Ancestral Spirits

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Ancestral SpiritsMinion, Trigger, Duration
Level: (1-20)Each of your Totems will summon an Ancestral Spirit Minion to fight for you. If the Totem that summoned the Minion dies then the Ancestral Spirit will too.Modifiers to Totem Life also affects Minions from this Skill
Minions from this skill have 1% increased Attack Speed
per 3 of your Dexterity
Minions from this skill have 1% increased Damage
per 1 of your Strength

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Minions have (1-20)% more Maximum LifeSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Acquisition
Drop disabled
Granted by the Warbringer ascendancy notable Answered Call.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemAscendancyAncestralSpirits

Ancestral Spirits is a minion skill granted by the Warbringer ascendancy notable Answered Call. This skill triggers whenever the player summons a totem. It causes the player's totems to summon an Ancestral Spirit minion to fight along side them.

Skill functions and interactions

Each of your Totems will summon a random Ancestral Spirit Minion to fight for you. If the Totem that summoned the Minion dies, the corresponding Ancestral Spirit will also die.

Ancestral Spirits

• Ancestral Jadecaster: Attacks with ranged projectiles that deal cold damage; can encase enemies in jade to Pin them (10 second cooldown)
• Ancestral Jade Hulk: Attacks with a Leap Slam and unleashes a warcry that grants a 50% increased Damage buff to allies
• Ancestral Warhorn: Attacks with a slam and can blows on its horn to provide a buff that grants 10 Rage on Hit and 20% increased Skill Speed (12 second cooldown)
• Ancestral Spirit Turtle: Has the Paua Shell Aura, which grants 80% increased Defences and 40% increased Block Chance

Gem level progression

Level
1	0
2	3
3	6
4	10
5	14
6	18
7	22
8	26
9	31
10	36
11	41
12	46
13	52
14	58
15	64
16	66
17	72
18	78
19	84
20	90

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	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.	Meat Shield IMeat Shield ISupport, Minion Category: Meat Shield Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports skills which create Minions, granting them less damage taken but making them deal less damage. Cannot support skills which create undamageable Minions.Minions from Supported Skills deal 35% less Damage Minions from Supported Skills take 35% less 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.	Prolonged Duration IProlonged Duration ISupport, Duration Category: Prolonged Duration Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Supported Skills have 30% more 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	Infernal Legion IInfernal Legion ISupport, Minion, AoE, Fire Category: Infernal Legion Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports skills which create Minions which can be damaged, causing them and enemies near them to Burn. Damage dealt by the Burning is based off the Life of the supported Minion.Minions from Supported Skills take 20% of their maximum Life as Fire Damage per second Minions from Supported Skills Ignite Enemies within a radius of 1.5 metres as though dealing Base Fire Damage equal to 20% of Minion's 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.	MaimMaimSupport, Attack Category: Maim Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.Supported Attacks always Maim 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.	Pin IIPin IISupport, Physical Category: Pin Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any skill that Hits enemies, allowing its Physical damage to Pin enemies but making it unable to Stun, as well as granting Critial Hit Chance against Immobilised enemies.Supported Skills have 50% increased Critical Hit Chance against Immobilised Enemies Modifiers to Stun Buildup for Supported Skills instead apply to Pin Buildup Supported Skills cannot cause Stun Buildup Physical Damage from Supported Skill is PinningPlace 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	Magnified Area IIMagnified Area IISupport, AoE Category: Increased Area of Effect Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger at the cost of damage.Supported Skills have 45% increased Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 10% less Area 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.	Meat Shield IIMeat Shield IISupport, Minion Category: Meat Shield Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports skills which create Minions, granting them less damage taken but making them deal less damage.Minions from Supported Skills deal 40% less Damage Minions from Supported Skills take 40% less 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.	Prolonged Duration IIProlonged Duration IISupport, Duration Category: Prolonged Duration Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Supported Skills have 35% more 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.
IV	Culling Strike ICulling Strike ISupport, Attack Category: Culling Strike Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attack Skills, causing them to Cull Rare and Unique Enemies on Hit.Supported Skills have Culling Strike against Rare or Unique EnemiesPlace 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.	ImpaleImpaleSupport, Attack, Physical Category: Impale Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to Impale on Hit but making them unable to Extract Impale themselves.Supported Skills cannot Extract Impale Supported Skills Impale 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.
V	Infernal Legion IIIInfernal Legion IIISupport, Minion, AoE, Fire Category: Infernal Legion Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports skills which create Minions which can be damaged, causing them and enemies near them to Burn. Damage dealt by the Burning is based off the Life of the supported Minion.Minions from Supported Skills take 30% of their maximum Life as Fire Damage per second Minions from Supported Skills Ignite Enemies within a radius of 2 metres as though dealing Base Fire Damage equal to 25% of Minion's 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.	Minion MasteryMinion MasterySupport, Minion Category: Mastery Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Minion skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.+1 to Level of Supported Minion 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.

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	The Ancestral Spirits Skill granted by the Answered Call Notable Passive Skill no longer grants Minions from this Skill have 1% increased Accuracy Rating per 3 of your Dexterity. Instead, Minions from this Skill now have 1% increased Attack Speed per 3 of your Dexterity. Ancestral Spirits from the Answered Call Notable Passive Skill have also been improved. They now appear faster and start using skills sooner. Ancestral Jade Hulk no longer Charges, it instead uses a Warcry to buff nearby Allies to have 50% increased Damage. Their Leap Slam has also been improved. Ancestral Jadecaster has had its Spell Casting range increased. The Pinning Jade Storm has had its Area of Effect increased and the delay between it forming and exploding has been reduced. Ancestral Warhorn's horn buff and horn slam have had their Area of Effect and Duration increased. Ancestral Spirit Turtle's Aura has had its Area of Effect increased.
0.2.0d	Fixed a bug where the Ancestral Spirits skill, granted by the Answered Call Warbringer Ascendancy Passive Skill, wasn't triggering when Summoning a Totem.
0.2.0	The Ancestral Spirits Skill granted by the Answered Call Ascendancy Passive Skill now has "Minions from this Skill have 1% increased Accuracy Rating per 3 of your Dexterity", and "Minion from this Skill have 1% increased Damage per 3 of your Strength". The Minions granted by this Skill have had the following changes: Ancestral Jadecaster's Pinning Skill has had its cooldown lowered to 10 seconds (previously 15). Ancestral Jade Hulk damage now has 300% more Stun Buildup (previously 200%). The Warcaller's Bellow buff from the Ancestral Warhorn now grants 10 Rage on Hit (previously 5), and 20% increased Skill Speed (previously 10%). The Paua Shell Aura from the Ancestral Spirit Turtle now grants nearby Allies 80% increased Defences (previously 50%), and 40% increased Block Chance (previously 25%).
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.