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:
| Name | Stats |
| Armour and Evasion | 15% increased Armour and Evasion Rating |
| Banner Area | Banner Skills have 16% increased Area of Effect |
| Minion Damage | Minions deal 20% increased Damage |
| Pin Buildup | 20% increased Pin Buildup |
| Presence Area | 20% increased Presence Area of Effect |
| Spirit | 8% increased Spirit |
| Totem Damage | 20% increased Totem Damage |
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 equalto 25% of your main hand Weapon's damage | A Solid Plan | Presence Area |
| Whoever Pays Best | There is no Limit on the number of Banners you can placeBanners gain 5 Glory per second | A Solid Plan | Banner Area |
| Suppressing Fire | 40% more Immobilisation buildup | — | Pin Buildup |
| Right Where We Want Them | Pinned enemies cannot perform actionsProjectile Damage builds Pin | Suppressing Fire | Pin Buildup |
| Polish That Gear | Gain Deflection Rating equal to 20% of ArmourGain 100% of Evasion Rating as extra Ailment Threshold | — | Armour and Evasion |
| Stay Light, Use Cover | Defend with 200% of ArmourEnemies have an Accuracy Penalty against you based on DistanceMaximum Chance to Evade is 50%Maximum Physical Damage Reduction is 50% | Polish That Gear | Armour and Evasion |
| Unleash Hell! | Grants Skill: Supporting Fire | — | Minion Damage |
| Cannons, Ready! | Skills used by Totems have 30% more Skill SpeedTotems only use Skills when you fire an Attack Projectile+1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems | — | Totem Damage |
| Strategic Embankments | Totems you place grant Embankment Auras | Cannons, Ready! | Totem Damage |
| Version | Changes |
| 0.5.0 | The small Banner Area Tactician Passive Skill now provides 16% increased Banner Area of Effect (previously 20%). |
| 0.4.0 | The Supporting Fire Skill granted by Unleash Hell! Notable Passive Skill has been updated: Command: Death From Above Cooldown is now 20 seconds (previously 40). Now fires a Volley every 0.75 seconds (previously every 2 seconds). Now fires 6 |
| 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 |
| 0.2.0 | Introduced to the game. |
