Overview
This guide walks the early campaign of a Druid running the Oracle ascendancy around Entangle, the plant spell that lands at level one and stays the primary clear button through the entire story. Warlug pitches it as a work-in-progress leveling list aimed at the new Ancients league, with the intent of using a simple two-button rotation that pairs Thunderstorm with Entangle to giga-blast packs while a small support cast smooths out single-target and defence.
Oracle is locked in for the ascendancy specifically to take advantage of the Faithful Vision line, which allocates nearby non-keystone passives without needing to wire them onto the tree, then transitions into Lesser Harm, Crit Chance, and Force Outcome once the build sits around 30 to 35 percent total crit so hits reliably re-roll into crits. The passive tree beelines Wild Surge Incantation by roughly level 16 for a 50 percent more damage and 50 percent less cost band that storm and plant skills both eat, then circles back for Lasting Incantations, Wasting Casts, Boundless Growth, Constricting, and the plant and physical damage cluster.
This is a campaign guide. Warlug records it knee-deep in Act 2 and openly asks viewers for feedback, so endgame scaling is sketched rather than finalised, and the planner linked in the video description is the source of truth for the live skill tree.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Entangle drops at level one and stays the main clear skill the entire campaign, so there is no awkward early-game filler skill swap.
- Genuine two-button feel once Thunderstorm is online: drop Thunderstorm, throw Entangle, watch packs evaporate.
- Cheap to start and friendly to SSF leveling thanks to vendor staves and essence crafting on wands.
- Wild Surge Incantation gives a huge 50 percent more damage and 50 percent less cost band that storm and plant skills both benefit from.
- Ravenous Swarm adds a passive poison body-armour that handles enemies who walk into melee range.
Cons
- Work in progress: Warlug himself flags missing Cast on Crit support choices and undecided endgame scaling.
- Effect durations are short, so the player has to keep refreshing Thunderstorm during fights.
- Wants mana above 90 percent for the bonus damage, which adds a small uptime constraint.
- Reaching Wild Surge Incantation costs every passive point through about level 16 before the build feels online.
Key Skills
- Entangle — Main clear and damage skill from level one, supported by Brutality first for 25 percent more physical, then Unleash as the second link.
- Thunderstorm — Drenches the vines and triggers the AoE explosion on Entangle; linked with Shock and Magnified Area for the guaranteed shock plus larger zone.
- Contagion — Tag enemies before Entangle for the classic spread-to-clear combo, paired with Unleash and Magnified Area.
- Ravenous Swarm — First spirit gem at the level-four slot after King of the Mists; linked with Corrosion and Escalating Poison as a defensive damage aura.
- Thrashing Vines — Act 3, level-nine single-target finisher for elites and bosses with Concentrated Area, Accelerating Growth, and later Rapid Casting.
A Cast on Critical link with Thunderstorm is planned once crit chance scales up, but the support choices are still open and Warlug invites viewers to suggest options in the comments.
Gear & Anointments
The weapon priority during the campaign is increased spell damage plus level of all skills, with mana regen and cast speed as filler stats. Warlug demonstrates buying a vendor staff for around 4,500 gold that already rolled spell damage, plus to all skills, cast speed, and 28 percent gain as extra lightning, and recommends checking the vendor every level for staves of this shape, ideally one that allows Sigil of Power. The alternative path is a wand and off-hand: take a bone wand, augment then regal then exalt-slam, or use a Lesser Essence of Sorcery for guaranteed increased spell damage, with the bread-and-butter mod being plus two to levels of relevant skill tags (all spells, physical, or any matching tag). Off-hands earn their slot through extra spell damage and a second shot at the plus to all levels affix. Specific uniques to be confirmed against the source video.
Credits & Source
Build credited to Warlug. See the source video for the full build’s gameplay footage + voice commentary: Path of Exile 2 Druid Oracle Plant Entangle Leveling Build Guide.