Arcanist Brand

Arcanist BrandTrigger, Spell, Duration, Brand
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (18-32) Mana
Cast Time: 0.80 secRequires Level 38Creates a magical brand which can attach to a nearby enemy. It periodically activates while attached, triggering linked spells. The brand will detach if the enemy dies.Activates every second while Attached
Increases and Reductions to Cast Speed also apply to this Skill's Activation frequency
Can be Detached for a total Duration of 5.00 seconds
Can be Attached for a total Duration of 3.00 seconds
Supported Skills have 40% reduced Chaining range
Projectiles from Supported Skills have 4.8 metres maximum range
Supported Skills have 40% less Area of Effect
Supported Skills deal (69-63)% less Damage
Supported Skills Deal (40-59)% more Damage with Hits against Branded Enemy
Supported Skills are Triggered by Arcanist Brand, from the Brand's location

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.5-10)% increased Activation frequencyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 38Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemArcanistBrand

Arcanist Brand is a skill gem that turns a linked spell into a trigger skill. The brand periodically triggers all linked spells in a sequence while being attached to an enemy.

Skill functions and interactions

The following restrictions apply from the description of the support gem part of Arcanist Brand: Supports spell skills that have no reservation. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.

• The gem consists of two components: a skill part Arcanist Brand and a support part Arcanist Brand Support. However, it does not have the Support gem tag. It is one of the few skill/support hybrid gems.
• Skills triggered by Arcanist Brand do not count as 'Brand Skills', but do count as dealing Brand Damage and Brand Critical Strikes for modifiers like #% increased Brand Damage and +#% to Brand Critical Strike Chance/Multiplier.
• Arcanist Brand's cast speed determines how long it takes to cast the brand itself. The activation frequency is how often the brand triggers linked spells. Both of these are increased by cast speed modifiers.
• Targeting - Arcanist Brand auto-targets enemies with precision. For skills that can be hard to aim close to enemies like DesecrateDesecrateSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (11-26) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.60 secRequires Level 16Desecrates the ground, spawning corpses based on monsters in the current area and dealing chaos damage over time to enemies. If you are using the Raise Spectre skill there is a chance to spawn spectral corpses matching your most recently raised Spectres. Spectral corpses cannot be interacted with except by Minion skills.Deals (8.2-294) Base Chaos Damage per second
  Base duration is 4.00 seconds
  Spawns 5 corpses
  Spawned corpses' level matches the area level, up to a maximum of Level (20-80)
  Maximum of 10 corpses allowed
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Cast SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., this will get corpses close to enemies.
• While attached to an enemy, Arcanist Brand will cast all linked spells in a sequence, until its duration runs out. This can allow the character to apply multiple spells with one cast, assuming the brand has enough duration.
• Brand RecallBrand RecallBrand, Spell
  Level: (1-6)
  Cost: (7-16) Mana
  Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 16Recall your brands to you, detaching them from enemies and increasing attachment range until they next attach to an enemy. Spends a portion of each recalled brand's cost to cause it to activate.(0-40)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
  Spends 20% of Brand's Cost
  Brands gain (25-45)% increased Attachment Range
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. will activate all brands, triggering one of the linked spells, even for brands that were not attached to a target.
• Trigger: Arcanist Brand cannot gain a trigger from either support gems or items. Skills it supports follow general trigger mechanics, becoming disabled if they gain a trigger in addition to Arcanist Brand.
• The Supported Skills deal (69-63)% less Damage and Supported Skills Deal (40-59)% more Damage with Hits against Branded Enemy modifiers are multiplicative, resulting in a final modifier of 57% less damage dealt with hits against the branded enemy at level 1, scaling up to 41% less at level 20.
• Projectiles from Supported Skills have 4.8 metres maximum range: This modifier limits the maximum travel distance of projectiles, and may be advantageous for projectiles with a limited lifetime like Eye of WinterEye of WinterSpell, Projectile, Cold
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (14-26) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.80 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 55%Requires Level 28Fires a single eye projectile which constantly releases shard projectiles in a spiral. The shards will damage enemies they impact, dealing cold damage. The eye cannot damage enemies. When the eye dissipates or collides with terrain, it releases a faster spiral of extra shards.Deals (16-245) to (25-367) Cold Damage
  Fires 8 Shard Projectiles in a Spiral when Projectile ends
  Modifiers to number of Projectiles only apply to the final Spiral
  Projectiles continuously gain Damage, up to 200% more Damage by the time they dissipate
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Fires +(0.1-2) Shard Projectiles in a Spiral when Projectile endsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., allowing them to return to the branded enemy sooner or with less investment in projectile speed.
• Skills that summon minions can be triggered, but Arcanist Brand Support's Cannot modify the skills of minions means it cannot add stats to minions or their skills. Minions are unaffected by Arcanist Brand Support's penalties or bonuses, and they will not cast their own brands.
  • Projectiles from Supported Skills have 4.8 metres maximum range does modify minions' projectiles skills however, though this may be a bug.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	less Damage	more Damage via Brand	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	38	88	18	69%	40%	0	0
2	40	92	18	69%	41%	388734	388734
3	42	96	19	69%	42%	477437	866171
4	44	100	20	68%	43%	583786	1449957
5	46	104	22	68%	44%	710359	2160316
6	48	109	23	68%	45%	1355511	3515827
7	50	113	23	67%	46%	1138877	4654704
8	52	117	24	67%	47%	1368233	6022937
9	54	121	25	67%	48%	1638338	7661275
10	56	125	25	66%	49%	1956648	9617923
11	58	130	26	66%	50%	3655184	13273107
12	60	134	26	66%	51%	3017327	16290434
13	62	138	28	65%	52%	3576232	19866666
14	64	142	29	65%	53%	4231667	24098333
15	65	144	29	65%	54%	2395078	26493411
16	66	146	30	64%	55%	8421063	34914474
17	67	148	30	64%	56%	16159983	51074457
18	68	151	31	64%	57%	41170367	92244824
19	69	153	32	63%	58%	86794448	179039272
20	70	155	32	63%	59%	157405063	336444335
21	72	159	34	63%	60%	—	—
22	74	—	34	62%	61%	—	—
23	76	—	35	62%	62%	—	—
24	78	—	36	62%	63%	—	—
25	80	—	36	61%	64%	—	—
26	82	—	37	61%	65%	—	—
27	84	—	37	61%	66%	—	—
28	86	—	38	60%	67%	—	—
29	88	—	38	60%	68%	—	—
30	90	—	40	60%	69%	—	—
31	91	—	40	59%	69%	—	—
32	92	—	41	59%	70%	—	—
33	93	—	41	59%	70%	—	—
34	94	—	41	58%	71%	—	—
35	95	—	42	58%	71%	—	—
36	96	—	42	58%	72%	—	—
37	97	—	42	57%	72%	—	—
38	98	—	42	57%	73%	—	—
39	99	—	43	57%	73%	—	—
40	100	—	43	56%	74%	—	—

