Warcryer and Doomcryer in High Five — Class Guide (HF)

The Warcryer at a glance

At level 76 the Warcryer becomes a Doomcryer. In High Five the class needs no amulets: the whole tree is learned for SP, combos and level 81–83 skills with Forgotten Scrolls, Divine Inspiration with books. In Interlude chants wait 20 seconds and there are no combos — that chronicle has its own Interlude Warcryer guide.

How to get the classes

According to the item description, the coupons are exchanged for C-grade Shadow items at the Grand Master of your occupation.

Warcryer chants — a 5-second reuse

A chant covers every party member within 1,000: 2.5-second cast, 20 minutes of effect, and now a 5-second reuse. MP is for the top level of the chant, including the initial cost.

Chant of Berserker is new in High Five: party offense and speed in exchange for defense. Use it on fast pulls where the tank holds the mobs, and skip it on a raid boss that hits an area. Carry Spirit Ore in bulk for War Chant and Earth Chant: without ore the chant will not cast.

Warcryer combo buffs — four 40-minute chants

Each combo chant merges two regular ones and lasts 40 minutes on the whole party within 1,000: 1.5-second cast, 2-second reuse. Combos are learned with Forgotten Scrolls, not SP.

Eight casts become four, and every combo costs less MP than either of the two chants it replaces. A combo wipes the regular buffs of its pair from the target and blocks them while it lasts — so once combos are up, nobody recasts the old chants. War Chant and Earth Chant are outside these pairs: one of them goes on top of Chant of Combat, giving the party another P. Atk. ×1.1 or P. Def. ×1.15.

How to play a Warcryer

Solo — Burning Chop and Hammer Crush

Up to level 20 the Orc Mystic kills with damage over time — Chill Flame and Venom — and tops up HP with Life Drain. The Orc Shaman picks up a blunt: Stun Attack, Frost Flame, the seals Seal of Binding and Seal of Slow. From level 40 the Warcryer gets a melee rotation Interlude never had: Burning Chop and Hammer Crush both reuse in 3 seconds and alternate with almost no gap. Before a fight — Soul Cry (P. Atk. +375.5 while on), Chant of Fury, Chant of Battle and Chant of Vampire on yourself. Steal Essence from 900 range turns 80% of the damage dealt into your HP, and Dreaming Spirit puts a second mob to sleep for 30 seconds.

In a party and on raids

Combos are refreshed every 40 minutes, regular chants every 20, and War Chant and Earth Chant every 20 as well, paying ore each time. Between casts the Warcryer heals the party with Chant of Life ticks and stuns with Hammer Crush any mob that reaches the mage. With a 5-minute reuse, Chant of Victory and Magnus' Chant go on every hard pull, but only one of them: they do not stay up together. Victory for fighters, Magnus' for mages.

Full Doomcryer rebuff — the base for a macro.

1. The four combos: Chant of Combat, Chant of Critical Attack, Chant of Blood Awakening, Chant of Movement — 1.5-second cast each.
2. War Chant or Earth Chant — 2.5-second cast. They share a buff type, so only one stays on the party: put one in the macro — War Chant for damage, Earth Chant when the party is taking hits.
3. Chant of Victory or Magnus' Chant — 2.5-second cast, again only one of the two: Victory for fighters, Magnus' for mages.
4. Chant of Elements, Chant of Spirit, Chant of Protection — 2.5 seconds each.

That is 9 casts and about 18.5 seconds of pure casting without cast speed buffs. Combos last 40 minutes, War or Earth and the last three chants 20 minutes, Chant of Victory and Magnus' Chant 5 minutes: keep those two on a separate key and run the whole macro every 20 minutes.

Spirit Ore per hour. Chant of Victory and Magnus' Chant use 40 ore per cast, and both the buff and the reuse last 5 minutes — 480 ore an hour. The Time +15 enchant doubles the buff duration and halves the use — down to 240. War Chant or Earth Chant add 12 ore every 20 minutes, 36 an hour.

PvP and sieges

Party before the clash: Chant of Combat and Earth Chant, Chant of Fire, Chant of Movement; at the 3rd class — Chant of Spirit against buff removal and Chant of Protection (critical damage taken by your people ×0.7). In the fight the Warcryer stuns with Hammer Crush, sleeps with Dreaming Spirit and scares with Fear (10 seconds). Gate Chant gathers the party at you after a 15-second cast — use it to pull stragglers to the attack point.

