PoE Ref
Gem
Skill

Active

War Banner

Overview

You must gain Valour from melee combat to use this skill, which will consume all Valour to place a banner with an aura. The aura will be larger and more powerful the more Valour was consumed. The banner lasts for a duration, but will end early if you leave the aura, or use the skill again while it's active.

Properties

Gem type
Active
Colour
Red
Attribute
Strength
Drop level
5

Quest reward sources

These are reward options. Availability can depend on your class and quest choices. A blank class restriction remains unspecified.

QuestClassesAmountReward item level
Breaking Some EggsDuelist11

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

  • Base radius is 2.4 metres
  • Base duration is 10 seconds
  • While you have this Skill and have no placed Banner, you can gain Valour
  • 8% increased Accuracy Rating
At 20% quality

+2 seconds to Base duration

Acquisition

Compatibility inputs

Skill types
Buff, Area, Spell, Duration, Aura, Instant, Area Spell, Aura Duration, Physical, Banner, Instant No Repeat When Held, Instant Shift Attack For Left Mouse, Cooldown
Granted minion skill types
None recorded
Can be supported
Yes

Support compatibility is evaluated against these recorded types. A support is omitted when its allowed expression does not match, its excluded expression matches, or this skill is marked as unable to be supported.

Compatible support gems 14

Compatibility is derived from the game skill-type constraints.

Gem progression 20 standard levels

Gem levelRequired levelCostCooldownEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
1413 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating8410
2613 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating3,099841
3914 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating7,4333,940
41214 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating22,89511,373
51615 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating49,72534,268
62015 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating95,71483,993
72415 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating169,595179,707
82816 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating283,759349,302
93216 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating453,996633,061
103616 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating703,1281,087,057
114016 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating1,061,2231,790,185
124417 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating2,065,8702,851,408
134817 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating2,507,1104,917,278
145217 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating2,573,7317,424,388
155518 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating7,611,3519,998,119
165818 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating13,437,90817,609,470
176118 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating25,052,14731,047,378
186419 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating43,869,43656,099,525
196719 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating242,081,17899,968,961
207019 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating—342,050,139
Show extended levels 21–40
Gem levelRequired levelCostCooldownEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
217220 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating——
227420 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating——
237620 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating——
247820 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating——
258021 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating——
268221 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating——
278421 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating——
288621 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating——
298822 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating——
309022 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating——
319122 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating——
329222 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating——
339322 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating——
349422 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating——
359523 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating——
369623 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating——
379723 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating——
389823 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating——
399923 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating——
4010023 Mana1 sec8% increased Accuracy Rating——

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%+0.5 seconds to Base duration
10%+1 seconds to Base duration
15%+1.5 seconds to Base duration
20%+2 seconds to Base duration
23%+2.3 seconds to Base duration
30%+3 seconds to Base duration

Alternate effects 71

Force Field Aura Effect

Your aura effect becomes a force field bubble.

Lightning Skull Aura Effect

Your aura effect becomes a circling, sparking skull.

Infernal Skull Aura Effect

Your aura effect becomes a circling, burning skull.

Arctic Skull Aura Effect

Your aura effect becomes a circling, freezing skull.

Soul Nexus Aura Effect

Your aura effect becomes a vortex of swirling spirits.

Imp Aura Effect

Your aura effect becomes the green imp demon effect.

Carnage Aura Effect

Your aura effect becomes the red carnage effect.

Trinity Aura Effect

Your aura effect becomes the elemental trinity effect.

Archon Aura Effect

Your aura effect becomes the archon effect.

Mystic Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Mystic Effect.

Corsair Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Corsair Effect.

Betrayal Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Betrayal Effect.

Lava Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Lava Effect.

Stygian Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Stygian Effect.

Celestial Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Celestial Effect.

Celestial Aura Effect I

Your Aura becomes a Celestial Effect.

Celestial Aura Effect II

Your Aura becomes a Celestial Effect.

Celestial Aura Effect III

Your Aura becomes a Celestial Effect.

Madcap Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Madcap Effect.

Huntsman Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Huntsman Effect.

Zenith Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Zenith Effect.

Dragon Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Dragon Effect.

Blue Dragon Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Blue Dragon Effect.

Dual Dragon Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Dual Dragon Effect.

Wild Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Wild Effect.

Wrangler Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Wrangler Effect.

Illusionist Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Illusionist Effect.

Monolith Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Monolith Effect.

Lich Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Lich Effect.

Ringmaster Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Ringmaster Effect.

Harlequin Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Harlequin Effect.

Void Emperor Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Void Emperor Effect.

Black Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Black Effect.

White Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a White Effect.

Dragon Hunter Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Dragon Hunter Effect.

Project Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Project Effect.

Scientist Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Scientist Effect.

Balefire Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Balefire Effect.

Dark Magic Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Dark Magic Effect.

Angelic Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes an Angelic Effect.

Demonic Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Demonic Effect.

Frost Viking Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Frost Viking effect.

Sunrise Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Sunrise Effect.

Nightfall Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Nightfall Effect.

Savage Ethercraft Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Savage Ethercraft Effect.

Enraged Ethercraft Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes an Enraged Ethercraft Effect.

Tranquil Ethercraft Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Tranquil Ethercraft Effect.

Chaotic Ethercraft Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Chaotic Ethercraft Effect.

Darkwood Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Darkwood Effect.

Demonic Eye Banner Skin

Your Banner now has a Demonic Eye skin.

Sun Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Sun Effect.

Suffering Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Suffering Effect.

Misery Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Misery Effect.

Lightbringer Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Lightbringer Effect.

Darkshard Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Darkshard Effect.

Merchant Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Merchant Effect.

Scavenger Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Scavenger Effect.

Overseer Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes an Overseer Effect.

Siren Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Siren Effect.

Deepwater Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Deepwater Effect.

Heritage Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Heritage Effect.

Divergence Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Divergence Effect.

Phantom Aura Effect

Your Aura becomes a Phantom Effect.

Celestial Nova Aura Effect I

Your Aura becomes a Celestial Nova Effect.

Celestial Nova Aura Effect II

Your Aura becomes a Celestial Nova Effect.

Celestial Nova Aura Effect III

Your Aura becomes a Celestial Nova Effect.

Unified Aura Effect

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Grey Unified Aura Effect

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Purple Unified Aura Effect

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Red Unified Aura Effect

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Yellow Unified Aura Effect

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