Skeletal Warrior

Skeletal WarriorMinion, Persistent, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: (60-20) spiritActivate to summon Reviving Skeletal Warriors.First 2 minions summoned have no base spirit reservation

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

Acquisition
Drop disabled
Granted as an inherent weapon skill from a Rattling SceptreRattling SceptreSceptre
Spirit: 100Grants Skill: Level (1-20) Skeletal Warrior Minion.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemSkeletalWarriorWeaponSkill

Skeletal Warrior is a minion skill that reserves Spirit to summon persistent skeleton warrior minions. It is granted by equipping a Rattling SceptreRattling SceptreSceptre
Spirit: 100Grants Skill: Level (1-20) Skeletal Warrior Minion or its unique versions.

Skill functions and interactions

It spawns 2 skeletons with no spirit reservation requirement. Like all other weapons that grant skills, the amount of support gems that can be added to this version of the skill is determined by the level of the skill granted by the weapon.

Skeletal Warrior automatically revive after 7 seconds after being killed, you can decrease that time with passives from skill tree.

Gem level progression

Level			Spirit Reservation
1	0	0	60
2	3	9	44
3	6	16	33
4	10	25	27
5	14	34	25
6	18	43	25
7	22	52	23
8	26	61	23
9	31	72	23
10	36	83	22
11	41	95	22
12	46	106	22
13	52	119	21
14	58	133	21
15	64	146	21
16	66	160	21
17	72	173	20
18	78	189	20
19	84	205	20
20	90	221	20

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	Last GaspLast GaspSupport, Minion, Persistent, Duration Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports skills that create Persistent Minions, causing those Minions to fight on for a short duration before dying when they are fatally wounded.Minions from Supported Skills die 4 seconds after their Life is reduced to 0Place into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Meat ShieldMeat ShieldSupport, Minion 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 copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Sacrificial LambSacrificial LambSupport, Minion Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports skills which create Minions, causing your skills which can target Minions to prioritise targeting Minions from the Supported Skill.Your Skills target Minions from Supported Skills within 6 metres if possiblePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
II	DeathmarchDeathmarchSupport, Minion, Persistent Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills which create Persistent Minions. Supported Minions will restore Life to nearby Allied Minions on death, as well as removing Ailments from those Minions.Minions from Supported Skills heal Allied Minions within 3 metres for 25% of Supported Minions' life on death, as well as removing all Ailments from those MinionsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Heavy SwingHeavy SwingSupport, Attack, Melee, Physical Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Melee Attacks, boosting their Physical damage at the cost of Attack Speed.Supported Skills deal 35% more Melee Physical Damage Supported Skills have 10% less Attack SpeedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Infernal LegionInfernal LegionSupport, Minion, AoE, Fire 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 copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
III	Culling StrikeCulling StrikeSupport, Attack Tier: 3Support 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 copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	DiscombobulateDiscombobulateSupport, Attack, Physical Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to build up Daze based on a portion of Physical Damage dealt.Supported Attacks cause Daze buildup equal to 100% of Physical Damage dealtPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	HeftHeftSupport, Physical Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which deal Damage, increasing the maximum Physical Damage of their Hits.Supported Skills deal 30% more Maximum Physical Hit DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.

Item acquisition

Skeletal Warrior is drop disabled.

Alternate skill effects

Skeletal Warrior has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.2.0c	Minions have approximately 15% more Life through the early Campaign, tapering down to be unchanged by Gem Level 30 (or so). Gem Level 10 Minions now have 41% More Damage. Gem Level 15 Minions now have 50% More Damage. Gem Level 20 Minions now have 60% More Damage. Gem Level 30 Minions now have 79% More Damage.
0.2.0	Adjusted Minion Damage and Life scaling. General Damage and Life is the same early game, but lower than before at higher levels, especially past Gem level 20+. Skeletal Warrior can no longer be engraved in the Gemcutting menu, as it was only provided as a stop-gap until this functionality was implemented. Existing copies of the Skeletal Warrior skill gem have been turned into Skeletal SniperSkeletal SniperMinion, Persistent, Physical, Fire, Chaos Tier: 1 Level: (1-2) Reservation: (90-65) spirit Cooldown Time: 8.00 sec Attack Speed: 120% of base Attack Damage: 70% of baseSummons long-ranged, Reviving Skeletal Snipers that can fire a gas arrow on command. Rains an arrow down from above, creating a cloud of flammable poisonous gas where it lands. Any Burning effects or Detonator skills will explode the gas cloud, creating a fiery explosion.Minions from this Skill have +(0-20)% to all Elemental Resistances Impact Radius is 1.4 metresPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab. gems. The Skeletal Warrior skill granted by some sceptres now allows you to summon additional skeletons by reserving spirit, in addition to the two free skeletons it grants automatically.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.