Ancestral Protector

Attack, Totem, Melee, Strike

Level: (1–20)

Cost: (6–10) Mana

Effectiveness of Added Damage: (90–180)%

Requires Level (4–70), (16–155) Str

Requires Claws, Daggers, One Hand Swords, Thrusting One Hand Swords, One Hand Axes, One Hand Maces, Sceptres, Staves, Two Hand Swords, Two Hand Axes, Two Hand Maces, , Warstaves, Rune Daggers

Summons an Ancestor Totem which attacks enemies with melee strikes while you're near it. Being near it grants you more attack speed. Requires a Melee Weapon or Unarmed.

Totem lasts 12 seconds
Summons a Totem which uses this Skill
(10–20)% more Attack Speed while Totem is Active
50% increased Totem Placement speed
+(1.6–1.8) metres to Melee Strike Range

Additional Effects From Quality:

+(0–0.4) metres to Melee Strike Range

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Quest /1

Act	Quest	NPC	Character
1	Breaking Some Eggs	Nessa	Duelist · Marauder · Scion · Templar

Genus

Ancestral Protector

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Totem lasts 12 seconds 50% increased Totem Placement speed Summons a Totem which uses this Skill (Affects Melee Strikes, including the Default Attack. Does not apply to Areas of Effect)

Level	Requires Level	Str	Cost	Base Damage	+1.6 metres to Melee Strike Range	10% more Attack Speed while Totem is Active	Experience
1	4	16	6	90%	1.6	10	841
2	6	20	6	94.7%	1.6	11	3,099
3	9	27	6	99.5%	1.6	11	7,433
4	12	33	6	104.2%	1.6	12	22,895
5	16	41	7	108.9%	1.6	12	49,725
6	20	50	7	113.7%	1.6	13	95,714
7	24	58	7	118.4%	1.7	13	169,595
8	28	67	7	123.2%	1.7	14	283,759
9	32	75	8	127.9%	1.7	14	453,996
10	36	83	8	132.6%	1.7	15	703,128
11	40	92	8	137.4%	1.7	15	1,061,223
12	44	100	8	142.1%	1.7	16	2,065,870
13	48	109	9	146.8%	1.7	16	2,507,110
14	52	117	9	151.6%	1.8	17	2,573,731
15	55	123	9	156.3%	1.8	17	7,611,351
16	58	130	9	161.1%	1.8	18	13,437,908
17	61	136	9	165.8%	1.8	18	25,052,147
18	64	142	10	170.5%	1.8	19	43,869,436
19	67	148	10	175.3%	1.8	19	242,081,178
20	70	155	10	180%	1.8	20
21	72		10	184.7%	1.9	20
22	74		10	189.5%	1.9	21
23	76		10	194.2%	1.9	21
24	78		11	198.9%	1.9	22
25	80		11	203.7%	1.9	22
26	82		11	208.4%	1.9	23
27	84		11	213.2%	1.9	23
28	86		11	217.9%	2	24
29	88		11	222.6%	2	24
30	90		11	227.4%	2	25
31	91		11	229.7%	2	25
32	92		11	232.1%	2	25
33	93		12	234.5%	2	25
34	94		12	236.8%	2	26
35	95		12	239.2%	2.1	26
36	96		12	241.6%	2.1	26
37	97		12	243.9%	2.1	26
38	98		12	246.3%	2.1	27
39	99		12	248.7%	2.1	27
40	100		12	251.1%	2.1	27

Attribute /10

Key	Value
Acronym	Melee, Totem
DropLevel	4
BaseType	Ancestral Protector
Class	Skill Gems
Weapon	Claws, Daggers, One Hand Swords, Thrusting One Hand Swords, One Hand Axes, One Hand Maces, Staves, Two Hand Swords, Two Hand Axes, Two Hand Maces, Sceptres, , Rune Daggers, Warstaves
TargetTypes	Ground, Enemy,
Type	Attack, SummonsTotem, MeleeSingleTarget, Melee, Multistrikeable
BuffIcon
ItemType	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemMeleeTotem
Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki

Ancestral Protector

You have more Attack Speed.

attack_speed_+%
melee_ancestor_totem_granted_attack_speed_+%_final

Attribute /4

Key	Value
Acronym	Ignite
BuffGroupsID	-1
IsBuffDefinition	1
BuffMergeModesID	3

Code	melee ancestor totem granted attack speed +% final
IsPublic	0
IsLocal	0
IsWeaponLocal	0
IsProxied
IsParty	0
IsVirtual	0
IsScalable	1
StatSemantics	Percentage

