Arcanist Brand

Arcanist BrandSpell, Duration, Brand
Mana Cost: (18-32)
Cast Time: 0.80 secRequires Level 38Creates a magical brand which can attach to a nearby enemy. It periodically activates while attached, triggering linked spells. The brand will detach if the enemy dies.Per 1% Quality:Can be Attached for a total Duration of 3 seconds
Your Skills can have an additional Brand Attached to an Enemy
Activates every 1 second while Attached
Can be Detached for a total Duration of 5 seconds
Increases and Reductions to Cast Speed also apply to this Skill's Activation frequency
Supported Skills deal (55-46)% less Damage
Supported Skills have 40% less Area of Effect
Supported Skills have 40% reduced Chaining range
Supported Skills Deal (40-59)% more Damage to Branded Enemy
Supported Skills have limited Projectile Range
Supported Skills are Triggered by Arcanist Brand, from the Brand's locationPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 38Purchase Costs

Normal

1x Orb of Alchemy

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

Arcanist Brand is an active skill gem that turns a linked spell into a trigger skill, and be triggered by brand created by Arcanist Brand. The brand triggers all linked spells periodically while attached to an enemy.

The gem has two part, the skill part Arcanist Brand and the support part Arcanist Brand Support. It does not have Support gem tag.

It is one of a few active skill and support hybrid. The other are item skill Snipe and skill gem such as SpellslingerSpellslingerSpellRequires Level 24Reserves mana based on the supported spells to cause those spells to trigger when you fire projectiles from a wand attack.Per 1% Quality:This Skill's Mana Reservation is the total of the Mana Reservations of Supported Skills, and cannot be further modified
Trigger Supported Spells when you fire Projectiles from a Non-Triggered Wand Attack
Supported Skills have Added Spell Damage equal to (50-100)% of Damage of Equipped Wand
If two Wands are Equipped, each contributes half as much Added Damage
Supported Skills have (0-38)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., General's CryGeneral's CryWarcry, AoE, Duration
Mana Cost: (15-19)
Cast Time: 0.80 secRequires Level 24Performs a warcry, taunting nearby enemies to attack the user, and summoning Mirage Warriors from nearby corpses. The Mirage Warriors each use a linked attack skill once before dissipating.Per 1% Quality:Base duration is (4-4.9) seconds
Summons Mirage Warriors from 2 corpses per 5 Power, minimum 1 corpse
Maximum 5 Summoned Mirage Warriors
Counts total Power of Enemies and Corpses in Range
(0-38)% increased Warcry Speed
Supported Skills deal (45-30)% less Damage
Supported Skills are used by Mirage Warriors Summoned by General's Cry
Supported Skills count as Triggered
Attacks with Supported Skills count as Exerted
Supported Strike Skills cannot target additional EnemiesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Predator SupportPredator SupportSupport, Minion, Spell, Duration
Icon: hRequires Level 18Applies a debuff to a specific enemy which signals your minions to consider that enemy to be the Prey. All minions from skills supported by any Predator Support will target that enemy. Only one enemy can be the Prey at a time. This skill cannot be used by Totems, Traps, or Mines.Per 1% Quality:Minions from Supported Skills deal (15-24)% more Damage to the Prey
Minions from Supported Skills deal (15-25)% more Damage
Minions from Supported Skills always target the Prey if possible
Base duration is 8 secondsThis 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., Shockwave SupportShockwave SupportSupport, Melee, Attack, AoE
Icon: s
Can Store (1-4) Use(s)
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (160%-260%)Requires Level 18Deals attack damage in an area.Per 1% Quality:Supported Skills will Trigger Shockwave on Melee Hit
Supported Skills can only be used with Maces, Sceptres or Staves
Deals (160-260)% of Base Attack Damage
(0-38)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
+(0-3) to radiusThis 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., etc.

Skill functions and interactions

• Chanelling Spells: Even though its does not say in the description of the gem, linking a chanelling spell with this support skill gem won't cause it to be activated by this skill.
• Arcanist brands base cast speed is for how long it takes to cast the brand spell. The activation frequency is how often the brand triggers linked spells. Both of these are increased by cast speed.
• targeting - Arcanist brand auto targets enemies with precision. For skills that can be hard to aim close to enemies like DesecrateDesecrateSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos
  Mana Cost: (11-26)
  Cast Time: 0.60 secRequires Level 16Desecrates the ground, summoning corpses and dealing chaos damage to all enemies in the area. The corpses will be chosen from the monsters in the current area and any Spectres that have existed in this instance.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Cast Speed10% increased Chaos Damage3% chance to spawn an additional CorpseEach Corpse spawned has 0.1% chance to be a Forgotten CorpseBase duration is 4 seconds
  Deals (8.2-294) Base Chaos Damage per second
  Spawns 5 corpses
  Spawns corpses up to Level (20-100)
  Maximum of 10 corpses allowedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., this will get corpses close to enemies.

