Ancestral Protector

Ancestral ProtectorAttack, Totem, Melee, Strike
Mana Cost: 8
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (90%-144%)Requires Level 4Summons an Ancestor Totem which attacks enemies with melee strikes while you're near it. Being near it grants you more attack speed.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Totem Damage2% increased Totem Placement speed2% increased Activation range1% increased Buff EffectDeals (90.2-144)% of Base Attack Damage
Totem lasts 12 seconds
+(16-18) to Melee Strike Range
50% increased Totem Placement speed
(10-20)% more Attack Speed while Totem is ActivePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 5Purchase Costs

Normal

1x Scroll of Wisdom

Sell Price
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemMeleeTotem

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 SupportMelee Splash SupportSupport, Melee, Attack, Strike, AoE
  Icon: S
  Radius: 14
  Mana Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 8Supports melee strike skills, causing their melee strike to deal splash damage around each target hit.Per 1% Quality:123Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Area of EffectSupported Skills deal 1% increased Melee DamageSupported Skills deal -2% less Damage to surrounding targetsSupported Skills deal (50-41)% less Damage to surrounding targets
  Supported Skills deal Splash Damage to surrounding targets
  Supported Skills have (0-57)% more Melee Splash Area of EffectThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. to hit several enemies at once. It can also be used while Unarmed.

• Multistrike: Ancestral Protector cannot be supported by Multistrike SupportMultistrike SupportAttack, Melee, Support
  Icon: 3
  Mana Multiplier: 160%Requires Level 38Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat twice when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, or triggered skills.Per 1% Quality:123Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Melee Physical DamageSupported Skills have 1% reduced Attack Speed
  Supported Skills have 1% increased Area of Effect per RepeatSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack SpeedSupported Skills Repeat 2 additional times
  Supported Skills have (35-44)% more Melee Attack Speed
  First Repeat of Supported Skills deals 22% more Damage
  Second Repeat of Supported Skills deals 44% more Damage
  Supported Skills deal (20-10)% less Attack DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket..

• Fortify: Linking Fortify SupportFortify SupportAttack, Support, Melee
  Icon: O
  Mana Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports melee attack skills that are not triggered.Per 1% Quality:123Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Attack DamageSupported Skills have 0.2% increased Fortify EffectHits from Supported Skills Overwhelm 0.25% of Physical Damage Reduction while you have FortifySupported Skills grant Fortify on Melee hit
  Supported Skills deal (20-34)% more Melee Damage
  Supported Skills have (15-34)% increased Fortify duration
  Supported Skills deal (20-34)% more Damage with Ailments caused by Melee HitsThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. 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 SupportMelee Splash SupportSupport, Melee, Attack, Strike, AoE
  Icon: S
  Radius: 14
  Mana Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 8Supports melee strike skills, causing their melee strike to deal splash damage around each target hit.Per 1% Quality:123Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Area of EffectSupported Skills deal 1% increased Melee DamageSupported Skills deal -2% less Damage to surrounding targetsSupported Skills deal (50-41)% less Damage to surrounding targets
  Supported Skills deal Splash Damage to surrounding targets
  Supported Skills have (0-57)% more Melee Splash Area of EffectThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket..

• 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.

