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Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)

PoE 2 0.3 Warrior Leveling Build - Slam Fissure

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This is a leveling build for the Warrior in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)'s The Third Edict Update that uses Rolling Slam and fissures to deal massive AoE damage. Check out this Warrior leveling build, including its progression, equipment, socketables, skills, and playstyle!

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Slam Fissure Warrior Build Summary

Warrior Leveling Build Overview

Build Setup
Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2) - Warrior PortraitSlam Fissure Warrior
Rolling Slam Icon Boneshatter Icon Infernal Cry Icon Herald of Ash Icon Leap Slam Icon Volcanic Fissure Icon Forge Hammer Icon
Path of Exile 2 Build Pro Simple gameplay

Path of Exile 2 Build Pro Good AoE and single target damage

Path of Exile 2 Build Pro High Survivability due to the use of shields

Path of Exile 2 Build Con Relies on stun and stun buildup

The Slam Fissure warrior leveling build gives players high AoE damage through the combination of Rolling Slam and fissures to quickly deal with groups of enemies, all while offering good survivability. With the recent addition of sprinting, the class' primary weakness was solved, and they can now clear enemies faster than ever before!

Date Changes Made
08/31/2025 ・ Leveling Build Updated for 0.3 Act 2.
08/30/2025 ・ Leveling Build Updated for 0.3 Act 1.
04/04/2025 ・Strike Warrior 0.2 Leveling Build Act 1-3 Created.

Slam Fissure Warrior Equipment

※ The affixes shown below are arranged based on descending priority.

Gear Affixes
Temple Maul IconTemple Maul
・Added Physical Damage
・Increased Physical Damage
・+ Melee Skills
・Attack Speed
Guarded Helm IconGuarded Helm
・+ Maximum Life
・Any Resistances
・Strength
・Armor
Fur Plate IconFur Plate
・+ Maximum Life
・Any Resistances
・Strength
・Armor
Riveted Mitts IconRiveted Mitts
・Attack Speed
・+ Maximum Life
・Any Resistances
・Strength
Iron Greaves IconIron Greaves
・Movement Speed
・+ Maximum Life
・Any Resistances
・Strength
Rawhide Belt IconRawhide Belt
・Any Resistances
・+ Maximum Life
・+ Maximum Mana
Amber Amulet IconAmber Amulet
・+ Strength
・Any Resistances
・+ Maximum Life
Iron Ring IconIron Ring
・+ Maximum Life
・+ Maximum Mana
・+ Strength
・Any Resistances
Lazuli Ring IconLazuli Ring
・+ Maximum Mana
・+ Maximum Life
・+ Strength
・Any Resistances
Greater Life Flask IconGreater Life Flask
・Increased Amount Recovered
・Increased Charges
Greater Mana Flask IconGreater Mana Flask
・Increased Amount Recovered
・Increased Charges

Weapons

For your weapons, you want to use a two-handed mace to deal as much damage as you can. This will allow you to blitz through the campaign areas and bosses, especially in later acts.

If you're struggling to survive, you can instead equip a one-handed mace and shield. While this setup greatly reduces your clear speed, it offers a much safer and more comfortable experience. It's particularly recommended for Act 1, but be aware that your clear speed will noticeably drop in Act II unless you manage to find a particularly strong one-hander.

List of Weapons

Armor and Accessories

For your armor pieces, just keep on replacing them as you get higher stats. Aim to get as much elemental resistance as you can, while also looking out for Strength and Maximum Life. The most important modifier for leveling would be the movement speed that you can get from your boots, which will drastically improve your speed on top of sprinting.

As for your accessories, aim to solve your mana issues first by getting mana modifiers. After getting stable mana regeneration, you can aim for more resistances or other defensive stats for even more survivability.

List of Rings List of Amulets
List of Armors

Runes and Soul Cores

Equipment Sockets
Weapon
Armor • Elemental Resistance Runes

Runes are not a priority in Acts 1 - 3 since you will most likely switch around equipment often and would not be able to fully benefit from them. However, you may consider using Runes if you find yourself stuck in a certain area.

For your weapon, you can use two Iron Runes to get physical damage boost. As for your Armor Runes, slot in Body Runes for more health or any of the runes that provide elemental resistances.

List of Runes List of Soul Cores

Belt and Charms

POE 2 - Sapphire CharmSapphire Charm ・Increased Duration
・Increased Charges
・Recover Life when Used
POE 2 - Topaz CharmTopaz Charm ・Increased Duration
・Increased Charges
・Recover Life when Used
POE 2 - Antidote CharmAntidote Charm ・Increased Duration
・Increased Charges
・Recover Life when Used

We recommend equipping the Rawhide Belt to get more HP out of your life flask, but you can equip anything that will give you high resistance modifiers and more Maximum Life or Strength.

