Witch Codex

Balanced melee — the measuring stick

• Bramble Lash (basic) — Mid-range whip arcs. Range is the whole character: at max distance, +25% damage and you out-poke everything.
• Vine Snare (skill) — Roots the first enemy hit for 2s. Your panic button and your setup tool — root, then walk to max range.
• Full Bloom (ult) — AOE blossom burst around Sil. 1.0 buffed its hitbox; it now reliably hits burrowing aphids.
• Passive · Gardener's Eye — Humming rooms glow faintly. Only Sil sees this — she is the lore-delver's pick.

Post-nerf (1.0 lash speed −18%) she is fair, not free. The community tier fight is whether she is still S-tier — our take: A+, and the best first clear.

Burst mage — highest peaks, lowest floor

• Ember Seeds (basic) — Lobbed fire seeds, slow but heavy. Leads targets — do not aim where they are, aim where they will be.
• Sunflower Burst (skill) — Channeled nova. The best "get off me" in the game; the 1.0.1 hotfix fixed its self-stun lingering after cancel.
• Wildfire Crown (ult) — Rain of fire over 4s. Deletes boss phases if pre-positioned; whiffs entirely if the boss dashes.
• Passive · Short Fuse — +15% damage when below half HP. Poppy players live dangerously or not at all.

The speedrun pick. Co-op lobbies beg for one Poppy. Solo she punishes sloppy spacing harder than anyone.

Summoner / control — plays the room, not the enemy

• Spore Darts (basic) — Weak homing darts. Fern's damage comes from her garden, not her hands.
• Tangle Patch (skill) — Plants a slowing, damaging vine zone that persists the whole room. Stack two on a choke point.
• Ancient Topiary (ult) — Summons a walking topiary beast for 20s. It body-blocks, taunts, and — discovered day one — triggers plate puzzles for you.
• Passive · Green Thumb — Vine zones last +4s. Simple, and it multiplies her entire kit.

The thinking player's witch and the co-op anchor. Low APM, high planning. The day-one discovery that her ult solves plate puzzles made her the lore route's darling.

Shadow sniper — single-target executioner

• Moonbolt (basic) — Slow, piercing bolts. One-shots basic aphids; the pierce lines up nasty corridor shots.
• Owlstep (skill) — A short blink that leaves a decoy shadow. Her entire difficulty budget lives in this cooldown.
• Umbral Volley (ult) — Seven homing bolts on the highest-HP target. Boss delete button — if nothing else body-blocks.
• Passive · Night Eyes — Sees through the Well's darkness without a lantern. Flavor? No — it saves you a relic slot.

Highest skill ceiling in 1.0. The community underestimated her during EA ("slow bolts bad") — the 1.0 pierce buff flipped her from worst to boss-killer.

Poison & sustain — the long game

• Pollen Puff (basic) — Short-range poison cloud. Stacks five times; kite through your own clouds.
• Remedy Bloom (skill) — Heals 20% over 3s and cleanses. The only self-cleanse in the game — Toad King makes it mandatory-feeling.
• Golden Hour (ult) — 10s of infinite poison stacking. Set up clouds first, then ult, then watch the health bars melt.
• Passive · Apothecary — Poison ticks +30% longer. Unremarkable until you read Golden Hour again.

Underrated at launch because her damage "feels" slow. Day-one math: her sustained DPS is second only to a perfect-spacing Noctua. The patience pick.