PoE Ambush Skill Build

Ambush is a new Blink skill in Expedition league which teleports you to an enemy, blinds them and exerts your next one-handed melee attack.

Teleports you to a nearby enemy, applying a buff to you for a short duration and blinding the enemy for a secondary duration. Performing a melee attack with a One-Handed Weapon removes the buff to exert that attack.Your next Melee Attack will be exerted by Ambush

Critical, Spell, Movement, Duration, Travel. Level: 1–20. Cost: 8–23 Mana. Cooldown Time: 5.00 sec. Cast Time: 0.30 sec. Requires Level 34.

Base duration is 1.5 seconds
Base secondary duration is 3 seconds
Buff is removed to Exert the next Melee Attack you perform
Attacks Exerted by this Skill cannot be Exerted by other Skills
Exerted Attacks have +25% to Critical Strike Chance
Exerted Attacks have +(100–138)% to Critical Strike Multiplier

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Ambush	(0–10)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	50

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Related Gems

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Ambush	(0–10)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	50
Anomalous Ambush	(0–10)% increased Skill Effect Duration	50
Divergent Ambush	Exerted Attacks have +(0–5)% to Critical Strike Chance	20

PoE Ambush Build

Ambush is a normal skill and not the main damage skill. There is only 0.1% of Path of Exile players use this skill gem. In fact, for travel skills, Flame Dash is the best choice.

For support gems, Second Wind Support is one of the best choice.

Although this skill is inspired by the Shadow's Assassin ascendancy class, most players use this skill is the Raider class(64%). The other popularity is Ascendant(14%), Juggernaut(7%), Pathfinder(7%), and Assassin(7%).

For Raider class, Spectral Helix is one of the best main skills. Recommend using weapon: Claw/ Shield. These passives are also recommended: Acrobatics, Phase Acrobatics, Quartz Infusion, Avatar of the Veil, Wind Dancer, Rapid Assault, and Avatar of the Chase.

PoE Ambush Skill Build 3.15

This is the Ambush Skill. It teleports you up to an enemy, blinds them and exerts your next one-handed melee attack. This exerted attack has a high critical strike chance and multiplier. In addition to this helping your assassinations, you can also use Ambush to quickly re-engage targets after dashing away.

Level Effect

Level	Requires Level	Dexterity	Intelligence	Cost	Exerted Attacks have +100% to Critical Strike Multiplier	Experience
1	34	50	35	8	100	252,595
2	36	53	36	9	102	314,394
3	38	55	38	10	104	388,734
4	40	58	40	10	106	477,437
5	42	60	42	11	108	583,786
6	44	63	44	12	110	710,359
7	46	66	46	13	112	1,355,511
8	48	68	48	14	114	1,138,877
9	50	71	49	14	116	1,368,233
10	52	74	51	15	118	1,638,338
11	54	76	53	16	120	1,956,648
12	56	79	55	17	122	3,655,184
13	58	82	57	17	124	3,017,327
14	60	84	59	18	126	3,576,232
15	62	87	60	19	128	9,164,731
16	64	90	62	20	130	17,861,428
17	66	92	64	21	132	46,032,386
18	68	95	66	21	134	87,248,039
19	69	96	67	22	136	157,972,052
20	70	98	68	23	138
21	72			24	140
22	74			25	142
23	76			25	144
24	78			26	146
25	80			27	148
26	82			28	150
27	84			29	152
28	86			29	154
29	88			30	156
30	90			31	158
31	91			32	159
32	92			32	160
33	93			33	161
34	94			34	162
35	95			35	163
36	96			36	164
37	97			36	165
38	98			37	166
39	99			38	167
40	100			39	168

Skill functions and interactions

Ambush can be used regardless of the weapon equipped, as long as there is a nearby enemy.
Only melee attacks with one-handed weapons are able to be exerted, providing a large amount of critical strike chance and critical strike multiplier for the exerted attack.

Item acquisition

Ambush can drop anywhere. Drop level: 34.

Recipes

Ambush can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description
13	The Cataclysm	Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem
6	The Fox	Random level 20 gem
8	Dying Anguish	Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality
8	The Hook	Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality
3	Gemcutter's Promise	Random gem with 20% quality
1	Gemcutter's Incubator	Random gem with 1–20% quality
1	The Void	Random divination card set exchange

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Breaking the Seal Act 4	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Breaking the Seal Act 4 Petarus and Vanja	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Ambush.

Name	Level	Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Ambush Cooldown Recovery 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	20% increased Ambush Cooldown Recovery Rate	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Ambush Cooldown Recovery 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	30% increased Ambush Cooldown Recovery Rate	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Ambush Critical Strike Multiplier 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Attacks Exerted by Ambush have +25% to Critical Strike Multiplier	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Ambush Critical Strike Multiplier 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Attacks Exerted by Ambush have +40% to Critical Strike Multiplier	helmet 100 default 0