Siege Ballista

Siege BallistaAttack, Projectile, Totem, Bow
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (6-11) Mana
Attack Speed: 50% of base
Projectile Speed: 3260Requires Level 12Summons a ballista totem that attacks with piercing arrows.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Projectile DamageFires 0.1 additional Projectiles
1% reduced Attack Speed1% increased Projectile Speed1% chance to Impale Enemies on HitDeals (100-145)% of Base Attack Damage
Totem lasts 8 seconds
+(2-3) to maximum number of Summoned Totems
Arrows Pierce (6-9) additional TargetsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Area level: 12Vendor Prices

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1x Orb of Transmutation

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Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemSiegeBallista

Siege Ballista is a bow attack skill. It summons a ballista totem that fires a powerful, piercing bolt after a build-up time. The bolts scale on the player's weapon damage. The totem suffers an attack speed penalty but deals increased base damage. 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 inherent added totem limit. They have a much shorter summoning range, spawning much closer to the summoner.

Bow: Siege Ballista requires that a bow is equipped in order to be cast and has a Bow Gem tag.

Since Siege Ballista's attacks are also bow attacks, effects such as Point Blank and close range bonus apply. For the range-dependent effects, bonus damage is based on the target's distance from the totem making the attacks.

Attack: Siege Ballista fires ranged attacks that scale off of base attack damage, and thus scale directly off of the player's equipped bow and other attack stats. Siege Ballista fires at 50% of the attack speed of the equipped bow. Siege Ballista attacks can be evaded.

With the unique , one can summon 1 additional Siege Ballista Totem per 200 Dexterity.

Gem level progression

Level					Cost and Reservation Multiplier	Critical Strike Chance	Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Stored Uses	Cooldown	Vaal souls	Stored Uses	Soul Prevention Time	Attack Damage	Base duration	Attack Speed	Added Piercing	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	33	0	0	0%	0%	6	100%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	100%	0.00 sec	0%	6	0	0
2	15	39	0	0	0%	0%	6	102%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	102.4%	0.00 sec	0%	6	15249	15249
3	19	48	0	0	0%	0%	7	105%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	104.7%	0.00 sec	0%	6	41517	56766
4	23	56	0	0	0%	0%	7	107%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	107.1%	0.00 sec	0%	6	81983	138749
5	27	64	0	0	0%	0%	7	109%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	109.5%	0.00 sec	0%	6	147968	286717
6	31	73	0	0	0%	0%	7	112%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	111.8%	0.00 sec	0%	7	250557	537274
7	35	81	0	0	0%	0%	8	114%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	114.2%	0.00 sec	0%	7	405086	942360
8	38	88	0	0	0%	0%	8	117%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	116.6%	0.00 sec	0%	7	447718	1390078
9	41	94	0	0	0%	0%	8	119%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	118.9%	0.00 sec	0%	7	615318	2005396
10	44	100	0	0	0%	0%	8	121%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	121.3%	0.00 sec	0%	7	834639	2840035
11	47	106	0	0	0%	0%	9	124%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	123.7%	0.00 sec	0%	8	1570760	4410795
12	50	113	0	0	0%	0%	9	126%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	126.1%	0.00 sec	0%	8	1633987	6044782
13	53	119	0	0	0%	0%	9	128%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	128.4%	0.00 sec	0%	8	2151030	8195812
14	56	125	0	0	0%	0%	9	131%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	130.8%	0.00 sec	0%	8	2812189	11008001
15	59	132	0	0	0%	0%	10	133%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	133.2%	0.00 sec	0%	8	5099360	16107361
16	62	138	0	0	0%	0%	10	136%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	135.5%	0.00 sec	0%	9	9400731	25508092
17	64	142	0	0	0%	0%	10	138%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	137.9%	0.00 sec	0%	9	15273366	40781458
18	66	146	0	0	0%	0%	10	140%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	140.3%	0.00 sec	0%	9	26286582	67068040
19	68	151	0	0	0%	0%	11	143%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	142.6%	0.00 sec	0%	9	62890590	129958630
20	70	155	0	0	0%	0%	11	145%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	145%	0.00 sec	0%	9	212046017	342004647
21	72	159	0	0	0%	0%	11	147%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	147.4%	0.00 sec	0%	10	-342004647	0
22	74	0	0	0	0%	0%	12	150%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	149.7%	0.00 sec	0%	10	0	0
23	76	0	0	0	0%	0%	12	152%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	152.1%	0.00 sec	0%	10	0	0
24	78	0	0	0	0%	0%	12	154%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	154.5%	0.00 sec	0%	10	0	0
25	80	0	0	0	0%	0%	12	157%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	156.8%	0.00 sec	0%	10	0	0
26	82	0	0	0	0%	0%	13	159%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	159.2%	0.00 sec	0%	11	0	0
27	84	0	0	0	0%	0%	13	162%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	161.6%	0.00 sec	0%	11	0	0
28	86	0	0	0	0%	0%	13	164%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	163.9%	0.00 sec	0%	11	0	0
29	88	0	0	0	0%	0%	13	166%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	166.3%	0.00 sec	0%	11	0	0
30	90	0	0	0	0%	0%	14	169%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	168.7%	0.00 sec	0%	11	0	0
31	91	0	0	0	0%	0%	14	170%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	169.9%	0.00 sec	0%	11	0	0
32	92	0	0	0	0%	0%	14	171%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	171.1%	0.00 sec	0%	12	0	0
33	93	0	0	0	0%	0%	14	172%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	172.2%	0.00 sec	0%	12	0	0
34	94	0	0	0	0%	0%	15	173%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	173.4%	0.00 sec	0%	12	0	0
35	95	0	0	0	0%	0%	15	175%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	174.6%	0.00 sec	0%	12	0	0
36	96	0	0	0	0%	0%	15	176%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	175.8%	0.00 sec	0%	12	0	0
37	97	0	0	0	0%	0%	15	177%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	177%	0.00 sec	0%	12	0	0
38	98	0	0	0	0%	0%	16	178%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	178.2%	0.00 sec	0%	12	0	0
39	99	0	0	0	0%	0%	16	179%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	179.3%	0.00 sec	0%	12	0	0
40	100	0	0	0	0%	0%	16	181%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	180.5%	0.00 sec	0%	12	0	0

Alternate skill effects

Siege Ballista has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
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.
Demonic Arctic Ballista Totem SkinDemonic Arctic Ballista Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour ballista totem becomes a demonic arctic totem.	Your ballista totem becomes a demonic arctic 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.
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.
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. No results found

Version history

Version	Changes
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.