Champion

Champion

Duelist

	Champion that which you love. He who fights for nothing dies for nothing.

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

The Champion is an Ascendancy class for Duelists.

Overview

The Champion is a mixture of defensive/offensive and support class who can act as a tank for his party by debuffing enemies through taunts and impale, buffing his allies with enhanced Banners, or Intimidate enemies to reduce their defenses. He bolsters his own defenses with Fortify, including the ability to permanently Fortify himself, or gains a burst of Adrenaline at low life for increased damage and defenses. The minor nodes grant increased armour and evasion rating across the board to further bolster his survivability.

Passive skills

Champion skill tree

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

Name	Stats
Armour and Evasion, Attack Damage	10% increased Attack Damage 15% increased Evasion Rating and Armour [1]
Armour and Evasion, Aura Effect	15% increased Evasion Rating and Armour 5% increased effect of Non-Curse Auras from your Skills [1]
Armour and Evasion, Fortify Effect	15% increased Evasion Rating and Armour 10% increased Attack Damage while you have Fortify [1] [2]
Armour and Evasion, Impale Effect	15% increased Evasion Rating and Armour 10% chance to Impale Enemies on Hit with Attacks [1]
Armour and Evasion, Taunt Duration	15% increased Evasion Rating and Armour 20% increased Taunt Duration [1] [2]

Notable skills

The class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
Inspirational	30% increased effect of Non-Curse Auras from your Skills You and Allies affected by your placed Banners Regenerate 0.1% of Life per second for each Stage Banner Skills Reserve no Mana When you create a Banner, it gains 40% of the Stages of your placed Banner		Armour and Evasion, Aura Effect
First to Strike, Last to Fall	Your Hits permanently Intimidate Enemies that are on Full Life Gain Adrenaline for 20 seconds when you reach Low Life if you do not have Adrenaline Recover 25% of Life when you gain Adrenaline Remove all Ailments and Burning when you gain Adrenaline		Armour and Evasion, Attack Damage
Unstoppable Hero	20% increased Attack Speed while you have Fortify +500 to Armour and Evasion Rating while you have Fortify Cannot be Stunned while you have Fortify		Armour and Evasion, Fortify Effect
Fortitude	You have Fortify	Unstoppable Hero	Armour and Evasion, Fortify Effect
Conqueror	100% chance to Taunt on Hit 10% reduced Damage taken if you've Taunted an Enemy Recently Enemies Taunted by you deal 20% less Damage with Hits and Ailments against other targets		Armour and Evasion, Taunt Duration
Worthy Foe	Enemies Taunted by you take 20% increased Damage Enemies Taunted by you cannot Evade Attacks	Conqueror	Armour and Evasion, Taunt Duration
Master of Metal	Impales you inflict last 1 additional Hit If you've Impaled an Enemy Recently, you and nearby Allies have +1000 to Armour You and nearby Allies deal 6 to 12 added Physical Damage for each Impale on Enemy		Armour and Evasion, Impale Effect

Version History

Version	Changes
3.15.0	The small passives prior to and after Unstoppable Hero no longer have 5% increased Effect on Fortify on you. They now have 10% increased Attack Damage while you have Fortify.
3.13.0	A small passives leading to Fortitude (Armour and Evasion, Attack Damage) replaced with Armour and Evasion, Fortify Effect
3.5.0	New Notable - Master of Metal: 20% chance to Impale Enemies on Hit with Attacks. Impales you inflict last 2 additional Hits. If you've Impaled an Enemy Recently, you and nearby Allies have +1000 to Armour. You and nearby Allies deal 4 to 8 added Physical Damage per Impale on the Enemy. Added a small passive leading to Master of Metal which grants 15% increased Evasion Rating and Armour, and 8% increased Impale Effect. Inspirational now also causes your Banner skills to reserve no mana, recover 20% of planted Banner Stages when you cast a banner while you have a banner planted, and causes you and nearby allies to recover 0.5% of maximum life per Banner stage when you plant a banner. It also grants 15% increased effect of Non-Curse Auras from your Skills.
3.2.0	All instances of the minor node Armour and Evasion, Melee Damage with Fortify replaced with Armour and Evasion, Melee Damage. Replaced minor node Armour and Evasion, Attack Speed with Armour and Evasion, Melee Damage.
2.3.0	All instances of the minor node Armour and Evasion, Fortify Effect replaced with Armour and Evasion, Melee Damage with Fortify.