Attack Speed +%

Code	attack speed +%
IsPublic	1
IsLocal	0
IsWeaponLocal	0
IsProxied
IsParty	0
IsVirtual	0
IsScalable	1
StatSemantics	Percentage

Ancestral Protector Monster /2 ⍟

Name	Modifiers	Spectre
Oak the Mighty	Monsters grant 100% increased Experience 15000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Aulen Greychain	Monsters grant 100% increased Experience 15000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped +3 to maximum number of Summoned Totems 500% increased Totem Life cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y

Supported By /97 ⍟

Active Type: Attack, SummonsTotem, MeleeSingleTarget, Melee, Multistrikeable

Icon	Name
Added Fire Damage Support	Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Faster Attacks Support	Faster Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
Added Cold Damage Support	Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Additional Accuracy Support	Additional Accuracy Support Supports attack skills.
Added Lightning Damage Support	Added Lightning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Increased Critical Strikes Support	Increased Critical Strikes Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Increased Critical Damage Support	Increased Critical Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Knockback Support	Knockback Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Life Leech Support	Life Leech Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech life based on damage dealt.
Mana Leech Support	Mana Leech Support Supports attack skills that hit enemies, causing those hits to leech mana based on damage dealt.
Added Chaos Damage Support	Added Chaos Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Stun Support	Stun Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.
Melee Physical Damage Support	Melee Physical Damage Support Supports melee attack skills.
Item Rarity Support	Item Rarity Support Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
Cold to Fire Support	Cold to Fire Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Combustion Support	Combustion Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Elemental Damage with Attacks Support	Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
Bloodlust Support	Bloodlust Support Supports melee attack skills, causing them to deal more damage against bleeding enemies, but preventing those skills from inflicting bleeding on enemies in any way.
Life Gain on Hit Support	Life Gain on Hit Support Supports attack skills.
Elemental Proliferation Support	Elemental Proliferation Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
Culling Strike Support	Culling Strike Support Supports any skill that hits enemies. If enemies are left below 10% of maximum life after being hit by these skills, they will be killed.
Damage on Full Life Support	Damage on Full Life Support Supports attack skills, providing a bonus to all damage dealt by those skills while your life is full.
Chance to Flee Support	Chance to Flee Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Blind Support	Blind Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Fire Penetration Support	Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
Cold Penetration Support	Cold Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
Lightning Penetration Support	Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
Elemental Penetration Support	Elemental Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy elemental resistances.
Multistrike Support	Multistrike Support Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat twice when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, channelling skills, travel skills, retaliation skills or triggered skills.
Melee Splash Support	Melee Splash Support Supports melee strike skills, causing their melee strike to deal splash damage around each target hit.
Power Charge On Critical Support	Power Charge On Critical Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Burning Damage Support	Burning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
Endurance Charge on Melee Stun Support	Endurance Charge on Melee Stun Support Supports melee attack skills.
Block Chance Reduction Support	Block Chance Reduction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Physical to Lightning Support	Physical to Lightning Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Fortify Support	Fortify Support Supports melee attack skills that are not triggered.
Hypothermia Support	Hypothermia Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
Critical Strike Affliction Support	Critical Strike Affliction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Void Manipulation Support	Void Manipulation Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
Controlled Destruction Support	Controlled Destruction Support Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
Swift Affliction Support	Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
Elemental Focus Support	Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
Ignite Proliferation Support	Ignite Proliferation Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Chance to Bleed Support	Chance to Bleed Support Supports attack skills.
Chance to Poison Support	Chance to Poison Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Deadly Ailments Support	Deadly Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Decay Support	Decay Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Efficacy Support	Efficacy Support Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
Vile Toxins Support	Vile Toxins Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Maim Support	Maim Support Supports attack skills, or other skills that can maim enemies.
Immolate Support	Immolate Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Unbound Ailments Support	Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
Brutality Support	Brutality Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
Ruthless Support	Ruthless Support Supports melee strike or slam skills. Every third time you use a supported attack, that use of the skill will be more powerful.
Momentum Support	Momentum Support Supports attack skills that aren't triggered.
Ancestral Call Support	Ancestral Call Support Supports melee strike skills, causing them to also strike at extra targets simultaneously. The extra targets must be a minimum distance from the user. If supporting a minion attack skill, the minion's skills will not also strike extra targets. Cannot support Vaal skills or triggered skills.
Summon Phantasm Support	Summon Phantasm Support Supports skills that can hit enemies, or create minions. When those skills or minions kill enemies, or hit rare or unique enemies they will have a chance to summon a Phantasm minion, which uses a piercing projectile spell that deals physical damage.
Withering Touch Support	Withering Touch Support Supports attack skills.
Bonechill Support	Bonechill Support Supports any skill that can chill enemies or create chilling areas.
Multiple Totems Support	Multiple Totems Support Supports skills which summon totems.
Energy Leech Support	Energy Leech Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech energy shield based on damage dealt.
Close Combat Support	Close Combat Support Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
Impale Support	Impale Support Supports attack skills.
Pulverise Support	Pulverise Support Supports melee attack skills.
Rage Support	Rage Support Supports melee attack skills. Minions cannot gain rage.
Nightblade Support	Nightblade Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
Awakened Added Fire Damage Support	Awakened Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Ancestral Call Support	Awakened Ancestral Call Support Supports melee strike skills, causing them to also strike at extra targets simultaneously. The extra targets must be a minimum distance from the user. If supporting a minion attack skill, the minion's skills will not also strike extra targets. Cannot support Vaal skills or triggered skills.
Awakened Brutality Support	Awakened Brutality Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
Awakened Burning Damage Support	Awakened Burning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks Support	Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
Awakened Fire Penetration Support	Awakened Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
Awakened Melee Physical Damage Support	Awakened Melee Physical Damage Support Supports melee attack skills.
Awakened Melee Splash Support	Awakened Melee Splash Support Supports melee strike skills, causing their melee strike to deal splash damage around each target hit.
Awakened Multistrike Support	Awakened Multistrike Support Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat three times when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, channelling skills, travel skills, retaliation skills or triggered skills.
Awakened Added Cold Damage Support	Awakened Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Cold Penetration Support	Awakened Cold Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
Awakened Deadly Ailments Support	Awakened Deadly Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Swift Affliction Support	Awakened Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
Awakened Void Manipulation Support	Awakened Void Manipulation Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support	Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support	Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Controlled Destruction Support	Awakened Controlled Destruction Support Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
Awakened Elemental Focus Support	Awakened Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
Awakened Lightning Penetration Support	Awakened Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
Awakened Unbound Ailments Support	Awakened Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
Cruelty Support	Cruelty Support Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.
Behead Support	Behead Support Supports strike skills.
Overcharge Support	Overcharge Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Prismatic Burst Support	Prismatic Burst Support Supports attacks, causing them to trigger the Prismatic Burst spell. Cannot support triggered attacks or attacks used by things other than you. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
Devour Support	Devour Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Flamewood Support	Flamewood Support Supports skills which summon totems. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
Sadism Support	Sadism Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Controlled Blaze Support	Controlled Blaze Support Supports melee attack skills.
Volatility Support	Volatility Support Supports attack skills.
Overexertion Support	Overexertion Support Supports melee attack skills which can be exerted. Cannot modify the skills of minions. Vaal skills and channelling skills cannot be exerted.
Rupture Support	Rupture Support Supports attack skills.

