Sea Witch and Sorceress

Cove creatures
Level 1
Nymph
Oceanid
Level 2
Crew Mate
Seaman
Level 3
Pirate
Corsair
Sea Dog
Level 4
Stormbird
Ayssid
Level 5
Sea Witch
Sorceress
Level 6
Nix
Nix Warrior
Level 7
Sea Serpent
Haspid
Towns

Statistics
Sea Witch
Cost per troop  515
	Attack 12 Defense 7 Damage 10–14 Health 35 Speed 6 Movement Ground Size 1 Shots 12 Growth 3 AI Value 790
Special abilities:
• Ranged attack • Casts after a shot (Basic level)
Sorceress
Cost per troop  565
	Attack 12 Defense 9 Damage 10–16 Health 35 Speed 7 Movement Ground Size 1 Shots 12 Growth 3 AI Value 852
Special abilities:
• Ranged attack • Casts after the shot (Advanced level)
Portraits

Sea Witches and Sorceresses are the level 5 creatures of Cove. They can be recruited from the Tower of the Seas.

"Once one of Harek was poisoned by his wife. Since then, the presence of women in the army was considered by pirates as a bad sign. However, when it came to serious fights pirates did not shun to take risks and called Sea Witches under their banners. These dangerous women impose curses on their enemies and strike them by magic arrows from their spheres. Enrothian Order of Sorceress has existed for centuries. But despite the commitment of its members to the ideals of good, there were those who wanted to use the forbidden knowledge. Some of them became Necromancers, but others went to serve in the Regnan fleet and learned magic from local Archimages." ^{HotA Facebook post}

Special ability Casts after shot

Sea Witches and Sorceresses cast Weakness for 3 rounds on an attacked stack. If Weakness is already applied, they instead cast Disrupting Ray. These effects are applied after damage is dealt. Sea Witches cast at basic level, while Sorceresses cast at advanced.

Heroes with a specialty

• Casmetra the Navigator has sea witches as a specialty, which increases the speed of any Sea Witches or Sorceress by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 5 levels (rounded up).

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Sea Witches/Sorceresses can be split into two stacks to apply both effects in one turn. It might be a good idea to wait until Sea Witches have applied their effects before attacking with your other units, since you'll deal more damage and take less in retaliation.

See also:

• List of creatures