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Chieftain
Chieftain ascendancy class
The Ancestors speak through your clenched fists.
This page is about the Ascendancy class. For the Ascendant passive, see Chieftain (Ascendant passive).
For the monster type, see Ape chieftain.

The Chieftain is an Ascendancy class for Marauders.

Overview[ | ]

The Chieftain is focused around fire damage and totems. The class offers a wide variety of effects revolving around fire damage, with damage bonuses via damage conversion, penetration, and covering enemies with Ash. They can enhance their totems to weaken nearby enemies or leech life for them. The class also boasts a variety of sources of life regeneration and life leech, as well as endurance charge generation, making the Chieftain surprisingly tough to kill in the heat of combat.

Passive skills[ | ]

Ascendancy skill tree Chieftain

Chieftain skill tree

Minor skills[ | ]

This class has the following minor passive skills:

NameStats
Life Regeneration, Area of Effect
LifeRegenStrength (Chieftain) passive skill icon
Regenerate 0.5% of Life per second
10% increased Area of Effect [1]
Life Regeneration, Endurance Charge on Kill
LifeRegenStrength (Chieftain) passive skill icon
Regenerate 0.5% of Life per second
5% chance to gain an Endurance Charge on Kill [1]
Life Regeneration, Fire Damage
LifeRegenFireDamage (Chieftain) passive skill icon
Regenerate 0.5% of Life per second
10% increased Fire Damage [1] [2] [3] [4]
Life Regeneration, Fire Resistance
LifeRegenFireResistance (Chieftain) passive skill icon
Regenerate 0.5% of Life per second
+10% to Fire Resistance [1]
Life Regeneration, Totem Placement Speed
LifeRegenTotemPlacementSpeed (Chieftain) passive skill icon
Regenerate 0.5% of Life per second
10% increased Totem Placement speed [1] [2]

Notable skills[ | ]

This class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill Modifiers Prerequisite Preceding Passive
TawhoaForestsStrength (Chieftain) passive skill iconTawhoa, Forest's Strength Trigger Level 20 Tawhoa's Chosen when you Attack with a Non-Vaal Slam Skill near an Enemy Life Regeneration, Area of Effect
ValakoStormsEmbrace (Chieftain) passive skill iconValako, Storm's Embrace +1 to Maximum Endurance Charges
Regenerate 0.5% of Life per second per Endurance Charge
15% more Damage if you've lost an Endurance Charge in the past 8 seconds
Gain 1 Endurance Charge every second if you've used a Warcry Recently
Life Regeneration, Endurance Charge on Kill
ArohunguiMoonsPresence (Chieftain) passive skill iconArohongui, Moon's Presence Enemies near your Totems deal 8% less Damage
Enemies near your Totems take 16% increased Physical and Fire Damage
Totems are Immune to Fire Damage
25% increased Area of Effect while you have a Totem
Life Regeneration, Totem Placement Speed
TukomahaWarsHerald (Chieftain) passive skill iconTukohama, War's Herald 2% of Damage dealt by your Totems is Leeched to you as Life
Ancestor Totems have 100% increased Activation range
100% increased Effect of Buffs granted by your Active Ancestor Totems
Life Regeneration, Totem Placement Speed
TasalioCleansingWater (Chieftain) passive skill iconTasalio, Cleansing Water 15% of Physical Damage from Hits taken as Fire Damage
Unaffected by Ignite
+100% to Fire Resistance
50% increased Life Recovery Rate if you've taken Fire Damage from an Enemy Hit Recently
Life Regeneration, Fire Resistance
NgamahuFlamesAdvance (Chieftain) passive skill iconNgamahu, Flame's Advance 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
Every 10 seconds, gain 100% of Physical Damage
as Extra Fire Damage for 4 seconds
Life Regeneration, Fire Damage
RamakoSunsLight (Chieftain) passive skill iconRamako, Sun's Light Damage Penetrates 15% Fire Resistance
25% chance to Ignite
+25% to Fire Damage over Time Multiplier
Life Regeneration, Fire Damage
HinekoraDeathsFury (Chieftain) passive skill iconHinekora, Death's Fury 1% of Fire Damage Leeched as Life
10% increased Strength
Cover Rare or Unique Enemies in Ash for 10 Seconds on Hit
Ngamahu, Flame's Advance
Ramako, Sun's Light
Life Regeneration, Fire Damage

Version History[ | ]

Version Changes
3.13.0
3.11.0
  • Tawhoa, Forest's Strength has moved and is no longer a prerequisite for Valako, Storm's Embrace. It has been redesigned, and now grants level 20 Tawhoa's Chosen skill, which is triggered when you use a slam attack, creating an image which mirrors your Slam attack. This skill has a short cooldown.
  • A new small passive leads to Tawhoa, Forest's Strength. It grants 10% increased Area of Effect and 0.5% Life Regeneration per Second.
  • Valako, Storm's Embrace no longer grants 3% more damage for each Endurance Charge lost recently, up to 15%. Instead, it now grants 15% more damage for 8 seconds when you lose or consume any Endurance Charges.
  • The small passive leading to Valako, Storm's Embrace no longer grants 15% increased Endurance Charge Duration. It now grants 5% chance to gain an Endurance Charge on Kill.
  • Hinekora, Death's Fury now grants 100% chance to Cover Rare or Unique Enemies in Ash for 10 Seconds on Hit (from 20%).
3.7.0
3.2.0
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