultimate Ability or Burst Skill, this ability will have the Witch summon a rain of spears from the sky to deal 80% damage. Monsters around the Witch take 100% more damage, making this Ultimate ideal for eliminating mobs.
Other Active Skills: Additional Maneuverability
Other optional Active Skills for the Witch include various ways to damage opponents, especially tapping into elemental synergies and additional mobility. Players can further diversify her build when choosing from these skills. Here are other Active Skills worth checking out for the Witch:
- Twilight Nova: One of the best support abilities of the Witch, this skill unleashes a burst of light towards opponents. Enemies caught inside the wave will determine the level of healing the Witch gets. This is a nifty self-sustain that ensures the Witch can survive even without extra support.
- Blink: An ideal defensive move for the vulnerable Witch, Blink allows them to teleport forward with a 1.5 second invulnerability bonus. Not only that, the Witch has the option of reversing the teleport and getting transported back. This is an ideal way of retreating situations when in danger.
Passive Skills: Solo Survival
The Witch’s Passive Abilities specifically enhance her overall combat capabilities, particularly her solo potential. When used correctly, these Passives can transform the Witch into a juggernaut to behold in any situation, especially against bosses.
Here are ideal Passive Skills for the Witch:
- Rapid Pulse: One of the best buffs in the Witch’s arsenal in this Ni no Kuni title, Rapid Pulse gives her normal attacks the opportunity to boost the overall attack speed of the party. For more speed-oriented allies such as the Swordsman and the Rogue, this buff can be a godsend.
- Bright Mirror: In order to cement the Witch’s offensive supremacy, Bright Mirror boosts the Witch’s damage for every eight basic attacks and even guarantees a critical hit towards foes. Compared to other high-damaging attacks, boosted normals with guaranteed hits can definitely work better for damage output.
Special Skills: Add Damage Diversity
Thanks to the existence of rare spells in Special Skills, range-locked Classes like the long-ranged Witch have the opportunities to further expand their damage options. Thanks to Special Skills, their damage output could be greatly increased and allow them to control the battlefield more efficiently. Here are ideal Special Skills:
- Meteor Strike: For a glass cannon within the blockchain title like the Witch, ensuring she doesn’t get attacked means ensuring her survival. Meteor Strike is such an attack, as the Witch can unleash a large meteor in mid-to-long range and stun everything caught in its blast radius. This is a great way to guarantee she can run away when she is in danger, or at the same time start her rotations without fear of retaliation.
- Thorn Trap: If the Witch finds herself in an unfavorable situation, one of the best ways to ensure her survival is through stunning opponents around her. Thorn Trap allows her to do this, as this attack summons vines to attack and bound enemies in its target area. This is a nifty escape ability for the Witch, while at the same time allowing foes to be exposed to counters.
Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds was released on May 25, 2022, for the Android, iOS, and Windows.