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Zane The Professional Skill Tree

The Professional is the fourth of Zane's skill trees and is exclusive to the Designer's Cut DLC.
His other skill trees are Under Cover, Doubled Agent, and Hitman.

Focuses: MNTIS Cannon, Critical hit buffs/bonuses

Starting Skill[]

Skill Type Effect
MNTIS Shoulder Cannon
MNTIS Shoulder Cannon
Action Skill Zane equips a Shoulder Mounted Cannon. Activating this skill causes zane to fire his cannon at his crosshairs and consume one charge.
  • Max Charges: 3
  • Cooldown: 12 seconds
  • Damage: 14219

Tier 1[]

Skill Type Ranks Effect
Man of Focus
Man of Focus
Passive 5 Activating an Action skill grants Zane increased Accuracy and Handling for a short time. This effect stacks.
  • Accuracy: up to +7%
  • Handling: up to +7.4%
  • Duration: 12 seconds
  • Max Stacks: 10
Renegade (skill)
Renegade (skill)
Passive 3 After scoring a Critical Hit, Zane regenerates health for a short time.
  • Health Regeneration: up to 0.5% Max Health/sec
  • Duration: 12 seconds
Déjà Vu
Déjà Vu
Passive 5 Whenever Zane kills an enemy with a Critical Hit, there is a chance for 1 ammo to be added to his magazine.
  • Chance to add ammo: 10%

Tier 2[]

Skill Type Ranks Effect
Colder Shoulder
Colder Shoulder
Augment - Converts Zane's MNTIS Shoulder Cannon damage to Cryo damage but deals reduced damage. Additionally, Zane gains increased cryo freeze rate.
  • Cannon Damage: -10%
  • Freeze Rate: +20%
Headsman's Hand
Headsman's Hand
Passive 5 Kill Skill. Zane gains increased critical hit damage. This effect stacks twice.
  • Critical Hit Damage: +4% / +8% / +12% / +16% / +20%
  • Duration: 8 seconds
Tunnel Vision
Tunnel Vision
Passive 3 While moving, Zane gains increased accuracy and handling. The quicker Zane moves, the greater the bonus.
  • Accuracy: up to +10% at default walk speed
  • Handling: up to +11% at default walk speed
Commitment (Zane skill)
Commitment (Zane skill)
Passive 5 Kill Skill. Zane gains increased gun damage and action skill cooldown rate for a few seconds. This effect stacks twice.
  • Gun Damage: +4% / +8% / +12% / +16% / +20%
  • Action Skill Cooldown Rate: +4% / +8% / +12% / +16% / +20%
  • Duration: 8 seconds

Tier 3[]

Skill Type Ranks Effect
Wetwork
Wetwork
Augment - Whenever Zane kills an enemy with his shoulder cannon, that enemy explodes into and elemental puddle.
Fugitive
Fugitive
Passive 1 Zane can sprint and shoot at the same time.
  • Gun Damage: up to +35%
  • Accuracy: up to +33%
Brain Drain
Brain Drain
Augment - Whenever Zane kills an enemy with a critical hit from his shoulder cannon, two charges are instantly returned.

Tier 4[]

Skill Type Ranks Effect
No Way Out
No Way Out
Augment - Whenever Zane damages an enemy with his shoulder cannon, that enemy is pulled to him and takes increased damage for a short time. Additionally, Zane's MNTIS Shoulder Cannon cooldown time is increased.
  • Cooldown: +20%
  • Damage Increase: +25%
  • Duration: 6 seconds
Domino Effect
Domino Effect
Passive 5 Whenever Zane scores a critical hit, he gains increased fire rate and reload speed for a short time. If he scores a critical hit with his action skill, he doubles this effect.
  • Reload Speed: +4%
  • Fire Rate: +3%
  • Duration: 8 seconds
The Art of War
The Art of War
Passive 5 After activating an action skill or action skill ability, Zane's next shot fired from his weapon deals increased damage. This effect stacks.
  • Gun Damage: +3%
  • Max Stacks: 10

Tier 5[]

Skill Type Ranks Effect
Sheer Will
Sheer Will
Passive 3 Zane gains increased action skill cooldown rate. Scoring a critical hit increases this effect. This effect stacks.
  • Cooldown Rate: +5%
  • Cooldown Rate: +2.5% after critical hit
  • Duration: 8 seconds
  • Max Stacks: 15
Eraser
Eraser
Passive 3 Zane's critical hits pierce through enemies for all weapons, dealing increased damage for every enemy pierced.
  • Pierced Shot Damage: +40% per enemy pierced
Proliferation
Proliferation
Passive - Zane's MNTIS Shoulder Cannon gains additional charges and deals increased damage based on the number of charges remaining.
  • Additional Charges: +2
  • Cannon Damage: +20% per charge

Tier 6[]

Skill Type Ranks Effect
Our Man Flynt
Our Man Flynt
Passive 1 While aiming down sights, Zane's weapons deal bonus damage and automatically apply their status effect when he scores a critical hit.
  • Bonus Damage: 25% of damage dealt


Zane skills
Under Cover Doubled Agent Hitman The Professional
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