Ancestral Warchief PoE Build

Ancestral Warchief Ancestral Warchief is a slam 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 Ancestral Warchief has an attack speed multiplier of 90%.

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.

Attack, Totem, AoE, Slam, Melee. Level: 1–20. Cost: 10 Mana. Attack Speed: 90% of base. Attack Damage: 110–166% of base. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 110–166%. Requires Level 28.

  • 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
  • +10 to Melee Strike Range

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

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Ancestral Warchief(0–20)% increased Totem Damage50

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Related Gems

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelStrengthBase Damage8% more Melee Damage while Totem is ActiveExperience
12867110%8199,345
23173112.9%9285,815
33479115.9%9401,344
43785118.8%10554,379
54092121.8%10477,437
64296124.7%11583,786
744100127.7%11710,359
846104130.6%121,355,511
948109133.6%121,138,877
1050113136.5%131,368,233
1152117139.5%131,638,338
1254121142.4%141,956,648
1356125145.4%143,655,184
1458130148.3%153,017,327
1560134151.3%157,759,995
1662138154.2%1615,138,193
1764142157.2%1626,083,825
1866146160.1%1762,620,247
1968151163.1%17211,708,088
2070155166%18
2172168.9%18
2274171.9%19
2376174.8%19
2478177.8%20
2580180.7%20
2682183.7%21
2784186.6%21
2886189.6%22
2988192.5%22
3090195.5%23
3191196.9%23
3292198.4%23
3393199.9%23
3494201.4%24
3595202.8%24
3696204.3%24
3797205.8%24
3898207.3%25
3999208.7%25
40100210.2%25

Skill functions and interactions

  • 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.
  • 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.

Item acquisition

Ancestral Warchief can drop anywhere. Drop level: 28.

Recipes

Ancestral Warchief can be created from the following recipes:

Amount Part Description
6 The Fox Random level 20 gem
8 Dying Anguish Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality
8 The Hook Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality
3 Gemcutter's Promise Random gem with 20% quality
1 Gemcutter's Incubator Random gem with 1–20% quality
1 The Void Random divination card set exchange

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class → Witch Shadow Ranger Duelist Marauder Templar Scion
Quest ↓
Sever the Right Hand
Act 3		 ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗

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 ↓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa		 ✓
Sever the Right Hand
Act 3
Clarissa		 ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth		 ✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Ancestral Warchief.

Name Level Labyrinth Stats Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Ancestral Warchief Damage 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 25% increased Ancestral Warchief Totem Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Ancestral Warchief Damage 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 40% increased Ancestral Warchief Totem Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Ancestor Warchief Melee Damage 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Ancestral Warchief Totem grants 20% increased Melee Damage while Active helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Ancestor Warchief Melee Damage 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Ancestral Warchief Totem grants 30% increased Melee Damage while Active helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Ancestor Warchief Area Of Effect 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 16% increased Ancestral Warchief Totem Area of Effect helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Ancestor Warchief Area Of Effect 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 24% increased Ancestral Warchief Totem Area of Effect helmet 100
default 0

Alternate skill effects

Ancestral Warchief has the following alternate skill effects:

Item Effect(s)
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.

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