Dread Banner

Dread BannerAoE, Spell, Duration, Aura, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 10% Mana
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 24Casting once reserves mana to carry a banner which makes nearby allies inflict impale with attacks, and lessens the accuracy of nearby enemies. Gain stages by impaling enemies while carrying the banner. Casting the skill again places the banner, ending the mana reservation. Once placed, it becomes more powerful for each stage gained. You cannot have multiple banners at the same time.Nearby Enemies have (15-21)% less Accuracy Rating
Gain 1 Stage when you Impale an Enemy while carrying the Banner, up to 5 per second
Gain +10 to maximum Fortification for 0.05 seconds per Stage on Placing the Banner
Base Duration of 10.00 seconds after being Placed
+1 second to Base Placed Banner Duration per Stage
When placed, 8% increased Area of Effect per Stage
You and nearby Allies have 20% chance to Impale Enemies on Hit with Attacks
When placed, 1% increased Aura effect per Stage
You and nearby Allies have (0-19)% increased Impale Effect

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.5-10)% increased effect of AuraPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 24Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemDreadBanner

Dread Banner is a banner aura skill. While the banner is active, it buffs the user and nearby allies with impale chance with attacks, and debuffs nearby enemies with less accuracy. When placed after gaining stages by impaling, the banner's effects become more powerful, and it grants a buff that raises maximum Fortification.

Skill functions and interactions

Aura Effects

• Nearby Enemies have #% less Accuracy Rating, You and nearby Allies have #% chance to Impale Enemies on Hit with Attacks, and You and nearby Allies have #% increased Impale Effect are all aura effects that can be modified by #% increased effect of Auras.
• The aura effects are always active whether the banner is placed or not.
• Players and monsters must be inside the banner's radius to receive the aura effects when the banner is placed on the ground.
• Because Dread Banner has an aura that affects you and allies, it can be supported by . This will increase all of the aura effects, including the accuracy debuff on enemies.

Buff effects

• The buff granted by placing Dread Banner grants +10 to maximum Fortification. This is not an aura, and does not scale with aura effect. It does scale with 's #% increased Effect of Buffs on you, to +12 if dual-wielding.
• The buff's duration depends on the accumulated banner stages. Destroying the placed banner by creating a new carried banner will end the buff immediately.

Gem level progression

Level			less Accuracy	Impale Effect	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	24	58	15%	N/A	0	0
2	27	64	15%	1%	118383	118383
3	30	71	15%	2%	175816	294199
4	33	77	16%	3%	254061	548260
5	36	83	16%	4%	359090	907350
6	39	90	16%	5%	498508	1405858
7	42	96	17%	6%	682057	2087915
8	45	102	17%	7%	921777	3009692
9	48	109	17%	8%	1727879	4737571
10	50	113	18%	9%	1138877	5876448
11	52	117	18%	10%	1368233	7244681
12	54	121	18%	11%	1638338	8883019
13	56	125	19%	12%	1956648	10839667
14	58	130	19%	13%	3655184	14494851
15	60	134	19%	14%	3017327	17512178
16	62	138	20%	15%	7793914	25306092
17	64	142	20%	16%	15206031	40512123
18	66	146	20%	17%	26185582	66697705
19	68	151	21%	18%	62755923	129453628
20	70	155	21%	19%	211877683	341331311
21	72	159	21%	20%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	22%	21%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	22%	22%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	22%	23%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	23%	24%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	23%	25%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	23%	26%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	24%	27%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	24%	28%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	24%	29%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	25%	30%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	25%	31%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	25%	32%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	26%	33%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	26%	34%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	26%	35%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	27%	36%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	27%	37%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	27%	38%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	28%	39%	N/A	N/A

Effect of gem level and quality on Impale bonuses

Gem/quality effect table ▾ [Expand] ▾

The bonuses to chance and effect of Impale granted by raising the quality of Dread Banner are a little counterintuitive due to the aggressive rounding which isn't immediately obvious from the gem description. The table below is intended to help understanding the value of various combinations of gem level and quality and figuring out what combination to aim for.

