Siege Master¶
who raises the siege line and gives it orders
Path: Armsman · Early access · all classes: Ascendancy
Nodes¶
| Name | Type | Effect | |
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| Siege Master | Start | — | |
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Ballista Aim Speed | Small | 15% increased ballista turn speed |
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Ballista Bolt Save | Small | +7.5% chance for ballista bolts to be saved |
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Ballista Durability | Small | 25% increased ballista durability |
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Ballista Fire Rate | Small | 7.5% increased ballista fire rate |
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Ballista Repair Effectiveness | Small | 15% increased effect of ballista repair bonuses |
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Siege Order | Notable | Your manual crossbow hits mark the enemy for your ballistas for 12 s: they take it first while it is in their range and line of fire; one mark at a time |
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Thrifty Armourer | Notable | +25% chance for ballista bolts to be saved |
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Siege Train | Notable | +2 ballista limit |
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Ballista on the Head | Notable | Your ballista limit is always 1 and that one ballista rides on your head: it shoots the enemies around you with a crossbow from your hotbar and your active bolts. No ballista can be set up on the ground for ballistas |
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Ratchet Strike | Notable | Repairing your own ballista gives it 50% increased fire rate and 50% increased ailment chance and build-up for 3 s; a repeat repair renews it |
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Ballista Damage | Small | 25% increased ballista damage |
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Crossbow Damage | Small | 20% increased crossbow damage |
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Charged Attack Damage | Small | 30% increased charged attack damage |
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Infusion Effect | Small | 15% increased infusion effect |
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Siege Thunder | Notable | When your mark moves to a new enemy, ready ballistas fire at it in turn, 0.2 s apart; each one's first hit deals 50% more damage. Once per 6 s |
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Siege Crossbows | Notable | 25% increased crossbow modifier effect |
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Wound to the Limit | Notable | Repairing your own ballista charges its next shot with the charged attack's own bonus and all your charged-attack bonuses. One charge per ballista, spent on release even on a miss; at most once per 3 s |
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Runes on the Frame | Notable | Repairing your own ballista lends it your active infusion for 3 s: each shot adds 35% of the stored elemental damage |
Data from Path of Valheiman 6.0.6, extracted 2026-11-09.