Garden of Witches Armory Planner

The Armory is 1.0’s best quality-of-life feature. You no longer spend the first two rooms rerolling spells with Dice just to play the kit you already wanted. You pick it at the bench in Sil’s house. This planner is that bench on a wiki page.

Rules: one identity per run. If a row says Giant, do not pocket a Magic Scissors relic “for later.” Longer explanations live on best builds. This page is the cheat sheet you can keep on a phone.

Kit A — Story carry (Fireball house)

Slot	Pick
Scissors	Default or Magic
Spell 1	Fireball (brick or pellet imprint — pick one)
Spell 2	Counter
Relics	Arcane Parasite, cooldown, on-cast
Playstyle	Spell is the weapon. Dash the slam. Counter the named witch.
Best for	Chapters 1–5, first Nahatra scout
Avoid if	You insist on never using a 17-second button

Kit B — Melee burst (Giant + Ambush)

Slot	Pick
Scissors	Giant
Spell 1	Ambush
Spell 2	Fireball brick or another dump imprint
Relics	Cat’s Eye Ring, weapon damage, cooldown
Playstyle	Ambush for Sharpness, Giant finisher crit, dump when fat
Best for	Players who cleared Fiena, Challenge Mode
Avoid if	You cancel strings into floor fire

This is the 1.0 translation of the old Giant / Slash / Ambush Challenge clip. Tags are gone; the Sharpness-then-dump sentence remains. See Challenge Mode.

Kit C — Mouse poke (Magic Scissors)

Slot	Pick
Scissors	Magic
Spell 1	Shadow Surge or Fireball pellets
Spell 2	Counter
Relics	Blue Chakram, Arcane Parasite
Imprints	Downpour if you hold Charge; Threading for waves
Playstyle	Hold, pierce, crit past gauge one
Best for	Keyboard and mouse, Rims & Berry, hallway rooms
Avoid if	You tap Charge or you are on keyboard-only facing

Bind this after you have read controls. Magic Scissors without mouse is a worse version of Kit A.

Kit D — Clock / swamp AoE

Slot	Pick
Scissors	Giant, or Singing after Maydel
Spell 1	Blood Marble
Spell 2	Shadow Surge or Fireball pellets
Relics	Crawling Collector, AoE percents
Playstyle	Fields kill, you dash, the timer likes you
Best for	Epilogue 1, any Challenge floor with a clock
Avoid if	You only enjoy single-target Charge sniping

How to use the planner mid-save

1. If you have not beaten chapter one, take Kit A.
2. If Giant already feels good, take Kit B and stop shopping.
3. If you bought 1.0 for mouse aiming, take Kit C.
4. If Maydel’s clock is mocking you, take Kit D.
5. After a death, change one row. Changing scissors and both spells is how you learn nothing. The getting started page is mean about this on purpose.

Unlock notes

You do not own every row on a fresh file. Default scissors and a small spell list are the house kit. Giant, Magic, Broken, and Singing arrive as you clear chapters and Maydel. If a row names a weapon you have not seen in the Armory, you are not locked out of the game — you are locked out of that row. Play Kit A until the bench grows. The scissors tier list tracks when identities come online.

Broken Scissors + Hunger is an optional fifth row for people who like a two-second Sharpness contract. It is omitted from the tables because it bricks more first-time late bosses than it saves. When you want it, the contract is on imprints.

What this planner will not do

• Simulate DPS
• Rank a relic that is not in the live pool
• Restore synergy tags
• Play the dash for you

If a Steam hotfix retunes Fireball’s cooldown, believe the Book, then come back. The sentences stay. The numbers move. For PC specs while you queue, use system requirements. For the witches these kits are aimed at, use the boss guide.