Vaal Ancestral Warchief

Attack, Totem, AoE, Vaal, Melee, Slam

Level: (1–20)

Souls Per Use: 20

Can Store 2 Use

Soul Gain Prevention: 9 sec

Attack Speed: 80% of base

Attack Damage: (100–154)% of base

Effectiveness of Added Damage: (100–154)%

Requires Level (28–70), (67–155) Str

Summons an Ancestor Totem which attacks enemies with a powerful cascading slam while you're near it. If the enemies are far away, it will leap toward them as it slams. Being near it grants you more melee damage. Requires a Melee Weapon or Unarmed.

+1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems
Totem lasts 6 seconds
Modifiers to Totem Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
Summons a Totem which uses this Skill
32% more Melee Damage while Totem is Active
50% increased Totem Placement speed

Corrupted

Additional Effects From Quality:

(0–20)% increased Totem Damage

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

Genus

Ancestral Warchief

Vaal Ancestral Warchief

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Totem lasts 6 seconds 50% increased Totem Placement speed 32% more Melee Damage while Totem is Active +1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems Summons a Totem which uses this Skill Modifiers to Totem Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention

Level	Requires Level	Str	Base Damage	Experience
1	28	67	100%	199,345
2	31	73	102.8%	285,815
3	34	79	105.7%	401,344
4	37	85	108.5%	554,379
5	40	92	111.4%	477,437
6	42	96	114.2%	583,786
7	44	100	117.1%	710,359
8	46	104	119.9%	1,355,511
9	48	109	122.7%	1,138,877
10	50	113	125.6%	1,368,233
11	52	117	128.4%	1,638,338
12	54	121	131.3%	1,956,648
13	56	125	134.1%	3,655,184
14	58	130	136.9%	3,017,327
15	60	134	139.8%	7,759,995
16	62	138	142.6%	15,138,193
17	64	142	145.5%	26,083,825
18	66	146	148.3%	62,620,247
19	68	151	151.2%	211,708,088
20	70	155	154%
21	72		156.8%
22	74		159.7%
23	76		162.5%
24	78		165.4%
25	80		168.2%
26	82		171.1%
27	84		173.9%
28	86		176.7%
29	88		179.6%
30	90		182.4%
31	91		183.8%
32	92		185.3%
33	93		186.7%
34	94		188.1%
35	95		189.5%
36	96		190.9%
37	97		192.4%
38	98		193.8%
39	99		195.2%
40	100		196.6%

Attribute /9

Key	Value
Acronym	Melee, Duration, Totem, Modifiers
DropLevel	28
BaseType	Vaal 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, Vaal
ItemType	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalAncestralWarchief
Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki

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 /90 ⍟

Active Type: Attack, SummonsTotem, Melee, Area, Vaal

Icon	Name
	Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Faster Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
	Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Additional Accuracy Support Supports attack skills.
	Increased Area of Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect.
	Added Lightning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Increased Critical Strikes Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Increased Critical Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Knockback Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Life Leech Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech life based on damage dealt.
	Mana Leech Support Supports attack skills that hit enemies, causing those hits to leech mana based on damage dealt.
	Added Chaos Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Stun Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.
	Melee Physical Damage Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Item Rarity Support Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
	Concentrated Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
	Cold to Fire Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Combustion Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
	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 Supports attack skills.
	Elemental Proliferation Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
	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 Supports attack skills, providing a bonus to all damage dealt by those skills while your life is full.
	Chance to Flee Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Blind Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
	Cold Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
	Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
	Elemental Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy elemental resistances.
	Power Charge On Critical Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Burning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
	Endurance Charge on Melee Stun Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Block Chance Reduction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Physical to Lightning Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Fortify Support Supports melee attack skills that are not triggered.
	Hypothermia Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Critical Strike Affliction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Void Manipulation Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Controlled Destruction Support Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
	Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
	Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
	Ignite Proliferation Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Chance to Bleed Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills that create minions.
	Chance to Poison Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Deadly Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Decay Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Efficacy Support Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
	Vile Toxins Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Maim Support Supports attack skills, or other skills that can maim enemies.
	Immolate Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
	Brutality Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Momentum Support Supports attack skills that aren't triggered.
	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 Supports attack skills.
	Bonechill Support Supports any skill that can chill enemies or create chilling areas.
	Multiple Totems Support Supports skills which summon totems.
	Energy Leech Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech energy shield based on damage dealt.
	Close Combat Support Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
	Impale Support Supports attack skills.
	Pulverise Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Rage Support Supports melee attack skills. Minions cannot gain rage.
	Nightblade Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
	Awakened Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Brutality Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Awakened Burning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
	Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
	Awakened Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
	Awakened Melee Physical Damage Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Awakened Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Cold Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
	Awakened Deadly Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
	Awakened Void Manipulation Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Controlled Destruction Support Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
	Awakened Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
	Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect.
	Awakened Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
	Awakened Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
	Cruelty Support Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.
	Overcharge Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	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 Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Flamewood Support Supports skills which summon totems. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	Sadism Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Controlled Blaze Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Volatility 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

744%

Armour

+100%

Ailment Threshold

744%

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

VaalAncestorTotem

Metadata

VaalSlamTotem

IsSummoned

Object Type

version 2
extends "Metadata/Monsters/Totems/ancestor_totem/KaomAncestor/VaalAncestorTotemBase"

Pathfinding
{
	immobile = true
}

Stats
{
	monster_aggro_radius_+% = 100
}

Object Type Codes

version 2
extends "Metadata/Monsters/Totems/ancestor_totem/KaomAncestor/VaalAncestorTotemBase"

