Trickster

Trickster

Shadow

	Everyone knows how to die. Some just need a little nudge to get them started.

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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:

Notable skills

The class has the following notable passive skills:

Walk the Aether

This article describes historical game content.

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.Supported Skills Repeat 2 additional times
Supported Skills have (35-44)% more Melee Attack Speed
Supported Skills deal (30-20)% less Attack Damage
First Repeat of Supported Skills deals 22% more Damage
Second Repeat of Supported Skills deals 44% more Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Melee 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 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, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.Supported Skills deal 10% less Damage
Supported Skills Repeat an additional time
Supported Skills have (40-54)% more Cast Speed

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Spell 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 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
3.19.0	The Trickster Ascendancy has been reworked. Replaced by One Step Ahead.
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

Keystone

Cannot Recover Energy Shield to above Evasion Rating
Every 2 seconds, gain a Ghost Shroud, up to a maximum of 3
When Hit, lose a Ghost Shroud to Recover Energy Shield equal to 3% of your Evasion Rating [1]

Surround yourself with the dead, so that you may avoid joining them.

Ghost Dance is a keystone on the passive tree. It generates a Ghost Shroud every two seconds, up to a maximum of three Ghost Shrouds. When hit, a Ghost Shroud is removed and recovers energy shield equal to a percentage of your evasion rating.

Mechanics

The character must be hit in order for a Ghost Shroud to recover energy shield. Defensive mechanics that prevent hits such as evasion and dodge will also prevent the loss of Ghost Shrouds.

Self-hits will cause a Ghost Shroud to be lost normally. Reflected hits and blocked hits will not. Taking damage from blocked hits (e.g. through Glancing Blows) does not change this.

Location

Ghost Dance is located on the top-right side of the tree, on the upper outer parts of the Shadow's starting area.

Version history

Ghost Dance is a former Ascendancy notable passive skill of the Trickster.

Version	Changes
3.16.0	No longer grants 3% reduced Damage taken per Ghost Shroud. Now causes you, when Hit, to lose a Ghost Shroud and Recover Energy Shield equal to 3% of your Evasion Rating (from 5%). You cannot Recover Energy Shield to above Evasion Rating.
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	40.00 sec
Base duration	3.00 sec
Makes you immune to physical damage, and harder for enemies to detect, for a duration.
Base duration is 3.00 seconds 20% chance to Trigger this Spell when you Use a Skill Socketed in Equipped Body Armour This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effect 100% increased Stealth

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	40.00 sec
Base duration	3.00 sec
Makes you immune to physical damage, and harder for enemies to detect, for a duration.
Base duration is 3.00 seconds Trigger this Spell when you're Hit This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effect 100% increased Stealth

Shade Form is a skill granted by Shroud of the Lightless (skill id: ShadeForm), or a Replica Eternity ShroudReplica Eternity Shroud
Blood RaimentEvasion: (872-1252)
Energy Shield: (146-210)
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).

The buff from this skill can also be granted via Omen of Death's Door.

Mechanics

Shade Form increases stealth by 100%, effectively reducing enemy aggro radius by 50%. It also grants immunity to physical damage, negating it completely.

By default, the skill has a cooldown of 40 seconds and is affected by modifiers to cooldown recovery rate. This skill begins on cooldown when entering a new area.

The buff has a duration of 3 seconds by default. Modifiers to duration like Increased Duration SupportIncreased Duration SupportSupport, Duration
Icon: D
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports any skill with a duration.Supported Skills have (45-64)% increased Skill Effect Duration

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Skill Effect DurationThis 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. and Efficacy SupportEfficacy SupportSupport, Duration
Icon: a
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 8Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.Supported Skills deal (15-24)% more Damage over Time
Supported Skills have (15-24)% increased Skill Effect Duration

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Damage over TimeThis 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. affect the uptime of the buff, as well as cursing yourself with Temporal ChainsTemporal ChainsSpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Hex
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (16-33) Mana
Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 24Curses all enemies in an area, lowering their action speed and making other effects on them expire more slowly.Base duration is (5.00-8.80) seconds
+(0-1) metre to radius
50% less Effect of Curse against Players
Cursed Normal and Magic Enemies have (15-29)% less Action Speed
Other effects on Cursed enemies expire 25% slower
Cursed Rare and Unique Enemies have (9-18)% less Action Speed

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% increased Curse DurationPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.. However, it is not possible to maintain permanent uptime of this buff as the cooldown will not begin until the buff expires.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.17.0	Changed Shade Form's cooldown to pause while the skill is active. Reduced the cooldown from 45 seconds to 40 seconds.
3.12.0	The variant from Replica Eternity ShroudReplica Eternity Shroud Blood RaimentEvasion: (872-1252) Energy Shield: (146-210) 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

This article describes historical game content.

For the current version of this Ascendancy notable, see Polymath.

Patient Reaper was 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
3.19.0	The Trickster Ascendancy has been reworked. Replaced by Polymath.
3.16.0	Now grants 50% increased Recovery Rate of Life, Mana and Energy Shield if you've Killed an Enemy affected by your Damage Over Time Recently (previously 70%).
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

+2 to Maximum Frenzy Charges
200% increased Charge Duration [1]

Swift Killer is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Trickster that grants two maximum frenzy charges and greatly increased charge duration.

Ruthless mode

Swift Killer (Ruthless)

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

+2 to Maximum Frenzy Charges
200% increased Charge Duration

Swift Killer in Ruthless mode is unchanged.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.19.0	Reworked: Old: +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 New: +2 to Maximum Frenzy Charges 200% increased Charge duration
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