Trickster

Trickster

Shadow

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

The Trickster is an Ascendancy class for Shadows.

Overview

The Trickster is a versatile class that has access to intelligence-dexterity hybrid defenses, mana regeneration, strong maneuverability and damage over time.

Passive skills

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

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Notable skills

The class has the following notable passive skills:

Walk the Aether

Weave the Arcane

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

30% increased maximum Mana
Movement Skills cost no Mana
20% increased Attack and Cast Speed if you've used a Movement Skill Recently
30% chance to Recover 10% of Mana when you use a Skill [1]

Weave the Arcane is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Trickster. It increases maximum mana, removes mana cost from skills with the Movement tag, grants increased attack speed and cast speed if you have used a Movement skill recently, grants a chance to recover a percentage of maximum mana on active skill use.

Mechanics

Channelled skills: The modifier 20% chance to Recover 10% of Maximum Mana when you use a Skill only applies when one activates a channelled skill for the first time. It does not continue to grant mana recovery as one spends additional mana on channelled skills that are already activated.

Mines: When a Movement skill is supported by a gem which turns it into a mine (such as Blastchain Mine Support), the mana cost of the skill is converted to Mana Reserved before hand. This means that skills Like Lightning Warp will still reserve mana based on the original cost of the skill. "Movement Skills cost no Mana" has no impact on skills which are converted to Mines.

Repeated skills: When a skill is repeated, such as when supported by Multistrike SupportMultistrike SupportAttack, Melee, Support
Icon: 3
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat twice when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, channelling skills, or triggered skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Melee Physical DamageSupported Skills have 1% reduced Attack Speed
Supported Skills have 1% increased Area of Effect per RepeatSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack SpeedSupported Skills Repeat 2 additional times
Supported Skills have (35-44)% more Melee Attack Speed
First Repeat of Supported Skills deals 22% more Damage
Second Repeat of Supported Skills deals 44% more Damage
Supported Skills deal (30-20)% less Attack DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. or Spell Echo SupportSpell Echo SupportSpell, Support
Icon: k
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, or skills which reserve mana.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Spell DamageSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Cast SpeedSupported Skills deal 1% less Damage
Final Repeat of Supported Skills deals 3% more DamageSupported Skills Repeat an additional time
Supported Skills have (40-54)% more Cast Speed
Supported Skills deal 10% less DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., the modifier 20% chance to Recover 10% of Maximum Mana when you use a Skill only applies once since the skill is only used once.

Blood magic: Any life spent by skills supported by Blood Magic does not count towards the total mana spent.

Eldritch Battery: When the keystone passive Eldritch Battery is allocated, any energy shield spent does not count towards the total mana spent.

Version history

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
	Attack and Cast Speed, Maximum Mana

Version	Changes
3.13.0	No longer grants 6% reduced Damage Taken for 4 seconds after Spending a total of 200 Mana. Now grants 30% increased maximum Mana (from 25%) and 30% chance to Recover 10% of Mana when you use a Skill (from 20%).
3.2.0	Removed 50% increased Mana Regeneration Rate. Added bonuses from Walk the Aether (Movement Skills cost no Mana, 20% increased Attack and Cast Speed if you've used a Movement Skill Recently. Now grants damage reduction after spending 200 mana, no longer requiring 200 mana to be spent recently. Damage reduction decreased from 8% to 6%.
2.5.0	Weave the Arcane now also reduces damage taken by 8% if you have spent a total of 200 mana recently.
2.3.0	Chance to recover mana on skill use increased from 5% to 20%.
2.2.0	Added to the game.

Attack and Cast Speed, Maximum Mana

Ghost Dance

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

3% reduced Damage taken per Ghost Shroud
Every 2 seconds, gain a Ghost Shroud, up to a maximum of 3
When Hit, lose a Ghost Shroud and Recover Energy Shield equal to 5% of your Evasion Rating [1]

Ghost Dance is a keystone and causes the player to generate Ghost Shroud charges. A new charge is generated every 2 seconds upto a maximum of 3. If the player is hit, they lose a Ghost Shroud and instantly recover 3% of their Evasion Rating as Energy shield.

