Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Full Act 3 Leveling Runs (Freshstart): youtube.com/watch?v=puqnfoTvY2U
Gear and Gems:
https://poe2.ninja/builds/dawnssf/character/Tuadh-4147/Tuadh_LichWitch?timemachine=day-4
*Gems*
Essence Drain (currently) - Zenith - Swift Affliction - Considered Casting - Chain
Contagion - Unleash - Magnified Effect - Hinder/Arcane Tempo (QoL)
Despair - Heightened Curse - Decaying Hex - Inspiration
Dark Effigy - Overabundance - Controlled Destruction - Envenom - Execute/Extraction/Arcane Tempo
You need quality on Dark Effigy for Wither on Hit
Lesser Jeweler on Essence Drain First
Dark Effigy for single Target.
FAQ that I have been asked on stream:
*Gear, Skills and Passive Tree?*
Click the Poe Ninja Link.
*Ascendancy Order?*
Souless Form then Eternal Life or Eldritch Empowerment
*Venom in Act 3 and Cruel Act 3?*
First either Stun or Elemental Ailment Threshold
Second Chaos Resistances
*Why can't I recover my life?*
Eternal Life prevents your life from changing while you have ES
*What to quality first?*
One Gemcutter Prism on Dark Effigy so that you get % Chance to Wither on Hit with Dark Effigy. Then you quality Withering Presence (base duration increase) but it's not necessary.
*Skill Rotation?*
Contagion and then Essence Drain. Contagion will spread the Essence Drain debuff.
For bosses/tough rares you use Dark Effigy. You need to have both Contagion and Essence Drain on the boss and Dark Effigy will shoot out a lot of projectiles.
*Spirit Gems?*
Withering Presence first.
Then you can go for Convalesence. Once you have 100 Spirit you can go for Withering Presence and Blink. Convalesence you put on the second weapon set in the skill menu.
*How do you use Blink, Withering Presence and Convalesence with only 100 Spirit?*
Convalesence is activated on the second weapon set and blink is deactivated on the second weapon set.
Weapon set 1- Withering Presence & Blink
Weapon set 2 - Withering Presence & Convalesence
*Specters*
No specters. Not useful for this build as far as I know.
*Atlas Tree?*
I don't know what's "meta" atm so I won't give any recommendations.
*Is Spagetthification good?*
I don't pick it because you have to path through Event Horizon. With Event Horizon you will lose 3% of Energy Shield when casting a chaos skill. That interrupts Energyshield Recharge.
I have streamed 99% of my progression so you can get an idea of how the progressions feels. These streams are saved on my channel page.
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00:00 - Intro
01:57 - Leveling & Gems
07:27 - Dark Effigy
08:58 - Convalesence, Blink and Weapon Swap
11:55 - Passive Tree & Pathing
17:05 - Vendor & Campaign Gearing
19:22 - Sockets and Quality Priority
21:12 - Final Gem Setup
23:41 - Passive Tree Options
29:28 - Ascendancy Explanations
31:54 - Gearing
37:34 - Rings (Cast Speed)
39:18 - Why Chaos Resistance is important
40:20 - Uniques
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Full Act 3 Leveling Runs (Freshstart): youtube.com/watch?v=puqnfoTvY2U
Gear and Gems:
https://poe2.ninja/builds/dawnssf/character/Tuadh-4147/Tuadh_LichWitch?timemachine=day-4
*Gems*
Essence Drain (currently) - Zenith - Swift Affliction - Considered Casting - Chain
Contagion - Unleash - Magnified Effect - Hinder/Arcane Tempo (QoL)
Despair - Heightened Curse - Decaying Hex - Inspiration
Dark Effigy - Overabundance - Controlled Destruction - Envenom - Execute/Extraction/Arcane Tempo
You need quality on Dark Effigy for Wither on Hit
Lesser Jeweler on Essence Drain First
Dark Effigy for single Target.
FAQ that I have been asked on stream:
*Gear, Skills and Passive Tree?*
Click the Poe Ninja Link.
*Ascendancy Order?*
Souless Form then Eternal Life or Eldritch Empowerment
*Venom in Act 3 and Cruel Act 3?*
First either Stun or Elemental Ailment Threshold
Second Chaos Resistances
*Why can't I recover my life?*
Eternal Life prevents your life from changing while you have ES
*What to quality first?*
One Gemcutter Prism on Dark Effigy so that you get % Chance to Wither on Hit with Dark Effigy. Then you quality Withering Presence (base duration increase) but it's not necessary.
*Skill Rotation?*
Contagion and then Essence Drain. Contagion will spread the Essence Drain debuff.
For bosses/tough rares you use Dark Effigy. You need to have both Contagion and Essence Drain on the boss and Dark Effigy will shoot out a lot of projectiles.
*Spirit Gems?*
Withering Presence first.