Gem level progression

Level			Damage Effectiveness	Damage Multiplier	Attack Speed	Range	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	4	16	90%	90.2%	10%	16	0	0
2	6	20	93%	93%	11%	16	841	841
3	9	27	96%	95.8%	11%	16	3,099	3,940
4	12	33	99%	98.7%	12%	16	7,433	11,373
5	16	41	102%	101.5%	12%	16	22,895	34,268
6	20	50	104%	104.3%	13%	16	49,725	83,993
7	24	58	107%	107.2%	13%	17	95,714	179,707
8	28	67	110%	110%	14%	17	169,595	349,302
9	32	75	113%	112.8%	14%	17	283,759	633,061
10	36	83	116%	115.7%	15%	17	453,996	1,087,057
11	40	92	119%	118.5%	15%	17	703,128	1,790,185
12	44	100	121%	121.3%	16%	17	1,061,223	2,851,408
13	48	109	124%	124.2%	16%	17	2,065,870	4,917,278
14	52	117	127%	127%	17%	18	2,507,110	7,424,388
15	55	123	130%	129.8%	17%	18	2,573,731	9,998,119
16	58	130	133%	132.7%	18%	18	7,611,351	17,609,470
17	61	136	136%	135.5%	18%	18	13,437,908	31,047,378
18	64	142	138%	138.3%	19%	18	25,052,147	56,099,525
19	67	148	141%	141.2%	19%	18	43,869,436	99,968,961
20	70	155	144%	144%	20%	18	242,081,178	342,050,139
21	72	159	147%	146.8%	20%	19	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	150%	149.7%	21%	19	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	153%	152.5%	21%	19	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	155%	155.3%	22%	19	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	158%	158.2%	22%	19	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	161%	161%	23%	19	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	164%	163.8%	23%	19	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	167%	166.7%	24%	20	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	170%	169.5%	24%	20	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	172%	172.3%	25%	20	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	174%	173.8%	25%	20	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	175%	175.2%	25%	20	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	177%	176.6%	25%	20	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	178%	178%	26%	20	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	179%	179.4%	26%	21	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	181%	180.8%	26%	21	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	182%	182.3%	26%	21	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	184%	183.7%	27%	21	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	185%	185.1%	27%	21	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	187%	186.5%	27%	21	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	random level 20 gem	Automatic
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Superior Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	random superior gem (Q20)	Automatic

Quest reward

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

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Breaking Some Eggs Act 1	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗

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 ↓
Breaking Some Eggs Act 1 Nessa	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

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 Ancestral Protector.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Attack Speed 1	66	Ancestral Protector Totem grants 12% increased Attack Speed while Active	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Attack Speed 2	75	Ancestral Protector Totem grants 18% increased Attack Speed while Active	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Damage 1	66	Ancestral Protector Totem deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Damage 2	75	Ancestral Protector Totem deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Resistances 1	66	+24% to Ancestral Protector Totem Elemental Resistances	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Resistances 2	75	+36% to Ancestral Protector Totem Elemental Resistances	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Placement Speed 1	66	12% increased Ancestral Protector Totem Placement Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Placement Speed 2	75	18% increased Ancestral Protector Totem Placement Speed	helmet 100 default 0

Version history

Version	Changes
3.10.0	Now rises out of the ground, leaving a hole in its wake like a devourer. [sicSīc erat scriptum (Latin: “Thus it was written”) – This quote is reproduced faithfully from its source with the preceding errors.]
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 CallAncestral Call SupportSupport, Melee, Attack, Strike Icon: A Mana Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 4Supports 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 triggered skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack SpeedSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Area of EffectSupported Skills have +0.2 to Melee Strike RangeSupported Strike Skills target 2 additional nearby Enemies Supported Skills deal (19-0)% less DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. when used with Ancestral ProtectorAncestral ProtectorAttack, Totem, Melee, Strike Mana Cost: 8 Cast Time: 1.00 sec Effectiveness of Added Damage: (90%-144%)Requires Level 4Summons an Ancestor Totem which attacks enemies with melee strikes while you're near it. Being near it grants you more attack speed.Per 1% Quality:12341% increased Totem Damage2% increased Totem Placement speed2% increased Activation range1% increased Buff EffectDeals (90.2-144)% of Base Attack Damage Totem lasts 12 seconds +(16-18) to Melee Strike Range 50% increased Totem Placement speed (10-20)% more Attack Speed while Totem is ActivePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..
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 ProtectorAncestral ProtectorAttack, Totem, Melee, Strike Mana Cost: 8 Cast Time: 1.00 sec Effectiveness of Added Damage: (90%-144%)Requires Level 4Summons an Ancestor Totem which attacks enemies with melee strikes while you're near it. Being near it grants you more attack speed.Per 1% Quality:12341% increased Totem Damage2% increased Totem Placement speed2% increased Activation range1% increased Buff EffectDeals (90.2-144)% of Base Attack Damage Totem lasts 12 seconds +(16-18) to Melee Strike Range 50% increased Totem Placement speed (10-20)% more Attack Speed while Totem is ActivePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.'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