Pros & Cons

Pros

• - Beginner and new league "friendly" - the build is very simple in design and execution.
• - Budget friendly. Start with rare items and upgrade to the suggested unique items once you can afford it.
• - Easy and fast to level.
• - Very tanky.
• - Permanent Fortify & Onslaught.
• - High life regeneration, making labyrinth traps easier to deal with.
• - Your totems can taunt, making bosses much less dangerous.
• - Good for farming Uber lab, Atziri and Guardians. Shaper is doable too if you upgrade from Kondo's Pride to Starforge.

Cons

• - Some people don't enjoy the "totem playstyle"

 

Skill Tree

Ascendancy

Conqueror --> Worthy Foe --> Unstoppable Hero --> Fortitude

Bandit quest

-Help Oak (phys damage, mitigation, and life regeneration!)

Pantheon

• - Soul of Solaris (great for boss encounters)
• - Soul of Ryslate (filling up potions and extra effect of health potions)

Passive Tree

 

Gem Setup

Damage setup

- Ancestral Warchief, Maim, Brutality, Melee Physical Damage, Concentrated Effect (5-link) & Ruthless (6-link).

Note: For mapping I suggest using Faster Attacks instead of Concentrated Effect.

Mobility, Cull & Curse

- Leap Slam, Faster Attacks, Culling Strike & Vulnerability.

Note: Even though Ancestral Bond prevents you from dealing damage; leaping unto an enemy while its below 10% still triggers the culling effect and thus kills it.

Utility 1

- Enduring Cry, Increased Duration, Stone Golem & Life Leech.

CWDT Setup

- CWDT (lvl 6), Immortal Call (lvl 8), Vortex (lvl 9), Inc. Duration (max level).

Note: For this setup, it is important that your gems are exactly the level as posted above, otherwise it won't work. If you accidentally over-level a gem you can sell it to the vendor together with an orb of scouring to de-level it by 1. Or sell it together with an orb of regret to return it to level 1.

Optional, defensive setup for the budget version (No Kaom's Heart)

- Vengeance, Knockback, Life Gain on Hit & Blind.

 

Gear

Look for these stats on your rare gear (in priority):

Important

• Life
• Elemental Resistances

Not very important

• Attack speed & Flat physical damage (only on rings and gloves)
• Intelligence (only if you need it to progress gem leveling)

Refer Gear

see the PoB link https://pastebin.com/S5gT85At

Jewels

• - Maximum life
• - Physical/Melee/Sword/Totem Damage/Area Damage
• - Attack Speed
• - Resistances

Flasks

• - 1x Seething Divine Life Flasks of Staunching
• - 1x Ample Sulphur Flask of Heat (prevents you from getting frozen when opening strongboxes)
• - 1x Avenger’s Basalt Flask of Warding
• - 1x Ample Quicksilver Flask of Heat
• - 1x Lion’s Roar

Note: until you get more accustomed to the labyrinth traps, We recommend using at least 2 health flasks. Also, before you get a Perseverance belt, consider using a Silver Flask, to apply onslaught.

 

Leveling Tips

1. Level 1-12: Use Cleave, linked with Chance to Bleed & Maim.

2. Level 12+ until you grab Ancestral Bond: Use sunder with a 2-handed axe, mace or staff. Link Sunder with Chance to Bleed, Maim and once you reach level 18 and/or get have a 4-link add in Melee Physical Damage

3. Once you get Ancestral Bond, start using Warchief Totems, optimally in a 4-link.

Note: Once you pick up Ancestral Bond your character can no longer deal damage with skills. You will have to rely on your totems from there on.

4. Level 50-60+ try getting yourself a cheap 5-linked armor for your Warchief setup.

5. Level 61+ Get Kondo’s Pride.

Note: until you pick up blood magic and/or use the brutality support gem I’d recommend running Herald of Ash and Hatred for a nice temporary damage boost.

Unique items for leveling (OPTIONAL)

Armour

• - Wanderlust
• - Goldrim

Weapons

• - 2x The Screaming Eagle
• - Limpsplit
• - Wideswing
• - Reaper’s Pursuit
• - Rigwald’s Charge

Expectations