Witch

* Sprite
* Illustration

### Level 6 Buff

 Elemental bullets deal double damage on critical hit. Staff weapon deal higher damage

## Skills

 Lightning Strike
 Piercing Frost

 Firestorm

*Not to be confused with Witch (Enemy), an enemy found in Halloween.*
The  **Witch** is a playable character. She appears to be an amaranth-haired female wearing a bandana scarf of the same color, with a rust brown cloak and pointed hat. She also appears to wear a black blouse and boots.

Once unlocked, she can also be encountered during a run as an NPC, wielding The Code (unupgraded). Upon interaction, she will restore 200 energy to a player once.

## Unlock & upgrade

The Witch can be unlocked at the cost of 3,000 gems.

Each upgrade changes the stats slightly.

1. +1 HP - cost: 500 gems
2. +1 Armor - cost: 1,000 gems
3. +20 Energy - cost: 1,500 gems
4. Skill Cooldown - cost: 2,000 gems
5. Skill Upgrade - cost: 2,500 gems
6. "Elemental bullets deal double damage on critical hit" buff - cost: 5,000 gems
7. Enhance Starting Weapon - cost: 8,000 gems
8. Refine Magic Crystals (for Echo Amber) - cost: 10,000 gems

## Statistics

The Witch has the lowest critical hit chance of all characters.

She has the second highest energy for non-legendary characters, bested only by costume prince, so she can carry weapons with high energy consumption without much fear of running out of it.

Her armor is high, but her health is low, making it hard to lose health but also making it more problematic when it does happen.

## Alternate Skins

The Witch currently has 20 alternate skins, which include:

* 8 gem skins
* 8 paid skins
* 1 achievement skins
* 1 fragment skin
* 2 fish Chips skins

## Lightning Strike

### Basic:

*Releases a powerful lightning strike that damages, stuns, and inflicts electro-charged effects on enemies. Lighting channels up to 4 times among targets.*

### Mentor Upgrade:

**Release 2 lightnings. Damage and stun duration increases.**

### Cooldown:

6 (4) seconds.

Basic
*Releases a powerful lightning strike that damages, stuns, and inflicts electro-charged effects on enemies. Lighting channels up to 4 times among targets.*
* The Witch will swing a Magic Staff and create a blue circle underneath her, then a lightning bolt will strike the nearest enemy in sight. The bolt can then jump to other enemies up to 4 times.
	+ While the first target has to be in line of sight and not behind indestructible blocks, the following jumps will ignore obstacles.
	+ All enemies getting hit will take 8 damage and may be stunned for about 2 seconds.
	+ Despite the description, an un-upgraded Lightning Strike will not inflict electrify status effect on the enemies.
	+ If there are no other enemies nearby, it will hit that enemy again for 16 damage, dealing 24 damage in total.
* The cooldown is 6 (4) seconds long, and starts 0.4 seconds after casting.
* Lightning Strike can be enhanced by these following Buffs:
	+ - the bolt becomes bigger, and the damage per hit is increased by 2. On a single target it will be able to deal 30 damage in total.
	+ - the bolt can jump up to 5 times after hitting the first enemy.

Skill Upgrade
*Lightning damage increases.*
* The next jump of the lightning will add 2 more damage from the previous jump. up to 16 damage on the 5th enemy (18 damage on the 6th enemy with Bounce Buff).
* The lightning bolt inflicts Electrify status effect on each jump.

Mentor Upgrade
*Release 2 lightnings. Damage and stun duration increases.*
* Cast lightning strike twice on each skill activation.

## Piercing Frost

### Basic:

*Cast frost spikes that freeze and deal damage to enemies. Frost spikes can block bullets.*

### Skill Upgrade:

**Increase the number of frost spikes and their duration.**

### Mentor Upgrade:

**Damage and freeze duration increase. Summon an ice spike that can track and attack enemies, and has a chance to freeze enemies.**

### Cooldown:

6 (4) seconds.

How to unlock
Use 6,000 gems to unlock this skill.
Basics
*Cast frost spikes that freeze and deal damage to enemies. Frost spikes can block bullets.*
* Summon one trail of 6 ice spikes that travels forward, damaging and Freezing enemies.
	+ The ice trail is 9 tiles long, deals 6 damage upon contact, and will disappear after 1 second.
	+ The ice trail can also block bullets and travel through obstacles. However, enemy bouncy bullets cannot be blocked.
	+ The ice trail isn't affected by the Statue of the Berserker.
* This skill has a 6 (4) seconds cooldown and starts instantly after it is used.
* Piercing Frost can be further enhanced when paired with the following Buffs:
	+ - Adds 2 more ice trails.
	+ - Extends the freeze time of the skill.
	+ - Adds 1 ice spike to each trail.
	+ do not have an effect on the skill.

