Searing Bond

Searing BondSpell, Totem, Fire
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (18-51) Mana
Cast Time: 1.00 secRequires Level 12Summons a totem that casts a beam of fire at you and each other totem you control, dealing burning damage to enemies caught in the beam. Enemies near either end of a beam also suffer burning damage.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased totem life2% increased Totem Duration1% increased Damage+0.1 to maximum number of Summoned TotemsTotem lasts 8 seconds
Deals (29.4-2459.5) Base Fire Damage per second
+1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
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Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemSearingBond

Searing Bond is a spell skill that summons a totem that creates fiery beams between the caster and each other totem under their control. The beams deal fire damage over time to enemies touching it. Totem range is 100.

Skill Functions and Interactions

The beams will only link between adjacent totems and the caster if they are within a certain range from each other. If a pair of totems are placed too far apart, or the caster moves too far away from a totem, or the path of a beam is obstructed by something like a wall—those links will be broken.

Fire damage dealt over time by the beams is considered burning damage, and therefore benefits from increased burning damage modifiers. The damage of the beams is also affected by increased fire, elemental, DespairDespairSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos, Curse, Hex
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (16-33) Mana
Cast Time: 0.50 sec
Radius: 22Requires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, lowering their chaos resistance and increasing damage over time they take. All hits will deal added chaos damage to the cursed enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentCursed enemies take 0.5% increased Damage from Damage Over Time effects0.5% increased Effect of CurseSpell Hits have 0.5% chance to Hinder Cursed Enemies with 30% reduced Movement Speed for 4 secondsBase duration is (9-10.9) seconds
Cursed enemies have -(20-29)% to Chaos Resistance
Cursed enemies take (15-25)% increased Damage from Damage Over Time effects
Adds (9-46) to (12-57) Chaos Damage to Hits against Cursed Enemies
Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself
+(0-10) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and totem damage passives, as well as damage over time and spell damage modifiers.

Searing Bond does not hit, so "on hit" and "on crit" effects never apply. This includes Fire Penetration SupportFire Penetration SupportFire, Support
Icon: V
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Fire DamageSupported Skills deal 3% increased Burning DamageSupported Skills Destroy Ignited Corpses on KillSupported Skills Penetrate (20-34)% Fire ResistanceThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. which has no effect on Searing Bond damage, however it will benefit from other changes to monster resistance such as FlammabilityFlammabilitySpell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Curse, Hex
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (24-50) Mana
Cast Time: 0.50 sec
Radius: 22Requires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, lowering their fire resistance and giving them a chance to be ignited when hit.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentIgnite on Cursed enemies has 0.5% increased DurationCurses inflicted by this Skill have +0.25 to maximum DoomHits against Cursed Enemies have +1% chance to IgniteBase duration is (9-10.9) seconds
Cursed enemies have -(25-44)% to Fire Resistance
Hits against Cursed Enemies have +25% chance to Ignite
Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself
+(0-10) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Elemental Equilibrium.

The additional totem provided by the skill increases the maximum number of Searing Bond totems, it does not stack with similar totem limit increases of other totem types. Only the highest number of the totems of one type counts as the global maximum number of summoned totems.

