Witch

A Witch is an upcoming ranged mob. It will be the second hostile ranged mob to spawn in the Overworld - the first being the skeleton.

Appearance
Witches have a strong resemblance with villagers. They wear pointy, black hats with a green belt, purple robes and have purple eyes. Their noses also have warts on them.

Combat
As of snapshot 12w38a, it uses splash potions to fight the player, such as poison, weakness, damage, and slowness. It does not burn in sunlight and when set on fire, drinks a potion of fire resistance. Upon death, witches rarely drop potions of healing, swiftness and fire resistance. Witches are immune to certain splash potions.

Trivia

 * Though witches are modeled after villagers, they do not share any attributes of villagers, such as utilizing housing. Furthermore, Iron Golems will attack Witches as most other hostile mobs.
 * The texture for witches is located in the Villager sub-folder, despite most of their relation being cosmetic.