Mercenary Ascendancy

Tactician

Tactician coordinates Banners, Totems, allied Attack damage, Armour and Evasion defence, Pin, and Immobilisation.

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

Character class: Mercenary
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

Whoever Pays Best generates Banner Glory and removes the Banner limit, while A Solid Plan reduces Persistent Buff reservation.
Cannons, Ready! strengthens Totems but makes them use skills only when the Tactician fires an Attack Projectile.

Important tradeoff

Stay Light, Use Cover doubles Armour defence and penalises enemy Accuracy at range, but caps both maximum Evasion chance and Physical Damage Reduction at 50%.

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

10notables

10minor passives

0choice options

1granted skills

Notables and choices

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

Passive	Exact effect	Requires	Unlocks
NotableA Solid Plan	Persistent Buffs have 50% less Reservation	Spirit	Presence Area, Banner Area
NotableCannons, Ready!	+1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems Skills used by Totems have 30% more Skill Speed Totems only use Skills when you fire an Attack Projectile	Totem Damage	Totem Damage
NotablePolish That Gear	Gain Deflection Rating equal to 20% of Armour Gain 100% of Evasion Rating as extra Ailment Threshold	Armour and Evasion	Armour and Evasion
NotableRight Where We Want Them	Projectile Damage builds Pin Pinned enemies cannot perform actions	Pin Buildup	End of branch
NotableStay Light, Use Cover	Defend with 200% of Armour Enemies have an Accuracy Penalty against you based on Distance Maximum Chance to Evade is 50% Maximum Physical Damage Reduction is 50%	Armour and Evasion	End of branch
NotableStrategic Embankments	Totems you place grant Embankment Auras	Totem Damage	End of branch
NotableSuppressing Fire	40% more Immobilisation buildup	Pin Buildup	Pin Buildup
NotableUnleash Hell!	Grants Skill: Supporting Fire	Minion Damage	End of branch
NotableWatch How I Do It	Allies in your Presence gain added Attack Damage equal to 25% of your main hand Weapon's damage	Presence Area	End of branch
NotableWhoever Pays Best	Banners gain 5 Glory per second There is no Limit on the number of Banners you can place	Banner Area	End of branch

Minor passives

Every connecting passive in the current official tree export.

Passive	Exact effect	Requires	Unlocks
MinorArmour and Evasion	15% increased Armour and Evasion Rating	Polish That Gear	Stay Light, Use Cover
MinorArmour and Evasion	15% increased Armour and Evasion Rating	Ascendancy start	Polish That Gear
MinorBanner Area	Banner Skills have 16% increased Area of Effect	A Solid Plan	Whoever Pays Best
MinorMinion Damage	Minions deal 20% increased Damage	Ascendancy start	Unleash Hell!
MinorPin Buildup	20% increased Pin Buildup	Suppressing Fire	Right Where We Want Them
MinorPin Buildup	20% increased Pin Buildup	Ascendancy start	Suppressing Fire
MinorPresence Area	20% increased Presence Area of Effect	A Solid Plan	Watch How I Do It
MinorSpirit	8% increased Spirit	Ascendancy start	A Solid Plan
MinorTotem Damage	20% increased Totem Damage	Ascendancy start	Cannons, Ready!
MinorTotem Damage	20% increased Totem Damage	Cannons, Ready!	Strategic Embankments

Granted skills

Granted by Unleash Hell!

Supporting Fire

Recruit artillery Minions that take up positions behind you. They will lie in wait for your Command, then fire volleys of arrows at the target location.

Minion, Persistent: Applies
Level: 1

Minions from this skill have 1% increased Area of Effect per 3 of your Dexterity
Minions from this skill have 1% increased Damage per 1 of your Strength
Volley length is 14 metres
Volley width is 14 metres
6 Volleys
0.75 seconds between each Volley

Other Mercenary Ascendancies

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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

MechanicBanner

Banner Skills reserve 30 Spirit while active and build Glory when you Hit monsters with Attacks. At 200 Glory, use the Skill to place a Banner whose Aura affects you and nearby Allies inside its area for a limited duration.

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.