Summon Holy Relic is a skill gem that summons a flying Holy Relic minion. When the owner attacks, the Holy Relic releases a pulse that deals physical damage to enemies and provides life regeneration to allies, which is more powerful on allied minions.
Skill functions and interactions
Holy Relic may be supported by skill gems that affect its Nova spell, such as Increased Area of Effect Support or Controlled Destruction Support. However Spell Echo Support or Greater Spell Echo Support from Pledge of Hands don’t work with the Nova spell because it is a triggered ability, even though they still link with Summon Holy Relic since summoning the minion itself will be supported by them.
The Nova spell scales with area of effect, has 5% base crit, 250% Damage Effectiveness, and a 0.3 second cooldown at all levels.
Holy Relic’s life regeneration at level 20 on the player is 154.6 health per second for 4 seconds (Read #Gem level progression for full list). Attacking after the 0.3 second cooldown refreshes the life regeneration duration.
Holy Relic has 40% base Elemental Resistances and 20% base Chaos Resistance.
Holy Relic explicitly cannot taunt enemies.
Much like the minions from Summon Raging Spirit, Holy Relics are a flying entity and is unaffected by ground effects or certain skills like Spark. They cannot be targeted directly, which provides a significant boost to their survivability even in non-minion builds. Notably, Summon Holy Relic’s level requirement curve makes it a good fit for Cast when Damage Taken Support.
Geofri’s Crest allows summoning of a second Holy Relic, effectively doubling your DPS.
3.19.1 Patch Notes
The Aura from the Executioner Archnemesis modifier and Verdant Spores inflicted by the Healing Nova from the Rejuvenating Archnemesis modifier no longer affect Player minions.