Mechanic

Allies

An Ally is another player, Minion, Totem, or other entity on your side that has its own stats. Your character is not their own Ally, so wording that affects only Allies does not affect you unless it separately says you.

0.5.4d

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What Allies does

Current rules

Read Ally effects in two stages. First identify the eligible target: Allies is broad, Minions or Companions is narrower, and you are separate. Then check the delivery condition, such as in your Presence, nearby, inside a Sigil, within a Font, or firing through Flame Wall. Being an Ally does not by itself satisfy the range, duration, ownership, or stacking conditions of the effect.

Who counts as an Ally?: Allies include other players, Minions, Totems, and other entities that fight on your side and have their own stats. The exact set can therefore be broader than only party members or only summoned Minions.
You are not your own Ally: An effect that says Allies does not apply to the character providing it. Wording such as you and Allies includes the character because it names you separately.
Party members are Allies: Other players in the party are Allies. An Aura or another Ally effect can affect them only while they also satisfy its range and target conditions.
Minions are Allies: Minions are summoned Allies. A modifier that affects Allies can affect eligible Minions, but a Minion-only modifier is narrower and does not also apply to party members or Totems merely because all of them can be Allies.
Totems are Allies but not Minions: Totems are allied constructs with their own defensive stats. They can receive eligible Ally effects, but they do not qualify for wording restricted to Minions.
Player stats do not automatically transfer to Minions: Modifiers to the player's offences or defences do not automatically affect Minions. The modifier must specify Minions, Allies, or another applicable relationship. Totem skills have their own separate player-stat rules.
Ally status and range are separate: In your Presence, nearby, inside it, and while standing in it are separate spatial conditions. An eligible Ally outside the stated area receives nothing. Presence has its own area rules, while Sigils, Fonts, Banners, ground effects, and other skills can use different radii.
Share is not the same as redirect: Lochtonial Caress shares Charges with Allies in your Presence without removing the character's own Charges. Conduit instead says that if you would gain a Charge, Allies in your Presence gain that Charge instead, so the character gives up that gain.
Eligibility does not decide stacking: Ally wording determines who may receive an effect, not whether multiple copies stack. Buffs of the same type normally use only the strongest applicable copy unless their own rules allow stacking.
Source and recipient can have different effects: An item or passive can impose a cost or penalty on its owner while benefiting Allies. Leer Cast reduces the wearer's damage while increasing Ally damage, and Lone Warrior increases Aura Magnitude while preventing the owner's Aura Buffs from affecting Allies.

Common Ally effects and recipient rules

10 cases

Auras that include the owner

Discipline, Purity of Fire, Purity of Ice, Purity of Lightning, and Impurity explicitly affect you and Allies in your Presence. The owner is covered by you, while the other eligible entities are covered by Allies.

Presence recovery and support

Alchemist's Boon applies the user's Life and Mana Flask recovery to Allies in Presence. Arbiter's Reach grants Guard periodically, Healing Runes spends Runic Ward to heal nearby Allies, and Hollow Shell spends Runic Ward to grant nearby Allies Guard.

Placed areas and projectiles

Sigil of Power and Rite of Restoration affect you and Allies standing inside their Sigils. Flame Wall adds damage to Projectiles fired through it by you or Allies. These effects use the placed area or wall interaction rather than Presence.

Banner Auras

War Banner, Defiance Banner, and Dread Banner explicitly grant their effects to you and nearby Allies around the placed Banner. The Banner is the Aura source, so eligible Allies must remain inside its area.

Totem Fonts

Font of Blood and Font of Mana make supported Totems create 4 metre Fonts. Allies inside the Font Leech Life or Mana from the supported Totem's Physical damage. The Totem creates the area, but the recipient still has to be an Ally inside it.

Related: Font of Blood, Font of Mana

Minion and Remnant restrictions

Deathmarch restores Life to nearby Allied Minions, so it is narrower than all Allies. Selfless Remnants changes collected Remnants to affect Allies in your Presence instead of you, while The Hollow Mask makes Remnants affect those Allies as well as you.

Evasion Rating20Energy Shield13RequiresLevel 5, 7 Dex, 7 IntGrants Skill: Wildwood's Gifts (Level 3)+(60-80) to maximum Life15% additional Physical Damage Reduction-10% to all Elemental Resistances+13% to Chaos ResistanceRemnants you create affect Allies in your Presence as well as you when collected(80-100)% increased Reservation Efficiency of Remnant SkillsThe roots burrow deeper, unveiling the wood's bounty...

