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	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	5% increased Damage taken 10% more Damage 2% of Attack Damage is Leeched as Life and Mana if you've Killed Recently Gain 1 Rage when you Kill an Enemy Cannot be Stunned while you have at least 25 Rage		Strength Passive Point
Chieftain	2% of Life Regenerated per second 10% increased Strength 1% of Damage dealt by your Totems is Leeched to you as Life 10% chance to Cover Rare or Unique Enemies in Ash for 10 seconds on Hit		Strength Passive Point
Juggernaut	+1000 to Accuracy Rating Cannot be Chilled Cannot be Stunned 5% increased Damage per Endurance Charge Gain an Endurance Charge every second if you've been Hit Recently		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 Auras you Cast grant +1% additional Physical Damage Reduction to you and Allies 10% increased effect of Non-Curse Auras you Cast Every 5 seconds, 20% of Maximum Life Regenerated over one second You and Nearby Party Members Share Power, Frenzy and Endurance Charges with each other		Strength and Intelligence Passive Point
Hierophant	25% increased maximum Mana Can have up to 1 additional Totem summoned at a time 8% of Damage is taken from Mana before Life 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 affected by Elemental Status 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 Grants 2 Passive Skill Points	Templar Ascendancy	Passive Point
Elementalist	Damage Penetrates 10% of Enemy Elemental Resistances Cannot take Reflected Elemental Damage 40% increased Effect of Heralds on You Shocks from your Hits always increase Damage taken by at least 10% Can summon up to 1 additional Golem at a time		Intelligence Passive Point
Necromancer	20% increased Skill Effect Duration Minions deal 30% increased Damage Your Offering Skills also affect you Your Offerings have 50% reduced Effect on You Auras you Cast grant 3% increased Attack and Cast Speed to you and Allies		Intelligence Passive Point
Occultist	Enemies can have 1 additional Curse 10% increased Effect of your Curses 1.5% of Energy Shield Regenerated per second Cannot be Stunned while you have Energy Shield		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% to Critical Strike Chance 10% chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical Strike 40% chance to Poison on Hit 10% increased Movement Speed if you've Killed Recently Damage from your Critical Strikes cannot be Reflected		Dexterity and Intelligence Passive Point
Saboteur	30% increased Area of Effect Damage Penetrates 6% of Enemy Elemental Resistances 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% 25% chance to Blind Enemies on Hit		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 Your Hits have 15% chance to gain 50% of Non-Chaos Damage as Extra Chaos Damage Cannot be Stunned if you haven't been Hit Recently 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	100% increased Accuracy Rating Projectiles Pierce 2 additional Targets Moving while Bleeding doesn't cause you to take extra Damage 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 during any Flask Effect 10% increased Attack Speed during any Flask Effect Flasks gain 3 Charges every 3 Seconds Damage Penetrates 6% of Enemy Elemental Resistances 15% chance for your Flasks to not consume Charges		Dexterity Passive Point
Raider	20% increased Attack Damage 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	10% chance to Fortify on Melee hit Enemies you Taunt take 10% increased Damage 25% chance to Taunt on Hit Your Hits permanently Intimidate Enemies that are on Full Life You and nearby Allies have 8% increased Movement Speed		Strength and Dexterity Passive Point
Gladiator	50% of Block Chance applied to Spells +3% to maximum Block Chance Attacks have 25% chance to cause Bleeding 10% chance to Blind with Hits against Bleeding Enemies 15% more Damage with Bleeding		Strength and Dexterity Passive Point
Slayer	Culling Strike 20% increased Damage while Leeching Life Leech effects are not removed at Full Life 20% increased Area of Effect if you've Killed Recently Cannot take Reflected Physical Damage		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