Huntress Ascendancy

Amazon

Amazon converts Accuracy and exposed Weaknesses into Critical Hits, Physical Attack damage, speed, and Elemental Surges.

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

Character class: Huntress
Path type: Regular
Introduced: 0.2.0
Maximum points: 8

Ascendancy treeOfficial export 0.5.2

Wiki reviewGame 0.5.4d

Tree identities, effects, connections, and icons come from the official 0.5.2 export. The class corpus was checked 2026-07-30 for game version 0.5.4d.

Gameplay identity

Current official tree

Core mechanics

Critical Strike converts excess Attack Hit chance into additional Critical Hit Chance, while Penetrate adds Physical damage from weapon Accuracy.
Predatory Instinct reveals Weaknesses on Rare and Unique enemies and grants more damage while those Weaknesses remain open.

Important tradeoff

Stalking Panther doubles Evasion from Helmet, Gloves, and Boots but halves Evasion from Body Armour.

How to unlock or change

Regular path

Complete an eligible Ascension Trial and use its Ascension device to choose this Ascendancy. To change to another regular Ascendancy for the same character class, complete the required trial tier and refund every allocated Ascendancy passive before using the device again.

Trial of the Sekhemas guide Trial of Chaos guide How to change Ascendancy

Ascendancy passive tree

Official export 0.5.2 | Plan this Ascendancy

9notables

9minor passives

0choice options

1granted skills

Notables and choices

Build-defining passives, choice parents, and their selectable options.

Passive	Exact effect	Requires	Unlocks
NotableAzmeri Brew	Life Flasks also recover Mana Mana Flasks also recover Life	Flask Recovery	End of branch
NotableCritical Strike	Chance to Hit with Attacks can exceed 100% Gain additional Critical Hit Chance equal to 25% of excess chance to Hit with Attacks	Accuracy	Accuracy
NotableElemental Surge	When you Consume a Charge, Trigger Elemental Surge to gain 3 Lightning Surges Grants Skill: Elemental Surge	Elemental Damage	Elemental Damage
NotableIn for the Kill	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	Skill Speed	End of branch
NotableMystic Harvest	Life Leech recovers based on your Elemental damage as well as Physical damage	Life Leech	End of branch
NotablePenetrate	Attacks using your Weapons have Added Physical Damage equal to 25% of the Accuracy Rating on the Weapon	Accuracy	End of branch
NotablePredatory Instinct	Reveal Weaknesses against Rare and Unique enemies 50% more damage against enemies with an Open Weakness	Skill Speed	Skill Speed
NotableStalking Panther	Evasion Rating from Equipped Helmet, Gloves and Boots is doubled Evasion Rating from Equipped Body Armour is halved	Evasion	End of branch
NotableSurging Avatar	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 Gain 1 fewer Lightning Surge from Triggering Elemental Surge	Elemental Damage	End of branch

Minor passives

Every connecting passive in the current official tree export.

Passive	Exact effect	Requires	Unlocks
MinorAccuracy	12% increased Accuracy Rating	Critical Strike	Penetrate
MinorAccuracy	12% increased Accuracy Rating	Ascendancy start	Critical Strike
MinorElemental Damage	12% increased Elemental Damage	Elemental Surge	Surging Avatar
MinorElemental Damage	12% increased Elemental Damage	Ascendancy start	Elemental Surge
MinorEvasion	20% increased Evasion Rating	Ascendancy start	Stalking Panther
MinorFlask Recovery	15% increased Life and Mana Recovery from Flasks	Ascendancy start	Azmeri Brew
MinorLife Leech	12% increased amount of Life Leeched	Ascendancy start	Mystic Harvest
MinorSkill Speed	4% increased Skill Speed	Ascendancy start	Predatory Instinct
MinorSkill Speed	4% increased Skill Speed	Predatory Instinct	In for the Kill

Granted skills

Granted by Elemental Surge

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.

Attack, AoE, Trigger, Lightning, Cold, Fire: Applies
Level: 1
Cost: 0 Mana
Attack Damage: 50%

Converts 100% of Physical damage to Cold damage
Cannot Consume Charges
Explosion radius is 1.8 metres
Converts 100% of Physical damage to Fire damage
Cannot Consume Charges
Explosion radius is 1.8 metres
Converts 100% of Physical damage to Lightning damage
Cannot Consume Charges
Explosion radius is 1.8 metres

Other Huntress Ascendancies

Amazon Spirit Walker Ritualist

Guides using this page

AscendancyHow to choose a class and Ascendancy

Compare all eight classes by starting attributes, passive-tree position, associated combat style, and all 23 current Ascendancy choices.

Related mechanics

MechanicAccuracy

Accuracy Rating determines whether an Attack Hits by being compared with the target's Evasion. Player Attacks also lose Accuracy with distance, while Spells do not use Accuracy.

MechanicReveal Weaknesses

Reveal Weaknesses highlights random sections of a Rare or Unique enemy's Life bar. The highlighted sections total 45% of maximum Life. While the enemy's current Life is inside one of those sections, it has an Open Weakness.

Guides using this page

AscendancyHow to choose a class and Ascendancy

Compare all eight classes by starting attributes, passive-tree position, associated combat style, and all 23 current Ascendancy choices.

AscendancyTrial of the Sekhemas guide

Enter with a Barya, protect Honour, choose a route through each floor, use Relics and Sacred Water, defeat the scheduled boss, and claim the eligible Ascendancy reward.

AscendancyTrial of Chaos guide

Enter with an Inscribed Ultimatum, complete rooms while accumulating trial modifiers, defeat the scheduled bosses, and claim rewards or Ascendancy points from the completed tier.

AscendancyHow to change Ascendancy

Complete a suitable Ascension Trial, refund every allocated Ascendancy point beside the Ascension device, and choose another regular Ascendancy for the same character class.

BasicsHow to Get More Support Gem Sockets

Increase a Skill Gem from two to five Support sockets, understand item-granted and passive-granted skill breakpoints, and decide whether to risk corruption for a sixth socket.