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	Stats
Critical Strike Chance and Multiplier	15% increased Critical Strike Chance +15% to Critical Strike Multiplier [1] [2]
Critical Strike Chance, Damage Over Time	15% increased Critical Strike Chance 15% increased Damage over Time [1] [2]
Critical Strike Chance, Power Charge Duration	15% increased Critical Strike Chance 10% increased Power Charge Duration [1] [2]

Notable skills

The class has the following notable passive skills:

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