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Ancestral Protector

Ancestral Protector is a skill that creates a totem which will attack enemies with melee strikes while the player stands close to it. Being near it increases the player's attack speed.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Weapon: Ancestral Protector wields the player's weapon and attacks single enemies with it at a greater range. The totem can be supported by Melee Splash Support to hit several enemies at once. It can also be used while Unarmed.
Multistrike: Ancestral Protector cannot be supported by Multistrike Support.
Fortify: Linking Fortify Support to Ancestral Protector will cause the totem, and not the player, to gain Fortify on melee hit. This appears to be the only way for a totem to have Fortify.
Multiple Totems: Attack speed buff does not stack when multiple totems are summoned.
Area of Effect: Modifiers to skill radius have no effect on range at which totem stays active or the range of it's attack, even if supported by Melee Splash Support.
Activation: The totem is active as long as the player remains within a 85 unit radius of it. Initial activation also requires line of sight with the player, but this can be broken once the totem has become active.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	Now deals 180% of Base Damage, and has 180% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 144%).
3.10.0	Now rises out of the ground, leaving a hole in its wake like a devourer.
3.7.0	Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 90% at gem level 1 (from 80%), up to 144% at gem level 20 (from 133%).
3.4.0	Now gain additional melee weapon range every 7 levels, up to +2 at level 20 (and +3 at level 21)
3.1.1c	Improved the visuals of Ancestral Call Support when used with Ancestral Protector.
2.3.0	Ancestor Totems now emerge 40% faster when first placed, have 50% more totem life, and remain active 40% further away from the owner. Ancestral Protector's damage has been increased at all gem levels. At gem level 1, it has been increased from 60% to 80% of your weapon damage. The damage at gem level 20 has been increased from 75.2% to 133.2% of your weapon damage.
2.2.1d	Fixed a bug where Ancestral Protector was providing increased attack speed, instead of more attack speed.
2.2.0	Added to the game

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Quest /1

Genus

Level Effect /40

Attribute /10