Vaal Ancestral Warchief

Vaal Ancestral WarchiefVaal, Attack, Totem, AoE, Melee, Slam
Level: (1-20)
Souls Per Use: 20
Can Store 2 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 9 sec
Attack Speed: 80% of base
Attack Damage: (100-154)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (100-154)%Requires Level 28Summons an Ancestor Totem which attacks enemies with a powerful cascading slam while you're near it. If the enemies are far away, it will leap toward them as it slams. Being near it grants you more melee damage. Requires a Melee Weapon or Unarmed.Totem lasts 6 seconds
50% increased Totem Placement speed
32% more Melee Damage while Totem is Active
+1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems
Summons a Totem which uses this Skill

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
1% increased Totem DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
Drop level: 28
Vaal Ancestral Warchief can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas.Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalAncestralWarchief

For the non-Vaal counterpart, see Ancestral Warchief.

Vaal Ancestral Warchief is a Vaal skill gem. It functions much the same as Ancestral WarchiefAncestral WarchiefAttack, Totem, AoE, Slam, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 10 Mana
Attack Speed: 90% of base
Attack Damage: (110-166)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (110-166)%Requires Level 28Summons an Ancestor Totem which attacks enemies with a powerful slam while you're near it. Being near it grants you more melee damage. Requires a Melee Weapon or Unarmed.Totem lasts 12 seconds
Summons a Totem which uses this Skill
(8-18)% more Melee Damage while Totem is Active
50% increased Totem Placement speed
+1 metre to Melee Strike Range

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1.5-30)% increased Activation rangePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., but deals more damage, in a cascade, and has the ability to leap towards enemies that are out of range.

Skill functions and interactions

Soul Gain Prevention: 9 seconds base, affected by totem duration, not affected by (reduced) skill effect duration, even when combined with Close Combat Support and Less Duration Support.

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Vaal Ancestral Warchief:

Note that the jewels may be drop disabled and can only be found in permanent leagues as legacy items.

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats	Drop Enabled

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vaal Ancestral Warchief.

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 Warchief Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Ancestral Warchief Totem Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Ancestral Warchief Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Ancestral Warchief Totem Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Ancestor Warchief Melee Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Ancestral Warchief Totem grants 20% increased Melee Damage while Active	helmet 100
Enchantment Ancestor Warchief Melee Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Ancestral Warchief Totem grants 30% increased Melee Damage while Active	helmet 100
Enchantment Ancestor Warchief Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Ancestral Warchief Totem Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Ancestor Warchief Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Ancestral Warchief Totem Area of Effect	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Vaal Ancestral Warchief has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Iron Maiden Ancestral WarchiefIron Maiden Ancestral WarchiefSkill Gem EffectReplaces the default skin on your Ancestral Warchief and Earthbreaker Totems with an Iron Maiden version.	Replaces the default skin on your Ancestral Warchief and Earthbreaker Totems with an Iron Maiden version.
Void Ancestral WarchiefVoid Ancestral WarchiefSkill Gem EffectReplaces the default skin on your Ancestral Warchief and Earthbreaker Totems with a Void version.	Replaces the default skin on your Ancestral Warchief and Earthbreaker Totems with a Void version.

Monster stats

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attack speed	critical strike chance	damage multiplier	experience multiplier	health multiplier	minimum attack distance	maximum attack distance	skill ids	size	part1 mod ids	part2 mod ids	mod ids	endgame mod ids	metadata id	name	monsters.tags	monster_types.tags	armour multiplier	damage spread	energy shield multiplier	evasion multiplier	part1 fire	part1 cold	part1 lightning	part1 chaos	part2 fire	part2 cold	part2 lightning	part2 chaos	monster_resistances.endgame_fire	monster_resistances.endgame_cold	monster_resistances.endgame_lightning	monster_resistances.endgame_chaos
1.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	7.44	6	6		4					Metadata/Monsters/Totems/VaalSlamTotem	Totem	construct • immobile • is_unarmed • large_model • mud_blood • non_attacking • not_dex • not_int • small_height • stone_armour		1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	40	40	40	20	40	40	40	20	40	40	40	20

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Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	Now deals 154% of Base Damage, and has 154% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 123%).
3.14.0	Vaal Skill Gems can now only be obtained from a set of specific methods such as Corrupting Gems, Vaal Side Areas, Divination Cards (that specifically grant Vaal Skill Gems) and the Lapidary Lens in the Temple of Atzoatl.
3.7.0	Now has an attack speed multiplier of 80% (rather than 20% less attack speed).
3.4.0	Vaal Ancestral Warchief has been added to the game.