Mechanics

The character must be hit in order for a Ghost Shroud to recover energy shield. This means that defencive mechanics that negate hits, such as evasion, dodge and blocking, will prevent Ghost Shrouds from recovering energy shield when hits are negated. This is true even if the negated hit still deals damage, as would be the case with a hit blocked by a character with Glancing Blows.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.16.0	Reworked so it doesn't reduce damage taken, only grants 3% of Evasion Rating recovered as Energy Shield and limits your Energy Shield to the value of your Evasion Rating Removed the node from the Trickster ascendancy Added the node as a keystone to the skill tree near the shadow area
3.13.0	No longer grants +3% to Chance to Evade while you have Energy Shield and 10% increased Movement Speed while you have Energy Shield. Now causes you, when Hit, to lose a Ghost Shroud and Recover Energy Shield equal to 5% of your Evasion Rating (from 4%) and 3% reduced Damage taken per Ghost Shroud (from 2%).
3.8.0	Now grants +3% to chance to evade while you have Energy Shield (from +5%), 2% reduced damage taken per Ghost Shroud (from 3%), and when hit, causes you to lose a Ghost Shroud and recover Energy Shield equal to 4% of your Evasion Rating (from 5%).
3.7.0	Now causes you to gain a Ghost Shroud every 2 seconds (from 1).
3.6.5	Fixed a bug where Ghost Shrouds were not able to be gained after changing areas in a PvP match.
3.6.0	Reworked. It now causes you to gain a Ghost Shroud every second, up to a maximum of 3, 3% reduced damage taken per Ghost Shroud, when Hit, lose a Ghost Shroud and recover Energy Shield equal to 5% of your Evasion Rating, +5% chance to Evade while you have Energy Shield, and 10% increased Movement Speed while you have Energy Shield.
3.2.0	Removed 20% faster start of Energy Shield Recharge. Added 40% increased Attack and Cast Speed if Energy Shield Recharge has started Recently and 20% more chance to Evade while on full Energy Shield. Now grant 10% Dodge and Spell Dodge while you have energy shield, from 5% at all times. Movement Speed is now granted at any amount of energy shield, from only at full energy shield.
2.2.0	Added to the game.

Attack and Cast Speed, Evasion and Energy Shield

Name	Shade Form
Skill Id	ShadeForm
Icon
Cast Time	1.00 sec
Level Req.	1
Attack Speed	100% of base
Attack Damage	100% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage	100%
Stored Uses	1
Cooldown	45.00 sec
Makes you immune to physical damage, and harder for enemies to detect, for a duration.
Base duration is 3 seconds 100% increased Stealth 20% chance to Trigger this Spell when you Use a Skill Socketed in your Body Armour

Name	Shade Form
Skill Id	ShadeFormWhenHit
Icon
Cast Time	1.00 sec
Level Req.	1
Attack Speed	100% of base
Attack Damage	100% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage	100%
Stored Uses	1
Cooldown	45.00 sec
Makes you immune to physical damage, and harder for enemies to detect, for a duration.
Base duration is 3 seconds 100% increased Stealth Trigger this Spell when you're Hit

Shade Form is a skill granted by Shroud of the Lightless (skill id: ShadeForm), or a Replica Eternity ShroudReplica Eternity Shroud
Blood RaimentQuality: +20%
Evasion: (959-1177)
Energy Shield: (154-189)
Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 65, 107 Dex, 90 IntTrigger Level 20 Shade Form when Hit
(100-150)% increased Evasion and Energy Shield
+(70-100) to maximum Life
+(17-23)% to Chaos Resistance
Gain (3-5)% of Physical Damage as Extra Chaos Damage per Elder Item Equipped
Hits ignore Enemy Monster Chaos Resistance if all Equipped Items are Elder Items"The form of this replica came to me in a troubled dream.
I do not believe we should ever allow it to be used."
- Researcher Arn (skill id: ShadeFormWhenHit).

