Ancestral Boost

Ancestral Boost

Tooltip

An Ancestrally Boosted SlamSlams are Melee Attacks that cause damaging areas of effect, rather than Striking enemies with your weapon directly. Damage from Slams is still Melee damage. has 30% more damage and 25% increased area of effect, and an Ancestrally Boosted StrikeA Strike is a Melee attack that directly hits with weapons or body parts. Slam attacks do not count as Strikes. will target 2 additional Enemies. Triggered SkillsMany effects can cause a Skill to Trigger. A Triggered Skill occurs immediately, without an attack or cast time, and usually targets the cause of the trigger. Triggering a Skill does not count as using it.

If multiple methods of Triggering a skill attempt to apply to the same skill, that skill will be disabled. cannot be Ancestrally Boosted. Ancestrally Boosted AttacksAttacks are skills that directly use your equipped weapon to damage enemies. Spells are not Attacks.

The base damage, attack speed and critical hit chance of an attack are determined using your weapon's stats unless a skill says otherwise.

Attacks do not necessarily deal Physical damage — they can deal any damage type. count as being Empowered.Empowered Skills do not have any inherent bonuses, but a number of stats and modifiers specifically apply to Empowered Skills.

A compatible strike or slam skill that's been Ancestrally Boosted becomes embued with the spirit of a Karui ancestor, granting the attack more damage, increased area of effect, and additional targets for strike skills.

Related skills

Gem	Tier
Ancestral CryAncestral CryWarcry, Attack, Buff, AoE, Melee, Slam, Projectile, Trigger, Fire, Duration, Nova, Conditional Tier: 13 Level: (1-20) Cost: (10-44) Mana Use Time: 0.80 secRequires: Any Melee Martial Weapon or UnarmedPerform a Warcry using Glory gained by Igniting enemies to turn you into an embodiment of Kaom. While embodying Kaom, you Trigger Volcanic Steps while travelling, Melee Strikes and Slams are Ancestrally Boosted, and your Melee Strikes Trigger Volcanic Eruption.Generates 100% of Monster Power as Glory for this Skill on Igniting an enemy Requires 100 Glory to use Warcry radius is 4 metres Knocks back and interrupts enemies in a smaller area Warcry duration is 8 seconds Consumes all Endurance Charges to increase Warcry duration by 50% per charge Converts 100% of Physical Damage to Fire damage with Boosted Attacks Trigger Volcanic Steps every 1.2 metres travelled Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(1-20)% increased Warcry duration per Endurance Charge consumedSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	13

Related support gems

Gem	Tier
Fist of War IFist of War ISupport, Attack, Melee, Slam Category: Fist of War Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Slams you use yourself, providing a powerful Ancestral Boost every few seconds.Attacks with Supported Skill are Ancestrally Boosted, no more than once every 6 secondsPlace 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.	1
Fist of War IIFist of War IISupport, Attack, Melee, Slam Category: Fist of War Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Slams you use yourself, providing a powerful Ancestral Boost every few seconds.Attacks with Supported Skill are Ancestrally Boosted, no more than once every 4 secondsPlace 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.	3
Ancestral Call IAncestral Call ISupport, Attack, Melee, Strike Category: Ancestral Call Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Strikes you use yourself, providing a powerful Ancestral Boost every few seconds. Cannot Support Channelled Skills and does not modify Skills used by Minions.Supported Strike Skills are Ancestrally Boosted once every 5 secondsPlace 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.	4
Crescendo IIICrescendo IIISupport, Attack, Melee, Strike Category: Crescendo Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Strikes that perform a Final Strike at the end of a combination of attacks, causing the Final Strike to be Ancestrally Boosted.Final Strike of Supported Skill is Ancestrally BoostedPlace 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.	5
Ancestral Call IIAncestral Call IISupport, Attack, Melee, Strike Category: Ancestral Call Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Strikes you use yourself, providing a powerful Ancestral Boost every few seconds. Cannot Support Channelled Skills and does not modify Skills used by Minions.Supported Strike Skills are Ancestrally Boosted once every 3 secondsPlace 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.	5
Fist of War IIIFist of War IIISupport, Attack, Melee, Slam Category: Fist of War Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 200%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Slams you use yourself, providing a very powerful Ancestral Boost infrequently.Attacks with Supported Skill are Ancestrally Boosted, no more than once every 14 seconds Ancestral Boost has double effect on Supported SkillsPlace 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.	5

Related passive skills

The following passive skills are related to ancestral boost:

Name	Stats
Ancestral Boosted Area and Damage	4% increased Area of Effect of Ancestrally Boosted Attacks Ancestrally Boosted Attacks deal 8% increased Damage [1] [2] [3]
Ancestral Boosted Attack Damage and Stun	Ancestrally Boosted Attacks deal 16% increased Damage 10% increased Stun Buildup [1] [2] [3]
Channelled Heritage	30% increased Area of Effect of Ancestrally Boosted Attacks [1]
Guided Hand	On Heavy Stunning a Rare or Unique Enemy, your next Attack within 4 seconds will be Ancestrally Boosted Ancestrally Boosted Attacks deal 30% increased Damage [1]

Ascendancy passive skills

The following Ascendancy passive skills are related to ancestral boost:

Ascendancy Class	Name	Stats
Titan	Ancestral Empowerment	Every second Slam Skill you use yourself is Ancestrally Boosted [1]

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Ancestrally Boosted Slams now have 25% increased Area of Effect (previously 20% increased). We've also fixed a bug where the Area of Effect bonus from Ancestral Boosted Slams was described as multiplicative (more) instead of additive (increased). Fixed a bug where multiple instances of Ancestral Boosting for a single Strike skill would add more and more additional additional targets.
0.2.0	An Ancestrally Boosted Slam now has 30% more Damage and 20% more area of effect (previously 20% for both).
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.