Everyone expected Warrior to flop. Everyone was wrong. The Fissure Warrior build, centered around Warbringer, Totems, Volcanic Fissure, and Earthquake, is melting maps and erasing bosses with a lava-fueled avalanche of slams, eruptions, and totem-triggered mayhem.
As the new season heats up, smart players are stacking damage and carefully managing their PoE 2 currency to optimize every part of the build.
Here’s how it works—and how to level it from scratch to 65 without hitting a wall.
🔥 Core Concept: “Stack More Damage”
This build stacks overlapping damage sources like crazy:
- Volcanic Fissure + Totems
- Earthquake’s Jagged Ground + Totem eruptions
- Forge Hammer (spiral explosion) triggered by totems
- And bonus hits from Warcries and support gems like Elemental Armament and Prolonged Duration.
Each of your three totems is slamming into multiple sources of damage—turning every skill into a multiplier. One Earthquake patch can easily deal 6,000+ damage per slam, not counting the additional fissure explosions, Forge Hammer hits, and shockwaves.
⚔️ Leveling Plan: 1 to 65
Act 1 (Lv 1–22)
Start simple:
- Rolling Slam (linked with Rapid Attacks)
- Boneshatter (linked with Impact Shockwave)
- Add Rage gem early for 30% bonus attack damage
Once you get to your Tier 3 gem, immediately switch to:
- Shockwave Totem (key to triggering Jagged Ground)
- Earthquake for a direct burst
- Use Brutality for early scaling unless you’ve found elemental weapons
🔑 Combo: Shockwave Totem → Earthquake → Watch everything explode
By the time you’re in Act 2, it’s time to swap Earthquake for Volcanic Fissure. You’ll clear faster and scale better with fire-based support gems.
If you hit a gear wall mid-leveling, don’t hesitate to buy PoE 2 items from trusted sources. Just upgrading to a better 2H weapon or high-elemental base can massively improve your kill speed.
Act 2+ (Lv 22–40)
The build starts to shine:
- Swap to Volcanic Fissure as your main clear skill (it’s faster and better for packs)
- Keep Earthquake for heavy bosses
- Add Infernal Cry and Herald of Ash for fire scaling
- Pick up Ancestral Artifice and ascend into Warbringer for a +1 Totem bonus
- Support Totem with Rapid Attacks, Magnified Area, and Prolonged Duration
Now your Shockwave Totem lasts 12 seconds while fissures and earthquakes pulse beneath enemies.
🔁 Combo evolves: Totem → Fissure → Fissure → Earthquake → Totem → Earthquake → Repeat
💣 Midgame Power Spike (Lv 31+)
At this point, you add the big boy: Forge Hammer.
Use it as your boss nuke:
- Forge Hammer + 3 Totems + Warcry = ~10,000+ burst DPS in a spiral of fiery destruction
- Not worth it for trash mobs—Fissure clears faster
💥 Boss opener: Forge Hammer → Triple Totem → Fissure Spam → Earthquake Slam
🧠 Passive Tree & Gear Priorities
Key Passives:
- +1 Totem node (early)
- Totem Cast Speed and Totem Damage clusters
- Melee Damage and Fire Damage nodes
- Supportive Ancestors, Watchtowers, Carved Earth
- Wooden Wall: redirects some damage to your totems
- Molten One’s Gift: converts broken armor into bonus fire scaling
Gear Focus:
- Prioritize max base damage weapons over skill level bonuses
- Look for % elemental damage with attacks
- Life regeneration is huge early (12+ regen on belt/amulet is clutch)
- Don’t over-invest in reduced life costs too early—wait until midgame
🛡️ Survival Tips
- Use Time of Need spirit for clutch heals and curse removal
- Stack Armor + Life Regen (nodes like Sturdy Metal and Relentless)
- Your totems will absorb 20% of incoming hit damage if you’ve specced into Wooden Wall
- Upgrade into Answered Call later when Ancestral Spirits are fixed for a huge 50% more damage boost
📈 Scaling Into Late Game
This build scales naturally:
- Better weapons = stronger Fissure, Totems, Earthquake, and Forge Hammer
- Every added damage node or weapon upgrade amplifies multiple overlapping sources
- Keep upgrading gems like Branching Fissures, Encroaching Ground, and Primal Armament
💡 Don’t forget: Rapid Attacks T3 has -50% damage—stick with T2 for now
Want to skip the grind and jump straight to high-tier maps or bosses? Consider using a PoE 2 boost to speed up progression and focus on what really matters—blasting.
🧨 Final Rotation
Here’s what it looks like in action:
Middle Mouse (Forge Hammer)
→ Totem (Q)
→ Fissure (E) x3
→ Earthquake (R) x2
→ Totem (Q)
→ Earthquake (R) x2
→ Repeat
Mobs evaporate. Bosses melt. Your screen becomes a lava bath of destruction.
Final Thoughts
Fissure Warrior isn’t just viable—it’s explosive, flexible, and perfect for steamrolling PoE 2: The Third Edict. Even with ancestral spirits currently bugged, it’s already pumping out massive AoE and single-target burst, with more damage still to unlock.
This is the build if you’re chasing level 65 fast with Warrior. And when the hotfix drops? It only gets better.
