- Strengths
- ► Not a Blood Mage or bow build 😄
â–º Insane damage while still being extremely tanky.
â–º Life scaling feels incredibly strong with str stacking
â–º Huge AoE with very little passive tree investment.
â–º Decent attack speed makes the build feel smooth and fast to play.
â–º Strong for both mapping and bossing.
â–º Very satisfying clear
Strengths and Weaknesses
- Weaknesses
- â–º Not ideal for SSF / HC SSF, as the build relies on a couple of specific items. If you get unlucky, progression can be slower until the build comes together.
- â–º Rogue Exiles can be a pain, especially ranged Exiles
Build Variants
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Zerphi's Infamy provides much faster Glory generation for
Ancestral Cry You will still generate Glory by igniting enemies with your chosen clearing skill or
Molten Shower but Zerphi's Infamy makes the process significantly smoother.
The most important part, however, is anointing
Thaumaturgic Generator on your amulet.
This passive generates charges automatically, and since most of our support gems have high Strength requirements, the build heavily favors generating Endurance Charges.
To anoint it, you will need:
1x Potent Liquid of Melancholy
1x Potent Liquid of Disgust
1x Potent Liquid of Isolation
For
Brutus' Lead Sprinkler, I highly recommend getting one with at least a level 17 - 18
Molten Shower. These are usually very cheap and only slightly weaker than the much more expensive level 20 versions.
Make sure to use a Perfect Jeweller's Orb on your
Brutus' Lead Sprinkler to unlock the maximum number of support sockets for
Molten Shower. If you're buying a corrupted version, always check whether it has 4 or 5 sockets first, as corrupted items cannot be modified with Perfect Jeweller's Orbs.
Don't forget to Runeforge your maces, as this converts all Physical Damage on the weapon into Fire Damage."
For armour pieces, prioritize Strength, Armour and Resistances. Life is nice to have, but not mandatory since Strength already provides a massive amount of Life.
For
Megalomaniac you are looking for
Temporal Mastery,
Multitasking or
Forthcoming To reduce further the CDR on Molten Shower the second notable dosnt matter it is good if you can find one of these with a 2nd note that will increase your dmg or survivability
For
Heart of the Well, you are looking for:
- 12%+ Extra Fire Damage
- 15%+ Cooldown Recovery Rate
- 2% Life recovered on Kill
For
Ruby, you are looking for:
- 15%+ Increased Armour
- 8%+ Fire Penetration
- +1 Rage on Melee Hit
- 15%+ Flammability Magnitude
For gear, prioritize Strength, Armour and Resistances on every piece. Life is always nice to have, but thanks to the massive amount of Strength we stack, it is not nearly as important as on most builds. Even with very little Life on gear, you should comfortably exceed 3-4k Life.
Rune of Renown is very strong for generating more glory.
If you have more currency, look for gear with Armour applies to Elemental Damage, as this further improves the build's tankiness. On your helmet, you can also get Armour applies to Chaos Damage. Combined with good Chaos Resistance, this significantly reduces the amount of Chaos damage you take and makes the build feel much safer.
For rings, prioritize flat Fire Damage and increased Fire Damage. If you can afford better rings, you can drop Life and get flat Lightning Damage instead. This helps Forge Hammer consistently apply Shock thanks to Ambrosia II, resulting in even more damage against bosses and tougher enemies.
Skill Gems
Support Gem Requirements:
Str 150
Dex 35
Int 30
Molten Shower
Molten Shower
Forge Hammer
Level 19
Infernal Cry
Level 19
Ancestral Cry
Level 21
Sunder
Level 21
Scavenged Plating
Level 13
Herald of Ash
Level 19
Armour Breaker
Level 19
Leap Slam
War Banner
Charge Regulation











































Leap Slam is our safest and fastest clearing skill. We support it with Fist of War III, as
Ancestral Cry empower our slams making them always ancestry boosted. Holy Descent creates Consecrated Ground on landing, providing Life regeneration and 50% reduced Curse effect.Crater creates Fire Fissures to trigger
Molten Shower more often. Branching Fissures II creates additional fissures, while Brambleslam spawns plants that can also trigger
Molten Shower.
