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Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)

PoE 2 0.3 Warrior Build - Fissure Totem Warbringer

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This is an endgame build for the Warbringer ascension class in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2). Check out the Fissure Totem Warbringer endgame build, including its gear, socketables, skills, and playstyle!

Fissure Totem Warbringer Build Summary

P4wnyhof's Fissure Totem Warbringer Build

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Build Setup
Warbringer
Fissure Totem Warbringer
Ancestral Spirits Icon Infernal Cry Icon Herald of Ash Icon Scavenged Plating Icon Earthquake Icon Shockwave Totem Icon Volcanic Fissure Icon Forge Hammer Icon Ancestral Cry Icon
Diablo 4 Build - Pro High AoE Damage

Diablo 4 Build - Pro Simple Gameplay

Diablo 4 Build - Con Relatively Not As Tanky

The Fissure Totem Warbringer build revolves around using Shockwave Totems to generate continuous waves of damage by triggering fissures created with Volcanic Fissure and Forge Hammer. This build delivers high damage while maintaining strong survivability thanks to the Ancestral Spirits Ascendancy skill. Traverse through maps with the constant booms of exploding fissures in your wake.

Date Changes Made
09/15//25 ・ Updated Passive Skill Tree with images
09/04//25 ・ Build Created

Fissure Totem Warbringer Gear Setup

Equipment and Modifiers

Gear Modifiers
Ironwood Greathammer IconIronwood Greathammer ・Increased Physical Damage
・+ Level of All Attack Skills
・Grant Life per Enemy Hit
Warrior Greathelm IconWarrior Greathelm ・Maximum Life
・Increased Armour
・Armour also applies to Elemental Damage
・Elemental Resistances
・Attributes
Soldier Cuirass IconSoldier Cuirass ・Maximum Life
・Increased Armour
・Elemental Resistances
・Armour also applies to Elemental Damage
Feathered Mitts IconFeathered Mitts ・Maximum Life
・Increased Armour
・Elemental Resistances
・Armour also applies to Elemental Damage
Vaal Greaves IconVaal Greaves ・Increased Movement Speed
・Maximum Life
・Increased Armour
・Elemental Resistances
・Armour also applies to Elemental Damage
Topaz Ring IconTopaz Ring ・Elemental Resistances
・Maximum Life
・Attributes
Topaz Ring IconTopaz Ring ・Elemental Resistances
・Maximum Life
・Attributes
Stellar Amulet IconStellar Amulet ・Elemental Resistances
・Maximum Life
・Attributes
Ultimate Life Flask IconUltimate Life Flask ・Increased Recovery Rate
・Increased charges
Ultimate Mana Flask IconUltimate Mana Flask ・Increased Recovery Rate
・Increased charges

Weapon

For your weapon, focus on getting a lot of additional Physical damage, which serves as a great base. From there, you can craft using a Greater Essence of Abrasion and Perfect Essence of Battle to get the other stats you need.

List of Weapons

Armor and Accessories

For the rest of your armor pieces, your top priority to improve survivability would be to look for as much Armour, Maximum Life, Elemental Resistance, and the new modifier that applies part of your Armour to Elemental Damage.

List of Armors List of Accessories

Runes and Soul Cores

Equipment Sockets
Weapon
Armor

For your Armor, use runes that boost Armour or Elemental Resistances you lack, then slot in Greater Iron Runes on your weapon to further improve Physical damage.

List of Runes List of Soul Cores

Belts and Charms

Belt Modifiers
Heavy Belt IconHeavy Belt ・+ Armour
・+ Maximum Life
・Increased Armour
・All Elemental Resistances
Charm Options
Amethyst CharmAmethyst Charm Thawing CharmThawing Charm Antidote CharmAntidote Charm

This build does not require any specific charm, so adjust what you use based on whatever elemental resistance you lack. The Amethyst Charm is a great source of Chaos Resistance.

Thawing Charm is helpful to avoid getting frozen. Lastly, the Antidote Charm is incredibly useful since many enemies can apply poison in maps.

Fissure Totem Warbringer Skills

All Active Skills and Persistent Skills

Skill Support Gems
Volcanic Fissure IconVolcanic Fissure
Shockwave Totem IconShockwave Totem
Earthquake IconEarthquake Encroaching Ground
Ancestral Spirits IconAncestral Spirits
Forge Hammer IconForge Hammer
Ancestral Cry IconAncestral Cry
Infernal Cry IconInfernal Cry
Scavenged Plating IconScavenged Plating
Herald of Ash IconHerald of Ash -
Berserk IconBerserk -

This build focuses on using Shockwave Totems and Fissures as your main source of damage. You push your totems to the max by synergizing with the Warbringer's Ancestral Spirits. All other active skills are used to further boost the damage that comes from the constant waves of damage from your totems and fissures.

Your persistent skills do not need as much investment, but you do need them for better survivability and bonus damage.

Fissure Totem Warbringer Passive Tree

Passive Tree Progression

Ascendency Passive Nodes
Wooden Wall, Anvil's Weight, and Jade Heritage
Passive Nodes
1. Brutal, Sturdy Metal, and Smash 2. Devastation
3. Beef and Crushing Verdict 4. Behemoth
5. Blood Magic and Battle Fever 6. Unyielding and The Molten One's Gift
7. Ignore Pain, Battle Trance, and Tempered Defences 8. Burning Strikes and Relentless
9. Burn Away 10. Split the Earth, Overheating Blow, and Fulmination
11. Singular Purpose 12. Ancestral Reach and Supportive Ancestors
13. Carved Earth and Hardened Wood 14. Watchtowers
15. Ancestral Mending, Ancestral Artifice, and Ancestral Unity 16. -
Screenshots taken from Path of Building

※ Legend: Red = Weapon Set I | Green = Weapon Set II

For your totems, you will need to invest in Ancestral Reach, Supportive Ancestors, Carved Earth, Hardened Wood, Watchtowers, and lastly Ancestral Artifice along with its surrounding totem passives. All of these notable passives significantly increase your totem damage and sustainability in higher tiered maps.

For your fissures, invest in Burn Away, Burning Strikes, Split the Earth, Overheating Blow, and Fulmination. These notable passives further boost your fissure and fire damage

Note that this build uses separate Weapon Sets for your Shockwave Totem skill and fissures.

Passive Skill Tree Guide and List of Passives

Fissure Totem Warbringer Playstyle and Skill Rotation

Skill Rotation

The Fissure Totem Warbringer build centers on spawning fissures using Volcanic Fissure and Forge Hammer, which is then activated through Shockwave Totems and Earthquakes. The skill rotation works as follows:

  1. Spawn your 3 shockwave totems beside the enemy.
  2. Cast Volcanic Fissure multiple times to spawn fissures, which will get triggered by your shockwave totems.
  3. Cast your Forge Hammer, then use Ancestral or Infernal Warcry to activate the circular fissures.
  4. Spam Earthquakes if enemies survive the initial rotation of skills.

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