Mechanics

Shade Form is affected by support gems socketed in that body armour, regardless of whether the gem sockets are linked. However, since Shade Form is not granted by a skill gem, it cannot be supported by Empower SupportEmpower SupportSupport
Icon: +
Level: (1-3)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the level of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2AnomalousThis Gem gains 5% increased Experience3% reduced Strength Requirement+(0-2) to Level of Supported Active Skill GemsThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., Enhance SupportEnhance SupportSupport
Icon: +
Level: (1-3)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the quality of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2AnomalousThis Gem gains 5% increased Experience3% reduced Dexterity Requirement+(0-16)% to Quality of Supported Active Skill GemsThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., or Enlighten SupportEnlighten SupportSupport
Icon: +
Level: (1-3)Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will apply a mana multiplier to supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2AnomalousThis Gem gains 5% increased Experience3% reduced Intelligence RequirementThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket..

Version history

Version	Changes
3.12.0	The variant from Replica Eternity ShroudReplica Eternity Shroud Blood RaimentQuality: +20% Evasion: (959-1177) Energy Shield: (154-189) Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 65, 107 Dex, 90 IntTrigger Level 20 Shade Form when Hit (100-150)% increased Evasion and Energy Shield +(70-100) to maximum Life +(17-23)% to Chaos Resistance Gain (3-5)% of Physical Damage as Extra Chaos Damage per Elder Item Equipped Hits ignore Enemy Monster Chaos Resistance if all Equipped Items are Elder Items"The form of this replica came to me in a troubled dream. I do not believe we should ever allow it to be used." - Researcher Arn is introduced.
3.1.0	Introduced to the game.

Ghost Dance Attack and Cast Speed, Evasion and Energy Shield

Patient Reaper

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Recover 3% of Life on Kill
Recover 3% of Energy Shield on Kill
Recover 3% of Mana on Kill
70% increased Recovery Rate of Life, Mana and Energy Shield if you've Killed an Enemy affected by your Damage Over Time Recently [1]

Patient Reaper is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Trickster that grants increased life, mana, and energy shield recovery on kill. It also grants an increase to life, mana and energy shield recovery if the character has killed an enemy affected by one of his damage over time effects recently (within the past four seconds).

Mechanics

Damage over time effects such as poison or ignite are applied after the initial hit is applied, since they depend on the size of the hit. Therefore, hits that kill the enemy instantly will not trigger Patient Reaper.

The increase in energy shield recharge rate will show on the character sheet, however passive regeneration (and, by extension, energy shield regeneration via Zealot's Oath) will not. The interaction has been confirmed by GGG and through independent testing.

Instant recovery sources such as Life Gain on Hit, and Seething Life flasks do not have a duration, and therefore are not affected by Patient Reaper.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.13.0	No longer grants 50% increased Damage over Time. Now causes you to recover 3% of Life on Kill (from 2%), 3% of Mana on Kill (from 4%) and 3% of Energy Shield on Kill (from 2%).
3.2.0	Damage over Time bonus increased from 30% to 50%. Added Recover 2% of Maximum Life on Kill, Recover 2% of Maximum Energy Shield on Kill, and Recover 4% of Maximum Mana on Kill.
3.0.0	Now grants 70% increased Recovery Rate of Life, Mana and Energy Shield if you've Killed an Enemy affected by your Damage Over Time Recently (up from 60%).
2.2.0	Added to the game.

References

Attack and Cast Speed, Damage Over Time

Swift Killer

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

+1 to Maximum Frenzy Charges and Maximum Power Charges
15% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge and a Power Charge on Kill
5% increased Damage per Frenzy Charge
5% increased Damage per Power Charge
Gain a Power or Frenzy Charge each second while Channelling [1]

Swift Killer is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Trickster. It grants the player a chance to gain a frenzy charge and/or power charge on kill, causes channeling skills to generate a frenzy or power charge every second while channeling, and increases the maximum amount of frenzy and power charges. It also grants increased damage per frenzy and power charges active.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.6.0	Now also causes you to gain a Power or Frenzy Charge each second while Channelling.
3.2.0	Now grants increased damage per power and frenzy charge, instead of only damage over time.
3.0.0	Now also grants +1 to Maximum Power Charges, and 5% increased Damage over Time per Frenzy or Power charge.
2.3.0	Chance to gain Frenzy Charge on kill increased from 10% to 15%.
2.2.0	Added to the game.

Attack and Cast Speed, Frenzy Charge Duration