Molten Shower is the core of the build. Cooldown reduction is one of the strongest stats you can invest into. Multishot II greatly improves both clear speed and single target damage by increasing the number of projectiles fired. Retreat III, Elemental Armament II, Concentrated Area and Fire Attunement are all used to maximize the damage.
Forge Hammer now provides us with additional Lightning Damage and allows us to Shock enemies, causing them to take 20% increased damage. Fist of War III is used for more damage and AoE, while Branching Fissures II and Elemental Armament II further increase our damage output. Ambrosia II adds a massive amount of extra Lightning Damage, while Shock doubles our chance to Shock enemies. I highly recommend using a
Ultimate Mana Flask with at least 120+ maximum charges to get the most out of Ambrosia II.
Ancestral Cry makes all of our slams ancestry boosted, providing more AoE and damage. Zerphi's Infamy allows us to generate Glory by spending Life. Elemental Armament II and Fire Attunement are used purely for damage. Brambleslam causes our footsteps to leave additional plants, Prolonged Duration II will keep our
Ancestral Cry active for longer.
Armour Breaker is used to fully break enemy Armour. Even though all of our damage is Fire Damage, we can still break Armour with this ability. This is where
The Molten One's Gift comes in, causing Fully Broken Armour to also increase Fire Damage Taken. Uruk's Smelting greatly improves our Armour Break, Rapid Attacks III and Rage III to attack faster, Elemental Armament II and Volcanic Eruption for additional damage and explosions against Ignited enemies.
War Banner provides a massive damage boost through Attack Damage and Attack Speed. Thanks to Daresso's Passion, we only need half the Glory to place it, Refraction III is one of the strongest support gems in the build. With just 40,000 Armour, which is very easy to achieve on this build, you already reach the maximum 40% Exposure against Unique bosses. This significantly lowers enemy Elemental Resistances and greatly increases our damage.Magnified Area II increases the Banner radius, while Prolonged Duration II keeps the Banner active for longer.
Infernal Cry is primarily used to activate
Forge Hammer and refresh it whenever needed during boss fights.
Herald of Ash For better map clear
Charge Regulation For more armour
Scavenged Plating For even more armour against bosses
Passive Tree
Boss Rotation
For bosses, your rotation is:
Armour Breaker → Forge Hammer → Ancestral Cry → War Banner
After that, all you really do is walk around, because while Ancestral Cry is active, your footsteps count as slams.
Brambleslam will also proc Molten Showers, which is why the build feels so strong for both mapping and bossing with Sunder or Leap Slam. At some point, you’ll even be killing map bosses with just Sunder or Leap Slam + Brambleslam.
Weapon Sets
Weapon Set 1 (red) – Clear
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Sunder or
Leap Slam - Depending what you want to use and using this skill will trigger weapon set 1
â–º
Herald of Ash
Weapon Set 2 ( green) – Bossing / Utility
â–º
Armour Breaker - Using this skill will Trigger Weapon Set 2
â–º
Scavenged Plating
BOTH Weapon Sets
Always have:
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Ancestral Cry
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Forge Hammer
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Infernal Cry
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Charge Regulation
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War Banner
Quest Rewards
Changelog
21/06/2026 - Added additional jewel recommendations for
Megalomaniac,
Heart of the Well, and
Ruby.
18/06/2026 - Removed Precision I From
Charge Regulation
18/06/2026 - Added
War Banner
18/06/2026 - Removed
Berserk
18/06/2026 - Added Elemental Armament II to
Armour Breaker
18/06/2026 - Added Ambrosia II, Shock and Prolonged Duration II to
Forge Hammer
18/06/2026 - Added Branching Fissures II to
Leap Slam
18/06/2026 = Updated Passive Tree
17/06/2026 - Added
Rune of Renown to Gloves
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