Ambush

This page is about the skill. For other uses, see Ambush (disambiguation).

AmbushCritical, Spell, 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 1.50 seconds
Base secondary duration is 3.00 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 +25% to Critical Strike Chance
Exerted Attacks have +(100-138)% to Critical Strike Multiplier

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Exerted Attacks have +(0.5-10)% to 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: 34Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemAmbush

Ambush is a movement spell that causes the player to teleport to an enemy, blinding them and causing your next one-handed melee attack to be exerted, gaining a large boost to critical strike chance and multiplier.

Skill functions and interactions

• Ambush can be used regardless of the weapon equipped, as long as there is a nearby enemy.
• Only melee attacks with one-handed weapons are able to be exerted, providing a large amount of critical strike chance and critical strike multiplier for the exerted attack. Unarmed attacks and shield attacks cannot be exerted by Ambush.
• The only ways to reduce the cooldown of Ambush are the Fleetfoot and Mysticism passive clusters or one of the two helmet enchant in the permanent league.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Critical Multiplier	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	34	50	35	8	+100%	0	0
2	36	52	36	9	+102%	252595	252595
3	38	55	38	10	+104%	314394	566989
4	40	58	40	10	+106%	388734	955723
5	42	60	42	11	+108%	477437	1433160
6	44	63	44	12	+110%	583786	2016946
7	46	66	46	13	+112%	710359	2727305
8	48	68	48	14	+114%	1355511	4082816
9	50	71	49	14	+116%	1138877	5221693
10	52	74	51	15	+118%	1368233	6589926
11	54	76	53	16	+120%	1638338	8228264
12	56	79	55	17	+122%	1956648	10184912
13	58	82	57	17	+124%	3655184	13840096
14	60	84	59	18	+126%	3017327	16857423
15	62	87	60	19	+128%	3576232	20433655
16	64	90	62	20	+130%	9164731	29598386
17	66	92	64	21	+132%	17861428	47459814
18	68	95	66	21	+134%	46032386	93492200
19	69	96	67	22	+136%	87248039	180740239
20	70	98	68	23	+138%	157972052	338712291
21	72	100	70	24	+140%	—	—
22	74	—	—	25	+142%	—	—
23	76	—	—	25	+144%	—	—
24	78	—	—	26	+146%	—	—
25	80	—	—	27	+148%	—	—
26	82	—	—	28	+150%	—	—
27	84	—	—	29	+152%	—	—
28	86	—	—	29	+154%	—	—
29	88	—	—	30	+156%	—	—
30	90	—	—	31	+158%	—	—
31	91	—	—	32	+159%	—	—
32	92	—	—	32	+160%	—	—
33	93	—	—	33	+161%	—	—
34	94	—	—	34	+162%	—	—
35	95	—	—	35	+163%	—	—
36	96	—	—	36	+164%	—	—
37	97	—	—	36	+165%	—	—
38	98	—	—	37	+166%	—	—
39	99	—	—	38	+167%	—	—
40	100	—	—	39	+168%	—	—

Item acquisition

Ambush can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Ambush can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.	Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem	A
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	Random level 20 gem	A
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	Random gem with 20% quality	A
1	Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.	Random gem with 1–20% quality	A
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	Random divination card set exchange	A

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Breaking the Seal Act 4

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Breaking the Seal Act 4 Petarus and Vanja
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Ambush.

Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Ambush Cooldown Recovery 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	20% increased Ambush Cooldown Recovery Rate	helmet 100
Enchantment Ambush Cooldown Recovery 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	30% increased Ambush Cooldown Recovery Rate	helmet 100
Enchantment Ambush Critical Strike Multiplier 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Attacks Exerted by Ambush have +25% to Critical Strike Multiplier	helmet 100
Enchantment Ambush Critical Strike Multiplier 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Attacks Exerted by Ambush have +40% to Critical Strike Multiplier	helmet 100

Version history

Version	Changes
3.23.0	Quality now causes Exerted Attacks to have +0-10% to Critical Strike Chance, instead of providing 0-10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate.
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.