Item acquisition

Arcanist Brand can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Arcanist Brand can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.	Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem	A
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
Quest ↓
The Eternal Nightmare Act 4

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
Quest ↓
The Eternal Nightmare Act 4 Petarus and Vanja
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Arcanist Brand.

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 Arcanist Brand Cast Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Arcanist Brand has 8% increased Cast Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Arcanist Brand Cast Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Arcanist Brand has 12% increased Cast Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Arcanist Brand Unnerve 1	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Spells Triggered by Arcanist Brand Unnerve enemies on Hit for 4 seconds	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Arcanist Brand has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
Celestial Brand EffectCelestial Brand EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Brand becomes a Celestial Effect.	Your Brand becomes a Celestial Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.17.0	Arcanist Brand now deal 69% less Damage at gem level 1 (previously 55%), and 63% less at gem level 20 (previously 46%).
3.12.0	Fixed a bug where Arcanist Brand would incorrectly check the player's line of sight to use Firestorm, and then target the player's location if it didn't have line of sight.
3.11.0f	Fixed a bug where Wave of ConvictionWave of ConvictionFire, Lightning, Spell, AoE, Duration, Physical Level: (1-20) Cost: (9-23) Mana Cast Time: 0.70 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: (220-330)%Requires Level 16An expanding wave of energy surges forward, damaging enemies in a cone-shaped area over a duration. Each enemy hit is inflicted with Exposure matching the element of which they took the highest damage. Only one Wave of Conviction can be active at a timeDeals (35-1476) to (52-2214) Physical Damage 25% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage Base duration is (0.50-0.69) seconds Base secondary duration is 4.00 seconds 25% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage Exposure applies -15% to Elemental Resistance matching highest Damage taken Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Damage Penetrates (0.75-15)% of Enemy Elemental ResistancesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., when supported by Arcanist Brand, was hitting more often than intended against stationary monsters.
3.11.0	Arcanist Brand has been added to the game.