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title: "Sorceress · auto-hunt"
url: "https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/ahline-400"
lang: "en"
description: "Staff, magic damage. Focused on curses and damage over time. Painful blow: 1 s cooldown, very cheap. Has mana regeneration and lifesteal."
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# Sorceress · auto-hunt

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Staff, magic damage. Focused on curses and damage over time. [Painful blow](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-7001): 1 s cooldown, very cheap. Has mana regeneration and lifesteal.

[Super skill page →](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/superskill-400) · [Sorceress](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/class-400) · [← Auto-hunt ranking](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/autohunt)

## What matters

**What matters:** survival and mana. This line's damage comes over time, so slowing mobs and cutting their damage before they reach you is important. Lifesteal options reduce potion use while auto-hunting.

**What super skills add:** [Despair](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8804) (area damage every 26 s, mob attack −60% for 12 s), [Gem of Mortification](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8006) (mob physical attack −90% for 10 s, 42% uptime), +950 health ([Dark Lord's Defense](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8801)) and lifesteal ([Soul Hunt](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8001)). One of the lines that gains the most from super skills, but the mana cost is high.

## Recommended super picks (6)

Values are for level 5 of the skill. The starred option is my pick for auto-hunting.

| Row | Pick | Other option | Why |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Lv.10** 1st Profession | ★ **[Soul Hunt](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8001)** Passive skill Mana **+400** · Lifesteal **+1.8%** | [Awakening: The Devil's Aggression](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8000) Passive skill Current Magic Attack Power **+40** · Health **+150** | Permanent lifesteal and extra mana help more when auto-hunting. |
| **Lv.25** Intensify 1st Profession - 1 | ★ **[Shadowweave Root](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8002)** Debuff Cooldown **18 s** · Duration **5 s** · MP cost **44** · Bonus magic attack **560 ~ 600** · Unable to move · Health **\-95** | [Mantle of Shadow](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8003) Buff Cooldown **32 s** · Duration **20 s** · Uptime **63%** · MP cost **64** · Phys. Defense **+250** · Negative effect resistance | Short cooldown and keeps the mob at a distance. |
| **Lv.40** Intensify 1st Profession - 2 | ★ **[Gem of Mortification](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8006)** Debuff Cooldown **24 s** · Duration **10 s** · MP cost **170** · Bonus magic attack **460 ~ 480** · Magical Defense **\-84%** · Physical attack power **\-90%** | [Ruthless contract](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8004) Buff Cooldown **1 min 4 s** · Duration **20 s** · Uptime **31%** · MP cost **99** · Lifesteal **+13%** | Cuts the mob's physical attack by 90% for 10 s (42% uptime), but expensive (170 MP). |
| **Lv.45** 2nd Profession | ★ **[Dark Lord's Defense](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8801)** Passive skill Phys. Defense **+180** · Health **+950** | [Prophet](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8802) Passive skill Magical attack power **+8%** | Permanent health for a fragile class. |
| **Lv.60** Intensify 2nd Profession - 1 | ★ **[Despair](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8804)** Debuff Cooldown **26 s** · Duration **12 s** · MP cost **102** · Bonus magic attack **805 ~ 820** · Attack Speed **\-74%** · Physical attack power **\-60%** | [Corruption of the Soul](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8803) Debuff Cooldown **1 min 4 s** · Duration **24 s** · MP cost **162** · Bonus magic attack **325 ~ 340** · Health **\-180** | Good damage and strong protection, with a short cooldown. |
| **Lv.75** Intensify 2nd Profession - 2 | ★ **[Dark Energy Blast](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8806)** Damage Cooldown **44 s** · MP cost **120** · Bonus magic attack **1,020 ~ 1,100** | [Dead man's Breath](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8805) Debuff Better for these classes: [Lilim](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/class-412), [Moon Witch](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/class-422) Cooldown **1 min 8 s** · Duration **25 s** · MP cost **115** · Bonus magic attack **540 ~ 560** · Health **\-105** | For the damage-over-time paths ([Lilim](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/class-412), [Moon Witch](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/class-422)) the aura ([Dead man's Breath](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8805)) is also a good choice. |

## Super skill stone advice

Super skill stones **add to the skill's cooldown**. The Buff (self) and Buff (self + party) stones that go on buff skills add +60, +180 or +600 s, attack stones +21–62 s. Among active stones the only family without a cost is “Cooldown reduction”, which shortens the cooldown by 1–5 s; passive stones add no cooldown. The rates below are calculated from the stones' cooldown additions.

