Champion (Ascendant passive)

Champion

Ascendancy Passive Skill

Your Hits permanently Intimidate Enemies that are on Full Life
100% chance to Taunt on Hit
Enemies Taunted by you take 10% increased Damage
Melee Hits have 50% chance to Fortify
15% increased effect of Non-Curse Auras from your Skills [1]

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

This passive grants a chance to gain Fortify on melee hit, taunt on hit, and increased effect of your aura skills.

Additionally, your hits Intimidate enemies at full life permanently, causing them to take increased attack damage, and causes enemies taunted by you to take increased damage.

Ruthless mode

Champion (Ruthless)

Ascendancy Passive Skill

Enemies Taunted by you take 8% increased Damage
Melee Hits have 100% chance to Fortify
Hits have 50% chance to ignore Enemy Physical Damage Reduction

Champion in Ruthless mode does not grant guaranteed chance to taunt on hit, increased aura effect, or intimidate enemies that are on full life. The amount of increased damage against taunted enemies is also lower. Instead, it causes melee hits to always Fortify and grants hits a chance to ignore physical damage reduction.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.25.0	[Ruthless-specific This patch note only applies to Ruthless mode and does not affect the main game mode.] The Ascendant's Champion Ascendancy Passive Skill no longer has "Banner Skills have no Reservation". Instead it now has "Hits have 50% chance to ignore Enemy Physical Damage Reduction".
3.22.0	[Ruthless-specific This patch note only applies to Ruthless mode and does not affect the main game mode.] No longer provides "100% chance to Taunt on Hit", "15% increased effect of Non-Curse Auras from your Skills" or "Your Hits permanently Intimidate Enemies that are on Full Life" in Ruthless. It now provides Melee Hits have 100% chance to Fortify (50% in non-Ruthless), "Enemies Taunted by you take 8% increased Damage" (10% in non-Ruthless), and "Banner Skills have no Reservation."
3.13.0	Now have a 100% chance to taunt. Now have a 50% chance to Fortify on Melee hit. Now gives 15% increased effect of non-curse Auras from your Skills. No longer 20% chance to impale Enemies on hit with Attacks. No longer gives You and nearby Allies have 8% increased Movement Speed.
3.7.0	Now has 20% chance to impale with attacks.
3.2.0	Modifiers changed. Old mods are listed below: 20% chance to Fortify on Melee hit 20% chance to Taunt on Hit You and nearby Allies have 30% increased damage while you have Fortify 5% reduced Damage taken from Taunted Enemies
3.0.0	Now grants 20% chance to Fortify on Melee Hit (up from 10%), 30% increased Damage for you and nearby Allies while you have Fortify (up from 15%) and 5% reduced Damage taken from Taunted Enemies (up from 4%).
2.2.0	Added to the game.