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The Huntress Class

An overview of the Huntress Class and its Ascendancy Options

The Huntress is an Azmerian spear user who was exiled from her homeland after using a virtue gem to defend her village. She is skilled in both range and melee combat, favoring dashing in and out of battle.

Ascendancies available to the Huntress are:

She is associated with Spear Skills and is given a spear and buckler at the start of the game, along with a Whirling Slash Skill Gem. The Huntress’s attribute identity is Dexterity, so she starts on the lower right of the Passive Skill Tree. Her base attributes are seven Intelligence, fifteen Dexterity, and seven Strength.


Ascendancy: Amazon

You became a weapon of war so that others could live in peace.

The Amazon has mastered her fighting techniques to perfection, trained as an elite guard to the Azmeri Elders.

1 – Azmeri Brew

Small 1: 15% increased Life and Mana Recovery from Flasks

Life Flasks also recover Mana
Mana Flasks also recover Life

2 – Stalking Panther

Small 2: 20% increased Evasion Rating

Evasion Rating from Equipped Helmet, Gloves and Boots is doubled
Evasion Rating from Equipped Body Armour is halved

3 – Mystic Harvest

Small 3: 12% increased amount of Life Leeched

Life Leech recovers based on your Elemental damage as well as Physical damage

4 – Elemental Surge

Small 4: 12% increased Elemental Damage

When you Consume a Charge, Trigger Elemental Surge to gain 3 Lightning Surges

Grants Skill Elemental Surge:

Grants your weapon Surges. Non-Melee Projectile Attacks with that weapon Consume Surges to cause the Projectiles fired to explode at the end of their flight.

7 – Surging Avatar

Small 7: 12% increased Elemental Damage

Gain 1 fewer Lightning Surge from Triggering Elemental Surge
When you Consume a Charge, Trigger Elemental Surge to gain 2 Fire Surges
When you Consume a Charge, Trigger Elemental Surge to gain 2 Cold Surges

5 – Predatory Instinct

Small 5: 4% increased Skill Speed

Reveal Weaknesses against Rare and Unique enemies
50% more damage against enemies with an Open Weakness

8 – In for the Kill

Small 8: 4% increased Skill Speed

20% increased Movement Speed while an enemy with an Open Weakness is in your Presence
40% increased Skill Speed while an enemy with an Open Weakness is in your Presence

6 – Critical Strike

Small 6: 12% increased Accuracy Rating

Chance to Hit with Attacks can exceed 100%
Gain additional Critical Hit Chance equal to 25% of excess chance to Hit with Attacks

9 – Penetrate

Small 9: 12% increased Accuracy Rating

Attacks using your Weapons have Added Physical Damage equal
to 25% of the Accuracy Rating on the Weapon

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Ascendancy: Ritualist

Corruption cost you your home, but taught you so much more…

The Ritualist performs ritualistic sacrifice and has embraced the darker side of Azmeri traditions.

1 – Corrupted Lifeforce

Small 1: 15% increased Physical Damage

15% more Damage against Enemies affected by Blood Boils

Grants Skill Blood Boil:

Enemies in your Presence accumulate blood boils periodically. When they die, the boils pop applying Corrupted Blood to enemies near them.

2 – As the Whispers Demand

Small 2: 3% increased Movement Speed

Grants Skill Ritual Sacrifice:

Sacrifice the Corpse of a Rare Monster to grant you its Modifiers for a duration, or gain a single random Modifier at the cost of your own life force.

? – ?*

*As of time of writing, this is only whispered of: no one yet knows the ritual to access it.

3 – Intricate Sigils

Small 3: 15% increased Charm Charges gained

+1 Charm Slots
20% more Charm Charges gained

7 – Mind Phylacteries

Small 7: 15% increased Charm Charges gained

Can instead consume 25% of maximum Mana to trigger Charms with insufficient charges

4 – Wildwood Persistence

Small 4: 10% increased Life Recovery rate

10% increased Life Recovery rate per 5% missing Unreserved Life

5 – Unfurled Finger

Small 5A: -20% to all Elemental Resistances

Small 5B: 25% reduced Spirit

Small 5C: 30% reduced maximum Mana

+1 Ring Slot

8 – Mystic Attunement

Small 8: 3% increased Attributes

25% increased bonuses gained from Equipped Rings and Amulets

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Ascendancy: Spirit Walker

You were chosen by the Sacred Wisps to enact the Spirit’s will.

The Spirit Walker uses the kinship of beasts to slay enemies, even capable of summoning Spirit Companions to aid her in combat.

1 – Idolatry

Small 1: +10 to Spirit

Companions deal 10% increased damage per Idol in your Equipment
2% increased Reservation Efficiency of Skills per Idol in your Equipment
-4% to all Elemental Resistances per non-Idol Augment in your Equipment

2 – The Natural Order

Small 2: Companions have 10% increased Area of Effect, Companions have 15% increased maximum Life

Tame Beast can capture Unique Beasts
Can have up to one Unique Tamed Beast summoned
Unique Tamed Beasts have 30% increased movement speed
Unique Tamed Beasts are Possessed by random Azmeri Spirits, changing every 20 seconds

3 – Sacred Unity*

*Costs no points to allocate but requires Vivid Stampede, Wild Protector, and Primal Bounty to each be allocated before it appears as an option.

Bear Spirit gains Embrace of the Wild
Vivid Stags leap towards enemies
Central Projectile of Owl Feather-Empowered Skills leaves a trail of Soaring Ground

4 – Vivid Stampede

Small 4: 2% increased Movement Speed

Gain a Vivid Wisp for every 10 metres you move, up to a maximum of 3
Expend all Vivid Wisps to trigger Vivid Stampede when you Attack

Grants Skill Vivid Stampede:

Call upon Spirits of the Stag, sending them leaping forward. Each Stag releases a damaging shockwave each time it lands, and any Stags that travel the maximum possible distance also leave behind Shocked Ground.

7 – The Mórrigan’s Guidance

Small 7: 2% increased Movement Speed

Gain 1 Vivid Wisps when Vivid Stampede ends
Stags deal 20% more damage per leap
Stags have 20% more Shock Magnitude per leap

5 – Primal Bounty

Small 5: 12% increased Critical Hit Chance

Dodging can expend up to 2 Owl Feathers, granting Primal Bounty 100% more
Empowerment effect per additional Feather expended

Grants Skill Primal Bounty:

Empowers the next Projectile Skill you use, causing it to create additional Projectiles and fly faster.

8 – The Mhacha’s Gift

Small 8: 12% increased Critical Hit Chance

Dodging can expend up to 3 Owl Feathers, granting Primal Bounty 100% more
Empowerment effect per additional Feather expended
Gain Owl Feathers 50% faster

6 – Wild Protector

Small 6: Companions deal 10% increased Damage, 10% increased Damage while your Companion is in your Presence

Grants Skill Wild Protector:

Call upon a Bear Spirit Companion to maul your foes. The Bear Spirit leaps at enemies to Maim them, Leeches Life with its slam, and periodically roars to Intimidate enemies. The Bear Spirit does not count toward your Companion limit.

9 – The Catha’s Balance

Small 9: Companions deal 10% increased Damage, 10% increased Damage while your Companion is in your Presence

Companions gain added Attack damage equal to 60% of your main hand Weapon’s damage

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