Saboteur

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The Saboteur is an Ascendancy class for Shadows.

Overview

The Saboteur specializes in traps and mines. With Bomb Specialist and Demolitions Specialist he gains large bonuses towards mines, whereas Perfect Crime and Chain Reaction further enhances traps. The class has access to a blinding aura and further benefits against blinded enemies via Born in the Shadows, as well as life regeneration and reduced mana cost for traps and mines with Pyromaniac. Last but not least Explosives Expert allows for large damage bonuses versus enemies which are affected by multiple elemental ailments.

Passive skills

Saboteur skill tree

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

Name	Stats
Trap and Mine Damage, Elemental Resistances	10% increased Trap Damage 10% increased Mine Damage +6% to all Elemental Resistances [1]
Trap and Mine Damage, Mine Throwing Speed	10% increased Trap Damage 10% increased Mine Damage 5% increased Mine Throwing Speed [1] [2]
Trap and Mine Damage, Movement Speed	10% increased Trap Damage 10% increased Mine Damage 4% increased Movement Speed [1] [2]
Trap and Mine Damage, Trap Throwing Speed	10% increased Trap Damage 10% increased Mine Damage 5% increased Trap Throwing Speed [1] [2]

Notable skills

The class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
Pyromaniac	Regenerate 2% of Life per Second for each Trap Triggered Recently, up to 10% per second Regenerate 2% of Life per second for each Mine Detonated Recently, up to 10% per second Immune to Ignite and Shock		Trap and Mine Damage, Movement Speed
Born in the Shadows	Cannot be Blinded Blind Enemies on Hit 15% reduced Damage taken from Blinded Enemies Nearby Enemies are Blinded		Trap and Mine Damage, Movement Speed
Explosives Expert	Damage Penetrates 10% Elemental Resistances against Chilled Enemies +40% to Critical Strike Multiplier against Burning Enemies 80% increased Critical Strike Chance against Shocked Enemies		Trap and Mine Damage, Elemental Resistances
Bomb Specialist	25% increased Mine Throwing Speed if you Detonated Mines Recently You gain 5% increased Area of Effect for each Mine Mines have 25% increased Detonation Speed		Trap and Mine Damage, Mine Throwing Speed
Demolitions Specialist	150% increased Effect of Auras from Mines Mines Hinder Enemies near them for 2 seconds when they Land, reducing Movement Speed by 40%	Bomb Specialist	Trap and Mine Damage, Mine Throw Speed
Perfect Crime	You gain 10% increased Damage for each Trap 25% Chance for Traps to Trigger an additional time 25% reduced Cost of Skills that throw Traps		Trap and Mine Damage, Trap Throwing Speed
Chain Reaction	50% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate for throwing Traps When your Traps Trigger, your nearby Traps also Trigger Skills used by Traps have 50% increased Area of Effect	Perfect Crime	Trap and Mine Damage, Trap Throwing Speed

Version history

Version	Changes
3.2.0	Removed Blinding Assault. Added Perfect Crime. Chain Reaction now requires Perfect Crime instead of Bomb Specialist. Minor node Elemental Damage, Trap and Mine Placement Speed has been split between Elemental Damage, Trap Throwing Speed and Elemental Damage, Mine Placement Speed.