Assassin

Assassin

Shadow

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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 skills that enhance their power charges and bonus to critical strike effectiveness and utility under certain conditions. The class has access to poison enhancing skills, allowing them to synergize off of critical strikes to higher levels, as well as bonuses that enhance their speed, such as the Elusive buff.

Passive skills

Minor skills

The Assassin 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, Movement Speed	15% increased Critical Strike Chance 4% increased Movement Speed [1]
Critical Strike Chance, Power Charge Duration	15% increased Critical Strike Chance 10% increased Power Charge Duration [1] [2]

Notable skills

The Assassin has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
Mistwalker	25% increased Elusive Effect 8% reduced Damage taken while Elusive 20% increased Attack and Cast Speed while Elusive You take no Extra Damage from Critical Strikes while Elusive 50% chance to gain Elusive on Critical Strike		Critical Strike Chance, Movement Speed
Unstable Infusion	20% chance to gain a Power Charge on Non-Critical Strike 10% chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical Strike +1 to Maximum Power Charges		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 10% increased Movement Speed while at maximum Power Charges	Unstable Infusion	Critical Strike Chance, Power Charge Duration
Opportunistic	Damage from your Critical Strikes cannot be Reflected 20% increased Movement Speed if you've Killed Recently 10% reduced Damage taken while there are at least two Rare or Unique Enemies nearby 20% more Damage while there is at most one Rare or Unique Enemy nearby		Critical Strike Chance and Multiplier
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 20% more Damage with Hits and Ailments against Enemies that are on Low Life 100% more Critical Strike Chance against Enemies that are on Low Life		Critical Strike Chance and Multiplier
Noxious Strike	5% increased Poison Duration for each Poison you have inflicted Recently Recover 0.5% of Life per Poison affecting Enemies you Kill 40% chance to Poison on Hit 50% increased Damage with Poison +25% to Damage over Time Multiplier for Poison		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 50% more Damage +0.4% to Critical Strike Chance per Poison affecting Enemy, up to +2.0%	Noxious Strike	Critical Strike Chance, Damage Over Time

Version history

Version	Changes
3.8.0	Added Mistwalker.
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.
2.2.0	Introduced to the game.