Trickster

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The Trickster is an Ascendancy class for Shadows.

Overview

The Trickster is a versatile hybrid class that mixes high speed, maneuverability, and slippery defenses. He is well-suited for damage over time builds with his strong recovery from Patient Reaper and further damage over time specialization like poison via Prolonged Pain. The Trickster also gains added layers of defense to his evasion and energy shield from Ghost Dance and Escape Artist, rewarding playstyles that focus on taking hits periodically. Furthermore he is able to generate and enhance power and frenzy charges either from killing enemies or channelling an ability with Swift Killer. He can also choose to specialize in strong mana-based bonuses from Weave the Arcane or a chance to gain large amounts of extra chaos damage via Harness the Void.

Passive skills

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

Name	Stats
Attack and Cast Speed, Damage Over Time	4% increased Attack and Cast Speed 10% increased Damage over Time [1]
Evasion and Energy Shield, Attack and Cast Speed	14% increased Evasion Rating 5% increased maximum Energy Shield 4% increased Attack and Cast Speed [1]
Evasion and Energy Shield, Damage	14% increased Evasion Rating 5% increased maximum Energy Shield 10% increased Damage [1]
Evasion and Energy Shield, Energy Shield Leech	14% increased Evasion Rating 5% increased maximum Energy Shield 40% increased total Recovery per second from Energy Shield Leech [1]
Evasion and Energy Shield, Energy Shield Recharge	14% increased Evasion Rating 5% increased maximum Energy Shield 10% increased Energy Shield Recharge Rate [1]
Evasion and Energy Shield, Frenzy Charge Duration	14% increased Evasion Rating 5% increased maximum Energy Shield 15% increased Frenzy Charge Duration [1]
Evasion and Energy Shield, Movement Speed	14% increased Evasion Rating 5% increased maximum Energy Shield 4% increased Movement Speed [1] [2]

Notable skills

The class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
One Step Ahead	Your Action Speed is at least 108% of base value Nearby Enemy Monsters' Action Speed is at most 92% of base value		Attack and Cast Speed, Maximum Mana
Swift Killer	+2 to Maximum Frenzy Charges 200% increased Charge Duration		Attack and Cast Speed, Frenzy Charge Duration
Polymath	3% more Damage for each different type of Mastery you have Allocated Recover 1% of Life on Kill for each different type of Mastery you have Allocated Recover 1% of Mana on Kill for each different type of Mastery you have Allocated Recover 1% of Energy Shield on Kill for each different type of Mastery you have Allocated		Attack and Cast Speed, Evasion and Energy Shield
Harness the Void	27% chance to gain 25% of Non-Chaos Damage with Hits as Extra Chaos Damage 13% chance to gain 50% of Non-Chaos Damage with Hits as Extra Chaos Damage 7% chance to gain 100% of Non-Chaos Damage with Hits as Extra Chaos Damage		Attack and Cast Speed, Damage
Spellbreaker	+20% chance to Suppress Spell Damage Prevent +10% of Suppressed Spell Damage while on Full Energy Shield 50% chance for Energy Shield Recharge to start when you Suppress Spell Damage	Patient Reaper Harness the Void	Attack and Cast Speed, Damage Over Time
Heartstopper	Every 10 seconds: Take 40% less Damage from Hits for 5 seconds Take 40% less Damage over Time for 5 seconds		Attack and Cast Speed, Evasion and Energy Shield
Escape Artist	+5 to Evasion Rating per 1 Maximum Energy Shield on Equipped Helmet +1 to maximum Energy Shield per 6 Evasion Rating on Equipped Body Armour	Ghost Dance	Attack and Cast Speed, Evasion and Energy Shield

Version history

Version	Changes
3.16.0	Added a new notable, which replaces Ghost Dance, that provides "Every 10 seconds, take no Damage over Time for 5 seconds."
3.13.0	The small passive prior to Harness the Void now grants 10% increased Damage (previously it increased Damage over Time).
3.7.0	Each of the small passives on the Trickster Ascendancy tree now grant 5% increased energy shield (from 8%) and 14% increased evasion rating (from 8%).
3.2.0	Walk the Aether: Merged with Weave the Arcane. Shade Form no longer exists and has been replaced by Escape Artist. Added Harness the Void, Prolonged Pain, and Escape Artist.

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