Ancestral Warchief

This article describes historical game content.

In Version 3.25.0, melee totems have been removed from the game.

Ancestral WarchiefAttack, Totem, AoE, Slam, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-11) 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.

Acquisition
Not in game
Drop level: 28Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemAncestralWarchief

Ancestral Warchief is a skill that creates an Ancestor 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

• 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.Melee Hits from Supported Skills Fortify
  Supported Skills deal (10-19)% more Damage with Ailments caused by Melee Hits
  Supported Skills deal (10-19)% more Melee Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased Fortification DurationThis 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 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 fortification on melee hit. Stats that let you gain fortification in certain conditions related to attacking (e.g. on hit, on melee stun) are also inherited by the totem.

• 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.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Melee Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	67	8	110%	110%	8%	0	0
2	31	73	8	113%	112.9%	9%	199345	199345
3	34	79	9	116%	115.9%	9%	285815	485160
4	37	85	9	119%	118.8%	10%	401344	886504
5	40	92	9	122%	121.8%	10%	554379	1440883
6	42	96	9	125%	124.7%	11%	477437	1918320
7	44	100	9	128%	127.7%	11%	583786	2502106
8	46	104	9	131%	130.6%	12%	710359	3212465
9	48	109	10	134%	133.6%	12%	1355511	4567976
10	50	113	10	137%	136.5%	13%	1138877	5706853
11	52	117	10	139%	139.5%	13%	1368233	7075086
12	54	121	10	142%	142.4%	14%	1638338	8713424
13	56	125	10	145%	145.4%	14%	1956648	10670072
14	58	130	10	148%	148.3%	15%	3655184	14325256
15	60	134	10	151%	151.3%	15%	3017327	17342583
16	62	138	11	154%	154.2%	16%	7759995	25102578
17	64	142	11	157%	157.2%	16%	15138193	40240771
18	66	146	11	160%	160.1%	17%	26083825	66324596
19	68	151	11	163%	163.1%	17%	62620247	128944843
20	70	155	11	166%	166%	18%	211708088	340652931
21	72	159	11	169%	168.9%	18%	—	—
22	74	—	11	172%	171.9%	19%	—	—
23	76	—	12	175%	174.8%	19%	—	—
24	78	—	12	178%	177.8%	20%	—	—
25	80	—	12	181%	180.7%	20%	—	—
26	82	—	12	184%	183.7%	21%	—	—
27	84	—	12	187%	186.6%	21%	—	—
28	86	—	12	190%	189.6%	22%	—	—
29	88	—	12	193%	192.5%	22%	—	—
30	90	—	13	195%	195.5%	23%	—	—
31	91	—	13	197%	196.9%	23%	—	—
32	92	—	13	198%	198.4%	23%	—	—
33	93	—	13	200%	199.9%	23%	—	—
34	94	—	13	201%	201.4%	24%	—	—
35	95	—	13	203%	202.8%	24%	—	—
36	96	—	13	204%	204.3%	24%	—	—
37	97	—	13	206%	205.8%	24%	—	—
38	98	—	13	207%	207.3%	25%	—	—
39	99	—	13	209%	208.7%	25%	—	—
40	100	—	13	210%	210.2%	25%	—	—

Item acquisition

Ancestral Warchief is drop disabled.

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect 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

Ancestral Warchief had the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
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.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.25.0	Melee Totem Skills have been removed. Existing versions of the Replica Dragonfang's FlightReplica Dragonfang's Flight Onyx AmuletRequires Level 56+(10-16) to all Attributes+3 to Level of all <Random Skill> Gems +(5-10)% to all Elemental Resistances (5-10)% increased Reservation Efficiency of Skills Items and Gems have (10-5)% reduced Attribute Requirements"Did we make this? Why do we have no record of it? We were warned that there would be consequences..." - Administrator Qotra Unique Item will now provide mod for another Gem.
3.23.0	Quality now provides 0-30% increased Activation range, instead of 0-20% increased Totem Damage.
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