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 flexibility more 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

This class has the following minor passive skills:

Name	Bonuses
Strength	+40 to Strength
Dexterity	+40 to Dexterity
Intelligence	+40 to Intelligence
Strength and Dexterity	+20 to Strength and Dexterity
Strength and Intelligence	+20 to Strength and Intelligence
Dexterity and Intelligence	+20 to Dexterity and Intelligence
Passive Point	Grants 1 Passive Skill Point

Notable skills

This class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passives
Berserker	5% increased Damage taken 20% increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed if you've taken a Savage Hit Recently 10% more Damage 1% of Damage Leeched as Life if you've Killed Recently		Strength Passive Point
Chieftain	15% chance to Ignite 30% increased Damage while you have a Totem Gain 15% of Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage if you've Killed Recently Regenerate 2% of your maximum Life per second while you have a Totem		Strength Passive Point
Juggernaut	30% increased Armour Cannot be Chilled 20% chance to gain an Endurance Charge when you are Hit You cannot be Stunned while at maximum Endurance Charges		Strength Passive Point
Path of the Marauder	Can Allocate Passives from the Marauder's starting point Grants 2 Passive Skill Points	Marauder Ascendancy	Passive Point
Guardian	25% reduced Effect of Curses on You You and Nearby Party Members Share Power, Frenzy and Endurance Charges with each other You and Allies affected by your Auras have 5% additional Block Chance You and Allies affected by your Auras have 10% increased Attack, Cast, and Movement Speed		Strength and Intelligence Passive Point
Hierophant	25% increased maximum Mana Gain 10% of Maximum Mana as Extra Maximum Energy Shield Skills in your Helm can have up to 1 additional Totem Summoned at a time 50% chance to gain a Power Charge when you place a Totem		Strength and Intelligence Passive Point
Inquisitor	25% increased Elemental Damage 30% chance to create Consecrated Ground on Kill, lasting 8 seconds Take 8% reduced Elemental Damage while on Consecrated Ground 120% increased Critical Strike Chance against Enemies affected by Elemental Status Ailments		Strength and Intelligence Passive Point
Path of the Templar	Can Allocate Passives from the Templar's starting point Grants 2 Passive Skill Points	Templar Ascendancy	Passive Point
Elementalist	50% reduced Reflected Elemental Damage taken Damage Penetrates 6% of Enemy Elemental Resistances Gain Elemental Conflux for 4 seconds when you Kill a Rare or Unique Enemy Can summon up to 1 additional Golem at a time		Intelligence Passive Point
Necromancer	20% increased Skill Effect Duration You and your Minions have 4% Physical Damage Reduction You and Allies deal 30% increased Damage while affected by Auras you Cast You and Allies affected by your Auras have +20% Chaos Resistance		Intelligence Passive Point
Occultist	20% increased maximum Energy Shield 1% of Energy Shield Regenerated per second Enemies you Curse have -15% to Chaos Resistance 20% increased Damage if you've Killed a Cursed Enemy Recently		Intelligence Passive Point
Path of the Witch	Can Allocate Passives from the Witch's starting point Grants 2 Passive Skill Points	Witch Ascendancy	Passive Point
Assassin	+1.5% to Critical Strike Chance +40% to Critical Strike Multiplier against Enemies that are on Full Life 20% chance to gain a Power Charge on Hit against Enemies that are on Full Life Your Critical Strikes with Attacks Maim Enemies		Dexterity and Intelligence Passive Point
Saboteur	Traps and Mine Damage Penetrates 6% Elemental Resistances 20% chance to create a Smoke Cloud when you place a Mine or throw a Trap 5% increased Damage for each Trap and Mine you have 10% increased Movement Speed if you've placed a Mine or thrown a Trap Recently		Dexterity and Intelligence Passive Point
Trickster	50% increased Recovery Rate of Life, Mana and Energy Shield if you've Killed an Enemy affected by your Damage Over Time Recently 20% more chance to Evade while on full Energy Shield 20% increased Damage while not on full Energy Shield 15 Mana Regenerated per second if you've used a Movement Skill Recently		Dexterity and Intelligence Passive Point
Path of the Shadow	Can Allocate Passives from the Shadow's starting point Grants 2 Passive Skill Points	Shadow Ascendancy	Passive Point
Deadeye	Projectiles Pierce 2 additional Targets 30% increased Projectile Speed Projectiles gain Damage as they travel further, dealing up to 50% increased Damage to targets Skills fire an additional Projectile		Dexterity Passive Point
Pathfinder	10% increased Movement Speed while using a Flask 50% chance to gain a Flask Charge when you deal a Critical Strike 30% increased Damage during Flask effect 10% chance for your Flasks to not consume Charges		Dexterity Passive Point
Raider	10% increased Movement Speed 4% chance to Dodge Attacks You have Onslaught while on full Frenzy Charges 10% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge when you hit a Rare or Unique enemy		Dexterity Passive Point
Path of the Ranger	Can Allocate Passives from the Ranger's starting point Grants 2 Passive Skill Points	Ranger Ascendancy	Passive Point
Champion	20% chance to Fortify on Melee hit 20% chance to Taunt on Hit You and nearby Allies have 30% increased damage while you have Fortify 5% reduced Damage taken from Taunted Enemies		Strength and Dexterity Passive Point
Gladiator	30% of Block Chance applied to Spells 5% additional Block Chance Attacks have 20% chance to cause Bleeding 30% increased Damage if you've killed a Bleeding Enemy Recently		Strength and Dexterity Passive Point
Slayer	50% reduced Reflected Physical Damage taken 40% increased Damage against Rare and Unique Enemies Life Leech effects are not removed at Full Life Your Damaging Hits always Stun Enemies that are on Full Life		Strength and Dexterity Passive Point
Path of the Duelist	Can Allocate Passives from the Duelist's starting point Grants 2 Passive Skill Points	Duelist Ascendancy	Passive Point