In the world of Gale Knight, the Swamp Witch, also known as Kelsey, is a character that many players are quite familiar with. Her combat style mainly revolves around summoning clones and casting powerful magic, providing players with a highly challenging combat experience. How to play the Witch in Gale Knight actually offers players choices in terms of styles, but some players may not be very clear on what to pay attention to when operating the Witch in the later stages. Therefore, this guide about the character can help you understand it clearly.
Whenever the Witch is about to cast a skill, there will be a prominent prompt. Whether it's within the red area or at the location marked by a red exclamation point, it means danger is imminent. Players need to remain vigilant at all times. Kelsey has a rich variety of summoning skills. One of them allows her to summon plant monsters called Thorn Vines. These thorn vines will suddenly emerge from the ground, and the number and speed of their summoning will increase along with Kelsey's own health and the progression of the battle. The base number of summoning rounds is set to 5, which quickly fills the battlefield with dense thorn vines.
Secondly, she can summon 5 thorn vines from above, which will then attack the player every second. Thirdly, Kelsey can launch two attacks using thorns around herself, and the range of each attack gradually increases, creating a pressuring offensive. Fourthly, her lateral thorn vine summoning skill is also not to be underestimated. The number of thorns summoned also increases according to the duration of the battle and her health status, further compressing the player's survival space. After a brief charge of 0.5 seconds, she will instantly generate a large number of thorns around her to besiege the player.
In addition to summoning skills, Kelsey also possesses powerful magic skills. She can scatter up to 28 explosive spores, which, upon landing, will cause massive explosions, dealing area damage. In terms of clones, she can summon a clone similar to herself to assist in combat, and the number of skills Kelsey can use on the field will increase according to the number of clones. For example, without any clones, there will be 3 thorn vines. With 1 clone, the number of thorn vines increases to 5. With 4 clones, there will be 6 thorn vines and additional lateral thorn vines will be summoned.
When Kelsey's health falls below 12250, she triggers a special lock health mechanism, instantly summoning 4 clones and burrowing underground to enter an invincible state. When she resurfaces, she deals a powerful blow to the central area, and the existing clones disappear, only to be re-summoned immediately. To deal with these skills, players need to master certain techniques. Lateral thorn vines and those summoned from the ground can be avoided through flexible movement and jumping. Full-map skills and charged skills can be easily dodged with a double jump, while other skills can be countered with quick dashes and jumps.
It is worth noting that Kelsey's clones can be attacked and will disappear once hit. If all clones are eliminated before she casts a full-map skill, the full-map skill will fail. Additionally, if a clone is smoking, it will explode when destroyed. New players often confuse real and fake clones, but experienced players have found that the real one does not have a purple aura around it, making it easier to identify. In terms of character styles, the Witch style has unique advantages.
Choosing the Dark Red Blood Curse route is a good option because this style is relatively smooth to operate, unlike the mainstream Space Bomb style, which tends to lag. The damage comes mainly from blood curses and dark curses. These two curse skills are used because the current game's skill damage enhancement item, Elixir of Immortality, greatly boosts them. Specifically, while enjoying the elixir's boost, the panel value of the blood curse is 20% higher than that of the dark curse, with the blood curse at 100% and the dark curse at 80%. This style still has many areas for optimization. For example, after reaching a certain saturation point in critical hit rate, since obtaining staves is difficult and they allow curses to finish five times faster, players tend to choose blood and dark curses that benefit from the elixir.
This style has a distinct exclusivity that other characters cannot achieve. This is because the Witch inherently reduces her attack power by 65%, and percentage-based attack power is a highly valuable buff in the game. Therefore, the Mysterious Egg plays a crucial role in this style. It not only does not disable curse skills but can also work in conjunction with other equipment such as the Greedy Badge, which, although it adds more attack power, is hard to obtain, and the Cursed Room, which is not recommended to take to avoid losing out, and gold coins that provide 30% attack power.
In practical combat, by leveraging the synergy of 6 Darkness, try to stack as much percentage-based attack power as possible through the Mysterious Egg, Greedy Badge, and gold coins, while also acquiring as many physical synergy attributes as possible, including percentage-based attack power and critical hit rate. Once this style is fully formed, it can defeat a powerful Boss like Rotten Tank in just one minute, showcasing its high strength. Moreover, the difficulty of forming this style is relatively low, requiring only one four-star item to achieve it.
Now, I believe everyone has an answer to how to play the Witch in Gale Knight. No matter which style you choose, as long as you find the core of that style and develop it accordingly, find suitable skill combinations and sufficient equipment, and know how to operate, you can play very well.
