Ancestral Protector

Ancestral Protector is a skill that creates a totem which will attack enemies with melee strikes while the player stands close to it. Being near it increases the player's attack speed.

Skill Functions and Interactions

• Weapon: Ancestral Protector wields the player's weapon and attacks single enemies with it at a greater range. The totem can be supported by to hit several enemies at once. It can also be used while Unarmed.

• Multistrike: Ancestral Protector cannot be supported by .

• Fortify: Linking to Ancestral Protector will cause the totem, and not the player, to gain Fortify on melee hit. This appears to be the only way for a totem to have Fortify.

• Multiple Totems: Attack speed buff does not stack when multiple totems are summoned.

• Area of Effect: Modifiers to skill radius have no effect on range at which totem stays active or the range of it's attack, even if supported by .

• Activation: The totem is active as long as the player remains within a 85 unit radius of it. Initial activation also requires line of sight with the player, but this can be broken once the totem has become active.

Gem level progression

Level			Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Attack Speed	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	4	16	90%	90%	10%	0	0
2	6	20	95%	94.7%	11%	841	841
3	9	27	99%	99.5%	11%	3099	3940
4	12	33	104%	104.2%	12%	7433	11373
5	16	41	109%	108.9%	12%	22895	34268
6	20	50	114%	113.7%	13%	49725	83993
7	24	58	118%	118.4%	13%	95714	179707
8	28	67	123%	123.2%	14%	169595	349302
9	32	75	128%	127.9%	14%	283759	633061
10	36	83	133%	132.6%	15%	453996	1087057
11	40	92	137%	137.4%	15%	703128	1790185
12	44	100	142%	142.1%	16%	1061223	2851408
13	48	109	147%	146.8%	16%	2065870	4917278
14	52	117	152%	151.6%	17%	2507110	7424388
15	55	123	156%	156.3%	17%	2573731	9998119
16	58	130	161%	161.1%	18%	7611351	17609470
17	61	136	166%	165.8%	18%	13437908	31047378
18	64	142	171%	170.5%	19%	25052147	56099525
19	67	148	175%	175.3%	19%	43869436	99968961
20	70	155	180%	180%	20%	242081178	342050139
21	72	159	185%	184.7%	20%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	189%	189.5%	21%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	194%	194.2%	21%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	199%	198.9%	22%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	204%	203.7%	22%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	208%	208.4%	23%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	213%	213.2%	23%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	218%	217.9%	24%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	223%	222.6%	24%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	227%	227.4%	25%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	230%	229.7%	25%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	232%	232.1%	25%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	234%	234.5%	25%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	237%	236.8%	26%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	239%	239.2%	26%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	242%	241.6%	26%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	244%	243.9%	26%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	246%	246.3%	27%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	249%	248.7%	27%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	251%	251.1%	27%	N/A	N/A

Monster stats

Ancestor Totem Test

Resistances:

• Normal: {{#ask: Monster resistances#MinionTotem|?Has lightning resistance in normal difficulty|?Has cold resistance in normal difficulty|?Has fire resistance in normal difficulty|?Has chaos resistance in normal difficulty|format=template|template=SMW resistance row|mainlabel=-}}
• Cruel: {{#ask: Monster resistances#MinionTotem|?Has lightning resistance in cruel difficulty|?Has cold resistance in cruel difficulty|?Has fire resistance in cruel difficulty|?Has chaos resistance in cruel difficulty|format=template|template=SMW resistance row|mainlabel=-}}
• Merciless: {{#ask: Monster resistances#MinionTotem|?Has lightning resistance in merciless difficulty|?Has cold resistance in merciless difficulty|?Has fire resistance in merciless difficulty|?Has chaos resistance in merciless difficulty|format=template|template=SMW resistance row|mainlabel=-}}

Level	Life
4	67
6	88
9	120
12	161
16	226
20	308
24	411
28	538
32	693
36	882
40	1114
44	1393
48	1734
52	2146
55	2507
58	2928
61	3407
64	3957
67	4589
70	5312
72	5853
74	6444
76	7088
78	7793
80	8564
82	9405
84	10322
86	11327
88	12421
90	13615

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Ancestral Protector.

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 Ancestral Protector Attack Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Ancestral Protector Totem grants 12% increased Attack Speed while Active	helmet 100
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Attack Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Ancestral Protector Totem grants 18% increased Attack Speed while Active	helmet 100
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Ancestral Protector Totem deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Ancestral Protector Totem deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Resistances 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	+24% to Ancestral Protector Totem Elemental Resistances	helmet 100
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Resistances 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	+36% to Ancestral Protector Totem Elemental Resistances	helmet 100
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Placement Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	12% increased Ancestral Protector Totem Placement Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Placement Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	18% increased Ancestral Protector Totem Placement Speed	helmet 100

Version history

Version	Changes
2.3.0	Ancestor Totems now emerge 40% faster when first placed, have 50% more totem life, and remain active 40% further away from the owner. 's damage has been increased at all gem levels. At gem level 1, it has been increased from 60% to 80% of your weapon damage. The damage at gem level 20 has been increased from 75.2% to 133.2% of your weapon damage.
2.2.1d	Fixed a bug where Ancestral Protector was providing increased attack speed, instead of more attack speed.
2.2.0	Added to the game