Diablo 4 Drowned Witch – Merinth of the Deep

Merinth of the Deep, Drowned Witch is a Drowned monster that appears in the Drowning Caverns.

Merinth of the Deep, Drowned Witch Diablo IV

Merinth Of The Deep, Drowned Witch is a Boss in Diablo 4. Merinth Of The Deep, Drowned Witch is located at the Drowning Caverns. Bosses are special Enemies that are uniquely Merinth Of The Deep, Drowned Witchd that can be defeated to complete Quests, progress through the game and to acquire special Equipment.

  • Location: Drowning Caverns
  • Defeat it to finish Call of the Deep quest.
  • This boss is not optional

Diablo 4 Drowned Witch

Blizzard has only given a short glimpse of the Drowned Witch boss, but we know her full name is: Merinth of the Deep, Drowned Witch. She spawns in Drowning Caverns: Merinth’s Maw, in the Scosglen region, most likely by the coast, which is where the Drowned monster family is found. Her appearance is bluish-gray, and she’s much larger than the player character model. In addition, she wields a large, spiked club made of what looks to be sea urchins.

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Strategy Writeup

Merinth Of The Deep, Drowned Witch can perform both melee and ranged attacks so players can choose where to stay during the fight. Try to keep moving and avoid the slow pools as they can break your mobility and deal damage with the torrent attack. When the minions are spawned try to kill them first to avoid further damage.

Attacks & Counters

Attack Counter
Phase 1
Slow Pools: Merinth will raise its right arm and spawn pools that slow you down if you run over them Try to stay away from the pools. Merinth remain immobile so it’s a good opportunity to attack.
Torrent Attack: Mernith will spawn a torrent of water from the Slow Pools dealing damage and knocking back the player. Keep running to avoid the attack.
Water Wave: Mernith will cast a wave of water towards the player dealing damage Run either left or right to avoid the attack.
Summon Minions: Mernith will spawn minions from beneath the pools. These minions attack from a range. Focus on the minions first and then go for Merinth

Geysers, water crystals, & waves

The Drowned Witch has a few special attacks at her disposal, including hitting the player with geysers and waves, and having her Drowned Wretches lob hard-hitting water crystals at you:

“The Sea Witch has a wave attack and geysers that come out. Even the little Drowned Wretches will lob water crystals at you.”

Diablo 4 Drowned Sea Witch's erupting geysers

A Barbarian caught in the Drowned Sea Witch’s erupting geysers

Diablo 4 Water crystals lobbed

Water crystals lobbed at the player by Drowned Wretches

Drowned Witch gameplay footage

In 2019’s BlizzCon, we got a short peek at battling the Drowned Witch boss:

A Barbarian and Druid fight the Drowned Witch boss

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