Artillery Ballista

Artillery BallistaAttack, Totem, AoE, Projectile, Sustained, Duration
Tier: 7
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (14-95) ManaRequires: CrossbowDeploy a Ballista Totem that rains down a salvo of Pinning, Maiming bolts.Totem duration is 12 seconds
Limit 1 Totem
Totem gains +(0-75)% to all Elemental Resistances
Totem gains +(0-35)% to Chaos ResistanceSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemRipwireBallista

Artillery Ballista is a crossbow skill that summons a ballista totem that attacks with bolt projectiles that applies Maim and Pinned.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost
1	0	0	0	14
2	3	0	0	16
3	6	9	9	18
4	10	13	13	21
5	14	17	17	23
6	18	20	20	26
7	22	24	24	30
8	26	28	28	33
9	31	32	32	36
10	36	37	37	40
11	41	41	41	44
12	46	46	46	49
13	52	51	51	53
14	58	57	57	58
15	64	62	62	63
16	66	64	64	69
17	72	70	70	75
18	78	75	75	81
19	84	80	80	88
20	90	86	86	95

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I	Brutality IBrutality ISupport, Physical Category: Brutality Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that deals damage, boosting its Physical damage at the expense of all other Damage Types.Supported Skills deal 25% more Physical Damage Supported Skills deal no Chaos Damage Supported Skills deal no Elemental DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Magnified Area IMagnified Area ISupport, AoE Category: Increased Area of Effect Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Supported Skills have 35% increased Area of EffectPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Overabundance IOverabundance ISupport Category: Overabundance Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills which can have a Limited number of effects active at once, increasing that Limit at the cost of their duration. Only applies to restrictions that use the word "Limit".Supported Skills have +1 to Limit Supported Skills have 50% less Skill Effect DurationPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
II	Armour Break IArmour Break ISupport, Physical Category: Armour Break Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills that Hit Enemies, causing those Hits to Break Armour based on a portion of Physical Damage dealt.Break Armour equal to 15% of Physical Damage dealt by Supported SkillPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Blind IBlind ISupport Category: Blind Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to Blind on Hit.Supported Skills Blind Enemies on HitPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Font of ManaFont of ManaSupport, Totem Category: Font Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills which create Totems. Totems created by supported Skills generate a Font of Mana which will Leech Mana to Allies within it.Totems created by Supported Skills create a Mana Font with a radius of 4 metres Allies in Mana Fonts Leech Mana equal to 12% of Physical Damage dealt by Supported TotemPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
III	Font of RageFont of RageSupport, Totem Category: Font Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create Totems. Totems created by supported Skills generate a Font of Rage which will Leech Rage to Allies within it.Totems created by Supported Skills create a Rage Font with a radius of 4 metres Allies in Rage Fonts Leech Rage equal to 0.8% of Physical Damage dealt by Supported TotemPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Greatwood IGreatwood ISupport, Totem Category: Greatwood Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 115%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create Totems, limiting their active Totem count to one but granting significant benefits for supported Totems based on what their Totem Limit would have been without this restriction. Does not Support Skills used by Minions.Supported Skills can only have one active Totem Totem Limit instead grants 5% increased Area of Effect for Totems per Limit to Supported Skills, up to 20% Totem Limit instead grants 10% more Totem Damage per Limit to Supported Skills, up to 40% Totem Limit instead grants 10% more Totem Life per Limit to Supported Skills, up to 40%Place into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Reinforced Totems IReinforced Totems ISupport, Totem Category: Reinforced Totems Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create Totems. Totems created by Supported Skills have additional Elemental Resistances.Totems summoned by Supported Skills have +40% to all Elemental ResistancesPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
IV	Greatwood IIGreatwood IISupport, Totem Category: Greatwood Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 115%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create Totems, limiting their active Totem count to one but granting significant benefits for supported Totems based on what their Totem Limit would have been without this restriction. Does not Support Skills used by Minions.Supported Skills can only have one active Totem Totem Limit instead grants 5% increased Area of Effect for Totems per Limit to Supported Skills, up to 20% Totem Limit instead grants 15% more Totem Damage per Limit to Supported Skills, up to 60% Totem Limit instead grants 15% more Totem Life per Limit to Supported Skills, up to 60%Place into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Hardy Totems IIHardy Totems IISupport, Totem Category: Hardy Totems Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create Totems, causing those Totems to have more Life.Totems created by Supported Skills have 50% more maximum LifePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Urgent Totems IIIUrgent Totems IIISupport, Totem Category: Urgent Totems Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create Totems, causing those Skills to place Totems much more quickly. Totems created by Supported Skills have increased Attack and Cast Speed.Spells Cast by Totems created by Supported Skills have 20% increased Cast Speed Attacks used by Totems created by Supported Skills have 20% increased Attack Speed Supported Skills have 100% increased Totem Placement speedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
V	Brutality IIIBrutality IIISupport, Physical Category: Brutality Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that deals damage, boosting its Physical damage at the expense of all other Damage Types, as well as giving Hits from that skill a chance to ignore Physical Damage reduction.Supported Skills deal 30% more Physical Damage Supported Skills deal no Chaos Damage Supported Skills deal no Elemental Damage Hits with Supported Skills have 20% chance to ignore Enemy Physical Damage reductionPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Pin IIIPin IIISupport, Physical Category: Pin Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any skill that Hits enemies, allowing its Physical damage to Pin enemies but making it unable to Stun. Pin buildup caused by Supported Skill is lessened, but Pin duration is significantly longer.Modifiers to Stun Buildup for Supported Skills instead apply to Pin Buildup Supported Skills cannot cause Stun Buildup Physical Damage from Supported Skill is Pinning Hits with Supported Skills cause 60% less Pin buildup Pin caused by Supported Skills has 30% more durationPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Reinforced Totems IIReinforced Totems IISupport, Totem Category: Reinforced Totems Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create Totems. Totems created by Supported Skills have additional Elemental Resistances.Totems summoned by Supported Skills have +10% to all Maximum Elemental Resistances Totems summoned by Supported Skills have +40% to all Elemental ResistancesPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.

