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The Ninja

The Ninja

Melee, assassin

A shadow with a katana: he dashes from kill to kill, lands crits and fights beside his shadow clones.

A special edition, sold on its own in the Shop.

Health
145
Armor
18
Damage
43
Attack speed
1.9/s
Range
1.3m

Basic attack

Slashes the weakest enemy in reach; 20% of hits crit. Standing still, you keep striking it until it falls.

Skills

Chests and cleared waves bring skills and their levels. Tap a skill to cast it, or drag to aim; turn on Auto and they cast themselves.

  • Shuriken Storm

    Skill · Common

    Shuriken burst out from you, hitting every enemy around you

  • Smoke Bomb

    Skill · Common

    Throw a smoke bomb: the enemies in its smoke take damage and their attacks miss

  • Shadow Clone

    Skill · Rare

    Shadow copies of you fight beside you for a while, casting Thousand Cuts

  • Thousand Cuts

    Skill · Rare

    Vanish and blink from enemy to enemy in an area, cutting each, and stay beside the last. Cast again to stop early

Passives

The Ninja starts every run with Assassinate. The rest come from the chests bosses leave behind.

  • Assassinate

    Unique passive

    Your hits often crit, taking a share of the enemy's health and cutting those round it, and you dash to the next as one falls

  • Shuriken

    Passive · Common

    Every 3rd attack also throws shuriken at other enemies

  • Keen Edge

    Passive · Common

    +10% crit chance

  • Lethal

    Passive · Common

    Your crits deal more damage

  • Evasion

    Passive · Common

    A chance to dodge an enemy's hit

Skill Tree

Stars from Sieges and Trials grow the Ninja's Skill Tree: its stats, skills and passives, and four specials found on no other tree.

  • Shadowstep

    Special

    Your dash reaches farther

  • Blindside

    Special

    Smoke Bomb blinds longer

  • Assassin

    Special

    Your crits take more of an enemy's health

  • Ricochet

    Special

    Your shuriken fly farther

Special edition

Cursed Katana

The Ninja

Special edition · New hero

Fast and deadly up close: dashes in, lands crits, throws blades and fights beside his shadow clones.

  • A new hero for every mode
  • Its own skills and passives
  • A skill tree of its own
  • 4 looks
  • Headband or topknot
  • A cursed katana

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