War Banner

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War BannerBanner, Buff, Persistent, AoE, Aura, Duration
Tier: 4
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 30 Spirit
While active, killing enemies with Attacks or standing near a Unique enemy generates Valour. Using this Skill consumes its Valour to place an inspiring Banner with an Aura that grants you and nearby Allies Attack damage and Accuracy while the Banner lasts. The Banner cannot gain Valour while placed, and you cannot place a Banner while you already have a Banner placed.Attack kills generates Valour equal to the enemy's Power
Gains 1 Valour per second while a
Unique enemy is in your Presence
10% more Aura Magnitudes per Valour
Banner Aura radius is 4.5 metres
Aura grants (5–6)% more Attack damage
Aura grants 30% increased Accuracy Rating
Banner duration is (6–6.95) seconds, or until you leave the Aura
Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel.
Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.
Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemWarBanner

War Banner is a persistent buff skill. After gaining Valour from combat, the skill can be activated to consume all Valour and place down a Banner with an aura that grants attack damage and accuracy to allies in radius. The effect of the aura is multiplied based on the amount of Valour consumed.

Skill functions and interactions

Gem level progression

LevelRequired Level
10
23
36
410
514
618
722
826
931
1036
1141
1246
1352
1458
1564
1666
1772
1878
1984
2090

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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.

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tier
Support gems
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Item acquisition

War Banner has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.

Alternate skill effects

War Banner has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemDescription

Version history

Version Changes
0.3.0
  • Banners no longer gain Valour (or have any other Valour related stats), but instead generate Glory when you attack enemies. They all require 200 Glory to place. Unlike other Glory-based skills, Banners can gain Glory while the Banner is placed. All sources of Banner Valour Gained have been replaced with Banner Glory Generated.
  • Banners now have a global limit of 1 allowed to be placed, but there are ways on the Passive Tree or the Tactician Ascendancy to increase this.
  • War Banner: Aura now grants 25% more Attack damage (previously 5-6%), 50% increased Accuracy Rating (previously 30%), and also now grants 25% increased Attack Speed. Now has a duration of 6.6-9.8 seconds at Gem levels 4-20 (previously 6.15-6.9 seconds), and Banner is no longer removed when you leave the Aura. Quality now provides 0-10% increased Reservation Efficiency (previously +0-2% more Aura Magnitudes per Valour).
0.2.0c
  • Fixed a bug where Banners were not providing their benefits to players when placed.
0.2.0
  • Banner Skills now have an Aura Radius of 4.5 metres (previously 4), and are now correctly considered Aura skills.
0.1.0
  • Introduced to the game.