Ancestral Warchief

Ancestral 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.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Totem Damage2% increased Totem Placement speed2% increased Activation range2% increased Damage with AilmentsDeals (110-166)% of Base Attack Damage
Totem lasts 12 seconds
50% increased Totem Placement speed
(8-18)% more Melee Damage while Totem is Active
+10 to Melee Strike RangePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
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Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemAncestralWarchief

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Ancestral Warchief.

Ancestral Warchief is a skill that creates a totem which will attack enemies with melee AoE slams while the character stands close to it. Being near it also increases the character's damage. Ancestral Warchief has an attack speed multiplier of 90%.

Skill functions and interactions

• Multistrike: Ancestral Warchief cannot be supported by Multistrike SupportMultistrike SupportAttack, Melee, Support
  Icon: 3
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 160%Requires Level 38Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat twice when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, or triggered skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Melee Physical DamageSupported Skills have 1% reduced Attack Speed
  Supported Skills have 1% increased Area of Effect per RepeatSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack SpeedSupported Skills Repeat 2 additional times
  Supported Skills have (35-44)% more Melee Attack Speed
  First Repeat of Supported Skills deals 22% more Damage
  Second Repeat of Supported Skills deals 44% more Damage
  Supported Skills deal (20-10)% less Attack DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket..

• Fortify: Linking Fortify SupportFortify SupportAttack, Support, Melee
  Icon: O
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports melee attack skills that are not triggered.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Attack DamageSupported Skills have 0.2% increased Fortify EffectHits from Supported Skills Overwhelm 0.25% of Physical Damage Reduction while you have FortifySupported Skills grant Fortify on Melee hit
  Supported Skills deal (20-34)% more Melee Damage
  Supported Skills have (15-34)% increased Fortify duration
  Supported Skills deal (20-34)% more Damage with Ailments caused by Melee HitsThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. to Ancestral Warchief will cause the totem, and not the player, to gain Fortify on melee hit. This appears to be the way for a totem to have Fortify and with the Ascendant Champion Node. Totem can gain Fortify with a 14-20% chance when it stuns an enemy while wearing .

• Multiple Totems: Melee damage buff does not stack when multiple totems are summoned.

• Totem Attack Range: The range at which the totem strikes is affected by the weapon range of the equipped weapon and modifiers to weapon range.

• Area of Effect: Modifiers to area radius affect both the range at which the totem strikes, as well as the radius of the attack.

• Activation: The totem is active as long as the player remains within a 80 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.

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Ancestral Warchief. No results found

Alternate skill effects

Ancestral Warchief has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Iron Maiden Ancestral WarchiefIron Maiden Ancestral WarchiefSkill Gem EffectYour Ancestral Warchief becomes an Iron Maiden Effect.	Your Ancestral Warchief becomes an Iron Maiden Effect.
Void Ancestral WarchiefVoid Ancestral WarchiefSkill Gem EffectYour Ancestral Warchief becomes a void effect.	Your Ancestral Warchief becomes a void effect.

Monster stats

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1.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	6	6		4					Metadata/Monsters/Totems/SlamTotem	Totem	mud_blood

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Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	Now deals 166% of Base Damage, and has 166% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 133%).
3.7.0	Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 110% at gem level 1 (from 100%), up to 133% at gem level 20 (from 123%). Now has an attack speed multiplier of 90% (rather than 10% less attack speed).
2.5.0	Ancestral Warchief now does 10% less damage at all levels. Fixed behaviour with the center of the slam being significantly further away than the totem's melee range. The skill now has +10 melee range at all levels, and the slam will always be centered at melee range away from the totem.
2.3.0	Introduced to the game