GhazzyTV's Animate Weapon Chieftain, PoB Passive Skill Tree & Gem Links (PoE Keepers of the Flame)

Important PoB Notes

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End Game PoB & Passive Skill Tree

Animate Weapon Chieftain Low Budget PoB

This is the League Starter version of AW Chief that you use for the campaign and early mapping. You can find the PoB here: https://pobb.in/uUlKEO2WWWz-

You can level your chieftain as whichever Marauder league starter you prefer and respec later. If you don’t have a preference, we have a slam setup in the PoB for you to use.

Animate Weapon Chieftain Medium/High/Mirror Budget PoB

There are loadouts for the various progression steps throughout this PoB. You can find the PoB here: https://pobb.in/Es3Ccu0nB3so.

Levelling Progression

For progression, see the trees in the attached PoB.

End Game Gem Links

As both ranged and melee Animate Weapons are options, we’ll be adding both setups to this written guide. Only use one of them, as you only have a single six link.

6 – Link Animate Weapon – Melee

1. Animate Weapon
2. Minion Damage Support
3. Fire Penetration Support
4. Elemental Damage with Attacks Support
5. Melee Physical Damage Support
6. Multistrike Support (swap this for Melee Splash Support while clearing)

6 – Link Animate Weapon Ranged

1. Animate Weapon of Ranged Arms
2. Minion Damage Support
3. Elemental Damage with Attacks Support
4. Faster Attacks Support
5. Elemental Focus Support
6. Vicious Projectiles Support (swap this for Fork Support while clearing)

3 – Link Convocation/Golem/Feeding Frenzy

1. Summon Chaos Golem
2. Feeding Frenzy Support
3. Convocation

3 – Link Arcanist Brand/Desecrate/Spirit Offering

1. Arcanist Brand
2. Desecrate
3. Spirit Offering

1 – Socket Mobility

1. Frostblink

4 – Link Warcries

1. Enduring Cry
2. Rallying Cry
3. Infernal Cry
4. Urgent Orders Support

2 – Link Purity of Elements

1. Purity of Elements
2. Eternal Blessing Support

2 – Link Bladefall

1. Bladefall
2. Spell Cascade Support

1 – Socket Curse

1. Elemental Weakness

3 – Link Spectre/Animate Guardian

1. Raise Spectre
2. Animate Guardian
3. Minion Life Support

The Animate Guardian is a bit tricky and we would strongly recommend watching the initial video for this build guide as well as this in-depth guide for the Animate Guardian: https://www.poe-vault.com/guides/ghazzys-animate-guardian-gearing-guide. For details regarding this build’s Animate Guardian, see the PoB and the dedicated page in this guide.