Assassin

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

Assassin

Shadow

	Death is a banquet. It's up to the murderer to write the menu.

The Assassin is an Ascendancy class for Shadows.

Overview

The Assassin is a offense-oriented class centered around critical strikes. The class offers enhanced crits on full or low life enemies and enhancing their power charges. His tree also has options for damage over time with bleeding and poison with added synergy with critical strikes.

Passive skills

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

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Notable skills

The class has the following notable passive skills:

Assassinate

Unstable Infusion

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

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 [1]

Unstable Infusion is a Notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Assassin that grants a chance to generate a Power Charge on hit, with a higher chance on non-critical strikes, and increased maximum power charges.

Version history

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive For the league, see Ambush league. For the former league mechanic of Ambush league, see Strongbox. This article is a stub. Please help improve the article by expanding it. Ambush is a skill gem		Critical Strike Chance and Multiplier
Ambush	Critical Strike Chance and Multiplier

Version	Changes
3.8.0	Now grants +1 to maximum Power Charges.
3.2.0	Now grants 10% chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical Strike. Chance to gain a Power Charge on non-Critical Strike increased from 10% to 20%.
2.2.0	Added to the game.

Critical Strike Chance, Power Charge Duration

Deadly Infusion

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

+5% to Critical Strike Multiplier per Power Charge
+1.5% Critical Strike Chance while at maximum Power Charges [1]

Deadly Infusion is a Notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Assassin that grants added critical strike multiplier per power charge, and additional base critical strike chance at max power charges.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.13.0	Removed 10% increased Movement Speed while at maximum Power Charges
3.12.0	Now grants +1.5% Critical Strike Chance while at maximum Power Charges (from +2%) and +5% to Critical Strike Multiplier per Power Charge (from +8%).
3.8.0	No longer grants +1 to maximum Power Charges. Now increases movement speed by 10% while at maximum Power Charges.
3.0.0	Skill no longer grants +0.5% Critical Strike Chance per Power Charge. It now grants +1 to maximum Power Charges, and +2% to Critical Strike Chance while at maximum Power Charges.
2.2.0	Added to the game.

Unstable Infusion Critical Strike Chance, Power Charge Duration

Noxious Strike

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

+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
[1]

Noxious Strike is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Assassin. It grants added chance to poison, and added damage over time multiplier to poison. It also grants increased poison duration for each stack of poison applied recently and grants life recovery whenever a poisoned enemy dies, based on the number of poison stacks it had.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.13.0	Now grants 30% to damage over time multiplier for poison (from 25%) Removed 50% increased Damage with Poison
3.8.0	No longer grants +0.1% to critical strike chance per poison affecting the enemy. Now causes you to recover 0.5% of your maximum Life per poison affecting enemies you kill. Also grants +25% to Damage over Time Multiplier for poison and 50% increased Damage with poison. (Undocumented) No longer grants a chance to maim against poisoned enemies.
3.2.0	No longer applies Bleeding. Chance to poison on hit no longer requires the enemy to be bleeding. Removed 30% increased Skill Effect Duration if you've Killed a Maimed Enemy Recently. Added +0.1% to Critical Strike Chance per Poison affecting Enemy, up to +2.0% and 5% increased Poison Duration per Poison applied Recently.
2.4.0c	Fixed a bug where the Noxious Strike Ascendancy Skill worked with spells also.
2.3.0	Unlisted change: Noxious Strike now grants 30% increased Skill Effect Duration if you've Killed a Maimed Enemy Recently
2.2.0	Introduced to the game.

Critical Strike Chance, Damage Over Time

Toxic Delivery

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Poison you inflict with Critical Strikes deals 50% more Damage
+0.5% to Critical Strike Chance per Poison affecting Enemy, up to +2.0% [1]

Toxic Delivery is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Assassin. It grants more poison damage to poison that was applied with a critical strike, and added critical strike chance per poison on an enemy.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.13.0	Now grants 0.5% to critical strike chance per poison affecting enemy (from 0.4%) Removed 10% reduced Damage taken from Damage Over Time Gain 20% of Physical Damage as Extra Chaos Damage against Poisoned Enemies
3.8.0	No longer causes you to recover 0.5% of your maximum Life per poison affecting enemies you kill. Now grants you +0.4% to critical strike chance per poison affecting the enemy, up to +2%. Now causes poisons you inflict with critical strikes to deal 50% more damage (from 30%).
3.2.0	Extra Chaos Damage now applies to poisoned enemies instead of bleeding enemies. Removed Bleeding you inflict on Maimed Enemies deals 30% more Damage. Added Recover 0.5% of your maximum Life per Poison affecting Enemies you Kill.
3.0.0	The Assassin's Toxic Delivery skill has been reduced to 30% more damage with Bleeding and Poison from Bleeding and Poison inflicted by Critical Strikes (down from 100%).
2.3.0	Unlisted changes: No longer grants increased Damage Over Time. Extra Chaos Damage now only applies against Bleeding enemies, is increased to 20% (up from 10%). Now causes Poison you inflict with Critical Strikes to deal 100% more Damage Now causes Bleeding you inflict on Maimed Enemies to deal deal 100% more Damage
2.2.0	Introduced to the game.

Noxious Strike Critical Strike Chance, Damage Over Time

Version history

Version	Changes
2.3.0	Swapped skill tree positions of Noxious Strike and Toxic Delivery.