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War BannerBuff, Persistent, AoE, Duration
Tier: 4
Level: 1
Reservation: 30 spirit
While active, killing enemies with Attacks or standing near a Unique enemy generates Valour. Using this Skill consumes its Valour to place an inspiring Banner with an Aura that grants you and nearby Allies Attack damage and Accuracy while the Banner lasts. The Banner cannot gain Valour while placed, and you cannot place a Banner while you already have a Banner placed.Attack kills generates Valour equal to the enemy's Power
Gains 1 Valour per second while a Unique enemy is in your Presence
10% more Aura Magnitudes per Valour
Banner Aura radius is 4.5 metres
Aura grants (5–6)% more Attack damage
Aura grants 30% increased Accuracy Rating
Banner duration is (6–6.95) seconds, or until you leave the Aura
Place into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill.
Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.
Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.
Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemWarBanner

War Banner is a persistent buff skill. After gaining Valour from combat, the skill can be activated to consume all Valour and place down a Banner with an aura that grants attack damage and accuracy to allies in radius. The effect of the aura is multiplied based on the amount of Valour consumed.

Skill functions and interactions

Gem level progression

LevelRequired Level
10

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 Magnified EffectMagnified EffectSupport, AoE
Tier: 1
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Supported Skills have 30% more Area of EffectPlace 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.
PersistencePersistenceSupport, Duration
Tier: 1
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Supported Skills have 40% more Skill Effect DurationPlace 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.
VitalityVitalitySupport, Buff, Persistent
Tier: 1
Reservation: 20 Spirit
Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the Skill is active.Regenerate 1% of maximum Life per second while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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 Coming Soon Coming Soon HerbalismHerbalismSupport, Buff, Persistent
Tier: 2
Reservation: 15 Spirit
Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Life recovery from Flasks while the Skill is active.30% Increased Recovery from Life Flasks while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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 CannibalismCannibalismSupport, Buff, Persistent
Tier: 3
Reservation: 15 Spirit
Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to recover Life on kill while the Skill is active.2% of maximum Life recovered on Kill while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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.
Coming Soon RefractionRefractionSupport, Buff, Persistent
Tier: 3
Reservation: 10 Spirit
Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Banner Skills, causing those affected by Auras they create to gain Refractive Plating, a Buff which causes Armour to partially apply to Elemental Hit Damage.Those affected by Auras from Supported Skills gain Refractive Plating
Refractive Plating causes 20% of Armour to apply to Elemental Hit Damage taken
Placed Banners must have a minimum of 25 Valour to grant Refractive Plating
Place 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

War Banner has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.

Alternate skill effects

War Banner has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemDescription

Version history

Version Changes
0.2.0c
  • Fixed a bug where Banners were not providing their benefits to players when placed.
0.2.0
  • Banner Skills now have an Aura Radius of 4.5 metres (previously 4), and are now correctly considered Aura skills.
0.1.0
  • Introduced to the game.