Siege Ballista

Siege BallistaAttack, Projectile, Totem, Bow
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-13) Mana
Attack Speed: 50% of base
Attack Damage: (100-145)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (100-145)%
Projectile Speed: 3260Requires Level 12Summons a ballista totem that attacks with piercing arrows. Requires a Bow.Arrows Pierce (6-9) additional Targets
+(2-3) to maximum number of Summoned Totems
Totem lasts 8 seconds
Summons a Ballista Totem which uses this Skill

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.25-5)% increased Attack Speed per maximum TotemPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 12Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemSiegeBallista

Siege Ballista is a bow attack skill. It summons a ballista totem that fires a slow but powerful piercing arrow. Siege Ballista's range is 80 units.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Ballista: Siege Ballista is part of the ballista sub-class of totems. Ballista totems have a higher totem maximum, a much shorter placement range, and can be summoned faster.

Bow: Siege Ballista is a bow attack with built-in totem functionality. It scales normally with the player's equipped bow and other offensive modifiers. Effects based on distance from the user (e.g. Eye to Eye) reference the location of the totem, not the player.

With the unique Iron CommanderIron Commander
Death BowBow
Physical Damage: (36-40) to (89-97)
Critical Strike Chance: (6.50-7.50)%
Attacks per Second: (1.37-1.44)Requires Level 32, 107 Dex(30-50)% increased Critical Strike ChanceAdds (8-12) to (16-24) Physical Damage
(14-20)% increased Attack Speed
(14-20)% increased Totem Life
(14-20)% increased Totem Placement speed
Siege Ballista has +1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems per 200 Dexterity
Adds 1 to 3 Physical Damage to Attacks per 25 DexterityThe Eternals commanded an army that need not eat, sleep, or breathe
without the usual depravities of necromancy., one can summon 1 additional Siege Ballista Totem per 200 Dexterity.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Extra Totems	Added Piercing	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	33	8	100%	100%	2	6	0	0
2	15	39	8	102%	102.4%	2	6	15249	15249
3	19	48	8	105%	104.7%	2	6	41517	56766
4	23	56	9	107%	107.1%	2	6	81983	138749
5	27	64	9	109%	109.5%	2	6	147968	286717
6	31	73	9	112%	111.8%	2	7	250557	537274
7	35	81	10	114%	114.2%	2	7	405086	942360
8	38	88	10	117%	116.6%	2	7	447718	1390078
9	41	94	10	119%	118.9%	2	7	615318	2005396
10	44	100	10	121%	121.3%	2	7	834639	2840035
11	47	106	11	124%	123.7%	3	8	1570760	4410795
12	50	113	11	126%	126.1%	3	8	1633987	6044782
13	53	119	11	128%	128.4%	3	8	2151030	8195812
14	56	125	11	131%	130.8%	3	8	2812189	11008001
15	59	132	12	133%	133.2%	3	8	5099360	16107361
16	62	138	12	136%	135.5%	3	9	9400731	25508092
17	64	142	12	138%	137.9%	3	9	15273366	40781458
18	66	146	12	140%	140.3%	3	9	26286582	67068040
19	68	151	12	143%	142.6%	3	9	62890590	129958630
20	70	155	13	145%	145%	3	9	212046017	342004647
21	72	159	13	147%	147.4%	3	10	—	—
22	74	—	13	150%	149.7%	4	10	—	—
23	76	—	13	152%	152.1%	4	10	—	—
24	78	—	13	154%	154.5%	4	10	—	—
25	80	—	13	157%	156.8%	4	10	—	—
26	82	—	14	159%	159.2%	4	11	—	—
27	84	—	14	162%	161.6%	4	11	—	—
28	86	—	14	164%	163.9%	4	11	—	—
29	88	—	14	166%	166.3%	4	11	—	—
30	90	—	14	169%	168.7%	4	11	—	—
31	91	—	14	170%	169.9%	4	11	—	—
32	92	—	14	171%	171.1%	4	12	—	—
33	93	—	14	172%	172.2%	4	12	—	—
34	94	—	15	173%	173.4%	4	12	—	—
35	95	—	15	175%	174.6%	4	12	—	—
36	96	—	15	176%	175.8%	4	12	—	—
37	97	—	15	177%	177%	4	12	—	—
38	98	—	15	178%	178.2%	4	12	—	—
39	99	—	15	179%	179.3%	4	12	—	—
40	100	—	15	181%	180.5%	4	12	—	—

Item acquisition

Siege Ballista can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Siege Ballista can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
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 Siren's Cadence 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 ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1 Nessa
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth

Alternate skill effects

Siege Ballista 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.
Demonic Arctic Ballista Totem SkinDemonic Arctic Ballista Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectReplaces the default skin on your ballista totems with a Demonic Arctic version.	Replaces the default skin on your ballista totems with a Demonic Arctic version.
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.
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.

Monster stats

Totem

Resistances:

• 40% elemental resistance
• 20% chaos resistance

Level	Life
4	67
6	88
9	120
12	161
16	226
20	308
24	411
28	538
32	693
36	882
40	1114
44	1393
48	1734
52	2146
55	2507
58	2928
61	3407
64	3957
67	4589
70	5312
72	5853
74	6444
76	7088
78	7793
80	8564
82	9405
84	10322
86	11327
88	12421
90	13615

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Siege Ballista.

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 Siege Ballista Attack Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Siege Ballista has 10% increased Attack Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Siege Ballista Attack Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Siege Ballista has 15% increased Attack Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Siege Ballista Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Siege Ballista deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Siege Ballista Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Siege Ballista deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Siege Ballista Totem Placement Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Siege Ballista has 30% increased Totem Placement Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Siege Ballista Totem Placement Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Siege Ballista has 45% increased Totem Placement Speed	helmet 100

Version history

Version	Changes
3.25.0	Now has a Mana cost of 8 at gem level 1 (previously 6), scaling up to 13 at gem level 20 (previously 11).
3.23.0	Quality now provides 0-5% increased Attack Speed per maximum Totem, instead of 0-20% increased Projectile Damage.
3.13.0	Now allows you to place an additional totem at gem level 11, and again at gem level 22.
3.12.0	Now has alternative gem quality
3.9.0	Now a Ballista totem skill Now requires level 12 at gem level 1 (from level 4). Now deals 100% of base damage at gem level 1 (from 140%), up to 145% at gem level 20 (from 170%). Now grants +2 to your maximum number of summoned totems at all gem levels. Now grants 1% increased Projectile Damage per 1% gem quality (previously granted 1% increased Totem Placement Speed per 1% gem quality)
3.0.0	Siege Ballista pierces 6 targets at level 1, up to 9 at level 20.
2.1.0	Introduced to the game.