Summary
- Elemental Refresh: Extend elemental effects on enemies, enhancing damage.
- Fertilizer: Deal AoE damage and heal by creating a pool after enemies die.
- Ice Statue: Freeze minor enemies until hit, managing crowd control effectively.
In the world of Witchfire, players need all the help they can get as they fight their way through a dark fantasy world to hunt down witches. This help can come in the form of weapons and skills like the Spell Arcana. These are abilities that can be unlocked after clearing a spawn area of enemies and aim to help a player take their character to another level during their run. With how difficult the game can prove to be, this is useful.
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As is the case with so many roguelike games, knowing which of these Spell Arcana to take when given the chance can be the difference between victory and defeat. When they progress through the game, it is paramount to make the right choice to give a buff to their character so that they can be as powerful as possible. The game isn't going to hold any punches when it comes to difficulty so they need to do whatever they can to even the playing field. These are the best Spell Arcana that can do just that and help when leveling up in a run.
5 Elemental Refresh
Keep Your Elemental Afflictions Going
- Effect: Affecting enemies with an elemental magic refreshes all currently inflicted elemental status effects
- Enhances elemental damage
Being able to inflict elemental status effects is a key part of surviving in the game. Using various Spells to inflict an enemy with something like lightning damage can keep them damaged and easy to defeat.
With this Arcana, players can keep this little boost of damage going without having to do much on their part. Players can extend the duration of these elemental effects far longer than they normally would. The passiveness of this Spell Arcana is what makes it so useful to use.
4 Fertilizer
Damage Others While Healing
- Effect: Decaying enemies drop a pool of corrupted witchfire upon death. The pool empowers weapons and slowly heals new wounds
- A great way to deal AoE damage and gain some health back
Fertilizer is a wonderful kind of passive Spell Arcana by creating a pool that will deal damage to any enemy within it, while also giving health back to the player if they are in it as well.
Having the chance to hurt an opponent while also getting health back is a massively useful ability during a run. As enemies group together, this Spell Arcana will become even better as they are wiped out en masse.
3 Ice Statue
Keep The Annoying Enemies At Bay
- Effect: Minor enemies freeze indefinitely until damaged with bullets
- Helps manage some of the more annoying enemies in the game
As runs progress in the game, some of the other lesser enemies can start to become the most irritating to deal with. It is natural for players to want to focus and keep their attention on the larger enemies that spawn, which leaves them susceptible to getting blindsided by the minor enemies.
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Waiting around for research to finish can be a literally eternal process in Witchfire unless players know how to accelerate the speed.
This is why having this Spell Arcana is so great. Players can freeze minor enemies, and the effect will be indefinite until they are hit with bullets. This means players can have an enemy frozen in place while they deal with the bigger bads. Once those fall, then they can turn their attention to the small fry. It's a perfect way to manage a crowd.
2 Critical Burn
Turn Hits Into Critical Hits
- Effect: Any weapon damage on burning enemies counts as critical hits
- Creates a flurry of massive damage
While critical hits are usually relegated to occasional appearances, Critical Burn can turn them into a guarantee with every hit. When an enemy is burning, any hit made against them will be critical, which is a huge boost in the middle of a fight. It can completely transform a player's build and how they can damage their enemies.
Causing an enemy to burn is also an easy action, and finding an elemental ability that will do that is also simple. Once players do, it becomes so commonplace that using this Spell Arcana means that all damage is multiplied every time. So for any player that is going for a fire-focused build during a run, this Spell Arcana is an absolute must.
1 Heavy Spell Recharge
Keep The Heavy Hitters Ready To Go
- Effect: Faster Heavy Spell recharge
- It helps ensure that players can use their Heavy Spells far more often
Getting stuck without a spell to use can be a death sentence, especially when a player is deep in a run. Having to wait for something to recharge while dodging any enemy damage is stressful for many, which is why this Spell Arcana can come in to help mitigate it.
Even better, it helps with some of the heaviest spells in the game. While players will surely be using Light Spells more often overall, being able to use Heavy Spells more often has proven to be useful. These are the spells that can offer players a greater chance of getting out of a sticky situation. Sure, Light Spells are useful in their own right as well, but they will recharge faster than Heavy Spells so having to deal with that refresh time isn't as pressing.
Witchfire
- Released
- September 20, 2023
