Assassin

Assassin

Attacks from the shadows. His hidden blade does high damage from behind. Uses smoke grenades.

core: Professional Every third projectile deals 150 extra damage and heals for 10 health, bonuses stack with each third hit.
Taking damage or missing 5 shots resets the stack.
baseline Gain 15% dodge chance, and you cannot take more than 450 damage from a single attack, but has a weak shield.

Dropping below 25% health releases a smoke cloud, 60 second cooldown.
level 5 Deal 15% more damage with Pistols, SMGs, Critical Hits, and Headshots. Pistols and SMGs also have 10% reduced recoil.

All weapons gain 5° reduced deviation.
level 10 Dagger applies 10 acid damage per second over 6 seconds per each Core stack, and adds 3 stacks

Deal 20% more damage to Elites, and gain 1 Plating per Elite kill.
level 15 Dagger Backstab kills grant a tiny speed boost and steals 8-15 credits with a small chance for 10x the amount.

Chests open while stealthed grants a damage boost and 1-1500 credits.
level 20 Dodging refunds one bullet and going into stealth reloads half the current magazine.

Smoke cloud also triggers when dropping below 50% health, on a separate cooldown
Unlocks Overdrive slot
level 25 All Acid, Bleeding, and Stun ammo types trigger 40% more often, deal more damage, and last longer

The Core damage bonus can critically hit, using your standard strike and damage values
prestige Frontal hits while in smokescreen don't put the knife on cooldown.
Cosmetic only: Energy Orb
challenge Beat the Final Boss with the class at least at 140% difficulty in classic mode

All classes gain 3% more dodge chance

insanity Beat the last boss with the class in the following modes:
[\_] 200% Classic Mode
[\_] 140% Madness mode
[\_] 140% Tactical mode
[\_] 140% H-Adrenaline mode

Umbra adaptive cloak also spawns an exploding decoy when used.

Cosmetic only: Glow Aura

* Scoundrel's Dagger starting item heals on hit and provides Professional core stacks (at level 10)
* Bonuses to Pistols and SMGs, and all weapons become more accurate
* High starting Dodge stat
* Potential for massive credits gain (at level 15)
* Cannot take more than 450 damage from a single hit
* Slightly lower base health
* Professional core requires consistent hits without taking damage

## Signature Items

Scoundrel's Dagger

A swift dagger attack, dealing damage and stealing life based on missing health.
Stabs from behind deal double damage and healing while reducing the cooldown by half. Also reduces weapon heat by 10 on use.

Umbra

Adaptive Cloak

Grants stealth for a duration, making the user instantaneously invisible to most enemy forces, attacking or using items breaks the stealth effect.

## Memory Modules

Head Hunter

Headshots have a **[50%]** chance of refunding 1 bullets to spare ammo and refresh **[10%]** of missing shields.

Damage over 300 doubles the effect, Shotguns excluded.

Switch Position

Ejecting a weapon grants a **[60%]** damage reduction and movement speed for **[2]** seconds.

5 seconds cooldown.

Evasive Maneuvers

Increases dodge chance by **[5%]**.

Dodging triggers a minor dash and replenishes one bullet in the current magazine.

Backstab

Attacking out of combat deals additional **[5%]** damage for each second being out of combat.

Exiting a teleporter or beginning a wave grants stealth for **[7]** seconds.

Shadow Dance

Grants **[3]** dodge chance and **[7%]** increased healing for each 3 seconds of being infight, stacks 3 times - resets on taking damage.

Discipline

Standing still quickly diminishes shield regeneration delay and heat. Increases maximum health by 100.

Keeping Distance

When no enemy is within 600 range, gain **[30%]** increased firerate and **[15]** increased armor damage absorbtion.

Perfection

Every 5 inflicted Headshots passively increase critical strike chance and critical damage by 1% and heals for **[20%]** missing health.

Crit bonuses stack up to **[10]** times.

DMR Conversion

Found weapons with magazine sizes from **[10]-[20]** are modified to semi-automatic, with increased damage and reduced firerate.

Power Tuning

Increases Headshot damage and running ammo regeneration by **[35%]** if weapon heat is below 10.

Passively Increases weapon heat generation by **[10%]**.

Freeze

Standing still while in combat grants **[2]** seconds of **[60%]** total damage absorbtion, 10 seconds cooldown.

Keeping Cool

Hitting active reload refreshes **[75%]** of shields, grants a **[250]** shield buff that lasts 3 seconds and reduces current weapon heat by 10.

Blood Borne

Grants a **[2]** second time window after taking damage over 300 to gain the lost health back or even more with weapon lifesteal.

15 seconds cooldown.

Die Hard

While at full health, never take more than 75 health damage - Damage dealt to Rank 1 or 2 Elite enemies is increased by **[30%]**.

Against the Odds

Grants **[25%]** increased maximum Health and heal an additional **[7%]** of maximum health each healing instance over 100 HP but take an additional 10% damage.

## Notes

* The prestige effect applies to misses as well, but not backstabs.

Character Classes

Breacher | Sniper
**Assassin** | Raider
Heavy Gunner | Engineer