Ascendant

	You are the sculptor, crafting your destiny with the clay of mind, body, and purpose.

The Ascendant is the Ascendancy class for Scions.

Overview

The Ascendant offers more flexibility than any other class by allowing the player to take passives based on other Ascendancy classes. These passives offer similar benefits representing the class's overall tree, but with mitigated effects. Only one Ascendancy class passive can be taken from each base class.

The Ascendant can allocate up to two Ascendancy class passives and can further invest onto one class's path to gain the ability to use that class's starting point on the passive skill tree as a second starting point.

Skills

Minor skills

Ascendant Skill Tree

This class has the following minor passive skills:

Name	Stats
Dexterity	+40 to Dexterity [1]
Dexterity and Intelligence	+20 to Dexterity and Intelligence [1]
Intelligence	+40 to Intelligence [1]
Strength	+40 to Strength [1]
Strength and Dexterity	+20 to Strength and Dexterity [1]
Strength and Intelligence	+20 to Strength and Intelligence [1]

Notable skills

This class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passives
Berserker	Gain 1 Rage when you Kill an Enemy Cannot be Stunned while you have at least 25 Rage 10% more Damage 5% increased Damage taken 2% of Attack Damage Leeched as Life and Mana if you've Killed Recently		Strength Passive Point
Chieftain	10% chance to Cover Rare or Unique Enemies in Ash for 10 Seconds on Hit 1% of Damage dealt by your Totems is Leeched to you as Life 2% of Life Regenerated per second 10% increased Strength		Strength Passive Point
Juggernaut	Gain an Endurance Charge every second if you've been Hit Recently Cannot be Chilled 5% increased Damage per Endurance Charge +1000 to Accuracy Rating Cannot be Stunned		Strength Passive Point
Path of the Marauder	Can Allocate Passives from the Marauder's starting point	Marauder Ascendancy	Passive Point
Guardian	You and Nearby Party Members Share Power, Frenzy and Endurance Charges with each other Every 5 seconds, 20% of Maximum Life Regenerated over one second Auras from your Skills grant +1% Physical Damage Reduction to you and Allies 10% increased effect of Non-Curse Auras from your Skills 25% reduced Effect of Curses on you		Strength and Intelligence Passive Point
Hierophant	8% of Damage is taken from Mana before Life +1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems 25% increased maximum Mana Gain Arcane Surge when you or your Totems Hit an Enemy with a Spell 20% increased Spell Damage while you have Arcane Surge		Strength and Intelligence Passive Point
Inquisitor	+30% to Critical Strike Multiplier against Enemies that are affected by Elemental Ailments Damage Penetrates 6% of Enemy Elemental Resistances 10% chance to create Consecrated Ground when you Hit a Rare or Unique Enemy, lasting 8 seconds Immune to Elemental Ailments while on Consecrated Ground Nearby Enemies take 10% increased Elemental Damage		Strength and Intelligence Passive Point
Path of the Templar	Can Allocate Passives from the Templar's starting point	Templar Ascendancy	Passive Point
Elementalist	40% increased Effect of Heralds on you Damage Penetrates 10% of Enemy Elemental Resistances Shocks from your Hits always increase Damage taken by at least 10% Can Summon up to 1 additional Golem at a time Cannot take Reflected Elemental Damage		Intelligence Passive Point
Necromancer	Minions deal 30% increased Damage 20% increased Skill Effect Duration Your Offering Skills also affect you Your Offerings have 50% reduced Effect on you Auras from your Skills grant 3% increased Attack and Cast Speed to you and Allies		Intelligence Passive Point
Occultist	You can apply an additional Curse 1.5% of Energy Shield Regenerated per second 10% increased Effect of your Curses Cannot Be Stunned while you have Energy Shield		Intelligence Passive Point
Path of the Witch	Can Allocate Passives from the Witch's starting point	Witch Ascendancy	Passive Point
Assassin	40% chance to Poison on Hit 10% chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical Strike +1% to Critical Strike Chance 10% increased Movement Speed if you've Killed Recently Damage from your Critical Strikes cannot be Reflected		Dexterity and Intelligence Passive Point
Saboteur	25% chance to Blind Enemies on Hit Damage Penetrates 6% of Enemy Elemental Resistances 30% increased Area of Effect 1% Life Regenerated per Second for each of your Mines Detonated Recently, up to 20% 1% Life Regenerated per Second for each of your Traps Triggered Recently, up to 20%		Dexterity and Intelligence Passive Point
Trickster	15% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge and a Power Charge on Kill 50% increased Recovery Rate of Life, Mana and Energy Shield if you've Killed an Enemy affected by your Damage Over Time Recently 15 Mana Regenerated per second if you've used a Movement Skill Recently 15% chance to gain 50% of Non-Chaos Damage with Hits as Extra Chaos Damage Cannot be Stunned if you haven't been Hit Recently		Dexterity and Intelligence Passive Point
Path of the Shadow	Can Allocate Passives from the Shadow's starting point	Shadow Ascendancy	Passive Point
Deadeye	Projectiles Pierce 2 additional Targets Projectiles gain Damage as they travel farther, dealing up to 50% increased Damage with Hits to targets Skills fire an additional Projectile 100% increased Global Accuracy Rating Moving while Bleeding doesn't cause you to take extra Damage		Dexterity Passive Point
Pathfinder	Damage Penetrates 6% of Enemy Elemental Resistances 10% increased Movement Speed during any Flask Effect 10% increased Attack Speed during any Flask Effect Flasks gain 3 Charges every 3 seconds 15% chance for your Flasks to not consume Charges		Dexterity Passive Point
Raider	10% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge when you Hit a Rare or Unique Enemy You have Onslaught while on full Frenzy Charges 10% increased Movement Speed 4% chance to Dodge Attack Hits 20% increased Attack Damage		Dexterity Passive Point
Path of the Ranger	Can Allocate Passives from the Ranger's starting point	Ranger Ascendancy	Passive Point
Champion	Your Hits permanently Intimidate Enemies that are on Full Life 25% chance to Taunt on Hit Enemies Taunted by you take 10% increased Damage 10% chance to Fortify on Melee hit You and nearby Allies have 8% increased Movement Speed		Strength and Dexterity Passive Point
Gladiator	15% Chance to Block Spell Damage Attacks have 25% chance to cause Bleeding 10% chance to Blind with Hits against Bleeding Enemies +3% to maximum Chance to Block Attack Damage 15% more Damage with Bleeding		Strength and Dexterity Passive Point
Slayer	Life Leech effects are not removed at Full Life Culling Strike 30% increased Area of Effect if you've Killed Recently 50% reduced Maximum Recovery per Life Leech Cannot take Reflected Physical Damage		Strength and Dexterity Passive Point
Path of the Duelist	Can Allocate Passives from the Duelist's starting point	Duelist Ascendancy	Passive Point