Best Ascendancy for Physical Damage
AmazonHuntress · 2 nodesAmazon (Huntress) and Pathfinder (Ranger) have the most ascendancy nodes about physical damage: 2 each. 7 of 22 ascendancies have at least one such node. Counted: nodes about dealing physical damage (resistances and damage you take are left out). Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.
A count is not a damage number: one notable can matter more than four small passives, so each row lists the nodes it counts. Pick the ascendancy, then read them. Abyssal Lich is left out: its nodes are in the files but not on this patch's passive tree.
Ascendancies by nodes about physical damage
- Mystic HarvestLife Leech recovers based on your Elemental damage as well as Physical damage
- PenetrateAttacks using your Weapons have Added Physical Damage equal
- Acidic Concoction
Grants 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.Grants 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. - Bleeding Concoction
Grants 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.Grants 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.
- Sap of NightmaresLeech recovers based on Chaos Damage as well as Physical Damage
- Sanguine TidesGain 1% of damage as Physical damage for 5 seconds per Charge consumed this way
- Warcaller's BellowWarcries Explode Corpses dealing 25% of their Life as Physical Damage
- Zealous Inquisitionof their maximum Life as Physical Damage
- Physical Damage15% increased Physical Damage
Other themes
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PoisonBleeding
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ResistancesSpiritChargesFlasks and charmsStunArea of effect
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CooldownsLeechWarcriesStrength stackingDexterity stackingIntelligence stackingHow it is counted: a node counts when one of its lines (or the description of the skill it grants) matches the theme's words, read from the game's passive tree and stat files. Compare two ascendancies to see all their nodes.