• Arcanist brand will cast all linked spells until its duration runs out. This can allow character to apply multiple spells with one cast, assuming the brand has enough duration.

• According to in-game tooltip, Arcanist Brand cannot be supported by Cast when Damage Taken SupportCast when Damage Taken SupportSupport, Spell, Trigger
  Icon: !
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cooldown Time: 0.25 secRequires Level 38Each supported spell skill will track damage you take, and be triggered when the total damage taken reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills that reserve mana cannot be triggered.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased DamageSupported Skills have 1% increased Skill Effect Duration1% more Damage required to TriggerTrigger Supported Spells when you take a total of (528-3272) Damage
  Supported Skills deal (-70-6)% more Damage
  This Gem can only Support Skill Gems requiring Level (38-70) or lower
  You cannot Cast Supported Triggerable Spells directlyThis 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. .

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	less Damage	more Damage via Brand	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	38	88	18	55%	40%	0	0
2	40	92	18	55%	41%	388,734	388,734
3	42	96	19	54%	42%	477,437	866,171
4	44	100	20	54%	43%	583,786	1,449,957
5	46	104	22	53%	44%	710,359	2,160,316
6	48	109	23	53%	45%	1,355,511	3,515,827
7	50	113	23	52%	46%	1,138,877	4,654,704
8	52	117	24	52%	47%	1,368,233	6,022,937
9	54	121	25	51%	48%	1,638,338	7,661,275
10	56	125	25	51%	49%	1,956,648	9,617,923
11	58	130	26	50%	50%	3,655,184	13,273,107
12	60	134	26	50%	51%	3,017,327	16,290,434
13	62	138	28	49%	52%	3,576,232	19,866,666
14	64	142	29	49%	53%	4,231,667	24,098,333
15	65	144	29	48%	54%	2,395,078	26,493,411
16	66	146	30	48%	55%	8,421,063	34,914,474
17	67	148	30	47%	56%	16,159,983	51,074,457
18	68	151	31	47%	57%	41,170,367	92,244,824
19	69	153	32	46%	58%	86,794,448	179,039,272
20	70	155	32	46%	59%	157,405,063	336,444,335
21	72	159	34	45%	60%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	34	45%	61%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	35	44%	62%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	36	44%	63%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	36	43%	64%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	37	43%	65%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	37	42%	66%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	38	42%	67%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	38	41%	68%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	40	41%	69%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	40	41%	69%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	41	40%	70%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	41	40%	70%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	41	40%	71%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	42	40%	71%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	42	39%	72%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	42	39%	72%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	42	39%	73%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	43	39%	73%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	43	38%	74%	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
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.	random corrupted level 21 Spell 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 ↓
The Eternal Nightmare Act 4	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗

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 ↓
The Eternal Nightmare Act 4 Petarus and Vanja	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Arcanist Brand:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Arcanist Brand.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Arcanist Brand Cast Speed 1	66	Arcanist Brand has 8% increased Cast Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Arcanist Brand Cast Speed 2	75	Arcanist Brand has 12% increased Cast Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Arcanist Brand Unnerve 1	75	Spells Triggered by Arcanist Brand Unnerve enemies on Hit for 4 seconds	helmet 100 default 0

Version history

Version	Changes
3.12.0	Fixed a bug where Arcanist Brand would incorrectly check the player's line of sight to use Firestorm, and then target the player's location if it didn't have line of sight.
3.11.0f	Fixed a bug where Wave of ConvictionWave of ConvictionFire, Lightning, Spell, AoE, Duration, Physical Mana Cost: (9-23) Cast Time: 0.70 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 220%Requires Level 16An expanding wave of energy surges forward, damaging enemies in a cone-shaped area over a duration. Each enemy hit is inflicted with Exposure matching the element of which they took the highest damage. Only one Wave of Conviction can be active at a timePer 1% Quality:12341% increased Elemental Damage1% increased Area of Effect1% increased Skill Effect Duration1% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold DamageBase duration is 0.5 seconds Deals (32-972) to (48-1459) Physical Damage 25% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage 25% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage Base secondary duration is 4 seconds Exposure applies -25% to Elemental Resistance matching highest Damage taken (0-38)% increased Skill Effect DurationPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., when supported by Arcanist Brand, was hitting more often than intended against stationary monsters.
3.11.0	Arcanist Brand has been added to the game.