Chance to Impale	Gem quality breakpoint
20%	0%
21%	10%
22%	20%
23%	30%
24%	40%
25%	50%
26%	60%
27%	70%

Increased Impale Effect	Gem quality breakpoint @ level 20	Gem quality breakpoint @ level 21	Gem quality breakpoint @ level 22	Gem quality breakpoint @ level 23	Gem quality breakpoint @ level 24	Gem quality breakpoint @ level 25	Gem quality breakpoint @ level 26	Gem quality breakpoint @ level 27	Gem quality breakpoint @ level 28	Gem quality breakpoint @ level 29
19%	0%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
20%	12%	0%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
21%	22%	10%	0%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
22%	32%	20%	10%	0%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
23%	44%	30%	20%	10%	0%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
24%	54%	40%	30%	20%	10%	0%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
25%	64%	50%	40%	28%	18%	10%	0%	n/a	n/a	n/a
26%	n/a	60%	48%	38%	28%	18%	8%	0%	n/a	n/a
27%	n/a	70%	58%	46%	36%	26%	16%	8%	0%	n/a
28%	n/a	n/a	68%	56%	44%	34%	24%	16%	8%	0%
29%	n/a	n/a	n/a	64%	54%	42%	32%	24%	16%	8%
30%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	62%	50%	40%	32%	24%	16%
31%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70%	60%	48%	40%	30%	22%
32%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	68%	56%	48%	38%	30%
33%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	64%	54%	46%	36%
34%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	72%	62%	52%	44%
35%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60%	50%
36%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	58%

Notes and explanations

• The values provided for gem level and quality are theoretical, with some only achievable using highly impractical or exquisitely rare gear, and are only there for reference. For most intents and purposes the practical values are limited to gem level 26 and quality 54%. Higher values can still be achieved using corrupted or a specifically crafted and double-corrupted pair of gloves in conjunction with level 4 and gems. Bold font indicates that the quality breakpoint can be achieved using only the gem's own quality bonus.
• Assuming there are no other sources of aura effect on the passive tree and gear, a corrupted Dread Banner at level 20 with 22–23% quality will always outperform the gem at level 21 with sub-20% quality. The reason for this is that both round down to 21% increased Impale effect while 20% quality also provides an extra percent point of chance to Impale. Having a level 21 gem with 20% quality is, of course, superior to both, as it hits the breakpoints for both the chance and effect of Impale.
• In terms of a DPS increase, hitting the next breakpoint on the chance to Impale is generally more worthwhile than Impale effect. Thus, since the chance is flat at all levels and is only raised by gem quality, it's more practical to support Dread Banner with Enhance rather than with Empower if given an opportunity, unless the latter can serve a double purpose by supporting another DPS-increasing gem. A level 21 Dread Banner with 20% quality supported by a level 4 Enhance will be able to reach a 24% increase on both chance and effect of Impale; whereas if supported by level 4 Empower it would only have 22% increased chance and 25% increased effect, which works out to a significantly lower DPS increase as well as increased mana reservation due to Empower's higher mana multiplier.

Ruthless mode

Dread Banner cannot be obtained from quests or traded for using an through Siosa in Ruthless mode.

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Dread Banner.

Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Dread Banner Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Dread Banner has 25% increased Aura Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Dread Banner Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Dread Banner has 40% increased Aura Effect	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Dread Banner has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)

Related unique items

The following unique items are related to Dread Banner:

Item	Base Item		Stats

Version history

Version	Changes
3.16.0	now grants +10 to maximum Fortification for 0.05 seconds per Stage when placed. It no longer grants 1% increased Fortify Effect per Stage.
3.15.0	Now has 1% increased Fortify Effect per Stage (previously 2%).
3.5.0	Dread Banner has been added to the game.