Hierophant

Hierophant

IntStr

	Drink deeply from God's chalice, for the faithful will never find it empty

This page is about the Ascendancy class. For the Ascendant passive skill, see Hierophant (Ascendant passive).

The Hierophant is an Ascendancy class for Templars.

Overview

The Hierophant offers a mixture of non-conventional sources of damage, defenses, and overall utility aimed towards spell users, particularly spell casting totems and brands. They can utilize a large mana pool effectively by converting it to offensive and defensive bonuses while also conserving and regenerating it. They can also utilize Arcane Surge with large bonuses to spellcasters attached to it, as well as stacking endurance and power charges. They also generally use the Mana before Life defensive technique.

Passive skills

Hierophant skill tree

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

Name	Stats
Mana Regeneration, Arcane Surge Effect	20% increased Mana Regeneration Rate 10% increased Effect of Arcane Surge on you [1] [2]
Mana Regeneration, Brand Damage	20% increased Mana Regeneration Rate 14% increased Brand Damage [1]
Mana Regeneration, Mana	8% increased maximum Mana 20% increased Mana Regeneration Rate [1] [2] [3]
Mana Regeneration, Totem Placement Speed	20% increased Mana Regeneration Rate 20% increased Totem Placement speed [1] [2]

Notable skills

The class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
Illuminated Devotion	30% increased Area of Effect while you have Arcane Surge 50% reduced Effect of non-Damaging Ailments on You while you have Arcane Surge 0.5% of Spell Damage Leeched as Life while you have Arcane Surge	Arcane Blessing	Mana Regeneration, Arcane Surge Effect
Arcane Blessing	50% increased Effect of Arcane Surge on you Gain Arcane Surge when you or your Totems Hit an Enemy with a Spell		Mana Regeneration, Arcane Surge Effect
Conviction of Power	+4 to Minimum Endurance Charges +4 to Minimum Power Charges +1 to Maximum Power Charges and Maximum Endurance Charges		Mana Regeneration, Mana
Pursuit of Faith	100% increased Totem Duration +1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems 100% increased Totem Placement speed		Mana Regeneration, Totem Placement Speed
Ritual of Awakening	5% more Damage per Summoned Totem Regenerate 0.5% of Mana per second for each Summoned Totem You and your Totems Regenerate 1% of Life per second for each Summoned Totem	Pursuit of Faith	Mana Regeneration, Totem Placement Speed
Divine Guidance	30% increased maximum Mana 10% of Damage is taken from Mana before Life Transfiguration of Mind		Mana Regeneration, Mana
Sanctuary of Thought	Gain 20% of Maximum Mana as Extra Maximum Energy Shield 1% increased Area of Effect per 50 Unreserved Maximum Mana, up to 100% 50% less Mana Cost of Skills 10% less Mana Reservation of Skills	Divine Guidance	Mana Regeneration, Mana
Sign of Purpose	Brands have 100% more Activation Frequency if 75% of Attached Duration expired Brand Recall has 100% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate		Mana Regeneration, Brand Damage

Version history

Version	Changes
3.13.0	Arcane Blessing and Illuminated Devotion have swapped positions. Small passive prior to Conviction of Power now grants 8% increased Maximum Mana (instead of increased Power and Endurance Charge duration).
3.11.0	Sign of Purpose has been redesigned. It now causes Brands to have 100% more Activation Frequency in the final 25% of their Attached Duration. It also causes Brand Recall to have 100% increased Cooldown Recovery Speed.
3.5.0	New Notable - Sign of Purpose: You can cast an additional Brand. Enemies take 10% increased Damage for each of your Brands attached to them. Brand Recall has 30% increased Cooldown Recovery Speed. 14% increased Brand Attachment range. Added a small passive leading to Sign of Purpose which grants 20% increased Mana Regeneration Rate and 14% increased Damage with Brand Skills. Ritual of Awakening no longer grants +1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems. Instead it now causes skills that would Summon a Totem to summon two Totems instead, and grants 3% more Damage per Totem.
3.2.0	Added Arcane Blessing. Minor node Mana Regeneration, Area Damage replaced with Mana Regeneration, Spell Damage.