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Best Ascendancy for Totems

3 ascendancies ranked by nodes about totems · Path of Exile 2✓ Checked against game files · 0.5.5
TacticianTacticianMercenary · 4 nodes

Tactician (Mercenary) and Warbringer (Warrior) have the most ascendancy nodes about totems: 4 each. 3 of 22 ascendancies have at least one such node. Counted: nodes about totems. Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.

A count is not a damage number: one notable can matter more than four small passives, so each row lists the nodes it counts. Pick the ascendancy, then read them. Abyssal Lich is left out: its nodes are in the files but not on this patch's passive tree.

Ascendancies by nodes about totems

  1. 1
    Tactician
    Mercenary · 2 notables
    4nodes
    • Cannons, Ready!
      +1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems
      Skills used by Totems have 30% more Skill Speed
      Totems only use Skills when you fire an Attack Projectile
    • Strategic Embankments
      Totems you place grant Embankment Auras
    • Totem Damage
      20% increased Totem Damage
    • Totem Damage
      20% increased Totem Damage
  2. 2
    Warbringer
    Warrior · 2 notables
    4nodes
    • Answered CallGrants skill Ancestral SpiritsThis skill is Triggered each time you summon a Totem, summoning an Ancestral Spirit Minion to fight for you. If the Totem dies then the Ancestral Spirit triggered by it's summoning will die too.
      +1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems
      Trigger Ancestral Spirits when you Summon a Totem
      Grants skill Ancestral SpiritsThis skill is Triggered each time you summon a Totem, summoning an Ancestral Spirit Minion to fight for you. If the Totem dies then the Ancestral Spirit triggered by it's summoning will die too.
    • Wooden Wall
      20% of Damage from Hits is taken from your nearest Totem's Life before you
    • Totem Life
      20% increased Totem Life
    • Totem Life
      20% increased Totem Life
  3. 3
    Oracle
    Druid · 1 notable
    2nodes
    • Unnamed Heartwood
      +1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems
      Totems die 6 seconds after their Life is reduced to 0
    • Totem Cast and Attack Speed
      Spells Cast by Totems have 5% increased Cast Speed
      Attacks used by Totems have 5% increased Attack Speed

Other themes

MinionsCompanionsSpellsMeleeProjectilesAttack speedCritical hitsFireCold and freezeLightning and shockChaosPhysicalElementalIgnitePoisonBleedingCursesBlock and shieldsLifeEnergy shieldManaArmourEvasionResistancesSpiritChargesFlasks and charmsStunArea of effectMovement speedCooldownsLeechWarcriesStrength stackingDexterity stackingIntelligence stacking

How it is counted: a node counts when one of its lines (or the description of the skill it grants) matches the theme's words, read from the game's passive tree and stat files. Compare two ascendancies to see all their nodes.