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:
[Ruthless-specific This patch note only applies to Ruthless mode and does not affect the main game mode.] Now provides "+30% to Critical Strike Multiplier against Burning Enemies" (+40% in non-Ruthless), "60% increased Critical Strike Chance against Shocked Enemies" (80% in non-Ruthless), and "Damage Penetrates 8% Elemental Resistances against Chilled Enemies" (10% in non-Ruthless).
The small passive prior to Explosives Expert no longer provides 10% increased Trap and Mine Damage. It instead now provides 8% increased Area of Effect.
No longer grants increased area damage, reduced damage taken from trap or mine hits, or elemental resistance penetration. Now grants 30% increased area of effect (from 20%), 8% reduced area damage taken from hits, +30% to critical strike multiplier against burning enemies, 80% increased critical strike chance against shocked enemies, and causes damage against chilled enemies to penetrate 10% of elemental resistances.
Cannot be Blinded Blind Enemies on Hit 15% reduced Damage taken from Blinded Enemies Nearby Enemies are Blinded [1]
Born in the Shadows is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Saboteur. It causes you to blind enemies on hit, blinds nearby enemies, and grants blind immunity. It also grants damage reduction against blinded enemies.
Ruthless mode
Born in the Shadows (Ruthless)
Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill
Cannot be Blinded 10% reduced Damage taken from Blinded Enemies Nearby Enemies are Blinded
Born in the Shadows in Ruthless mode does not cause you to blind on hit and grants a lower amount of damage reduction against blinded enemies.
[Ruthless-specific This patch note only applies to Ruthless mode and does not affect the main game mode.] No longer provides "Blind Enemies on Hit" in Ruthless. It also now provides "10% reduced Damage taken from Blinded Enemies" in Ruthless (15% in non-Ruthless).
The small passive prior to Born in the Shadows no longer provides 10% increased Trap and Mine Damage or 4% Movement Speed. Instead, it now provides 8% increased Area of Effect and 15% increased Blind Effect.
Hits have 20% chance to deal 50% more Area Damage 20% chance to take 50% less Area Damage from Hits [1]
Bomb Specialist is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Saboteur. It grants a chance to deal more area of effect damage and a chance to take less damage from area of effect attacks.
Ruthless mode
Bomb Specialist (Ruthless)
Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill
Hits have 20% chance to deal 50% more Area Damage 20% chance to take 50% less Area Damage from Hits
No longer grants 40% increased Damage if you Detonated Mines Recently.
Now grants 25% increased Mine Throwing Speed if you Detonated Mines Recently (from 20%), 5% increased Area of Effect for each Mine (from 4%), and causes Mines to have 25% increased Detonation Speed (from 20%).
No longer allows you have up to 2 additional mines placed at a time. Now grants 4% increased area of effect for each mine, and grants your mines 20% increased detonation speed. Also grants 20% increased mine throwing speed if you detonated mines recently (was previously mine laying speed).
Removed You gain 8% increased Damage for each Trap, You gain 8% increased Area of Effect for each Mine, and 10% Chance for Traps to Trigger an additional time.
Added 20% increased Mine Laying Speed if you Detonated Mines Recently and 40% increased Damage if you Detonated Mines Recently
150% increased Effect of Auras from Mines Mines Hinder Enemies near them for 2 seconds when they Land [1]
Demolitions Specialist is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Saboteur. It grants increased aura effect of your mines and causes them to apply Hinder to nearby enemies when they are placed.
Ruthless mode
Demolitions Specialist (Ruthless)
Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill
150% increased Effect of Auras from Mines
Demolitions Specialist in Ruthless mode does not cause mines to hinder nearby enemies.
[Ruthless-specific This patch note only applies to Ruthless mode and does not affect the main game mode.] No longer provides "Mines Hinder Enemies near them for 2 seconds when they Land" in Ruthless.
[Ruthless-specific This patch note only applies to Ruthless mode and does not affect the main game mode.] No longer provides "Skills used by Traps have 50% increased Area of Effect" in Ruthless.
Now grants 50% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate for throwing Traps (from 15%) and causes Skills used by Traps to have 50% increased Area of Effect (from 20%).
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