Drippa's Bleed Totems Warbringer - Guide Updated!

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Update 12/8: I'm about midway through Act 3 with this build and it seems to be doing pretty well so far. Totems are pumping and it's pretty safe to play as expected. This build seems to trivialize some bosses/content in the game since the totems/ancestral spirits take aggro most of the time as you sit back and chill.

Currently I'm using brutality, lacerate, and heavy swing supports in my Shockwave Totem, but will likely change one of these out for concentrated effect once I level up more and get +area nodes. Not using overabundance because of mana issues atm and I think more damage is better than limit once you get both +1 limit nodes on the tree.

Other skills are Infernal Cry (level 1 for mana cost), EQ, magma barrier, leap slam, and time of need. Using corrupting cry and raging cry on IC but otherwise the other skills are kinda whatever you want to support them with. Corrupting/raging cry have good synergy with this build but sadly warcries do not empower totems.

Will officially update the guide soon once I level more and have a better grasp of what's good and what's not. This build seems like it has lots of room to grow with levels though as we have a lot of desirable notables on the passive tree. Stay tuned!

would love to see your skilltree that you made so far.

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strangethings1980#3008 wrote:

would love to see your skilltree that you made so far.

This is what I have so far at level 49:
https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/nk81a05p

Probably going to start going for Authority and Aggravation/Deep Wounds at the bottom of the tree now. If mana becomes an issue I'll dump some points into Price of Freedom as well. Might need to put some points into totem life too especially once I get Wooden Wall.

don,t know what else to tell

You can socket Lacerate and the Shockwave Totem applies Bleed. Probably a Tooltip Bug.

How do you deal with mana problems? Im running out of mana all the time with double totems

Yeah, it's a tooltip bug. Lacerate does apply to Shockwave Totem, and it's actually quite effective as each totem has its own chance to bleed.

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Dwanex09#5698 wrote:

How do you deal with mana problems? Im running out of mana all the time with double totems

This build definitely struggles with mana issues early on due to Overabundance causing you to have to summon the totems much more frequently. I had to pace myself on bosses with using mana pots, but mapping was generally fine. It gets better once you get both of the +1 totem limits nodes on the passive tree and you can drop Overabundance. Once you get Watchtowers node that helps as well. You can use Martial Tempo support to get an extra damage pulse off your totems with Overabundance while leveling as well which helped a lot with mana early. Summon your totems, let them pulse 3 times, then resummon. Requires some patience/timing but it ended up working for me.

Also make sure you are using the lowest level of Infernal Cry as possible and don't level it up. IC does not empower your totems so we do not need to level it we are just using it for corrupting cry/raging cry supports. It uses too much mana when leveled up for no gain to the build.

I found a Hrimnor's Hymn and it stats that "slam skills you use yourself cause aftershocks". It works with shockwave totem.

Lacerate works with shockwave totem, but not with the totem itself, with the totem attack aka "shockwave slam". If you check the +1 limit support you'll see shockwave totem is supported but not the slam.