Vaal Ancestral Warchief

For the non-Vaal counterpart, see Ancestral Warchief.

Vaal Ancestral Warchief is a Vaal skill gem. It functions much the same as , but deals more damage, in a cascade, and has the ability to leap towards enemies that are out of range.

Skill functions and interactions

Soul Gain Prevention: 9 seconds base, affected by totem duration, not affected by (reduced) skill effect duration, even when combined with Close Combat Support and Less Duration Support.

Gem level progression

Level			Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	67	100%	100%	0	0
2	31	73	101%	101.2%	199345	199345
3	34	79	102%	102.4%	285815	485160
4	37	85	104%	103.6%	401344	886504
5	40	92	105%	104.8%	554379	1440883
6	42	96	106%	106%	477437	1918320
7	44	100	107%	107.2%	583786	2502106
8	46	104	108%	108.4%	710359	3212465
9	48	109	110%	109.6%	1355511	4567976
10	50	113	111%	110.8%	1138877	5706853
11	52	117	112%	112%	1368233	7075086
12	54	121	113%	113.2%	1638338	8713424
13	56	125	114%	114.4%	1956648	10670072
14	58	130	116%	115.6%	3655184	14325256
15	60	134	117%	116.8%	3017327	17342583
16	62	138	118%	118%	7759995	25102578
17	64	142	119%	119.2%	15138193	40240771
18	66	146	120%	120.4%	26083825	66324596
19	68	151	122%	121.6%	62620247	128944843
20	70	155	123%	122.8%	211708088	340652931
21	72	159	124%	124%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	125%	125.2%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	126%	126.4%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	128%	127.6%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	129%	128.8%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	130%	130%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	131%	131.2%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	132%	132.4%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	134%	133.6%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	135%	134.8%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	135%	135.4%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	136%	136%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	137%	136.6%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	137%	137.2%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	138%	137.8%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	138%	138.4%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	139%	139%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	140%	139.6%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	140%	140.2%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	141%	140.8%	N/A	N/A

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Vaal Ancestral Warchief:

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vaal Ancestral Warchief.

Alternate skill effects

Vaal Ancestral Warchief has the following alternate skill effects:

Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	Now deals 154% of Base Damage, and has 154% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 123%).
3.7.0	Now has an attack speed multiplier of 80% (rather than 20% less attack speed).
3.4.0	Vaal Ancestral Warchief has been added to the game.