Item acquisition

Artillery Ballista has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Artillery Ballista has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Shockwave TotemShockwave TotemAttack, Totem, AoE, Melee, Slam, Duration, Nova Tier: 3 Level: (1-20) Cost: (15-103) ManaRequires: Any Martial WeaponRaise a Totem that Slams the ground around it, repeatedly damaging nearby enemies. Jagged Ground erupts when hit by this Slam, damaging enemies standing on it. The Totem cannot create Jagged Ground.Totem Totem duration is 12 seconds Limit 1 Totem Totem gains +(0-75)% to all Elemental Resistances Totem gains +(0-35)% to Chaos Resistance Slam Attack Speed: 50% of base Attack Damage: (25-66)% Shockwave radius is 3 metres Jagged Ground Eruption Attack Damage: (108-237)% Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(0.2-4) seconds to Totem durationSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel., Ancestral Warrior TotemAncestral Warrior TotemAttack, Totem, AoE, Melee, Duration, Conditional, Meta Tier: 13 Level: (1-20) Cost: (13-91) Mana Cost & Reservation Multiplier: (200-100)%Requires: One Hand Mace, Two Hand MaceConsume 3 Endurance Charges to Raise a Totem that uses socketed Mace Skills. This Totem has no Limit. Cannot use Channelling Skills or Skills with Cooldowns.Totem duration is 8 seconds Totem gains +(0-75)% to all Elemental Resistances Totem gains +(0-35)% to Chaos Resistance Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(0.1-2) seconds to Totem durationPlace one or more Skill Gems into this Meta Gem's sockets in the Skills Panel. The socketed Skills will be incorporated into the Meta Gem's effect., Artillery Ballista and Siege BallistaSiege BallistaBarrageable, Attack, Totem, AoE, Projectile, Fire, Duration Tier: 9 Level: 1Deploy a Ballista Totem that fires bolts skyward, to explode a short time after landing.Place into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. These are found in the Skill Gems panel. now use your equipped weapon(s). They no longer have their own flat damage, base critical hit chance, or base attack time. Ripwire Ballista: Has been renamed to Artillery Ballista. It now fires a hail of bolts into the air, landing in an area and hitting all enemies within that area a number of times equal to its projectile count. Bolts now Fire 4 Projectiles (previously 5), and deals 24-40% Attack Damage at Gem level 7-20 (previously 98-153%). Bolts Attack Speed is now 25% of base (previously 100%), and the Ballista now has a duration of 12 seconds (previously 16). Quality now grants an additional 0–200% more Pin damage (previously 0–50%). Removed "Barrageable" gem tag. [Undocumented] Added "AoE" and "Sustained" gem tags. [Undocumented]
0.2.1	Added "Barrageable" gem tag.[Undocumented]
0.2.0f	All Totem Skills now start gaining Elemental Resistances and Chaos Resistance, scaling up with Skill level, from around Gem level 13. At gem level 20 they have +75% to all Elemental Resistances and +35% to Chaos Resistances.
0.2.0	Many Skills have had their base damage and/or damage growth per level rebalanced. Most of these changes are not specifically mentioned below as the changes are too widespread. The mana cost for all Attacks, Marks and Warcries has been reduced, most notably at higher Gem levels. ArtillerySiege BallistaBarrageable, Attack, Totem, AoE, Projectile, Fire, Duration Tier: 9 Level: 1Deploy a Ballista Totem that fires bolts skyward, to explode a short time after landing.Place into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. These are found in the Skill Gems panel. and Ripwire Ballista now have an aggro range of 8 metres (previously 6). Ripwire Ballista Bolts now Pins Enemies as though dealing 600% more Damage (previously 250%).
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.