Assassin

Assassin

Shadow

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

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

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. The Assassin can also incorporate poison with added synergy with critical strikes or give themselves an upper hand against solo enemies.

Passive skills

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

Name	Bonuses
Critical Strike Chance and Multiplier	+15% to Critical Strike Multiplier 15% increased Critical Strike Chance
Critical Strike Chance, Power Charge Duration	10% increased Power Charge Duration 15% increased Critical Strike Chance
Critical Strike Chance, Damage Over Time	15% increased Critical Strike Chance 15% increased Damage over Time

Notable skills

The class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
Noxious Strike	40% chance to Poison on Hit 50% chance for Attacks to Maim on Hit against Poisoned Enemies +0.1% to Critical Strike Chance per Poison affecting Enemy, up to +2.0% 5% increased Poison Duration per Poison applied Recently		Critical Strike Chance, Damage Over Time
Toxic Delivery	10% reduced Damage taken from Damage Over Time Poison you inflict with Critical Strikes deals 30% more Damage Gain 20% of Physical Damage as Extra Chaos Damage against Poisoned Enemies Recover 0.5% of your maximum Life per Poison affecting Enemies you Kill	Noxious Strike	Critical Strike Chance, Damage Over Time
Ambush and Assassinate	30% increased Damage with hits against Enemies that are on Low Life +40% to Critical Strike Multiplier against Enemies that are on Full Life 100% more Critical Strike Chance against Enemies that are on Full Life 100% more Critical Strike Chance against Enemies that are on Low Life Critical Strikes have Culling Strike		Critical Strike Chance and Multiplier
Opportunistic	20% increased Movement Speed if you've Killed Recently Damage from your Critical Strikes cannot be Reflected 100% increase Damage while there is only one nearby Enemy You take no Extra Damage from Critical Strikes while there is only one nearby Enemy		Critical Strike Chance and Multiplier
Unstable Infusion	10% chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical Strike 20% chance to gain a Power Charge on non-Critical Strike		Critical Strike Chance, Power Charge Duration
Deadly Infusion	+8% to Critical Strike Multiplier per Power Charge +2% Critical Strike Chance while at maximum Power Charge +1 to Maximum Power Charge	Unstable Infusion	Critical Strike Chance, Power Charge Duration

Version history

Version	Changes
3.2.0	Ambush and Assassinate removed. Added Ambush and Assassinate and Opportunistic.
2.3.0	Swapped skill tree positions of Noxious Strike and Toxic Delivery.