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PoE 2 Guide

PoE 2 Warrior - Overview, Skills, and Ascendancies

Classes
Updated on Sep 9, 2026
Sep 9, 2026

Warrior Overview

The Warrior is a class with the STR attribute. This makes them start at the same location as the Marauder class from PoE 1, with proximity to the Strength portions of the skill tree. (Bottom Left)

The Warrior’s signature weapon is the Mace, a slower, chunkier melee weapon with various themes around stunning targets and breaking their armour.

Warrior Skill Gems

Tier 1

  • Earthquake

  • Boneshatter

  • Rolling Slam

Tier 3

  • Shield Charge

  • Armour Breaker

  • Shockwave Totem

  • Infernal Cry

Tier 5

  • Molten Blast

  • Resonating Shield

  • Perfect Strike

Tier 7

  • Shield Wall

  • Leap Slam

  • Earthshatter

  • Volcanic Fissure

Tier 9

  • Sunder

  • Fortifying Cry

  • Forge Hammer

Tier 11

  • Supercharged Slam

  • Seismic Cry

  • Stampede

Tier 13

  • Ancestral Warrior Totem

  • Hammer of the Gods

  • Ancestral Cry

Spirit Gems

Tier 4

  • Herald of Ash

  • Magma Barrier

  • Scavenged Plating

  • Iron Ward

Tier 8

  • Time of Need

  • Overwhelming Presence

Tier 14

  • Berserk

  • Dread Banner

Warrior Ascendancy Classes

Warbringer

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The Warbringer has passive nodes that synergize with Totems, Warcrys, and Block. There are also passives that further empower your Shield as one of your main defensive layers.

Titan

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The Titan is all about big Slams and stunning enemies. If you want to do slow but powerful attacks, the Titan is for you. There are also a few utility passives such as a larger backpack, more maximum life, more Armour, and more.

Smith of Kitava

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The Smith of Kitava is all about transforming your Body Armour into a build-your-own, specialised piece of equipment, granting powerful defensive effects such as Max Life, Max Res, Regeneration and more.