As for the Charms, for Act 1, use a Sapphire Charm for Cold Resistance to help with defeating Count Geonor. On Act 2, you can swap to the Topaz Charm when fighting Jamanra, the Abomination. For Act 3, you can opt to equip the Antidote Charm to ignore poison dealt by enemies or when fighting one the act's harder bosses, Viper Napuatzi.

List of All Charms

Slam Fissure Warrior Skills

All Active and Persistent Skills

※ The Support Gems' priority are arranged in a descending order. The first one being the most important and the last being the least crucial.

Skill Support Gems
Mace Strike IconMace Strike
Rolling Slam IconRolling Slam
Boneshatter IconBoneshatter
Volcanic Fissure IconVolcanic Fissure
Note: This skill will be replaced by Forged Hammer when you get to Act 3.
Forge Hammer IconForge Hammer
Infernal Cry IconInfernal Cry
Leap Slam IconLeap Slam -
Herald of Ash IconHerald of Ash
Time of Need IconTime of Need

The primary skills you would be using are Rolling Slam and Boneshatter. Rolling Slam will prime enemies for stun, allowing you to use Boneshatter to finish them off. During Act I, you can temporarily use Brutality I on your Rolling Slam until you get access to level 2 or higher support gems. Aftershock I will be a better option later on as you unlock Volcanic Fissures and Forge Hammer, which will significantly boost your boss clears.

The last skill you want to equip is Leap Slam. There is no offensive use for this skill, and its primary purpose is to get you out in case you get stuck in the middle of a horde.

For spirit skills, you want to equip Herald of Ash for faster mob clearing and Time of Need for survivability. You can replace the latter with Overwhelming Presence for easier stuns or War Banner for huge boost of damage against bosses.

List of Skills

Slam Fissure Warrior Passive Tree

Passive Tree Progression

For your skill tree, you would want to go down and grab the Skill Speed and Rage on Hit Nodes to make your rotations smoother and ensure that you always have Rage active, as it is a very powerful multiplier. Once you've acquired those nodes, prioritize reaching Aftershock nodes as soon as possible. It not only boosts the damage of all your skills but also enhances the synergy between Rolling Slam and fissures.

Once you have your Aftershock nodes, aim for the Resolute Technique Keystone. This guarantees that your attacks always hit in exchange for losing Critical Strike Chance, which is a worthwhile trade. You can also then aim for the Prism Guard Notable to get more survivability against the toughest boss in Act 2, which uses lightning attacks. After those, your goal is just to get more damage through specific passives, such as the Attack Area Damage and Ancestrally Boosted nodes.

For the stat nodes, you can choose between Agility and Strength, depending on your gem requirements, as you will be equipping multiple Rapid Attack Support Gems. If you have met your Agility gem requirements, then just focus solely on Strength.

Focus on Getting Melee Damage in Act I

In Act I, it is highly recommended to focus first on getting melee damage in the starting nodes. This will ensure that you can prime enemies using the first hit of Rolling Slam and finish them off with Boneshatter. Only swap them out if you have enough skill points to replace the damage that you will be losing from those nodes.

Passive Skill Tree Guide and List of Passives

Ascendancy Options

Titan Icon Titan • Earthbreaker for more Aftershocks (best synergy for this leveling build) • Later replaced with Colossal Capacity and Hulking Form for more damage.

The Slam Fissure leveling build works best with the Titan ascendancy to get more Aftershock procs, which will also trigger Volcanic Fissures. Once you get your second set of ascendacy points, you can replace Earthbreaker and go for Hulking Form for more damage in general. Note that you can always respec ascendancies later if you are going for another build.

How to Respec Ascendancy

Slam Fissure Warrior Progression

Jump to an Act!
Act 1 Act 2 Act 3

Act 1 Progression

To progress through Act 1 and beat Count Geonor using the Slam Fissure leveling build, follow these steps:

