If you are allowed to retrain hexes using the Ultimate Campaign rules then it's an option for the earlier levels to be swapped out later (maybe for Flight at 5th).As for non-obvious spells.

Looking at you, Child-Scent et al.Next to those there are a bunch of mid-range hexes that aren't outright horrible but still significantly shy of great among them Charm, Disguise, Tongues and Feral Speech.I'd actually rank Cauldron among this category as well because while consumables are nice, Brew Potion is pretty much the least useful Item Creation feat there is. For a debuffer focused build, might actually be interesting because it may save on move actions for Cackle.Also, if you can wait until you can afford a you can use your Hex slots and feats (you are taking Extra Hex, right?) for other neat picks.There are lots of flavorful hexes available to a witch but for most of them actual value to the party is questionable. Due to basically getting 'advantage' on the roll from me.If you pick Misfortune and/or Evil Eye, Cackle is more or less obligatory.

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