Ally-focused unique items

Leer Cast increases Ally damage but reduces the wearer's damage. Fixation of Yix grants offensive stats to Allies at the cost of Presence area. Sacred Flame grants Ally regeneration and extra Fire damage. Evergrasping Ring grants Allies extra Chaos damage but also grants a smaller extra Chaos benefit to enemies in Presence.

RequiresLevel 24+(5-7) to all Attributes+100 to maximum LifeAllies in your Presence have (30-50)% increased Critical Hit ChanceAllies in your Presence have (30-50)% increased Critical Damage BonusAllies in your Presence have (10-20)% increased Attack SpeedAllies in your Presence have (10-20)% increased Cast Speed50% reduced Presence Area of EffectHe knew not why he was changing, onlythat he wanted to hold his family close..., Sacred FlameSacred FlameUnique | Shrine Sceptre

Spirit100RequiresLevel 55, 17 Str, 38 IntGrants Skill: Purity of Fire (Level 19)Gain (40-60)% of Damage as Extra Fire DamageAllies in your Presence Regenerate (2-3)% of their Maximum Life per secondAllies in your Presence Gain (20-30)% of Damage as Extra Fire DamageEnemies in your Presence Resist Elemental Damage based on their Lowest ResistanceFire destroys, but fire also purifies.Life always springs anew., Evergrasping Ring

Sceptres, Essences, and Idols

Essences of Command can guarantee increased Ally damage on Sceptres. Idols can add Ally speed, damage, regeneration, Resistances, charge sharing, or charge redirection to Sceptres. The exact Idol line and its Bonded replacement are separate modifiers.

Currency: Lesser Essence of Command, Essence of Command, Greater Essence of Command, Idol of Eramir, Idol of Oak, Idol of Alira, Idol of KraitynRelated: Search Ally modifiers

Passive tree support

Current passives can grant Ally damage, Critical Hit Chance, speed, Accuracy, regeneration, Rage generation, or Glory generation. Conduit redirects Charge gains, while Lone Warrior blocks the owner's Aura Buffs from affecting Allies.

Ascendancy interactions

Bringer of Flame counts damage from you and Allies in Presence toward Flammability and Ignite Magnitudes. Rupture the Soul checks kills by you or Allies. Necromantic Conduit grants Unholy Might to you and Allies. Watch How I Do It grants Allies added Attack damage based on your main hand Weapon.

Limits and exceptions

8 rules

Your character is not their own Ally.
An Ally outside the stated Presence, radius, Sigil, Font, Banner, ground effect, or other area receives no effect.
Minion wording does not include party members or Totems unless the effect separately names them.
Totems are Allies but are not Minions.
Player offence and defence modifiers do not automatically transfer to Minions.
Share Charges does not remove the character's gain, while gain instead wording redirects it.
Ally eligibility does not override duration, reservation, ownership, strongest-instance, or other stacking rules.
An effect can benefit Allies while imposing a separate penalty on its source.

Related mechanics

MechanicTotem

Totems are allied constructs that perform Skills for you. They are Remote Skills rather than Minions: their Skills use your offensive stats, while each Totem has its own Life and defensive stats and can be damaged or killed.

MechanicAura

An Aura continuously applies a Buff to eligible allies or a Debuff to eligible enemies within an area around its source. Many player Auras use the character's Presence, but the exact targets, radius, reservation, and effect come from the individual skill.

MechanicCompanions

Companions are powerful Reviving Minions with a separate global limit. By default, you can have only one Companion summoned at a time, regardless of its type or the number of creatures represented by its skill.

MechanicUnholy Might

Unholy Might is a Buff that grants 30% of all applicable damage as extra Chaos Damage. It creates an additional Chaos portion and does not remove or convert the original damage.

MechanicConsecrated Ground

Consecrated Ground is a beneficial ground surface. You and your Allies regenerate 5% of maximum Life per second and have 50% reduced Curse effect while standing on your Consecrated Ground.

MechanicBanner

Banner Skills reserve 30 Spirit while active and build Glory when you Hit monsters with Attacks. At 200 Glory, use the Skill to place a Banner whose Aura affects you and nearby Allies inside its area for a limited duration.

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What Allies does

Common Ally effects and recipient rules

Limits and exceptions

Related pages

Items and gems using this mechanic