What does not stack

A target keeps one buff of each type (abnormalType); where the type is shared and the level does not decide, two buffers leave only one of the pair.

Chant of Blood Awakening and Chant of Protection overlap with nothing — only the Warcryer brings them to a party. With a Shillien Elder the work splits like this: fighters get the Warcryer's chants and combos, mages get the Shillien Elder buffs the Warcryer does not have.

Warcryer skills by level in HF

1–20 · Orc Mystic

20–40 · Orc Shaman

40–76 · Warcryer

Chants and combos are in the tables above. The rest of the tree:

The Warcryer tree in HF costs 60,977,000 SP — less than in Interlude. What to learn:

1. Chants as soon as they open. Without amulets it is just SP: Chant of Predator at 40, Chant of Rage and Chant of Vampire at 44, Chant of Fury and Chant of Eagle at 48.
2. MP and cast speed: Boost Mana, Fast Mana Recovery, Fast Spell Casting, Quick Recycle.
3. Hammer Crush and Burning Chop — 5,095,000 and 3,245,000 SP, if you level solo. A pure buffer can postpone them along with Fear, Madness and Freezing Flame.
4. Mastery for your own armor only — 3,238,000 SP each, there is no point in taking all three.

Divine Inspiration is not learned for SP — each level needs its own book. Ancient Book: Divine Inspiration (Original Language Version) drops at 56% from the raid bosses Krokian Padisha Sobekk lv. 74, Death Lord Hallate lv. 73, Icicle Emperor Bumbalump lv. 74 and Antharas Priest Cloe lv. 74; Ancient Book: Divine Inspiration (Manuscript) always drops from Baium lv. 78. Books for levels 1 and 4 have no drop source — only your server can tell where they come from.

Doomcryer — 3rd class skills

The whole 3rd class is 252,910,000 SP, of which Magnus' Chant and Chant of Protection cost 60 million each; scroll skills cost no SP. Take Chant of Victory and Chant of Spirit first, then Magnus' Chant for mage parties and Chant of Protection for raids and sieges. Great Fury at 83 is a reason to swing Burning Chop in a party too: the whole party nearby gets the speed boost. The Doomcryer has no Spell Force in HF.

Enchanting Warcryer chants

Routes come from the skill descriptions in the High Five datapack. 2nd class chants and Burning Chop can be enchanted from level 76, Chant of Victory from 81; check the cost per step at the NPC on your server.

A buffer enchants chants for Time: regular chants then live as long as combos, and the party is rebuffed once every 40 minutes. Chant of Victory comes first: on Time it outlasts its own reuse and stays on the party permanently. A solo Warcryer takes Burning Chop on Power: power 976 instead of 731.

What changed in High Five

If your server runs Freya or Gracia Final

In the High Five datapack Chant of Berserker and Chant of Elements sit in the "HighFive new" block — the Warcryer got them only in High Five, so Freya and Gracia Final do not have them. Reuse times, combos and scroll skills on those chronicles are not confirmed by our data — check the list at the orc skill trainer.

Warcryer gear

Grades in HF: D from level 20, C from 40, B from 52, A from 61, S from 76, S80 from 80, S84 from 84. Chant strength does not depend on the weapon, so a buffer picks gear for MP and cast speed, and a solo Warcryer for the P. Atk. of its blunt. In HF a two-handed staff has more M. Atk. than a one-handed blunt of the same series — Dynasty Staff versus Dynasty Mace, Vesper Singer versus Vesper Caster — but from level 76 Sigil Mastery only works with a sigil in the left hand.

1–20 · no grade

20–40 · D grade

40–52 · C grade

There are no combos yet at C grade, so every chant is a separate cast: Karmian speeds up each of them, while Divine Tunic adds MP for the whole rebuff round.

52–61 · B grade

Of the two B-grade robes, Blue Wolf gives both MP and WIT +3, Avadon only cast speed. On Kaim Vanul's Bones the Mana Up SA raises max MP, and Conversion raises it further at the cost of max HP — both are for a buffer staying behind, not for solo.

