PoE Ref

Support

Ballista Totem Support

Overview

Supports any bow or wand attack skill, causing it to summon a ballista totem that uses the skill for you.

Properties

Gem type
Support
Colour
Red
Attribute
Strength
Drop level
8

Compare gem levels and variants

Choose levels and quality to see which recorded properties and effects change. Additional skill effects remain in their separate progression tables.

Mechanics at a glance

  • 50% less Attack Speed
  • +2 to maximum number of Summoned Ballista Totems
  • Totem lasts 8 seconds
  • Summons a Ballista Totem which uses this Skill
  • Supported Attack Skills cannot be used with Melee Weapons
  • Supported Skills deal 36% less Damage
At 20% quality

10% increased Totem Placement speed

Compatibility rules

Allowed skill types
Ranged Attack and Totemable
Excluded skill types
Inbuilt Trigger

A skill must satisfy the allowed expression and must not satisfy the excluded expression. The check uses both the skill’s own and its granted minion skill types.

Active gems this can support 63

Compatibility is derived from the game skill-type constraints.

Gem progression 20 standard levels

The multiplier applies to supported skills: 120% means 1.2× the cost or reservation before other modifiers.

Gem levelRequired levelCost & Reservation MultiplierEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
18120%Supported Skills deal 36% less Damage3,2310
210120%Supported Skills deal 36% less Damage9,5693,231
313120%Supported Skills deal 35% less Damage28,18912,800
417120%Supported Skills deal 35% less Damage59,14640,989
521120%Supported Skills deal 35% less Damage111,192100,135
625120%Supported Skills deal 34% less Damage193,800211,327
729120%Supported Skills deal 34% less Damage320,280405,127
833120%Supported Skills deal 34% less Damage507,839725,407
937120%Supported Skills deal 33% less Damage554,3791,233,246
1040120%Supported Skills deal 33% less Damage755,0491,787,625
1143120%Supported Skills deal 33% less Damage1,016,5332,542,674
1246120%Supported Skills deal 32% less Damage1,898,6023,559,207
1349120%Supported Skills deal 32% less Damage1,964,0195,457,809
1452120%Supported Skills deal 32% less Damage2,573,7317,421,828
1555120%Supported Skills deal 31% less Damage7,610,8399,995,559
1658120%Supported Skills deal 31% less Damage13,436,88417,606,398
1761120%Supported Skills deal 31% less Damage25,050,61131,043,282
1864120%Supported Skills deal 30% less Damage43,867,38856,093,893
1967120%Supported Skills deal 30% less Damage242,078,61899,961,281
2070120%Supported Skills deal 30% less Damage—342,039,899
Show extended levels 21–40
Gem levelRequired levelCost & Reservation MultiplierEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
2172120%Supported Skills deal 29% less Damage——
2274120%Supported Skills deal 29% less Damage——
2376120%Supported Skills deal 29% less Damage——
2478120%Supported Skills deal 28% less Damage——
2580120%Supported Skills deal 28% less Damage——
2682120%Supported Skills deal 28% less Damage——
2784120%Supported Skills deal 27% less Damage——
2886120%Supported Skills deal 27% less Damage——
2988120%Supported Skills deal 27% less Damage——
3090120%Supported Skills deal 26% less Damage——
3191120%Supported Skills deal 26% less Damage——
3292120%Supported Skills deal 26% less Damage——
3393120%Supported Skills deal 26% less Damage——
3494120%Supported Skills deal 26% less Damage——
3595120%Supported Skills deal 26% less Damage——
3696120%Supported Skills deal 25% less Damage——
3797120%Supported Skills deal 25% less Damage——
3898120%Supported Skills deal 25% less Damage——
3999120%Supported Skills deal 25% less Damage——
40100120%Supported Skills deal 25% less Damage——

Quality progression

Quality bonuses are separate from level progression. Values above 20 require a way to reach that quality.

QualityEffects
0%No quality bonus
5%2.5% increased Totem Placement speed
10%5% increased Totem Placement speed
15%7.5% increased Totem Placement speed
20%10% increased Totem Placement speed
23%11.5% increased Totem Placement speed
30%15% increased Totem Placement speed

Alternate effects 13

Tiki Totem Skin

Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a coloured totem that has carved tiki designs.

Olmec Totem Skin

Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a carved stone totem with two faces.

Eagle Guardian Totem Skin

Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes an eagle guardian.

Ziggurat Totem Skin

Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes an ancient ziggurat.

Dragon Totem Skin

Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a golden dragon.

Arcane Tome Totem Skin

Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes an Arcane Tome.

Pylon of Pain Totem Skin

Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a Pylon of Pain.

Demonic Arctic Ballista Totem Skin

Replaces the default skin on your ballista totems with a Demonic Arctic version.

Twisted Skull Totem Skin

Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a twisted skull totem.

Darkshard Totem Skin

Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a darkshard totem.

Ghastly Mariner's Totem Skin

Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a Ghastly Mariner's totem.

Challenger's Ancestral Totem Skin

Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a Challenger's Ancestral totem.

Defender's Ancestral Totem Skin

Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a Defender's Ancestral totem.

← Browse all gems