Artillery Ballista
Level: (1-20)
Attack Speed: 50% of base
Attack Damage: (40-51)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (40-51)%Requires Level 28Summons a ballista totem that propels a sequence of fiery arrows into the air. The arrows impact the ground in a line, each dealing area damage to enemies around it.Deals (40-51)% of Base Attack Damage
Totem lasts 8 seconds
Fires 5 additional Arrows
+(2-3) to maximum number of Summoned Ballista Totems
100% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Drop level: 28Vendor Prices
Normal | 1x Orb of Chance |
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemArtilleryBallista
Artillery Ballista summons a ballista totem that rains down arrows in a line, dealing area damage on landing. Its damage scales on the player's bow damage.
Skill functions and interactions
Ballista: Siege Ballista is part of the Ballista sub-class of totems. Ballista totems have inherent added totem limit. They have a much shorter summoning range, spawning much closer to the summoner.
Gem level progression
Level | Mana Cost | Damage Effectiveness | Attack Damage | Exp. | Total Exp. | ||
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1 | 28 | 67 | 7 | 50% | 50% | 0 | 0 |
2 | 31 | 73 | 7 | 50.8% | 50.8% | 199345 | 199345 |
3 | 34 | 79 | 7 | 51.6% | 51.6% | 285815 | 485160 |
4 | 37 | 85 | 8 | 52.4% | 52.4% | 401344 | 886504 |
5 | 40 | 92 | 8 | 53.2% | 53.2% | 554379 | 1440883 |
6 | 42 | 96 | 8 | 53.9% | 53.9% | 477437 | 1918320 |
7 | 44 | 100 | 8 | 54.7% | 54.7% | 583786 | 2502106 |
8 | 46 | 104 | 8 | 55.5% | 55.5% | 710359 | 3212465 |
9 | 48 | 109 | 9 | 56.3% | 56.3% | 1355511 | 4567976 |
10 | 50 | 113 | 9 | 57.1% | 57.1% | 1138877 | 5706853 |
11 | 52 | 117 | 9 | 57.9% | 57.9% | 1368233 | 7075086 |
12 | 54 | 121 | 9 | 58.7% | 58.7% | 1638338 | 8713424 |
13 | 56 | 125 | 10 | 59.5% | 59.5% | 1956648 | 10670072 |
14 | 58 | 130 | 10 | 60.3% | 60.3% | 3655184 | 14325256 |
15 | 60 | 134 | 10 | 61.1% | 61.1% | 3017327 | 17342583 |
16 | 62 | 138 | 10 | 61.8% | 61.8% | 7759995 | 25102578 |
17 | 64 | 142 | 10 | 62.6% | 62.6% | 15138193 | 40240771 |
18 | 66 | 146 | 11 | 63.4% | 63.4% | 26083825 | 66324596 |
19 | 68 | 151 | 11 | 64.2% | 64.2% | 62620247 | 128944843 |
20 | 70 | 155 | 11 | 65% | 65% | 211708088 | 340652931 |
21 | 72 | 159 | 11 | 65.8% | 65.8% | N/A | N/A |
22 | 74 | N/A | 11 | 66.6% | 66.6% | N/A | N/A |
23 | 76 | N/A | 12 | 67.4% | 67.4% | N/A | N/A |
24 | 78 | N/A | 12 | 68.2% | 68.2% | N/A | N/A |
25 | 80 | N/A | 12 | 68.9% | 68.9% | N/A | N/A |
26 | 82 | N/A | 12 | 69.7% | 69.7% | N/A | N/A |
27 | 84 | N/A | 12 | 70.5% | 70.5% | N/A | N/A |
28 | 86 | N/A | 13 | 71.3% | 71.3% | N/A | N/A |
29 | 88 | N/A | 13 | 72.1% | 72.1% | N/A | N/A |
30 | 90 | N/A | 13 | 72.9% | 72.9% | N/A | N/A |
31 | 91 | N/A | 13 | 73.3% | 73.3% | N/A | N/A |
32 | 92 | N/A | 14 | 73.7% | 73.7% | N/A | N/A |
33 | 93 | N/A | 14 | 74.1% | 74.1% | N/A | N/A |
34 | 94 | N/A | 14 | 74.5% | 74.5% | N/A | N/A |
35 | 95 | N/A | 14 | 74.9% | 74.9% | N/A | N/A |
36 | 96 | N/A | 14 | 75.3% | 75.3% | N/A | N/A |
37 | 97 | N/A | 15 | 75.7% | 75.7% | N/A | N/A |
38 | 98 | N/A | 15 | 76.1% | 76.1% | N/A | N/A |
39 | 99 | N/A | 15 | 76.4% | 76.4% | N/A | N/A |
40 | 100 | N/A | 15 | 76.8% | 76.8% | N/A | N/A |
Item acquisition
Artillery Ballista can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Artillery Ballista can be created from the following recipes:
Amount | Part | Description | Meta |
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6 | The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb | Random level 20 gem | A |
3 | Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter | Random gem with 20% quality | A |
1 | Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters. | Random gem with 1–20% quality | A |
1 | The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize. | Random divination card set exchange | A |
Quest reward
This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:
Class → | Witch | Shadow | Ranger | Duelist | Marauder | Templar | Scion |
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Quest ↓ | |||||||
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Vendor reward
This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:
Class → | Witch | Shadow | Ranger | Duelist | Marauder | Templar | Scion |
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Quest ↓ | |||||||
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa | ✓ | ||||||
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth | ✓ |
Threshold jewels
The following threshold jewels augment Artillery Ballista:
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 |
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Related helmet enchantments
The following helmet enchantments affect Artillery Ballista.
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 | |
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Enchantment Artillery Ballista Cross Pattern 1 | 75 | Eternal Labyrinth | Artillery Ballista Projectiles fall in two perpendicular lines instead | helmet 100 |
Enchantment Artillery Ballista Additional Arrows 1 | 66 | Merciless Labyrinth | Artillery Ballista fires an additional Arrow | helmet 100 |
Enchantment Artillery Ballista Additional Arrows 2 | 75 | Eternal Labyrinth | Artillery Ballista fires 2 additional Arrows | helmet 100 |
Enchantment Artillery Ballista Fire Penetration 1 | 66 | Merciless Labyrinth | Artillery Ballista Damage Penetrates 6% Fire Resistance | helmet 100 |
Enchantment Artillery Ballista Fire Penetration 2 | 75 | Eternal Labyrinth | Artillery Ballista Damage Penetrates 10% Fire Resistance | helmet 100 |
Alternate skill effects
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Version history
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3.12.0 |
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