# Step by Step Guide to Act 1 Leveling
1
2
Head for the Mysterious Campsite at Clearfell to get a Level 1 Uncut Skill Gem Icon Uncut Skill Gem . Use it to obtain Boneshatter Icon Boneshatter .
3
Defeat Beira of the Rotten Pack Icon Beira of the Rotten Pack to obtain Head of the Winter Wolf Icon Head of the Winter Wolf for the Cold Resistance to prepare against Count Geonor.
4
Complete Treacherous Ground to get a Level 1 Uncut Support Gem Icon Uncut Support Gem and slot in Rapid Attacks I Icon Rapid Attacks I .
5
Proceed to Grelwood and defeat to get another Level 1 Uncut Support Gem for another Rapid Attacks I Icon Rapid Attacks I .
Note: Make sure to loot the Witch Hut to get Medium Flasks.
6
Defeat The Brambleghast Icon The Brambleghast to get a Level 2 Uncut Skill Gem and use it to upgrade your Rolling Slam.
7
Progress to The Grim Tangle and defeat The Rotten Druid Icon The Rotten Druid to obtain another Level 1 Uncut Support Gem. Use it to slot in Impact Shockwave Icon Impact Shockwave in Boneshatter.
8
Look for the Haunted Treasure Inside the Tomb of the Consort and defeat the rare enemy to acquire a Level 1 Uncut Support Gem and slot in Brutality I Icon Brutality I in Rolling Slam.
Note: Once you find a Level 3 Uncut Skill Gem, use it to level up your damage skills.
9
Defeat The Crowbell Icon The Crowbell at the Hunting Grounds to obtain a Book of Specialisation Icon Book of Specialisation for additional passive points.
10
Search and complete your first Ritual in the same area to get a Level 1 Uncut Support Gem and use this to get on your Mace Strike.
11
Start looking for the Dryadic Ritual in the same area to get an extra Level 1 Uncut Support Gem . Use it to slot in Rage I Icon Rage I on your Mace Strike.
12
Enter Freythorn to defeat The King in the Mists Icon The King in the Mists for +30 Spirit and a Level 4 Uncut Spirit Gem Icon Uncut Spirit Gem , which you can use to get Herald of Ash Icon Herald of Ash .
13
Complete The Lost Lute at the Ogham Farmlands to obtain a Book of Specialisation for more passive points.
14
Search for the Crop Circle in the same area to defeat and obtain a Level 4 Uncut Skill Gem and use it to upgrade Boneshatter.
15
Proceed to Ogham Village and defeat The Executioner Icon The Executioner to free Leitis and acquire a Level 5 Uncut Skill Gem you can use this to upgrade Rolling Slam.
16
Head for The Manor Ramparts and look for The Gallows to get a free Level 1 Uncut Support Gem you can use to get Magnified Area I Icon Magnified Area I on Herald of Ash.
17
Search and defeat the Candlemass, the Living Rite Icon Candlemass, the Living Rite at Ogham Manor to get the Candlemass Candlemass' Essence for the free +20 Maximum Life.
18
Continue and defeat Count Geonor Icon Count Geonor to complete Act 1.
Note: Make sure you have Medium Flasks since this boss fight has 2 Phases so you will be spending a good amount of time learning and surviving the mechanics.

Complete Act 1 Walkthrough

Act 2 Progression

To progress through Act 2 and beat Jamanra, the Abomination using the Warrior leveling build, follow these steps:

# Steps
1
Complete the Earning Passage quest for an Uncut Skill Gem Icon Uncut Skill Gem Level 5. Use it to upgrade Rolling Slam Icon Rolling Slam .
2
Defeat Balbala, The Traitor Icon Balbala, The Traitor to gain access to The Trial of Sekhemas.
Ascendancy: You can attempt to finish the Sekhema's Trial to get your first Ascendancy Skill:
3
Clear Mobs in Keth until you get the Kabala Clan Relic Icon Kabala Clan Relic (to be used later).
4
5
Defeat in the Galleria for a random Jewel.
6
Open the Guarded Sarcophagus for an Uncut Support Gem Icon Uncut Support Gem Level 2. You can use this to get Upheaval I Icon Upheaval I for you Volcanic Fissure later on.
7
Three Elemental Offering Ring choices: Ruby Ring, Sapphire Ring, and Topaz Ring for flame, cold, and lightning resistance respectively. It is recommended to choose the Topaz Ring to prepare for Jamanra, the Abomination Icon Jamanra, the Abomination .
8
Clear The City of Seven Waters for an Uncut Support Gem 2. You can use this to get Aftershock I Icon Aftershock I for Rolling Slam.
9
Destroy the Effigy located in the Shrine of Bones for an Uncut Support Gem Level 2. You can use this to get Elemental Armament II Icon Elemental Armament II for your Volcanic Fissure.
10
Clear Mobs in The Bone Pits until you get the Sun Clan Relic Icon Sun Clan Relic (to be used later).
11
Complete A Theft of Ivory quest for an Uncut Support Gem Level 2. You can use this for any missing support gems in the build.
12
Place both Relics in the Valley of Titans to complete the Ancient Vows quest. Choose the Sun Clan Relic for more Mana Flask Recovery.
13
Complete A Crown of Stone quest for an Uncut Support Gem Level 2. You can use this for any missing support gems in the build.
14
Complete the Tradition's Toll quest to get a Book of Specialisation Icon Book of Specialisation .
15
Defeat the for a Djinn Barya Icon Djinn Barya .
16
Activate the in Deshar to get a permanent 10% Lightning Resistance.

