Arcanist Brand

Arcanist BrandTrigger, Spell, Duration, Brand
Level: (1-20)
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.Your Skills can have an additional Brand Attached to an Enemy
Activates every 1 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 seconds
Can be Attached for a total Duration of 3 seconds
Supported Skills have 40% reduced Chaining range
Supported Skills have limited Projectile 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 per 1% Quality:
0.5% 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: 38Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
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 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. Other examples of this are; item skill Snipe, or skill gems such as SpellslingerSpellslingerTrigger, Spell
  Level: (1-20)
  Reservation: (30-25)% Mana
  Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 24Reserves mana based on the supported spells to cause those spells to trigger when you fire projectiles from a wand attack.This Skill's Mana Reservation is the total of the Mana Reservations of Supported Skills, and cannot be further modified
  Trigger Supported Spells when you fire Projectiles from a Non-Triggered Wand Attack
  Supported Skills have (0-38)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
  Supported Skills have Added Spell Damage equal to (60-174)% of Damage of Equipped Wand
  If two Wands are Equipped, each contributes half as much Added Damage
  Supported Skills deal (37-31)% less Damage with Hits and AilmentsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., General's CryGeneral's CryWarcry, AoE, Duration
  Level: (1-20)
  Use Time: 0.80 secRequires Level 24Performs a warcry, taunting nearby enemies to attack the user, and summoning Mirage Warriors from nearby corpses. The Mirage Warriors each use a linked attack skill once before dissipating.Base duration is (4-4.9) seconds
  (0-38)% increased Warcry Speed
  Counts total Power of Enemies and Corpses in Range
  Summons Mirage Warriors from 2 corpses per 5 Power, minimum 1 corpse
  Maximum 5 Summoned Mirage Warriors
  Supported Strike Skills cannot target additional Enemies
  Attacks with Supported Skills count as Exerted
  Supported Skills deal (45-36)% less Damage
  Supported Skills are used by Mirage Warriors Summoned by General's Cry
  Supported Skills count as Triggered
  
  Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
  0.5% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Predator SupportPredator SupportSupport, Minion, Spell, Duration
  Icon: h
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
  Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 18Applies a debuff to a specific enemy which signals your minions to consider that enemy to be the Prey. All minions from skills supported by any Predator Support will target that enemy. Only one enemy can be the Prey at a time. This skill cannot be used by Totems, Traps, or Mines.Minions from Supported Skills deal (6-12)% more Damage
  Minions from Supported Skills deal (15-24)% more Damage to the Prey with Hits and Ailments
  Minions from Supported Skills always target the Prey if possible
  Base duration is 8 seconds
  
  Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
  Minions from Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased 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., Shockwave SupportShockwave SupportSupport, Melee, Attack, AoE
  Icon: s
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%
  Can Store (1-4) Use(s)
  Attack Damage: (160-260)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (160-260)%Requires Level 18Deals attack damage in an area.Supported Skills will Trigger Shockwave on Melee Hit
  Supported Skills can only be used with Maces, Sceptres or Staves
  +(0-3) to radius
  (0-38)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
  
  Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Melee 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., etc..
• Channelling Spells: Even though it's not mentioned in the gem's description, linking a channelling spell won't cause it to be activated by this skill.
• Arcanist Brand's base 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, summoning corpses and dealing chaos damage to all enemies in the area. The corpses will be chosen from the monsters in the current area and any Spectres that have existed in this instance.Deals (8.2-294) Base Chaos Damage per second
  Base duration is 4 seconds
  Spawns 5 corpses
  Spawns corpses up to Level (20-100)
  Maximum of 10 corpses allowed
  
  Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
  1% 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.
• 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.
• Trigger: Attempting to support Arcanist Brand in The Poet's PenThe Poet's Pen
  Carved WandWand
  Physical Damage: 9-17
  Critical Strike Chance: 7.00%
  Attacks per Second: (1.62-1.68)
  Weapon Range: 120Requires Level 12, 47 Int(11-15)% increased Spell Damage+1 to Level of Socketed Active Skill Gems per 25 Player Levels
  Trigger a Socketed Spell when you Attack with this Weapon, with a 0.25 second Cooldown
  Adds 3 to 5 Physical Damage to Attacks with this Weapon per 3 Player Levels
  (8-12)% increased Attack SpeedIn every piece of prose, lies a tiny spark of magic. linked to other spells will cancel both out, making Arcanist Brand unlinked to any spell, and lock the spells in The Poet's PenThe Poet's Pen
  Carved WandWand
  Physical Damage: 9-17
  Critical Strike Chance: 7.00%
  Attacks per Second: (1.62-1.68)
  Weapon Range: 120Requires Level 12, 47 Int(11-15)% increased Spell Damage+1 to Level of Socketed Active Skill Gems per 25 Player Levels
  Trigger a Socketed Spell when you Attack with this Weapon, with a 0.25 second Cooldown
  Adds 3 to 5 Physical Damage to Attacks with this Weapon per 3 Player Levels
  (8-12)% increased Attack SpeedIn every piece of prose, lies a tiny spark of magic., making them untriggerable. This is an action similar to attempting supporting a spell with multiple trigger mechanics, such as Cast On Critical Strike SupportCast On Critical Strike SupportCritical, Support, Spell, Trigger
  Icon: &
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 38Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.Supported Attacks will Trigger a Supported Spell when you Crit an Enemy
  Supported Skills deal (19-10)% less Spell Damage
  You cannot Cast Supported Triggerable Spells directly
  
  Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
  Supported Skills have 1% increased Attack Critical Strike ChanceThis 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., Cast when Damage Taken SupportCast when Damage Taken SupportSupport, Spell, Trigger
  Icon: !
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 250%
  Cooldown Time: 0.25 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 38Each supported spell skill will track damage you take, and be triggered when the total damage taken reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.This Gem can only Support Skill Gems requiring Level (38-70) or lower
  Supported Skills deal (65-27)% less Damage
  You cannot Cast Supported Triggerable Spells directly
  
  Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased 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. or other trigger supports or triggering items, such as Cospri's MaliceCospri's Malice
  Jewelled FoilOne Handed Sword
  Elemental Damage: (80-100) to (160-200)
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.50%
  Attacks per Second: (1.73-1.82)
  Weapon Range: 14Requires Level 68, 212 Dex, 257 Int+25% to Global Critical Strike MultiplierTrigger a Socketed Cold Spell on Melee Critical Strike, with a 0.25 second Cooldown
  No Physical Damage
  Adds (80-100) to (160-200) Cold Damage
  Adds (40-60) to (90-110) Cold Damage to Spells
  (8-14)% increased Attack Speed
  +257 Intelligence Requirement
  60% increased Critical Strike Chance against Chilled EnemiesBreathe deep, my child.
  Let the frigid air engulf your soul.
  Embrace the eternal cold,
  And it will embrace you back. or MjölnerMjölner
  GavelOne Handed Mace
  Physical Damage: (97.2-118.8) to (181.8-222.2)
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Attacks per Second: 1.15
  Weapon Range: 11Requires Level 60, 412 Str, 300 Int15% reduced Enemy Stun ThresholdTrigger a Socketed Lightning Spell on Hit, with a 0.25 second Cooldown
  Socketed Lightning Spells have no Cost if Triggered
  +300 Intelligence Requirement
  +200 Strength Requirement
  (80-120)% increased Physical Damage
  Skills Chain +1 times
  (80-100)% increased Lightning DamageLook the storm in the eye and you will have its respect..
• 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.

Gem level progression

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

Gem quality

Type	Stats (per 1% quality)	Weight
Superior	0.5% increased Activation frequency	50
Anomalous	Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Area of Effect	100
Divergent	Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Projectile Speed	100
Phantasmal	Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Chaining range	100

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. Shift click to unstack.	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.

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	Effect(s)
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: 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 0.5 seconds Base secondary duration is 4 seconds (0-38)% increased Skill Effect Duration 25% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage Exposure applies -15% to Elemental Resistance matching highest Damage taken Additional Effects per 1% Quality: 1% increased Elemental DamagePlace 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.