Holy Flame Totem

Holy 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%Requires 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.

Acquisition
Drop level: 5Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemFlameTotem

Holy Flame Totem summons totem that fires a stream of flame at nearby enemies, dealing fire damage to them. Damage from the totem deals physical damage converted to fire damage. Each totem also creates consecrated ground around it that also makes allies standing on it immune to curses. 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 damage per second due to engine limitations.

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, shocked enemies killed by your Flame Totem will not activate 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.

Channeling: The totem's attack is considered a channeling skill, so it will benefit from bonuses related to channeling.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Physical Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	4	0	0	11	2 to 5	0	0
2	6	0	0	12	3 to 6	841	841
3	9	17	0	13	4 to 8	3099	3940
4	12	21	14	14	7 to 10	7433	11373
5	16	26	18	16	8 to 13	22895	34268
6	20	31	22	18	12 to 18	49725	83993
7	24	37	25	19	15 to 23	95714	179707
8	28	42	29	21	19 to 29	169595	349302
9	32	47	33	23	24 to 36	283759	633061
10	36	52	36	25	30 to 45	453996	1087057
11	40	58	40	26	37 to 55	703128	1790185
12	44	63	44	28	45 to 68	1061223	2851408
13	48	68	48	30	55 to 83	2065870	4917278
14	52	74	51	32	67 to 101	2507110	7424388
15	55	78	54	33	77 to 116	2573731	9998119
16	58	82	57	34	89 to 134	7611351	17609470
17	61	86	60	36	102 to 154	13437908	31047378
18	64	90	62	37	117 to 176	25052147	56099525
19	67	94	65	38	134 to 201	43869436	99968961
20	70	98	68	39	153 to 230	242081178	342050139
21	72	100	70	40	168 to 251	—	—
22	74	—	—	41	183 to 274	—	—
23	76	—	—	42	200 to 299	—	—
24	78	—	—	43	218 to 326	—	—
25	80	—	—	44	237 to 356	—	—
26	82	—	—	45	258 to 387	—	—
27	84	—	—	46	281 to 422	—	—
28	86	—	—	46	306 to 459	—	—
29	88	—	—	47	333 to 499	—	—
30	90	—	—	48	362 to 543	—	—
31	91	—	—	49	377 to 566	—	—
32	92	—	—	49	393 to 590	—	—
33	93	—	—	49	410 to 615	—	—
34	94	—	—	50	427 to 641	—	—
35	95	—	—	50	445 to 668	—	—
36	96	—	—	51	464 to 696	—	—
37	97	—	—	51	483 to 725	—	—
38	98	—	—	52	503 to 755	—	—
39	99	—	—	52	524 to 787	—	—
40	100	—	—	52	546 to 819	—	—

Item acquisition

Holy Flame Totem can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Holy Flame Totem 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 ↓
Breaking Some Eggs Act 1

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 ↓
Breaking Some Eggs Act 1 Nessa
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect 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

Alternate skill effects

Holy Flame Totem has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
Arcane Tome Totem SkinArcane Tome Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes an Arcane Tome.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes an Arcane Tome.
Challenger's Ancestral Totem SkinChallenger's Ancestral Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes a Challenger's Ancestral totem.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a Challenger's Ancestral totem.
Darkshard Totem SkinDarkshard Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes a darkshard totem.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a darkshard totem.
Defender's Ancestral Totem SkinDefender's Ancestral Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes a Defender's Ancestral totem.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a Defender's Ancestral totem.
Dragon Totem SkinDragon Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes a golden dragon.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a golden dragon.
Eagle Guardian Totem SkinEagle Guardian Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes an eagle guardian.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes an eagle guardian.
Ghostflame Holy Flame Totem SkinGhostflame Holy Flame Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Holy Flame Totem becomes possessed with ghostly fire.	Your Holy Flame Totem becomes possessed with ghostly fire.
Olmec Totem SkinOlmec Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes a carved stone totem with two faces.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a carved stone totem with two faces.
Pylon of Pain Totem SkinPylon of Pain Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes a Pylon of Pain.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a Pylon of Pain.
Tiki Totem SkinTiki Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes a coloured totem that has carved tiki designs.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a coloured totem that has carved tiki designs.
Twisted Skull Totem SkinTwisted Skull Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes a twisted skull totem.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a twisted skull totem.
Ziggurat Totem SkinZiggurat Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes an ancient ziggurat.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes an ancient ziggurat.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.23.0	Quality now provides 0-40% increased Projectile Speed (previously 0-20%).
3.17.0	Holy Flame Totem now deals 2 to 5 Physical Damage at gem level 1 (previously 3 to 5), up to 153 to 230 at gem level 20 (previously 134 to 202). Now has 35% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 30%).
3.6.0	Flame Totem has been renamed. It is now Holy Flame Totem. Now creates Consecrated Ground at the totem's location. This consecrated ground grants Curse Immunity. Now deals Physical Damage, and converts 50% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage. Now deals 3 to 5 Physical Damage at gem level 1 (from 1 to 2 Fire Damage), up to 134 to 202 at gem level 20 (from 122 to 183). Now costs 11 mana to cast at gem level 1 (from 12) up to 39 mana at gem level 20 (from 42). Now has an added damage effectiveness of 30% (from 25%). Now fires 2 additional projectiles at all levels (previously gained additional projectiles at gem levels 5 and 9). These projectiles fire in a wider cone than previously. Now has 20% more Totem Life. Now gains 1% increased Projectile Speed per 1% quality (previously gained 1% increased Totem Life per 1% quality). Is now considered 'Channelling', and will be affected by things which modify Channelled skills.
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.