This build is based on information known before launch - It's experimental and theory-craft heavy. Article will be updated post-launch.
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Warrior
Warbringer
Armour Breaker Warbringer
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Dreamcore
Build Overview
The Warbringer is a jack of all trades Warrior ascendancy, but we're choosing to focus on Armour Break offensively, and Block defensively. We'll be taking 
Anvil's Weight and 
Imploding Impacts from the first two ascensions while levelling with a two-handed mace. Later into progression we'll be using 
Giant's Blood once we have enough strength, with a two-handed mace in the main hand and shield in the offhand - after this keystone is allocated, we'll begin to prioritize scaling block chance with 
Renly's Training, 
Turtle Charm and 
Glancing Blows.
Levelling
Early progression guide below, prior to unlocking 
Stampede and 
Ancestral Warrior Totem.
In the early stages of progression we're using 
Earthquake and 
Shockwave Totem as our main ability combo alongside 
Mace Strike.
Earthquake creates Jagged Ground which erupts for a larger hit after a duration. Shockwave Totem's slam will cause any Jagged Ground in its radius to explode, so you can force Earthquake's aftershock to erupt sooner.
Mace Strike is a free-to-use default attack option that deals respectable single target damage in the early game - make use of it when possible in close range to a boss.
Prioritize two-handed maces for weapon upgrades and passive tree nodes. See passive tree section below.
Early Game Gem Links
Earthquake ~ Bleed Chance ~ Fist of War
Shockwave Totem ~ Increase Limit ~ Bloodlust
Mace Strike ~ Rage
Rolling Slam ~ Faster Attacks
Ascendancy
Ascendancy choice and progression steps.
1st Ascension choice: Anvil's Weight
2nd Ascension choice: Imploding Impacts
3rd Ascension choice: Renly's Training
4th Ascension choice: Turtle Charm
Equipment
Weapon: We're looking for high level two-handed maces with a combination of specific modifiers: flat added physical damage, percentage increased physical damage and percentage increased attack speed.
Armour & Jewellery: Prioritize pure armour base types and look for a combination of modifiers: life, resistances and strength. Movement speed on boots.
Skill Gems
Support Gem Requirements:
Str 60
Dex 30
Int 10
Mace Strike
Item
Stampede
Leap Slam
Ancestral Warrior Totem
Scavenged Plating
Hammer of the Gods
Seismic Cry
Attrition
Passive Tree
main:
122
122
set 1:
20
20
set 2:
20
20
Path through 
Brutal and 
Smash and move toward the 
Singular Purpose wheel early on. Go back for 
Relentless for recovery, then continue pathing to 
Resolute Technique. Take 
Beef and path to 
Hale Heart for more recovery, grabbing 
Spike Pit on the way. After your first ascension into Anvil's Weight you can begin to fill out the armour break nodes.
I plan to test 
Blood Magic if mana costs are an issue - will update results.
How it Works
Stampede moves the character forward, creating patches of Jagged Ground which are exploded when the final slam portion of the ability is executed. Ancestral Warrior Totem (with Jagged Ground) will create two patches of Jagged Ground per use of Rolling Slam that will also be exploded by Stampede.
Use Leap Slam to reposition and benefit from the Holy Descent recovery.
Hammer of the Gods is your finisher for tankier targets - use it when the boss is at or below 35% hp to benefit from Execute.
Note: If you don't have enough spirit to maintain Scavenged Plating and Attrition, use Scavenged Plating during general gameplay and deactivate it to activate Attrition for bossing.
