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The Warrior Class

An overview of the Warrior Class and its Ascendancy Options

The Warrior delivers powerful, heavy blows to the ground and can withstand attacks from smaller foes thanks to their thick armor.

Ascendancies available to the Warrior are:

He is associated with Mace Skills and is given a one-handed mace and a tower shield at the start of the game, along with a Rolling Slam Skill Gem. The Warrior’s attribute identity is Strength, so he starts on the lower left of the Passive Skill Tree. His base attributes are seven Intelligence, seven Dexterity, and fifteen Strength.


Ascendancy: Titan

Titan Ascendancy Tree Points Explained

Incredible might has always laid buried within you. Now is the time to rise.

The Titan specializes in stuns, powerful slams, and robust defense. Invoke the strength of your ancestors to enhance your slams, knock your enemies to the ground, and shrug off any attack.

1 – Stone Skin

Small 1: 20% increased Armour

50% more Armour from Equipped Body Armour

2 – Earthbreaker

Small 2: Slam Skills have 8% increased Area of Effect

25% chance for Slam Skills you use yourself to cause an additional Aftershock

6 – Ancestral Empowerment

Small 6: Slam Skills have 8% increased Area of Effect

Every second Slam Skill you use yourself is Ancestrally Boosted

3 – Colossal Capacity

Small 3: 4% increased Strength

Carry a Chest which adds 20 Inventory Slots

7 – Hulking Form

Small 7: 4% increased Strength

50% increased effect of Small Passive Skills

4 – Crushing Impacts

Small 4: 18% increased Stun Buildup

Your Hits are Crushing Blows
25% more Damage against Heavy Stunned Enemies

8 – Mountain Splitter

Small 8: 18% increased Stun Buildup

Every Third Slam skill that doesn’t create Fissures which you use yourself causes 3 additional Aftershocks ahead and to each side of the initial area

5 – Mysterious Lineage

Small 5: Regenerate 0.5% of maximum Life per second

15% more Maximum Life

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Ascendancy: Warbringer

Warbringer Ascendancy Tree Points Explained

Your home has been threatened. A good man must be roused to war.

This formidable frontline warrior summons ancestral spirits to strike down his foes, wielding a voice so mighty that his Warcry can cause fallen enemies to explode.

1 – Anvil’s Weight

Small 1: 20% increased Fire Damage

Break Armour equal to 10% of Hit Damage dealt

6 – Imploding Impacts

Small 6: Break 25% increased Armour

Fully Broken Armour you inflict increases all Damage Taken from Hits instead
You can Break Enemy Armour to below 0

2 – Jade Heritage

Small 2: 20% increased Armour

Gain a stack of Jade every second

Grants Skill Encase in Jade:

Consume all stacks of Jade to grant Guard based off your maximum Life for each Jade consumed. You cannot gain Jade stacks while you have Guard.

3 – Answered Call

Small 3: 20% increased Totem Life

+1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems
Trigger Ancestral Spirits when you Summon a Totem

Grants Skill Ancestral Spirits:

This skill is Triggered each time you summon a Totem, summoning an Ancestral Spirit Minion to fight for you. If the Totem dies then the Ancestral Spirit triggered by it’s summoning will die too.

7 – Wooden Wall

Small 7: 20% increased Totem Life

20% of Damage from Hits is taken from your nearest Totem’s Life before you

4 – Renly’s Training

Small 4: 6% increased Block chance

Gain 35% Base Chance to Block from Equipped Shield instead of the Shield’s value

8 – Turtle Charm

Small 8: 6% increased Block chance

You take 20% of damage from Blocked Hits
Maximum Block chance is 75%

5 – Warcaller’s Bellow

Small 5: 20% increased Warcry Speed

Warcries Explode Corpses dealing 25% of their Life as Physical Damage
Ignore Warcry Cooldowns

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Ascendancy: Smith of Kitava

Smith of Kitava Ascendancy Tree Points Explained

You hunger for power, and by force of arms, you will take it.

Embracing power from the insatiable one himself, Kitava. Smiths of Kitava have taken their talents with smiting to new heights, able to forge their own gear literally.

1 – Heat of the Forge

Small 1: 20% increased Fire Damage

Grants Skill Fire Spell on Melee Hit:

While active, gains Energy when you Hit enemies with Melee Attacks and triggers socketed Fire spells on reaching maximum Energy.

2 – Coal Stoker

Small 2: +8% to Fire Resistance

Modifiers to Fire Resistance also grant Cold and Lightning Resistance at 50% of their value

6 – Forged in Flame

Small 6: +8% to Fire Resistance

Modifiers to Maximum Fire Resistance also grant Maximum Cold and Lightning Resistance

3 – Against the Anvil

Small 3: 20% increased Melee Damage

Grants Skill Temper Weapon:

Channel to temper your main hand Melee Martial Weapon. Each hit of the hammer against the anvil Empowers subsequent Attacks to Combust when Hitting enemies.

4 – Living Weapon

Small 4: 5% increased Strength

Grants Skill Manifest Weapon:

Manifest a copy of your main hand Melee Martial Weapon as an immortal Companion to fight by your side. In addition to its standard Strikes, the Manifested Weapon gains an additional Attack depending on its weapon type.

5 – Smith’s Masterwork

Smith’s Masterwork is free to allocate, and each of the following passives only costs one ascendancy passive skill point.

Can only use a Normal Body Armour
+200 to Armour for each Connected Notable Passive Skill Allocated

5A Dedication to Kitava: Body Armour grants +100% of Armour also applies to Chaos Damage

5B Internal Layer: Body Armour grants Hits against you have 100% reduced Critical Damage Bonus

5C Tribute to Utula: Body Armour grants 30% increased Spirit

5D Leather Bindings: Body Armour grants regenerate 3% of maximum Life per second

5E Molten Symbol: Body Armour grants 25% of Physical Damage from Hits taken as Fire Damage

5F Flowing Metal: Body Armour grants +50% of Armour also applies to Elemental Damage

5G Heatproofing: Body Armour grants Unaffected by Damaging Ailments

5H Support Straps: Body Armour grants 20% increased Strength

5I Kitavan Engraving: Body Armour grants 15% increased maximum Life

5J Tantalum Alloy: Body Armour grants +75% to Fire Resistance

5K Spiked Plates: Body Armour grants 100% increased Thorns damage

5L Kitavan Imprint: Body Armour grants 60% increased Glory generation

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