Tactician

Tactician

Mercenary

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	Countless wars have left you with skills somewhat resembling a decent officer...

Official artwork of the Tactician.

Tactician is an Ascendancy class for the Mercenary.

Overview

The Tactician is a class specializing in defenses and empowering allies. He has access to lower reservation costs and the ability to give bonus damage to allies using his weapon or placing down Banners without limit. The Tactician can specialize in crowd control, improving his ability to immobilise enemies and turn Pin into a full disable. He also lends well to Armour/Evasion hybrid builds and enhancing the survivability they provide. He can also specialize in totems or call down Supporting Fire to rain down a volley of arrows on his foes.

Passive skills

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

Notable skills

This class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
A Solid Plan	Persistent Buffs have 50% Less Reservation	—	Spirit
Watch How I Do It	Allies in your Presence gain added Attack Damage equal to 25% of your main hand Weapon's Damage	A Solid Plan	Presence Area
Whoever Pays Best	Banners gain 5 Glory per second There is no Limit on the number of Banners you can place	A Solid Plan	Banner Area
Suppressing Fire	40% more Immobilisation buildup	—	Pin Buildup
Right Where We Want Them	Projectile Damage builds Pin Pinned enemies cannot perform actions	Suppressing Fire	Pin Buildup
Polish That Gear	Gain Deflection Rating equal to 20% of Armour Gain 100% of Evasion Rating as extra Ailment Threshold	—	Armour and Evasion
Stay Light, Use Cover	Defend with 200% of Armour Enemies have an Accuracy Penalty against you based on Distance Maximum Evade Chance is 50% Maximum Physical Damage Reduction is 50%	Polish That Gear	Armour and Evasion
Unleash Hell!	Grants Skill: Supporting Fire	—	Minion Damage
Cannons, Ready!	+1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems Totems have 30% more Skill Speed Totems only use skills when you fire an Attack Projectile	—	Totem Damage
Strategic Embankments	Totems you place grant Embankment Auras	Cannons, Ready!

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	The Cannons, Ready! Notable Passive Skill now also provides +1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems. The Right Where we Want Them Notable Passive Skill now also grants Projectile Damage builds Pin. The Polish That Gear Notable Passive Skill now provides Gain Deflection Rating equal to 20% of Armour, and no longer grants Gain 100% of Armour as extra Stun Threshold. The Suppressing Fire Notable Passive Skill now provides 40% more Immobilisation buildup instead of Projectile Damage builds Pin. The Supporting Fire Skill granted by the Unleash Hell! Notable Passive Skill no longer grants Minions from this Skill have 1% increased Accuracy Rating per 3 of your Dexterity. Instead, Minions from this Skill now have 1% increased Area of Effect per 3 of your Dexterity. The Death from Above command for Supporting Fire now deals approximately 3 times more Damage at all Gem levels. The Whoever Pays Best Notable Passive Skill now provides "There is no Limit on the number of Banners you can place" and Banners gain 5 Glory per Second, instead of "Can Place Multiple Banners". Added a new Strategic Embankments Notable Passive Skill, which requires Cannons, Ready! This causes your Totems to grant Embankment Auras to players when placed, which grant a different effect depending on the variety of totem: Ancestral Warrior TotemAncestral Warrior TotemAttack, Totem, AoE, Melee, Physical, Duration, Meta Tier: 13 Level: (1-20) Cost: (13-98) Mana Cost & Reservation Multiplier: (200-100)%Raise a Totem that uses socketed Mace Skills. Cannot use Channelling Skills or Skills with Cooldowns.Totem duration is 8 seconds Limit 1 Totem Totem base attack time is 1 second Totem base Critical Hit chance is 5% Totem gains +(0-75)% to all Elemental Resistances Totem gains +(0-35)% to Chaos Resistance Totem uses its own Two Handed Mace, dealing (6-159) to (9-238) base Physical damage Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(0.1-2) seconds to Totem durationPlace one or more Skill Gems into this Meta Gem's sockets in the Skills Panel. The socketed Skills will be incorporated into the Meta Gem's effect. grants 40% increased Glory Generation. Artillery BallistaArtillery BallistaBarrageable, Attack, Totem, Projectile, Duration Tier: 7 Level: 1Deploy a Ballista Totem that fires Pinning bolts which Maim Enemies.Place into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. These are found in the Skill Gems panel. grants 40% increased Immobilisation Buildup. Dark EffigyDark EffigyTotem, AoE, Projectile, Chaos, Duration Tier: 9 Level: (1-9)Requires Level 31Raises a Totem that bombard enemies afflicted by Chaos damage over time Debuffs. Fires a Projectile at every nearby enemy that is afflicted by a Chaos damage over time Debuff. Fires multiple Projectiles at enemies afflicted by multiple Debuffs, but Projectile count cannot be otherwise modified.Totem Totem duration is 8 seconds Limit 1 Totem Dark Effusion Cast Time: 1.00 Sec Critical Hit Chance: 11.00% Deals (2–34) to (4–64) Chaos Damage Fires 100 additional Projectiles Impact radius is 0.8 metres Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (0-50)% Chance to apply Withered for 2 seconds on Hit.Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel. grants 40% increased Damage over Time. Mortar CannonMortar CannonTotem, Grenade, Duration, Meta Level: 1Raise a cannon Totem which uses socketed Grenade Skills, with significantly improved Cooldown Recovery Rate.Mortar Cannon Totem duration is 8 seconds Limit 1 Totem Totem gains +(0-75)% to all Elemental Resistances Totem gains +(0-35)% to Chaos Resistance Support Place one or more Skill Gems into this Meta Gem's sockets in the Skills Panel. The socketed Skills will be incorporated into the Meta Gem's effect.File:Mortar Cannon skill icon.png grants 15% of Damage Gained as extra Fire. Siege BallistaSiege BallistaBarrageable, Attack, Totem, AoE, Projectile, Fire, Duration Tier: 9 Level: 1Deploy a Ballista Totem that fires bolts skyward, to explode a short time after landing.Place into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. These are found in the Skill Gems panel. grants 50% increased Damage against Immobilised Enemies. Shockwave TotemShockwave TotemAttack, Totem, AoE, Melee, Slam, Physical, Duration, Nova Tier: 3 Level: (1-40) Cost: (15-1317) ManaRaise a Totem that Slams the ground around it, repeatedly damaging nearby enemies. Jagged Ground erupts when hit by this Slam, damaging enemies standing on it.Totem Totem duration is 12 seconds Limit 1 Totem Totem base attack time is 1.5 seconds Totem base Critical Hit chance is 5% Totem uses its own weapon, dealing (4-103) to (6-155) base Physical damage Totem gains +(0-75)% to all Elemental Resistances Totem gains +(0-35)% to Chaos Resistance Slam Attack Damage: (80-211)% Shockwave radius is 3 metres Jagged Ground Eruption Attack Damage: (30-79)% Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Totem base attack time is -(0.01-0.2) secondsSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel. grants 30% increased Area of Effect.
0.2.0	Introduced to the game.