Complete Act 2 Walkthrough

Act 3 Progression

To progress through Act 3 and beat Doryani using the Warrior leveling build, follow these steps:

# Steps
1
Defeat Rootdredge Icon Rootdredge to get Uncut Skill Gem Icon Uncut Skill Gem Level 9. Use it to get Forge Hammer Icon Forge Hammer , which will replace Volcanic Fissure when you are taking on bosses.
2
Loot the basket found in the Orok Campfire to get a Lesser Jeweller Lesser Jeweller's Orb . Use it to upgrade Rolling Slam Icon Rolling Slam and equip Fist of War II Icon Fist of War II .
3
4
Complete The Slithering Dead to get the Venom Draught of the Lost Icon Venom Draught of the Lost . We suggest taking Elemental Threshold for better resistance against deadly elemental effects.
5
Interact with the Ravaged Corpse in the Jungle Grave to get a rare Belt. Take the Rawhide Belt for more Life Recovery Flasks.
6
Defeat Ignagduk, the Bog Witch Icon Ignagduk, the Bog Witch for 30 Spirit and Uncut Spirit Gem Icon Uncut Spirit Gem Lvl 10 and use it to get Time of Need Icon Time of Need .
7
Submit the Tribal Vengeance to get a charm. Choose the Antidote Charm Icon Antidote Charm for increased defenses against Poison.
8 Complete the Trial of Chaos for more Ascendancy Points.
Titan Icon Titan : Upon picking the Ascendancy Class, it is recommended to swap Earthbreaker for Colossal Capacity and Hulking Form for more damage.
9
Blackjaw, the Remnant Icon Blackjaw, the Remnant for +10% Fire Resistance.
10
Obtain an Uncut Spirit Gem Icon Uncut Spirit Gem Lvl 10 from Treasures of Utzaal and save it for the endgame.
11
Offer the Mushrooms in Apex of Filth to obtain Ultimate Mana Flask Icon Ultimate Mana Flask and Ultimate Life Flask Icon Ultimate Life Flask .
12
Use the Sacrificial Heart Icon Sacrificial Heart for Weapon Set Skill Points.

Complete Act 3 Walkthrough

Slam Fissure Warrior Playstyle

Mobbing Skill Rotation

Be wary of using sprint, as you can stumble when attacked by enemies. One useful trick is to immediately cast Rolling Slam as soon as you see an enemy nearby. The rotation is as follows:

  1. Cast Rolling Slam to prime enemies for stun. You only need the first hit of the skill to connect in order to prime enemies. Cancel the second hit by simply moving your character as soon as the first hit connects.
  2. Use Boneshatter on primed enemies for the AoE Explosion.
  3. Once you have equipped Fist of War II on your Rolling Slam, you can instead continue the second hit of the Ancestrally Boosted skill instead of canceling it.
  4. Sprint towards the next horde of enemies and repeat the combo.

Bossing Skill Rotation

The bossing rotation is very simple, with your only goal is to rotate between Forge Hammer, Warcy, and Rolling Slam. Make sure to always have multiple fissures on the ground as you spam Rolling Slam. The rotation is as follows:

  1. Cast Forge Hammer below the boss, then trigger the circular fissure using Warcry.
  2. Spam Rolling Slam while the fissures is still active on the ground.
  3. Cycle between casting Forge Hammer for fissures and using Rolling Slam to activate them.
  4. Use Boneshatter if the boss is primed for stun.
  5. Dodge powerful attacks for survival.

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Rolling Slam Icon Boneshatter Icon Infernal Cry Icon Herald of Ash Icon Leap Slam Icon Volcanic Fissure Icon Forge Hammer Icon

Focus: High AoE Damage, Physical

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Boneshatter Icon Infernal Cry Icon Herald of Ash Icon Leap Slam Icon Overwhelming Presence Icon Shield Charge Icon Earthshatter Icon Seismic Cry Icon Hammer of the Gods Icon

Focus: Burst, AoE, DoT, Stun
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Focus: Thorns, Critical Hit, Physical Damage
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