Siege Ballista

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Siege BallistaBarrageable, Attack, Totem, AoE, Projectile, Fire, Duration
Tier: 9
Level: 1
Deploy 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.
Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.
Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemArtilleryBallista

Siege Ballista crossbow skill that summons a ballista totem that attacks by launching bolts in the air that land to create fire explosions on impact.

Skill functions and interactions

Gem level progression

LevelRequired Level
11

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 Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Fire Infusion" HourglassHourglassSupport
Category: Grants Cooldown
Tier: 1
Cooldown Time: 10.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any damaging skill that you use yourself, causing it to deal significantly more damage but gain a long cooldown. Cannot support Skills which already have a cooldown.Supported Skills deal 30% more Damage
Supported Skills have a Cooldown of 10 seconds
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.
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II Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Ancestral Urgency" Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Fire Penetration" Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Primal Armament"
III Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Culling Strike" Font of RageFont of RageSupport, Totem
Category: Font
Tier: 3
Support 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 Totem
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.
ImmolateImmolateSupport, Fire, Payoff
Category: Immolate
Tier: 3
Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attacks, granting them extra Fire damage against Ignited enemies but making them unable to Ignite enemies themselves.Supported Skills cannot Ignite
Supported Attacks Gain 30% of Damage as extra Fire Damage against Ignited enemies
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.
IV
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Item acquisition

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

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Siege Ballista has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemDescription

Version history

Version Changes
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.
  • Artillery Ballista base Physical Damage scaling now matches that of other totems like Shockwave Totem and Ripwire Ballista. The Artillery Explosion now converts 100% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage (previously 90%). Quality now provides 0 to -0.4 seconds to Totem base Attack Time (previously increased Attack Speed).
  • Artillery and Ripwire BallistaArtillery BallistaAttack, Totem, AoE, Projectile, Sustained, Duration
    Tier: 7
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (14-95) Mana
    Requires: 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 Resistance
    Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel.
    now have an aggro range of 8 metres (previously 6).
  • Artillery Ballista now fires 3 Projectiles (previously 1).
0.1.0e
  • Artillery Ballista's explosion radius increased to 1.8 metres (from 1.4 metres).
  • Artillery Ballista's Damage increased by approximately 21%.
0.1.0
  • Introduced to the game.