Saboteur

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

Saboteur

Shadow

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The Saboteur is an Ascendancy class for Shadows.

Overview

The Saboteur focuses on improving his traps and mines with utility bonuses rather than straight damage or critical strike increases. This class also expands on blind as an offensive and defensive mechanic.

Passive skills

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

Name	Bonuses
Elemental Damage, Movement Speed	4% increased Movement Speed 10% increased Elemental Damage
Elemental Damage and Resistances	+6% to all Elemental Resistances 10% increased Elemental Damage
Elemental Damage, Trap and Mine Placement Speed	8% increased Trap Throwing Speed 10% increased Elemental Damage 8% increased Mine Laying Speed

Notable skills

The class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
Explosives Expert	Gain 10% of Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage Damage Penetrates 10% Elemental Resistances 10% reduced Damage taken from Traps and Mines		Elemental Damage and Resistances
Blinding Assault	25% chance to Blind Enemies on Hit 25% chance to create a Smoke Cloud when Hit Immune to Blind		Elemental Damage, Movement Speed
Born in the Shadows	50% increased Blind duration 30% increased Damage against Blinded Enemies 6% reduced Damage taken from Blinded Enemies	Blinding Assault	Elemental Damage, Movement Speed
Bomb Specialist	Can have up to 2 additional Remote Mines placed at a time You gain 8% increased Damage for each Trap You gain 8% increased Area of Effect for each Mine 10% Chance for Traps to Trigger an additional time		Elemental Damage, Trap and Mine Placement Speed
Demolitions Specialist	20% increased Mine Laying Speed if you Detonated Mines Recently 40% increased Damage if you Detonated Mines Recently 20% chance when Placing Mines to Place an additional Mine 100% increased Mine Arming Speed	Bomb Specialist	Elemental Damage, Trap and Mine Placement Speed
Chain Reaction	20% increased Trap Damage 40% increased Cooldown Recovery Speed for throwing Traps 20% increased Area of Effect for Traps When your Traps Trigger, your nearby Traps also Trigger	Bomb Specialist	Elemental Damage, Trap and Mine Placement Speed