Example: in the [Gunner](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/class-800) line, fitting a +60 s Acceleration stone on [Rapid Fire](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-16009) makes the buff's uptime 22% instead of 48% (only the cooldown addition is counted). Do not put Buff (self) / Buff (self + party) stones on short-cooldown buffs.

### Buff super skills

Uptime = duration ÷ cooldown. The colours and the advice measure **only the cooldown cost**: green means a loss of at most 15%, yellow up to 35%, red more. The value of the stone effect and the stone's own duration (under the column header) are not counted. For stones with their own duration, uptime would be much lower if that duration applied to the whole buff (not certain), so the option without its own duration is shown separately.

The recommended picks of the Sorceress line include no buff super skill, so there is no buff stone advice for this line.

Only some families' stones have their own duration (+60 s → 10 s; +10 min → 5 s / 10 s); for those stones the tooltip shows the stone's duration instead of the skill's. The +3 min families' stones have no duration of their own and the tooltip shows the skill's own duration. Whether that duration applies only to the stone's extra effect or to the whole buff is unknown. Unknown

### Damage and debuff super skills

Cooldown reduction (Unique: −5 s) lets the skill fire more often. Violent shock (Unique: damage +100% according to the description, cooldown +21 s) only makes sense on damaging skills; exactly how the multiplier is applied is unknown. The “×” value compares the total effect per unit of time with no stone. The lower limit of cooldowns is unknown, so cells with a large gain carry a ? mark.

| Line | Super skill | Cooldown | Cooldown reduction | Violent shock | Advice |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Sorceress](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/ahline-400) | [Shadowweave Root](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8002) Debuff | 18 s | 13 s ×1.4 | ×0.92 | [Cooldown reduction](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/ssfam-6311) [Unique Cooldown Reduction Stone (Attack)](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/item-631105) Cooldown **\-5 s** |
| [Sorceress](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/ahline-400) | [Gem of Mortification](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8006) Debuff | 24 s | 19 s ×1.3 | ×1.07 | [Cooldown reduction](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/ssfam-6311) [Unique Cooldown Reduction Stone (Attack)](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/item-631105) Cooldown **\-5 s** |
| [Sorceress](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/ahline-400) | [Despair](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8804) Debuff | 26 s | 21 s ×1.2 | ×1.11 | [Cooldown reduction](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/ssfam-6311) [Unique Cooldown Reduction Stone (Attack)](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/item-631105) Cooldown **\-5 s** |
| [Sorceress](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/ahline-400) | [Dark Energy Blast](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8806) Damage | 44 s | 39 s ×1.1 | ×1.35 | [Violent shock](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/ssfam-6310) [Unique stone of strong shock (Attack)](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/item-631005) Damage **+100%** · Cooldown **+21 s** |
| [Sorceress](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/ahline-400) | [Dead man's Breath](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8805) Debuff [Lilim](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/class-412), [Moon Witch](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/class-422) | 1 min 8 s | 1 min 3 s ×1.1 | ×1.53 | [Violent shock](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/ssfam-6310) [Unique stone of strong shock (Attack)](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/item-631005) Damage **+100%** · Cooldown **+21 s** |

How the damage multiplier is applied and whether cooldowns have a lower limit is unknown; on very short cooldowns the real gain may be smaller. Control stones (shock, suspension, silence) are mostly for PvP. Unknown

Passive super skills (Lv.10 and Lv.45 rows) take passive stones, which add no cooldown; a Health stone is the safest choice for auto-hunting.

## Class details (4)

| Class | Damage | Area | Toughness | Lasting buffs | Mana | Range | Total | # |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Succubus](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/class-411) | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 8 | **54** | 3 |
| [Lilim](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/class-412) | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | **46** | 16 |
| [Blood Witch](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/class-421) | 11 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | **50** | 8 |
| [Moon Witch](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/class-422) | 11 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | **50** | 9 |

Scores use the “Balanced” priority with super skills included; # is the overall rank.

### [Succubus](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/class-411) 54 pts

Sorceress → Banshee → Succubus

Cheap short-cooldown spell and a permanent attack buff; never short of mana.

