Ancestral Warchief

Attack, Totem, AoE, Slam, Melee

Level: (1–20)

Cost: (8–11) Mana

Attack Speed: 90% of base

Attack Damage: (110–166)% of base

Effectiveness of Added Damage: (110–166)%

Requires Level (28–70), (67–155) 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 a powerful slam while you're near it. Being near it grants you more melee damage. Requires a Melee Weapon or Unarmed.

Totem lasts 12 seconds
Summons a Totem which uses this Skill
(8–18)% more Melee Damage while Totem is Active
50% increased Totem Placement speed
+1 metre to Melee Strike Range

Additional Effects From Quality:

(0–30)% increased Activation 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
3	Sever the Right Hand	Clarissa	Duelist · Marauder · Scion · Templar

Genus

Vaal Ancestral Warchief

Ancestral Warchief

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Totem lasts 12 seconds 50% increased Totem Placement speed +1 metre to Melee Strike Range 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	8% more Melee Damage while Totem is Active	Experience
1	28	67	8	110%	8	199,345
2	31	73	8	112.9%	9	285,815
3	34	79	9	115.9%	9	401,344
4	37	85	9	118.8%	10	554,379
5	40	92	9	121.8%	10	477,437
6	42	96	9	124.7%	11	583,786
7	44	100	9	127.7%	11	710,359
8	46	104	9	130.6%	12	1,355,511
9	48	109	10	133.6%	12	1,138,877
10	50	113	10	136.5%	13	1,368,233
11	52	117	10	139.5%	13	1,638,338
12	54	121	10	142.4%	14	1,956,648
13	56	125	10	145.4%	14	3,655,184
14	58	130	10	148.3%	15	3,017,327
15	60	134	10	151.3%	15	7,759,995
16	62	138	11	154.2%	16	15,138,193
17	64	142	11	157.2%	16	26,083,825
18	66	146	11	160.1%	17	62,620,247
19	68	151	11	163.1%	17	211,708,088
20	70	155	11	166%	18
21	72		11	168.9%	18
22	74		11	171.9%	19
23	76		12	174.8%	19
24	78		12	177.8%	20
25	80		12	180.7%	20
26	82		12	183.7%	21
27	84		12	186.6%	21
28	86		12	189.6%	22
29	88		12	192.5%	22
30	90		13	195.5%	23
31	91		13	196.9%	23
32	92		13	198.4%	23
33	93		13	199.9%	23
34	94		13	201.4%	24
35	95		13	202.8%	24
36	96		13	204.3%	24
37	97		13	205.8%	24
38	98		13	207.3%	25
39	99		13	208.7%	25
40	100		13	210.2%	25

Attribute /10

Key	Value
Acronym	Melee, Totem
DropLevel	28
BaseType	Ancestral Warchief
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, Melee, Area, Slam, Multistrikeable
BuffIcon
ItemType	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemAncestralWarchief
Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki

Ancestral Warchief

You deal more Melee Damage.

melee_damage_+%
slam_ancestor_totem_granted_melee_damage_+%_final

Attribute /4

Key	Value
Acronym	Ignite
BuffGroupsID	-1
IsBuffDefinition	1
BuffMergeModesID	3

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

Melee Damage +%

Code	melee damage +%
IsPublic	0
IsLocal	0
IsWeaponLocal	0
IsProxied
IsParty	0
IsVirtual	0
IsScalable	1
StatSemantics	Percentage

Microtransactions /2 ⍟

Iron Maiden Ancestral Warchief

Replaces the default skin on your Ancestral Warchief and Earthbreaker Totems with an Iron Maiden version.

Void Ancestral Warchief

Replaces the default skin on your Ancestral Warchief and Earthbreaker Totems with a Void version.

Supported By /95 ⍟

Active Type: Attack, SummonsTotem, Melee, Area, Slam, 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.
Increased Area of Effect Support	Increased Area of Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect.
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.
Concentrated Effect Support	Concentrated Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
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.
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.
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 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 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 Increased Area of Effect Support	Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect.
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.
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.

Totem

Construct

Spectre	N
Tags	construct, immobile, is_unarmed, large_model, mud_blood, non_attacking, not_dex, not_int, small_height, stone_armour

Life

120%

Armour

+100%

Ailment Threshold

120%

Resistance

Damage

100%

Accuracy

100%

Critical Strike Chance

+5%

Critical Strike Multiplier

+130%

Attack Distance

6 ~ 6

Attack Time

1 Second

Damage Spread

±0%

Experience

100%

Model Size

100%

Type

AncestorTotem

Metadata

SlamTotem

IsSummoned

Object Type

version 2
extends "Metadata/Monsters/Totems/ancestor_totem/AncestorTotemBase"

Object Type Codes

version 2
extends "Metadata/Monsters/Totems/ancestor_totem/AncestorTotemBase"

BaseEvents
{
	on_construction_complete = "AddEffectPack(Metadata/Particles/totems/karui/slam_totem.epk);"
}

-- src\Data\Spectres.lua
minions["Metadata/Monsters/Totems/SlamTotem"] = {
    name = "Totem",
    life = 1.2,
    fireResist = 40,
    coldResist = 40,
    lightningResist = 40,
    chaosResist = 20,
    damage = 1,
    damageSpread = 0,
    attackTime = 1,
    attackRange = 6,
    accuracy = 1,
    skillList = {
    },
    modList = {
    },
}

Community Wiki

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Ancestral Warchief

Ancestral Warchief is a skill that creates a totem which will attack enemies with melee AoE slams while the character stands close to it. Being near it also increases the character's damage. Ancestral Warchief has an attack speed multiplier of 90%.

Skill functions and interactions

Multistrike: Ancestral Warchief can be supported by Multistrike Support. However Vaal Ancestral Warchief does not work with this support.
Fortify: Linking Fortify Support to Ancestral Warchief will cause the totem, and not the player, to gain Fortify on melee hit. This appears to be the way for a totem to have Fortify and with the Ascendant Champion Node. Totem can gain Fortify with a 14-20% chance when it stuns an enemy while wearing Perseverance.
Multiple Totems: Melee damage buff does not stack when multiple totems are summoned. Totem Attack Range: The range at which the totem strikes is affected by the weapon range of the equipped weapon and modifiers to weapon range.[1]
Area of Effect: Modifiers to area radius affect both the range at which the totem strikes, as well as the radius of the attack.
Activation: The totem is active as long as the player remains within a 80 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.[2]#

Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	Now deals 166% of Base Damage, and has 166% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 133%).
3.7.0	Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 110% at gem level 1 (from 100%), up to 133% at gem level 20 (from 123%). Now has an attack speed multiplier of 90% (rather than 10% less attack speed).
2.5.0	Ancestral Warchief now does 10% less damage at all levels. Fixed behaviour with the center of the slam being significantly further away than the totem's melee range. The skill now has +10 melee range at all levels, and the slam will always be centered at melee range away from the totem.
2.3.0	Introduced to the game

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Quest /1 ⍟

Genus

Level Effect /40

Attribute /10