Ambush

For the league, see Ambush league.

For the mechanic of Ambush league, see Strongbox.

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AmbushSpell, Movement, Duration, Travel
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-23) Mana
Cooldown Time: 5.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: 0.30 secRequires Level 34Teleports you to a nearby enemy, applying a buff to you for a short duration and blinding the enemy for a secondary duration. Performing a melee attack with a One-Handed Weapon removes the buff to exert that attack.Base duration is 1.5 seconds
Buff is removed to Exert the next Melee Attack you perform
Attacks Exerted by this Skill cannot be Exerted by other Skills
Exerted Attacks have (200-276)% increased Critical Strike Chance
Exerted Attacks have +(100-138)% to Critical Strike Multiplier
Base secondary duration is 3 seconds

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
0.5% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate0.5% increased Skill Effect DurationExerted Attacks have 2% increased Critical Strike ChancePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 34Vendor Prices

Normal

1x Orb of Chance

Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemAmbush

Ambush is a movement spell that causes the player to teleport to a enemy, blinding them and exerting the next one-handed melee attack.

Skill functions and interactions

• Only usable with one-handed melee weapons.
• Temporarily grants a large amount of critical strike chance and critical strike multiplier for a single attack.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.16.0	Ambush no longer has “Exerted Attacks have 200-276% increased Critical Strike Chance”. Instead, it now has “Exerted Attacks have +25% to Critical Strike Chance”. Quality on the Divergent Ambush Skill now grants “Exerted Attacks have +0-5% to Critical Strike Chance” (previously “Exerted Attacks have 0-40% increased Critical Strike Chance”).
3.15.0	Ambush has been added to the game.