PoE2 skill gem

Artillery Ballista

Deploy a Ballista Totem that rains down a salvo of Pinning, Maiming bolts.

Current series

Changed in 0.5

0.5.1
Direct change

Quality on Mirage Archer and Artillery Ballista is now functional.

Full patch history

Effects

16 effects

Ballista

Bolts

Requirements and restrictions

2 requirement groups
Player requirementsLevel (1-90), (4-86) Str, (4-86) Dex
Weapon or skill requirementCrossbows
Source requirement text

Requires: Level (1-90), (4-86) Str, (4-86) Dex

Requires: Crossbows

Gem level progression

40 levels
Artillery Ballista levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelStrDexManaBase DamageTotem gains {0:+d}% to all Elemental ResistancesTotem gains +{0}% to Chaos Resistance
104414100%, 100%, 100%, 15%0Not applicable
237716100%, 100%, 100%, 16%0Not applicable
369918100%, 100%, 100%, 18%0Not applicable
410131321100%, 100%, 100%, 20%0Not applicable
514171723100%, 100%, 100%, 21%0Not applicable
618202026100%, 100%, 100%, 23%0Not applicable
722242430100%, 100%, 100%, 24%0Not applicable
826282833100%, 100%, 100%, 25%0Not applicable
931323236100%, 100%, 100%, 26%0Not applicable
1036373740100%, 100%, 100%, 28%0Not applicable
1141414144100%, 100%, 100%, 29%0Not applicable
1246464649100%, 100%, 100%, 30%0Not applicable
1352515153100%, 100%, 100%, 31%5Not applicable
1458575758100%, 100%, 100%, 32%155
1564626263100%, 100%, 100%, 33%2510
1666646469100%, 100%, 100%, 35%3515
1772707075100%, 100%, 100%, 36%4520
1878757581100%, 100%, 100%, 37%5525
1984808088100%, 100%, 100%, 38%6530
2090868695100%, 100%, 100%, 40%7535
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Artillery Ballista levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelStrDexManaBase DamageTotem gains {0:+d}% to all Elemental ResistancesTotem gains +{0}% to Chaos Resistance
21Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable102100%, 100%, 100%, 41%7535
22Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable110100%, 100%, 100%, 42%7535
23Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable119100%, 100%, 100%, 44%7535
24Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable128100%, 100%, 100%, 45%7535
25Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable137100%, 100%, 100%, 47%7535
26Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable148100%, 100%, 100%, 48%7535
27Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable158100%, 100%, 100%, 50%7535
28Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable170100%, 100%, 100%, 51%7535
29Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable182100%, 100%, 100%, 53%7535
30Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable195100%, 100%, 100%, 55%7535
31Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable208100%, 100%, 100%, 57%7535
32Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable222100%, 100%, 100%, 59%7535
33Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable238100%, 100%, 100%, 60%7535
34Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable254100%, 100%, 100%, 62%7535
35Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable271100%, 100%, 100%, 65%7535
36Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable289100%, 100%, 100%, 67%7535
37Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable308100%, 100%, 100%, 69%7535
38Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable328100%, 100%, 100%, 71%7535
39Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable349100%, 100%, 100%, 74%7535
40Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable371100%, 100%, 100%, 76%7535

Quality effects

3 effects

Ballista standard quality

Bolts standard quality

  • Pins Enemies as though dealing +(0-200)% more Damage

Advanced Thaumaturgy

This is the additional quality effect granted while the Gemling Legionnaire passive is allocated. The main value below is shown at 20% gem quality. Compare all gem bonuses.

Compatible support gems

32 source records
Show 8 more compatible gems
Compatibility rules

Active Type: ProjectilesFromUser, Trappable, Mineable, SummonsTotem, SummonsAttackTotem, TotemsAreBallistae, UsableWhileMoving, Limit, Duration

Acquisition

1 sources
  • Uncut Skill Gem: Uncut Skill Gem Tier 7

How to engrave this skill

1 category
Crossbow, tier 7

This skill becomes available when engraving an Uncut Skill Gem of level 7 or higher. The resulting skill uses the selected Uncut Skill Gem's level.

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Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 0 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Artillery Ballista. One applicable outcome is selected, and the item normally cannot be modified again by ordinary crafting.

01
No change.
02
Permanently add or subtract one gem level. This is retained when upgrading the gem level using an uncut gem. Max level gems can exceed their normal maximum this way, but cannot go below Level 1.
03
Add or remove a socket.
04
±10% to Quality, up to 23%.
View every corruption outcome and enchantment

Patch history

10 changes
0.5.1
Direct change

Quality on Mirage Archer and Artillery Ballista is now functional.

0.1.0e
Direct change

Artillery Ballista's explosion radius increased to 1.8 metres (from 1.4 metres).

0.1.0e
Direct change

Artillery Ballista's Damage increased by approximately 21%.

0.4.0
Direct change

Artillery Ballista no longer grants 40% increased Immobilisation Buildup, now grants 20% increased Skill Speed.

0.3.0
Direct change

Artillery Ballista grants 40% increased Immobilisation Buildup.

0.3.0
Direct change

Shockwave Totem, Ancestral Warrior Totem, Artillery Ballista and Siege Ballista now use your equipped weapon(s). They no longer have their own flat damage, base critical hit chance, or base attack time.

0.3.0
Direct change

Artillery Ballista: Has been renamed to Siege Ballista. Now has a duration of 8 seconds (previously 16). Bolts Attack Speed is now 25% of base, and Bolts now Deal 25-66% Attack Damage (previously 30-79%). Bolt Explosion radius is now 1.4 metres (previously 1.8). Explosion now deals 50-132% Attack Damage (previously 70-185%). Quality now provides +0-0.3 metres to Bolt Explosion radius (previously Totem base attack time is 0 to -0.4 seconds).

0.3.0
Direct change

Ripwire Ballista: Has been renamed to Artillery Ballista. It now fires a hail of bolts into the air, landing in an area and hitting all enemies within that area a number of times equal to its projectile count. Bolts now Fire 4 Projectiles (previously 5), and deals 24-40% Attack Damage at Gem level 7-20 (previously 98-153%). Bolts Attack Speed is now 25% of base (previously 100%), and the Ballista now has a duration of 12 seconds (previously 16). Quality now grants an additional 0-200% more Pin damage (previously 0-50%).

0.2.0
Direct change

Artillery Ballista base Physical Damage scaling now matches that of other totems like Shockwave Totem and Ripwire Ballista. The Artillery Explosion now converts 100% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage (previously 90%). Quality now provides 0 to -0.4 seconds to Totem base Attack Time (previously increased Attack Speed).

0.2.0
Direct change

Artillery Ballista now fires 3 Projectiles (previously 1).