Holy Flame Totem

Flame Totem creates a totem that fires a stream of flame at nearby enemies, dealing fire damage to them. Totem range is 100.

Skill Functions and Interactions

If you wear The Three DragonsThe Three Dragons
Golden MaskEvasion: (96-103)
Energy Shield: (20-22)Requires Level 35, 40 Dex, 40 Int+(26-30)% to all Elemental Resistances
Your Fire Damage can Shock but not Ignite
Your Cold Damage can Ignite but not Freeze or Chill
Your Lightning Damage can Freeze but not Shock"The ice seared his naked feet
As the lightning stilled his heart,
But it was the flames upon his lover's face
That roused him to vengeance."
- From 'The Three Dragons' by Victario of Sarn unique helmet and use Herald of Thunder skill, killing a shocked enemy by your Flame Totem won't proc Herald of Thunder's on kill effect and this is intentional.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Fire Damage	additional Projectile(s)	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	4	0	0	11	N/A	N/A	0	0
2	6	0	0	12	N/A	N/A	841	841
3	9	17	0	13	N/A	N/A	3099	3940
4	12	21	14	14	N/A	N/A	7433	11373
5	16	26	18	16	N/A	N/A	22895	34268
6	20	31	22	18	N/A	N/A	49725	83993
7	24	37	25	19	N/A	N/A	95714	179707
8	28	42	29	21	N/A	N/A	169595	349302
9	32	47	33	23	N/A	N/A	283759	633061
10	36	52	36	25	N/A	N/A	453996	1087057
11	40	58	40	26	N/A	N/A	703128	1790185
12	44	63	44	28	N/A	N/A	1061223	2851408
13	48	68	48	30	N/A	N/A	2065870	4917278
14	52	74	51	32	N/A	N/A	2507110	7424388
15	55	78	54	33	N/A	N/A	2573731	9998119
16	58	82	57	34	N/A	N/A	7611351	17609470
17	61	86	60	36	N/A	N/A	13437908	31047378
18	64	90	62	37	N/A	N/A	25052147	56099525
19	67	94	65	38	N/A	N/A	43869436	99968961
20	70	98	68	39	N/A	N/A	242081178	342050139
21	72	100	70	40	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	41	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	42	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	43	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	44	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	45	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	46	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	46	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	47	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	48	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	49	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	49	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	49	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	50	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	50	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	51	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	51	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	52	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	52	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	52	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Alternate skill effects

Name	Cost	Description
	50	Replaces the standard effect on a skill gem with a ghostflame possessed totem and flames. Preview

Monster stats

Totem

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

Version history

Version	Changes
2.1.0	Cast speed has been reduced from 200ms to 250ms. Flame Totem now does 25% less damage at Level 1, up to 24% more damage at Level 20. When combined with the cast speed changes, this now does 40% less DPS at level 1, up to 0% at level 21. It does more damage at levels 22 and beyond.
2.0.0	Now adds additional projectiles to spray as it levels up. Totem life increased. It now increases totem life by 1% per 1% quality (was 3% per 1% quality). Critical Strike Chance has been increased from 4% to 5%.
1.0.5	Cast duration is slowed from 80ms to 200ms. Damage has been increased by 270% at level 1 of the gem, increasing to 294% at level 15 of the gem.
1.0.0	Mana cost reduced. Damage at high levels has been reduced (around 10% less damage at level 15).
0.11.1	Spells with Damage Effectiveness no longer have their own damage affected by Damage Effectiveness. Damage values on these skills have been updated to reflect this.
0.10.0	Added 4% base critical strike chance.
0.9.13	Reduced damage by 14% and life by an additional 30%.
0.9.12w	Fixed a bug where it was not affected by the damage penalties that the Multiple Projectiles gems conferred.
0.9.12l	Fixed a bug where Flame Totem would not correctly list what it does.
0.9.12j	Flame Totem has been added to the game.