Corsair

Gold plunder + AoE — every kill splashes to nearby enemies and drops bonus loot.

"Why kill one when you can take everything from all of them?"

What Changes at Level 10

When a Swashbuckler reaches level 10 and you select Corsair, three things change permanently:

1. Stat bonuses are added to the hero's ability scores immediately and permanently.
2. Active ability is replaced with the subclass variant (Broadside).
3. Passive effect is unlocked and becomes active in all future runs.

Ability: Broadside

Permanent Stat Bonuses

Corsair grants the following ability score bonuses on top of the Swashbuckler base scores:

• +2 Agility — adds to the Swashbuckler base agility score
• +1 Dexterity — adds to the Swashbuckler base dexterity score

These bonuses stack with ability score points allocated from levelling. They cannot be removed without retiring the hero.

Passive Effect

Earns +30% bonus gold on every kill.

This passive is always active during combat — no gear or skill tree investment required to trigger it.

Recommended Skill Tree Themes

Fortune (Midas Touch, Treasure Hunter for stacked gold bonus), Speed (Glass Striker).

See the Skill Tree deep dive for the full 120-node reference and routing advice, or the Swashbuckler build guide for a complete path recommendation for this class.

Corsair vs. Duelist

Both subclasses unlock at level 10. Compare them to choose:

The choice is permanent — use a Scroll of Divergence consumable to re-select without retiring the hero.

Applying via Archetype

Set an Archetype with Corsair as the guild standard for Swashbuckler — all future recruits of that class will automatically receive this subclass at level 10 without any manual selection.