Then you can go for Convalesence. Once you have 100 Spirit you can go for Withering Presence and Blink. Convalesence you put on the second weapon set in the skill menu.
*How do you use Blink, Withering Presence and Convalesence with only 100 Spirit?*
Convalesence is activated on the second weapon set and blink is deactivated on the second weapon set.
Weapon set 1- Withering Presence & Blink
Weapon set 2 - Withering Presence & Convalesence
*Specters*
No specters. Not useful for this build as far as I know.
*Atlas Tree?*
I don't know what's "meta" atm so I won't give any recommendations.
*Is Spagetthification good?*
I don't pick it because you have to path through Event Horizon. With Event Horizon you will lose 3% of Energy Shield when casting a chaos skill. That interrupts Energyshield Recharge.
I have streamed 99% of my progression so you can get an idea of how the progressions feels. These streams are saved on my channel page.
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00:00 - Intro
01:57 - Leveling & Gems
07:27 - Dark Effigy
08:58 - Convalesence, Blink and Weapon Swap
11:55 - Passive Tree & Pathing
17:05 - Vendor & Campaign Gearing
19:22 - Sockets and Quality Priority
21:12 - Final Gem Setup
23:41 - Passive Tree Options
29:28 - Ascendancy Explanations
31:54 - Gearing
37:34 - Rings (Cast Speed)
39:18 - Why Chaos Resistance is important
40:20 - Uniques
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![Lvl 1 to Tier 15 | Warrior Leveling Run [Patch 0.1]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tKT75VBV3BA/mqdefault.jpg "Lvl 1 to Tier 15 | Warrior Leveling Run [Patch 0.1]
Patch 0.1
*Gems*
Boneshatter - Impact Shockwave - Magnified Effect - Fire Infusion
Leap Slam - Martial Tempo - Overpower - Rage
Perfect Strike - Window of Opportunity - Fire Exposure - Primal Armaments/Concentrated Effect
For Bosses who dash around a lot you want to swap in Martial Tempo for Perfect Strike
Hammer of the Gods - Fist of War - Eternal Flame - Searing Flame
Shield Charge - Ingenuity - Stomping Ground
Infernal Cry - Premeditation - Raging Cry
Flammability (Level 7) - Heightened Curse - Persistence
Mace Strike - Concentrated Effect - Martial Tempo (take from Rolling Slam for Bosses)
After you get Perfect Strike you dont use Mace Strike anymore.
Rolling Slam - Martial Tempo - Overpower
After you get Leap Slam you dont use Rolling Slam anymore.
Herald of Ash - Cannibalism - Herbalism
Time of Need - Fast Forward - Vitality
You may need Overwhelming Presence . Time of Need is not important so you can swap it out in favour of Overwhelming Presence.
To animation cancel Rolling Slam you can either click away right after pressing Rolling Slam (during first roll) or pressing Boneshatter afterwards. This is done to cancel the second half of the Rolling Slam which is very slow.
To get an optimally timed Perfect Strike I look for the two glowing circles around the mace head to appear and then release. Infernal Cry helps a lot with single target damage especially once you have the node that allows you to empower an additional attack.
Keep a Level 7 Skill Gem so you can engrave a low level Flammability later. Also, keep a Level 7 Leap Slam and when you need to upgrade take out the Level 7 Leap Slam Gem and engrave a new Leap Slam. You may have to adjust the damage of your Leap Slam this way so you dont Heavy stun monster packs with this skill. You can also take out Overpower.
To play this build you need to have a basic understanding of stun since Boneshatter revolves around it. Wiki article: https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Stun
Giants Blood is pretty important so that you can use both a two-handed mace and a shield. Without a shield you will struggle to survive in maps. I advice getting a over 40% block chance shield so you can get close to or exactly 75% block chance. Mine had a 63% increased Block Chance prefix which set the block chance of my shield to 43%. With it and some nodes on the passive tree I had 73% Block Chance. Giants Blood will triple the Strength Requirement so you cant use high-level base weapons with it. I only used an Advanced Leaden Greathammer (135 Str x 3). You can also get the reduced attribute requirements passive points if you are struggling to fulfil the strength requirements.
Its important that you pick up all Advanced Leaden Greathammer no matter what rarity. You can reforge these maces with the reforge bench which is unlocked through the Molten Vault quest. You are looking for added physical damage and increased physical damage. Mine had a low increased physical damage roll but a good flat phys roll which is more important since you can use Iron Runes and Blacksmith Whetstones.
I would also get the blood magic keystone when Infernal Cry starts to consume over 50% of your mana per use. I would allocate Avatar of Fire at 52 once you get Hammer of the Gods.
*Passive Tree*
https://imgur.com/a/47FiTze
https://www.twitch.tv/tuadh
00:00 - Intro
7:08:17 - Cruel Doryani & Mapping Begins
10:55:15 - Tier 15 Waystone & Boss
11:05:00 - Tier 15 Boss & Gear Overview")