61–76 · A grade

Majestic keeps your MP up on long raids, Dark Crystal keeps your cast from being interrupted in PvP. For solo, Daimon Crystal hits harder than Cabrio's Hand.

76–80 · S grade

Dynasty Tunic - Enchanter is a set made for a buffer: MP and cheaper casts instead of the M. Atk. of Major Arcana. Dynasty Silver Satin Tunic - Enchanter lowers magic MP cost even further — ×0.94. With Sigil Mastery a one-handed blunt and a sigil beat a staff: max MP ×1.05 and regen ×1.17.

80–84 · S80 grade

Moirai gives M. Atk. a buffer never uses, so you can stay in Dynasty Tunic - Enchanter until Vesper.

84–85 · S84 grade

Vesper Sigil pieces drop in the Monastery of Silence — see "Where to level a Warcryer".

Where to level a Warcryer

Zones named in player guides come first, then the ones found in the High Five datapack. Each zone lists the mobs with the best XP per HP and two items from their drop; chances are for x1 rates. Seven Signs seal stones in catacomb and necropolis rows are the common drop of those places. A buffer levels best in a party; solo from the 2nd class means mobs of your level with Burning Chop and Hammer Crush.

Levels 20–40

Best for a Warcryer: Catacomb of the Heretic and The Pilgrim's Necropolis — the most XP per HP, with a group; The Ant Nest — the dungeon under the Wasteland, dense ants for solo with Stun Attack.

4 more zones

Zone	Monster	Drop (chance at x1 rate)
Orc Barracks	Turek Orc Warlord lv. 30	Spinebone Sword Blade 0.16%, Stone of Purity 0.46%
	Turek Orc Archer lv. 27	Steel 0.72%, Recipe: Mace of Judgment 0.11%
	Turek Orc Skirmisher lv. 28	Puma Skin Shirt 0.11%, Puma Skin Gaiters 0.17%
Fortress of Resistance	Ol Mahum Lord lv. 34	Bone Arrow 20.7%, Suede 8.28%
	Ol Mahum Marksman lv. 28	Greater Healing Potion 6.32%, Animal Skin 13.91%
	Ol Mahum Captain lv. 30	Durable Metal Plate 0.12%, Steel 0.92%
Gorgon Flower Garden	Turak Bugbear Warrior lv. 33	Recipe: Brigandine Tunic 0.31%, Bone Arrow 15.21%
	Wyrm lv. 35	Iron Boots Design 0.82%, Leather 1.22%
	Medusa lv. 34	Recipe: Brigandine Gaiters 0.32%, Iron Ore 6.04%
Cruma Marshlands	Marsh Stakato lv. 29	Greater Healing Potion 2.55%, Cord 2.59%
	Marsh Stakato Worker lv. 31	Scroll: Enchant Armor (D-Grade) 0.31%, Coal 9.17%
	Marsh Spider lv. 34	Tiger's Eye Earring Stone 1.36%, Recipe: Brigandine Helmet 0.5%

Levels 40–52

Best for a Warcryer: Cruma Tower — the most XP per HP and dense spawns inside the tower; Devil's Isle — slightly less XP per HP; The Cemetery — Composite Armor Temper for C-grade armor from Tairim and Soldier of Grief.

4 more zones

Zone	Monster	Drop (chance at x1 rate)
Timak Outpost	Timak Orc Troop Leader lv. 45	Crystallized Ice Bow Shaft 0.32%, Mold Lubricant 0.15%
	Timak Orc Archer lv. 41	Light Crossbow Shaft 0.27%, Recipe: Boots of Seal 0.71%
	Timak Orc Overlord lv. 45	Flamberge Blade 0.13%, Stormbringer Blade 0.14%
Catacomb of the Branded	Lilim Butcher lv. 48	Green Seal Stone 70%, Red Seal Stone 70%
	Nephilim Sentinel lv. 48	Green Seal Stone 70%, Red Seal Stone 70%
	Lith Commander lv. 45	Green Seal Stone 70%, Red Seal Stone 70%
Necropolis of Worship	Gigant Commander lv. 45	Green Seal Stone 70%, Red Seal Stone 70%
	Nephilim Priest lv. 51	Green Seal Stone 70%, Blue Seal Stone 70%
	Lilim Magus lv. 51	Green Seal Stone 70%, Blue Seal Stone 70%
War-Torn Plains	Grave Wanderer lv. 45	Eldarake Temper 0.83%, Chain Shield Fragment 0.83%
	Archer of Greed lv. 46	Karmian Tunic Pattern 0.61%, Karmian Stocking Design 1.02%
	Taik Orc Supply lv. 51	Asofe 0.23%, Mold Glue 0.23%