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

-- src\Data\Spectres.lua
minions["Metadata/Monsters/Totems/VaalSlamTotem"] = {
    name = "Totem",
    life = 7.44,
    fireResist = 40,
    coldResist = 40,
    lightningResist = 40,
    chaosResist = 20,
    damage = 1,
    damageSpread = 0,
    attackTime = 1,
    attackRange = 6,
    accuracy = 1,
    skillList = {
    },
    modList = {
    },
}

Ancestral Warchief

Level: (1–40)

Cost: 10 Mana

Attack Speed: 90% of base

Requires Level (28–100)

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
(8–25)% more Melee Damage while Totem is Active
50% increased Totem Placement speed
+1 metre to Melee Strike Range
ancestor totem parent activiation range [70]
base skill is totemified [1]
base totem range [50]
is area damage [1]

Additional Effects From Quality:

(0–30)% increased Activation range

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Cost: 10 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	Base Damage	8% more Melee Damage while Totem is Active
1	28	110%	8
2	31	112.9%	9
3	34	115.9%	9
4	37	118.8%	10
5	40	121.8%	10
6	42	124.7%	11
7	44	127.7%	11
8	46	130.6%	12
9	48	133.6%	12
10	50	136.5%	13
11	52	139.5%	13
12	54	142.4%	14
13	56	145.4%	14
14	58	148.3%	15
15	60	151.3%	15
16	62	154.2%	16
17	64	157.2%	16
18	66	160.1%	17
19	68	163.1%	17
20	70	166%	18
21	72	168.9%	18
22	74	171.9%	19
23	76	174.8%	19
24	78	177.8%	20
25	80	180.7%	20
26	82	183.7%	21
27	84	186.6%	21
28	86	189.6%	22
29	88	192.5%	22
30	90	195.5%	23
31	91	196.9%	23
32	92	198.4%	23
33	93	199.9%	23
34	94	201.4%	24
35	95	202.8%	24
36	96	204.3%	24
37	97	205.8%	24
38	98	207.3%	25
39	99	208.7%	25
40	100	210.2%	25

Attribute /8

Key	Value
Cost	iLvl 1: Normal: 3xArmourer's Scrap · Normal: 10000xGold
Acronym	Ignite
BaseType	Ancestral Warchief
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
ActiveSkillsCode	ancestor_totem_slam

Supported By /93

Active Type: Attack, SummonsTotem, Melee, Area, Slam, Multistrikeable

Icon	Name
	Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Faster Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
	Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Additional Accuracy Support Supports attack skills.
	Increased Area of Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect.
	Added Lightning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Increased Critical Strikes Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Increased Critical Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Knockback Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Life Leech Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech life based on damage dealt.
	Mana Leech Support Supports attack skills that hit enemies, causing those hits to leech mana based on damage dealt.
	Added Chaos Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Stun Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.
	Melee Physical Damage Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Item Rarity Support Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
	Concentrated Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
	Cold to Fire Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Combustion Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
	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 Supports attack skills.
	Elemental Proliferation Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
	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 Supports attack skills, providing a bonus to all damage dealt by those skills while your life is full.
	Chance to Flee Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Blind Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
	Cold Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
	Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
	Elemental Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy elemental resistances.
	Multistrike Support Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat twice when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, channelling skills or triggered skills.
	Power Charge On Critical Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Burning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
	Endurance Charge on Melee Stun Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Block Chance Reduction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Physical to Lightning Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Fortify Support Supports melee attack skills that are not triggered.
	Hypothermia Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Critical Strike Affliction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Void Manipulation Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Controlled Destruction Support Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
	Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
	Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
	Ignite Proliferation Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Chance to Bleed Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills that create minions.
	Chance to Poison Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Deadly Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Decay Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Efficacy Support Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
	Vile Toxins Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Maim Support Supports attack skills, or other skills that can maim enemies.
	Immolate Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
	Brutality Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	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 Supports attack skills that aren't triggered.
	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 Supports attack skills.
	Bonechill Support Supports any skill that can chill enemies or create chilling areas.
	Multiple Totems Support Supports skills which summon totems.
	Energy Leech Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech energy shield based on damage dealt.
	Close Combat Support Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
	Impale Support Supports attack skills.
	Pulverise Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Rage Support Supports melee attack skills. Minions cannot gain rage.
	Nightblade Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
	Awakened Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Brutality Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Awakened Burning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
	Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
	Awakened Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
	Awakened Melee Physical Damage Support Supports melee attack skills.
	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 or triggered skills.
	Awakened Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Cold Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
	Awakened Deadly Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
	Awakened Void Manipulation Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Controlled Destruction Support Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
	Awakened Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
	Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect.
	Awakened Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
	Awakened Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
	Cruelty Support Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.
	Overcharge Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	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 Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Flamewood Support Supports skills which summon totems. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	Sadism Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Controlled Blaze Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Volatility Support Supports attack skills.

Community Wiki

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Vaal Ancestral Warchief

Vaal Ancestral Warchief is a Vaal skill gem. It functions much the same as Ancestral Warchief, but deals more damage, in a cascade, and has the ability to leap towards enemies that are out of range.

Skill functions and interactions

Soul Gain Prevention: 9 seconds base, affected by totem duration, not affected by (reduced) skill effect duration, even when combined with Close Combat Support and Less Duration Support.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	Now deals 154% of Base Damage, and has 154% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 123%).
3.14.0	Vaal Skill Gems can now only be obtained from a set of specific methods such as Corrupting Gems, Vaal Side Areas, Divination Cards (that specifically grant Vaal Skill Gems) and the Lapidary Lens in the Temple of Atzoatl.
3.7.0	Now has an attack speed multiplier of 80% (rather than 20% less attack speed).
3.4.0	Vaal Ancestral Warchief has been added to the game.

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