For example, taking an Ancestral Bond keystone increases the maximum number of Searing Bond totems to 3, and using an Iron CommanderIron Commander
Death BowBow
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: (33.6-38.4) to (82.8-92.4)
Critical Strike Chance: (6.50%-7.50%)
Attacks per Second: (1.37-1.44)
Weapon Range: 120Requires Level 32, 107 Dex(30-50)% increased Critical Strike ChanceAdds (8-12) to (16-24) Physical Damage
(14-20)% increased Attack Speed
(14-20)% increased Totem Life
(14-20)% increased Totem Placement speed
Siege Ballista has +1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems per 200 Dexterity
Adds 1 to 3 Physical Damage to Attacks per 25 DexterityThe Eternals commanded an army that need not eat, sleep, or breathe
without the usual depravities of necromancy. with 400 dexterity will allow you to summon 4 Siege Ballistas. Maximum number of totems in this case will be 4 (the highest of a single totem type), and only 3 of them can be Searing Totems. Attempting to summon a Searing Bond with 4 Ballistas out will desummon one Ballista.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Fire Damage per sec	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	21	14	18	29.4	0	0
2	15	25	17	19	39.4	15249	15249
3	19	30	21	20	56.7	41517	56766
4	23	35	24	21	80.2	81983	138749
5	27	41	28	23	111.6	147968	286717
6	31	46	32	25	153.5	250557	537274
7	35	51	36	27	209.2	405086	942360
8	38	55	38	29	262.3	447718	1390078
9	41	59	41	31	327.8	615318	2005396
10	44	63	44	33	408.1	834639	2840035
11	47	67	47	35	506.5	1570760	4410795
12	50	71	49	37	626.9	1633987	6044782
13	53	75	52	39	773.9	2151030	8195812
14	56	79	55	40	953.2	2812189	11008001
15	59	83	58	42	1171.7	5099360	16107361
16	62	87	60	44	1437.5	9400731	25508092
17	64	90	62	46	1645.8	15273366	40781458
18	66	92	64	48	1882.9	26286582	67068040
19	68	95	66	50	2152.7	62890590	129958630
20	70	98	68	51	2459.5	212046017	342004647
21	72	100	70	53	2808.2	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	53	3204.4	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	54	3654.5	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	56	4165.6	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	58	4745.6	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	59	5403.8	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	59	6150.2	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	61	6996.6	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	62	7956.1	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	62	9043.3	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	63	9639.9	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	64	10274.9	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	65	10950.7	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	65	11669.8	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	66	12435	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	67	13249.1	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	67	14115.3	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	68	15036.8	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	69	16017.1	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	70	17059.8	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
8	Dying AnguishDying Anguish8Level 19 Gem Alternative Quality: +19%Moribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home.	random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality	Automatic
1	Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorAdds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing # monstersQuality GemRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.	random superior gem	Automatic
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	random level 20 gem	Automatic
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.	random corrupted level 21 Spell gem	Automatic
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Superior Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	random superior gem with 20% quality	Automatic
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	random divination card set exchange	Automatic

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1 Nessa	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Searing Bond.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Searing Bond Damage 1	66	25% increased Searing Bond Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Searing Bond Damage 2	75	40% increased Searing Bond Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Searing Bond Totem Elemental Resistances 1	66	24% increased Searing Bond Totem Elemental Resistances	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Searing Bond Totem Elemental Resistances 2	75	36% increased Searing Bond Totem Elemental Resistances	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Searing Bond Totem Placement Speed 1	66	40% increased Searing Bond Totem Placement Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Searing Bond Totem Placement Speed 2	75	60% increased Searing Bond Totem Placement Speed	helmet 100 default 0

Alternate skill effects

Searing Bond has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Arcane Tome Totem SkinArcane Tome Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes an Arcane Tome.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes an Arcane Tome.
Dragon Totem SkinDragon Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes a golden dragon.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a golden dragon.
Eagle Guardian Totem SkinEagle Guardian Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes an eagle guardian.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes an eagle guardian.
Green Searing Bond EffectGreen Searing Bond EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Searing Bond beam becomes green.	Your Searing Bond beam becomes green.
Olmec Totem SkinOlmec Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes a carved stone totem with two faces.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a carved stone totem with two faces.
Pylon of Pain Totem SkinPylon of Pain Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes a Pylon of Pain.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a Pylon of Pain.
Tiki Totem SkinTiki Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes a coloured totem that has carved tiki designs.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a coloured totem that has carved tiki designs.
Ziggurat Totem SkinZiggurat Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes an ancient ziggurat.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes an ancient ziggurat.

Monster stats

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1.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	2.4	6	6		4					Metadata/Monsters/Totems/SearingBondTotem	Totem	mud_blood • construct

Version history

Version	Changes
3.13.0	Now deals 29.4 fire damage per second at gem level 1 (from 23.6), up to 2459.5 fire damage per second at gem level 20 (from 1755.6).
3.12.0	Now has alternative gem quality.
3.8.0	Modifiers to spell damage now apply to the damage over time effect.
2.1.0	Damage has been increased by 10%. It now grants an additional totem without drawbacks.
2.0.0	Skill duration reduced to 8 seconds. Now increases totem life by 1% per 1% quality (was 3% per 1% quality).
1.2.0	Damage at all levels has been reduced by 18%.
1.1.0e	Reduced the damage of Searing Bond (by 28% at gem level 1, tapering to no change at gem level 20). Because most support gems don't affect Searing Bond, it's still quite powerful, especially when socketed in items that grant additional gem levels.
1.1.0	Adjusted the PVP scaling of Righteous Fire and Searing Bond. These have only been conservatively adjusted. A more thorough adjustment to PVP scaling of skills will be ongoing throughout 1.1.x.
1.0.5	Searing Bond no longer stacks damage from multiple beams. The damage of Searing Bond has been increased by around 400%.
1.0.0	Mana cost reduced.
0.11.3	Increased its damage and made it more likely to hit monsters standing quite close to the totem.
0.11.0f	Fixed a crash with Searing Bond when used with other totems.
0.10.6	Searing Bond has been added to the game.