Assassin (Ascendant passive)

Assassin

Ascendancy Passive Skill

10% chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical Strike
+0.75% to Critical Strike Chance
Damage from your Critical Strikes cannot be Reflected
10% chance to gain Elusive on Critical Strike [1]

Assassin is an Ascendancy passive skill for the Ascendant based on the Assassin Ascendancy Class.

This passive grants additional base critical strike chance, a chance to poison on hit, a chance to generate a power charge on critical strike, and causes critical strikes to unable to be reflected. It also grants a chance to gain Elusive on kill.

Ruthless mode

Assassin (Ruthless)

Ascendancy Passive Skill

10% chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical Strike
Damage from your Critical Strikes cannot be Reflected
10% chance to gain Elusive on Critical Strike

Assassin in Ruthless mode does not grant additional base crit chance.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.22.0	[Ruthless-specific This patch note only applies to Ruthless mode and does not affect the main game mode.] No longer provides +0.75% to Critical Strike Chance in Ruthless.
3.13.0	No longer grants 40% chance to Poison on Hit, or 10% chance to gain Elusive on Kill. Now grants 10% chance to gain Elusive on Critical Strike.
3.8.0	Now grants +0.75% to critical strike chance (from 1%). Now grants 10% chance to gain Elusive on kill. No longer grants 10% increased movement speed if you've killed recently.
3.2.0	Modifiers changed. Old mods are listed below: +1.5% to Critical Strike Chance +40% to Critical Strike Multiplier against Enemies that are on Full Life 20% chance to gain a Power Charge on Hit against Enemies that are on Full Life Your Critical Strikes with Attacks Maim Enemies
3.0.0	Now grants 20% chance to gain a Power Charge on Hit against Enemies that are on Full Life (up from 10%), and +1.5% to Critical Strike Chance (up from 1%).
2.2.0	Added to the game.