- [Complete Codex: Collapse 2](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8103) Debuff frequent damage
  Cooldown **5 s** · MP cost **17** · Duration **20 s** · Bonus magic attack **605 ~ 630** · [Attack Power](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-71) **\-30%**
- [Braids of Am-Amon](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8105) Buff
  Cooldown **60 s** · MP cost **56** · Duration **60 s** · Uptime **100%** · [Attack Power](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-71) **+15%**
- [Painful blow](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-7001) Debuff frequent damage
  Cooldown **1 s** · MP cost **4** · Duration **3 s** · Bonus magic attack **174 ~ 180** · [Unable to move](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-85) · [Unable to attack](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-86) · [Unable to use items](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-87)
- [Life tap](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-7005) Damage lifesteal
  Cooldown **20 s** · MP cost **14** · [Lifesteal](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-32) **+90**
- [Knowledge of the codex](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-7105) Passive skill permanent passive
  [Attack Power](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-71) **+5%** · [Health](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-46) **+5%**

### [Lilim](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/class-412) 46 pts

Sorceress → Banshee → Lilim

Strong damage over time but long cooldowns; more of a PvP / curse class.

- [Complete Codex: Doom](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8306) Debuff damage over time
  Cooldown **60 s** · MP cost **46** · Duration **10 s** · Bonus magic attack **453 ~ 476** · [Health](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-28) **\-324**
- [Blades of Shadow 2](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8304) Debuff area damage
  Cooldown **40 s** · MP cost **43** · Duration **10 s** · Bonus magic attack **308 ~ 324** · [Health](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-28) **\-80**
- [Complete Codex: Collapse 2](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8303) Debuff
  Cooldown **30 s** · MP cost **43** · Duration **15 s** · Bonus magic attack **372 ~ 403** · [Attack Power](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-71) **\-30%**

### [Blood Witch](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/class-421) 50 pts

Sorceress → Spellbinder → Blood Witch

Mana steal and drain skills; almost no mana problems.

- [Cursed Codex: Mutilation 2](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8504) Debuff damage over time
  Cooldown **8 s** · MP cost **22** · Duration **10 s** · Bonus magic attack **290 ~ 304** · [Health](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-28) **\-336**
- [Complete Codex: Mana Combustion 2](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8503) Damage
  Cooldown **5 s** · MP cost **45** · Bonus magic attack **326 ~ 348** · [Mana](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-29) **\-400**
- [Hellfire](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8506) Damage frequent damage
  Cooldown **15 s** · MP cost **46** · Duration **0.2 s** · Bonus magic attack **465 ~ 487**
- [Occult Codex: Gluttony](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8505) Debuff mana steal
  Cooldown **60 s** · MP cost **76** · Duration **30 s** · [Phys. Defense](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-17) **\-200** · [Magical Defense](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-19) **\-120** · [Mana Steal](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-33) **+1,000**
- [Cursed Codex: Compression](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8502) Debuff lifesteal
  Cooldown **25 s** · MP cost **43** · Duration **24 s** · Bonus magic attack **231 ~ 253** · [Health](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-28) **\-42** · [Mana](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-29) **\-24** · [Attack Speed](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-13) **\-35%**

### [Moon Witch](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/class-422) 50 pts

Sorceress → Spellbinder → Moon Witch

Area damage with a poison cloud and a curse that lowers enemy defense.

- [Damage Codex: Bleed 2](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8704) Debuff frequent damage
  Cooldown **6 s** · MP cost **17** · Duration **10 s** · Bonus magic attack **190 ~ 213** · [Health](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-28) **\-93**
- [Fangs of Despair](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8706) Damage area damage
  Cooldown **15 s** · MP cost **46** · Duration **10 s** · Bonus magic attack **267 ~ 290** · [Health](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-28) **\-200**
- [Mind Destruction](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8705) Damage
  Cooldown **10 s** · MP cost **46** · Bonus magic attack **334 ~ 366**
- [Occult Codex: Weakening 2](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/skill-8701) Debuff weakens enemies
  Cooldown **60 s** · MP cost **44** · Duration **20 s** · Bonus magic attack **93 ~ 125** · [Phys. Defense](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-17) **\-30%** · [Magical Defense](https://karos-wiki.pages.dev/en/effect-19) **\-30%**