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

This skill is affected by any passives that affect totems, however, nodes such as Totemic Zeal will not be displayed in tooltip DPS due to engine limitation.

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 ThunderHerald of ThunderSpell, AoE, Duration, Lightning, Herald
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 25% Mana
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: Instant
AoE Radius: 32Requires Level 16Grants a buff which adds lightning damage to spells and attacks. If you kill a shocked enemy, this skill will create a storm, causing lightning bolts to strike enemies around you for a duration. The damage inflicted by this skill is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Deals (1-23) to (31-1108) Lightning Damage
Cannot inflict Shock
Base duration is 6.00 seconds
Storm Hits an Enemy every 0.25 Seconds
Creates a storm when you Kill a Shocked Enemy
Buff grants (2-19) to (7-76) Added Attack Lightning Damage
Buff grants (2-19) to (7-76) Added Spell Lightning Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Storms Hit Enemies with (1-20)% increased FrequencyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. skill, killing a shocked enemy by your Flame Totem won't proc Herald of Thunder's on kill effect and this is intentional.

Additional projectiles: Only one projectile will hit an enemy per cast. Increasing the number of projectiles will only help to hit more enemies per cast, but will not multiply the damages on enemies.

Projectile Speed: Affects the distance that the projectile will travel as well as its speed.

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
Ghostflame Holy Flame Totem SkinGhostflame Holy Flame Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Holy Flame Totem becomes possessed with ghostly fire.	50	Replaces the standard effect on a Holy Flame TotemHoly Flame TotemTotem, Spell, Projectile, Fire, Channelling, Physical Level: (1-20) Cost: (11-39) Mana Cast Time: 0.25 sec Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 35% Projectile Speed: 750Requires Level 4Summons a totem that channels to fire a stream of flame at nearby enemies, and creates an area of consecrated ground around the totem.Deals (2-153) to (5-230) Physical Damage Projectiles Pierce all Targets Totem lasts 8 seconds Fires 3 Projectiles Summons a Totem which uses this Skill 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage Consecrated Ground grants Immunity to Curses to you and Allies Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (2-40)% increased Projectile SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. 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

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Holy Flame Totem.

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 Flame Totem Consecrated Ground Enemy Damage Taken 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Consecrated Ground from Holy Flame Totem applies 6% increased Damage taken to Enemies	helmet 75
Enchantment Flame Totem Consecrated Ground Enemy Damage Taken 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Consecrated Ground from Holy Flame Totem applies 9% increased Damage taken to Enemies	helmet 75
Enchantment Flame Totem Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Holy Flame Totem deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 75
Enchantment Flame Totem Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Holy Flame Totem deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 75
Enchantment Flame Totem Num Of Additional Projectiles 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Holy Flame Totem fires an additional Projectile	helmet 75
Enchantment Flame Totem Num Of Additional Projectiles 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Holy Flame Totem fires 2 additional Projectiles	helmet 75
Enchantment Flame Totem Projectile Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Holy Flame Totem has 20% increased Projectile Speed	helmet 75
Enchantment Flame Totem Projectile Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Holy Flame Totem has 30% increased Projectile Speed	helmet 75

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.