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[0.3] Waggle's Shockwave Totem Warbringer

0.3 TTE

Warrior

Warbringer

End Game

Verified

By Waggle

Updated on Nov 20, 2025

Nov 20, 2025

Build Overview

*GEAR CRAFTING GUIDE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBk6lTrkOfE

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This build focuses on getting lots of Shockwave Totem to provide almost all of the damage, and things like Earthquake for jagged ground (more damage from totems) and Volcanic Fissure / Forge Hammer for fire fissures (more damage from totems).

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*HOW THE BUILD PLAYS*

Press Shockwave Totem on enemies, up to 4 totems.

Need more damage? Press Volcanic Fissure

Need more damage? Press Earthquake

Need MORE damage? Press Forge Hammer instead of Volcanic Fissure, and press Infernal Cry

NEED MORE DAMAGE??? Press War Banner

DID YOU SAY THAT YOU REQUIRE EVEN MORE DAMAGE??? Press Sunder

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*BUILD GUIDE NOTES*

3 different levels of gear/investment, make sure to check out the one appropriate to you.

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*Quick campaign tips*

Rolling Slam + Boneshatter early game, with mace auto attack for boss DPS. You can use Shockwave Totem but it won't do much yet.

Make your way on your passive tree to Ancestral Artifice quickly (while grabbing damage nodes on the way). With this node, Answered Call from your first ascend, and Volcanic Fissure, you can pivot to the full totem setup from this point onwards.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Viable starter build with 0 budget
Scales well with investment
Tanky (for a life build)
Excellent DPS uptime

Mid-tier clear speed
Screen clutter
Not for 1 button enthusiasts
Not a Deadeye

Build Variants

Min-max

Mid budget/Giant's Blood

Low Budget

Equipment

Min-max

Mid budget/Giant's Blood

Low Budget

Set 1

Set 2

PRETTY MUCH WANT STRENGTH ON EVERY SINGLE SLOT (can just barely get enough to run Giant's Blood without needing a reduced attribute requirement roll on the weapon)

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Constricting Command is a new unique helmet and it is VERY good. You need one with the maximum roll of 5 fewer enemies to be surrounded, and it will enable some insanely good passive nodes on the tree.

Weapon - high phys DPS, can force +6 melee skills with Perfect Essence of Battle (make sure suffixes are full so that the essence cannot remove a prefix). Aiming to not need reduced attribute requirements anymore, so that you can go for attack speed. Technically can have all 3 suffixes, but very unlikely.

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** 2 big crafting projects here, double socketed gloves/boots provide huge value. Recommend trying to get 2 socket bases with fractured strength, annul down to the fracture + 1 other mod, spam chaos until you hit a good prefix, and then use greater exalt with double exalt/prefix exalt omens to try and hit the other prefixes. On gloves you can also potentially use the Omen of Homogenising Exaltation.

Gloves - 2 socket base, looking for strength, life, armor. Essence of Horror for 100% socket effect, and desecrate for last suffix.

Boots - 2 socket base, looking for strength, life, movespeed. Essence of Horror for 100% socket effect, and desecrate for last suffix.

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Chest - Ornate Plate for life regen implicit, looking for armor+life+armor applies to elemental rolls (important on chest because it rolls higher than other slots).

Amulet - Possibly the hardest item to find/craft outside of weapon. Need spirit & all attributes, flat or % strength, and life. Getting +melee skills here is extremely hard, can be totally find to settle for any other useful suffix, such as a resist.

Shield - Life, armor, armor applies to elemental.

Skill Gems

Min-max

Mid budget/Giant's Blood

Low Budget

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 120

Dex 40

Int 40

Expand all

Shockwave Totem

Volcanic Fissure

Earthquake

Forge Hammer

Infernal Cry

Sunder

War Banner

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Berserk

Scavenged Plating

Ancestral Spirits

The only new addition to the gems at this point is Rakiata's Flow, which adds a nice boost to DPS against bosses, but is EXTREMELY expensive/rare.

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*Support gems listed in order of priority, from left to right*

6L Prio: Shockwave Totem, Volcanic Fissure, Forge Hammer, Earthquake

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The 5th support gem in Shockwave Totem is very flexible, you can try Astral Projection for slightly smoother clear, Heavy Swing or Execute II for raw DPS, or Font of Blood for life leech (particularly nice for going Blood Magic)

Forge Hammer and Volcanic Fissure both create fissures, with the former requiring a warcry to do so. These fissures are detonated by the totems each time they attack, but multiple fissures DOES NOT OVERLAP/SHOTGUN. Since Forge Hammer does more damage (but has a cooldown), it is mainly only used on things like bosses where a bigger boost is needed. If possible you do not want to use Volcanic Fissure while Forge Hammer is active.

Earthquake is just used to provide jagged ground for the totems, and the damage from the jagged ground is scaled by the totem damage, not earthquake. Therefore we just want supports to improve the utility here, so AoE & duration.

Berserk is a nice damage boost, but requires some life regen to use.

Scavenged Plating provides a decent boost to armor while mapping, but you need to have the Anvil's Weight ascendancy node in order for it to work.

Ancestral Spirits only really needs the first 2 support gems, the rest barely matter at all. Prolonged Duration II currently doesn't increase the duration of their buffs, I believe this is a bug, hopefully fixed soon(tm).

Passive Tree

Min-max

Mid budget/Giant's Blood

Low Budget

main:

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set 1:

set 2:

ASCENDANCY ORDER: Answered Call -> Wooden Wall -> Anvil's Weight -> Jade Heritage or Renly's Training, depending on whether or not you have Giant's Blood & a shield yet

Attribute nodes = as much strength as possible, dex & int as needed for support gems, War Banner, and Constricting Command.

From Nothing is huge value with the Vaal Pact keystone roll, lots of good nodes in reach.

Jewels = Armor, damage vs armor broken enemies, and life regen rate/totem placement speed. You can also desecrate a jewel suffix for a chance at 2% strength.

WEAPON SET SLOTS:

Weapon set 1: Shockwave Totem, Sunder

Weapon Set 2: Volcanic Fissure, Forge Hammer