ArcheAge Occultism skills & passives

Death's Bind

Channel continuing magical damage into an enemy while slowing their movement.

Life Absorption

Drain an enemy over time while restoring your own health.

Feign Death

Pretend to be dead to escape attention and break enemy targeting.

Shadow Step

Move instantly behind a target by stepping through their shadow.

Bone Prison

Raise a destructible prison of bones to trap an enemy.

Summon Crows

Call a flock of crows to damage and interfere with enemies.

Words of the Dead

Reduce Occultism skill cooldowns when you receive critical damage.

Nether Rift

Open a rift that repeatedly draws nearby enemies toward its center.

Summon Vengeful Spirits

Channel vengeful spirits to torment enemies with continuing magical damage.

Cursed Thorns

Requires 3 other points in this skillset

Plant cursed seeds along the target's path; the resulting thorns can impale enemies and prevent movement.

Hell Spear

Requires 4 other points in this skillset

Pierce enemies with magical spears that prevent movement and skill use.

Final Resistance

Requires 6 other points in this skillset

Prepare an explosion that damages and stuns nearby enemies when you die.

Underworld Energy

Unlocks at 3 points

Reduces cast time and increases attack speed.

Petrifying Power

Unlocks at 4 points

Extends the duration of impale and stun effects you apply.

Depths of Death

Unlocks at 5 points

Improves the hit reliability of Occultism impales and stuns.

Deathmark

Unlocks at 6 points

Selected area attacks build marks that reduce Occultism cooldowns. A full stack also weakens nearby enemies.

Reaper's Touch

Unlocks at 7 points

Hits from selected sustained Occultism attacks reduce Occultism cooldowns.

Death's Reprisal

Unlocks at 8 points

An attacker who misses you can be impaled, subject to an internal cooldown.