Deadeye vs Pathfinder

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Deadeye and Pathfinder are both Ranger ascendancies. Deadeye has 8 notables and 8 small passives, mostly about projectiles (7), charges (4) and attack speed (1). Pathfinder has 8 notables and 8 small passives, mostly about flasks and charms (8), mana (6) and area of effect (5). The biggest differences: flasks and charms (0 vs 8), projectiles (7 vs 0) and mana (0 vs 6). Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.

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Deadeye

8 notables · 8 small

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  AvidityNotable

  50% chance when you gain a Frenzy Charge to gain an additional Frenzy Charge
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  BullseyeNotable

  Apply 10 Critical Weakness to Enemies when Consuming a Mark on them
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  Called ShotsNotable

  Grants skill Called ShotsApplies a socketed Mark Skill to a nearby unmarked Enemy every few seconds. Consuming socketed Marks will cause them to be reapplied to an unmarked Enemy. This reapplication can happen at most once every few seconds.
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  Endless MunitionsNotable

  Skills fire an additional Projectile
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  Gathering WindsNotable

  Gain Tailwind on Skill use

  Lose all Tailwind when Hit
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  Mirage DeadeyeNotable

  Grants skill Mirage DeadeyeWhile active, firing a ranged Projectile Attack will create a Mirage that uses socketed ranged Attacks for a short duration, then vanish.
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  Projectile Proximity SpecialisationNotable · choose one option

  Choose one of 2 options:

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    Far Shot

    Projectiles deal 0% more Hit damage to targets in the first 3.5 metres of their movement, scaling up with distance travelled to reach 20% after 7 metres
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    Point Blank

    Projectiles deal 20% more Hit damage to targets in the first 3.5 metres of their movement, scaling down with distance travelled to reach 0% after 7 metres
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  Thrilling ChaseNotable

  Benefits from consuming Frenzy Charges for your Skills have 50% chance to be doubled

Small passives

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  Frenzy Charge Duration×2

  25% increased Frenzy Charge Duration
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  Mark Effect×2

  12% increased Effect of your Mark Skills
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  Projectile Damage

  12% increased Projectile Damage
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  Projectile Speed×2

  10% increased Projectile Speed
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  Skill Speed

  4% increased Skill Speed

Pathfinder

8 notables · 8 small · +6 passive points

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  Brew ConcoctionNotable · choose one option

  Choose one of 5 options:

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    Acidic ConcoctionGrants skill Acidic ConcoctionConsume charges from your Mana Flask to throw a flask that explodes, dealing Physical Attack damage in an area. The thrown flask Consumes Poison on Hit to cause an acidic burst. This damage is not based on your unarmed damage, so this is not considered an Unarmed Attack.
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    Bleeding ConcoctionGrants skill Bleeding ConcoctionConsume charges from your Mana Flask to throw a flask that explodes, dealing Physical Attack damage in an area and Aggravating Bleeding on Enemies hit. This damage is not based on your unarmed damage, so this is not considered an Unarmed Attack.
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    Explosive ConcoctionGrants skill Explosive ConcoctionConsume charges from your Mana Flask to throw a flask that explodes, dealing Fire Attack damage in an area. Additional smaller flasks are thrown at nearby Ignited Enemies. This damage is not based on your unarmed damage, so this is not considered an Unarmed Attack.
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    Fulminating ConcoctionGrants skill Fulminating ConcoctionConsume charges from your Mana Flask to throw a flask that explodes, dealing Lightning Attack damage in an area with high chance to Shock. This damage is not based on your unarmed damage, so this is not considered an Unarmed Attack.
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    Shattering ConcoctionGrants skill Shattering ConcoctionConsume charges from your Mana Flask to throw a flask that explodes, dealing Cold Attack damage in an area and inflicting Exposure. This damage is not based on your unarmed damage, so this is not considered an Unarmed Attack.
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  Enduring ElixirsNotable

  Life Flask Effects are not removed when Unreserved Life is Filled

  Life Flask Effects do not Queue
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  Overwhelming ToxicityNotable

  Double the number of your Poisons that targets can be affected by at the same time

  50% less Poison Duration
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  Path SeekerNotable · choose one option

  Choose one of 2 options:

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    Path of the Sorceress

    Can Allocate Passive Skills from the Sorceress's starting point

    Grants 4 Passive Skill Points
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    Path of the Warrior

    Can Allocate Passive Skills from the Warrior's starting point

    Grants 4 Passive Skill Points
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  Relentless PursuitNotable

  Your speed is unaffected by Slows
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  Running AssaultNotable

  Cannot be Heavy Stunned while Sprinting

  30% less Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving
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  Sustainable PracticesNotable

  50% of Evasion Rating also grants Elemental Damage reduction
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  Traveller's WisdomNotable

  Attribute Passive Skills can instead grant 5% increased Damage

  Attribute Passive Skills can instead grant 5% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

  Attribute Passive Skills can instead grant 5% increased Cost Efficiency

Small passives

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  Evasion

  20% increased Evasion Rating
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  Life Flask Charges

  20% increased Life Flask Charges gained
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  Mana Flask Charges

  20% increased Mana Flask Charges gained
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  Passive Points×2

  Grants 1 Passive Skill Point
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  Poison Effect

  12% increased Magnitude of Poison you inflict
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  Skill Speed×2

  4% increased Skill Speed

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