Skill Upgrade
*Increase the number of frost spikes and their duration.*
* This will add 2 more trails in a 60° angle. Stacks with Shotgun Buff.

Mentor Upgrade
*Damage and freeze duration increase. Summon an ice spike that can track and attack enemies, and has a chance to freeze enemies.*
* Increases damage of each spike to 8, from 6. Also increases duration of freeze effect.
* Summon a homing ice spike that lasts 6 seconds, which deals 3 damage and has a 1/3 chance to freeze enemies.

## Firestorm

### Basic:

*Cast a firestorm that sweeps across the whole room. Fireballs have a chance to burn enemies. Max 6 fireballs.*

### Cooldown:

4.5 (3.5) seconds.

How to unlock
Pay $1.99 to unlock this skill.
Basics
*Cast a firestorm that sweeps across the whole room. Fireballs have a chance to burn enemies. Max 6 fireballs.*
* The Witch summons fireballs that circle the player for 5 seconds. The number of fireballs depends on how many charges the skill has.
	+ The fireballs have a chance to cause burn, and they can also destroy or deflect (if the Reflect Buff is acquired) enemy bullets.
	+ It can also travel through solid obstacles and can destroy destructible blocks.
* This skill works well with Statue of the Berserker and Reflect Buff.
* If the Fire Rate Buff is present, the fireballs will rotate moderately faster.
* This skill can stack up to 6 (7 with Combo Buff) uses, and it has 4.5 (3.5) seconds of cooldown each use.

Skill Upgrade
*Higher chance to burn enemies.*
* Enemies have a higher chance to be burned when hit with a fireball.

Mentor Upgrade
*Skill lasts longer.*
* Fireballs last 2 more seconds.

## Quotes

### Interaction in the Living Room

* *"I can feel the magic recovering."*
* *"Books are a uniquely portable magic."*

 As Peafowl Princess:
* *"I won't just show you my feather~"*
* *"How do I ditch that nagging eagle?"*
* *"My Prince will come to me riding a white horse."*
* *"I will wait for his reincarnation."*
* *"I will!"*

 As Cygnus:
* *"Ballet is my faith, and magic is my power!"*
* *"The combination of dance and magic is mysterious and wonderful!"*
* *"Gah! Dancing with the devil is strictly forbidden!!"*
* *"My magic heralds light and order."*
* *"Every time I dance, it's a challenge and a breakthrough."*
* *"Musca may look dull, but he's actually a splendid dancer!"*

Prior to v2.5.0:
* *"I can feel the magic weakening."*
* *"I still have some homework to do"* (During Chinese New Year updates)

### During a run as an NPC

* *"Out of energy? I can help you with that"*
* *"Energy restored!"*

## Trivia

* She can also be seen in another game, BarbarQ, as one of the pets, along with the Knight.
* Before Update 1.8.2, the Witch's starter buff was the Get energy whenever you kill a monster.
* Before Update 2.0.0, NPC Witch held a Magic Staff.
* In an old version, the skin "Apprentice" could be unlocked by sharing a poster with any social media.
* Piercing Frost was added in Update 2.2.0.
	+ The poster would appear at the end of the game in that case.
* Firestorm was added in Update 2.7.0.
* In the past, the Lightning Strike could not hit the same enemy twice by bouncing. This behavior may have changed when Thunder Sword was added since they share the same chain lightning effect.
* In Update 3.0.0, Witch's default, Soul Snare and Nine-Tail Fox skins received a retexture.
	+ Before this same version, the Lightning Bolt's default color was Blue, but now it is Orange.
* After Update 4.3.0, the old Witch's starter buff (Elemental Buff) was merged with the Staff Buff and form the current Elemental Staff Buff.
* In Update 5.0.0, Witch received adjustments on the first and second skill.
* Prior to Update 5.1.0, The Witch name was "Wizard," which was inaccurate since it usually refers to a male sorcerer.
	+ In the same update, the "Witch" skin got its name changed to "Halloween Witch."
* The Witch's quote in the Living Room, *"Books are a uniquely portable magic*,*"* is a reference to a quote by American horror author Stephen King. It could also be a nod to her starting weapon, which is a book.