Assassin

Assassin

Shadow

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This page is about the Ascendancy class. For the Ascendant passive, see Assassin (Ascendant passive).

The Assassin is an Ascendancy class for Shadows.

Overview

The Assassin is a offense-oriented class centered around critical strikes. The class offers skills that enhance their power charges and bonus to critical strike effectiveness and utility under certain conditions. He has access to poison themed skills like Noxious Strike, as well as allowing poisons to synergize off of critical strikes to higher levels via Toxic Delivery. Furthermore with Mistwalker the Assassin has the ability to gain the Elusive buff on critical strikes and additional benefits while being affected by it.

Passive skills

Assassin skill tree

Minor skills

The Assassin has the following minor passive skills:

Name	Stats
Critical Strike Chance and Multiplier	+10% to Critical Strike Multiplier 15% increased Critical Strike Chance [1] [2]
Critical Strike Chance, Damage Over Time	10% increased Damage over Time 15% increased Critical Strike Chance [1] [2]
Critical Strike Chance, Elusive Effect	10% increased Elusive Effect 15% increased Critical Strike Chance [1]
Critical Strike Chance, Power Charge Duration	15% increased Power Charge Duration 15% increased Critical Strike Chance [1] [2]

Notable skills

The Assassin has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
Mistwalker	Gain Elusive on Critical Strike 50% increased Elusive Effect You take no Extra Damage from Critical Strikes while Elusive		Critical Strike Chance, Elusive Effect
Unstable Infusion	10% chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical Strike 20% chance to gain a Power Charge on Non-Critical Strike +1 to Maximum Power Charges		Critical Strike Chance, Power Charge Duration
Deadly Infusion	+5% to Critical Strike Multiplier per Power Charge +1.5% Critical Strike Chance while at maximum Power Charges	Unstable Infusion	Critical Strike Chance, Power Charge Duration
Opportunistic	Damage from your Critical Strikes cannot be Reflected 25% more Damage while there is at most one Rare or Unique Enemy nearby 20% reduced Damage taken while there are at least two Rare or Unique Enemies nearby		Critical Strike Chance and Multiplier
Ambush and Assassinate	25% more Damage with Hits and Ailments against Enemies that are on Low Life +40% to Critical Strike Multiplier against Enemies that are on Full Life 100% more Critical Strike Chance against Enemies that are on Full Life Critical Strikes have Culling Strike 100% more Critical Strike Chance against Enemies that are on Low Life		Critical Strike Chance and Multiplier
Noxious Strike	+30% to Damage over Time Multiplier for Poison 40% chance to Poison on Hit 5% increased Poison Duration for each Poison you have inflicted Recently Recover 0.5% of Life per Poison affecting Enemies you Kill		Critical Strike Chance, Damage Over Time
Toxic Delivery	Poison you inflict with Critical Strikes deals 50% more Damage +0.5% to Critical Strike Chance per Poison affecting Enemy, up to +2.0%	Noxious Strike	Critical Strike Chance, Damage Over Time

Version history

Version	Changes
3.8.0	Added Mistwalker.
3.2.0	Ambush and Assassinate removed. Added Ambush and Assassinate and Opportunistic.
2.3.0	Swapped skill tree positions of Noxious Strike and Toxic Delivery.
2.2.0	Introduced to the game.