Levels 52–61

Best for a Warcryer: The Patriot's Necropolis and Catacomb of the Apostate — XP for a party; Fields of Massacre — an open zone, not a catacomb; The Cemetery — an open zone with mobs suited to the start of this range, so you can stay put after the grade change.

4 more zones

Zone	Monster	Drop (chance at x1 rate)
Devil's Isle	Zombie Captain's Spiritual Body lv. 52	Composite Helmet Design 1.28%, Shining Circlet Pattern 1.28%
	Crimson Doll Blader lv. 53	Berserker Blade Edge 0.23%, Samurai Longsword Blade 0.23%
	Crimson Veil Master lv. 54	Berserker Blade Edge 0.22%, Samurai Longsword Blade 0.22%
Outlaw Forest	Oel Mahum Witch Doctor lv. 55	Ring of Seal Gemstone 1%, Necklace of Seal Chain 0.6%
	Hunter Gargoyle lv. 52	Earring of Seal Gemstone 0.7%, Necklace of Mermaid Teardrop 0.53%
	Oel Mahum Warrior lv. 54	Asofe 0.13%, Mold Glue 0.13%
Forsaken Plains	Kranrot lv. 59	Adamantite Necklace Chain 0.68%, Adamantite Ring Wire 1.09%
	Paliote lv. 57	Sealed Zubei's Boots Design 0.6%, Sealed Avadon Boots Design 0.6%
	Hamrut lv. 58	Greater Antidote 8.35%, Thread 15.03%
Frozen Labyrinth	Frost Iron Golem lv. 59	Animal Bone 8.14%, Animal Skin 8.14%
	Frost Tarantula lv. 58	Life Stone - Level 58 0.11%, Mithril Ore 1.12%
	Panthera lv. 56	Avadon Robe Fabric 0.14%, Stockings of Zubei Fabric 0.28%

Levels 61–76

Best for a Warcryer: Tower of Insolence — the most XP per HP; Wall of Argos — the Disciples give almost as much XP per HP as the tower mobs; The Forbidden Gateway — an open zone where every mob is from the start of this range, the place to go right after the grade change; Forest of the Dead — A-grade weapon parts: Bloody Orchid Head and Halberd Edge.

3 more zones

Zone	Monster	Drop (chance at x1 rate)
Blazing Swamp	Hames Orc Overlord lv. 75	Common Item - Sealed Phoenix Ring 0.15%, Sealed Phoenix Earring Gemstone 0.73%
	Conjurer Bat Lord lv. 72	Sealed Phoenix Ring Gemstone 0.83%, Sealed Phoenix Earring Gemstone 0.6%
	Hames Orc Sniper lv. 72	Sealed Tallum Leather Armor Pattern 0.12%, Sealed Dark Crystal Leather Armor Pattern 0.17%
Catacomb of the Witch	Nephilim Praetorian lv. 72	Green Seal Stone 70%, Red Seal Stone 70%
	Lilim Knight Commander lv. 72	Green Seal Stone 70%, Red Seal Stone 70%
	Nephilim Centurion lv. 63	Green Seal Stone 70%, Red Seal Stone 70%
Swamp of Screams	Splinter Stakato Drone lv. 69	Life Stone - Level 67 0.14%, Coarse Bone Powder 1.62%
	Needle Stakato Soldier lv. 72	Bloody Orchid Head 0.2%, Enria 0.16%
	Needle Stakato lv. 70	Sealed Dark Crystal Boots Lining 0.32%, Sealed Tallum Boots Lining 0.32%

Levels 76–85

Best for a Warcryer: Imperial Tomb — the most XP per HP; Varka Silenos Barracks and Ketra Orc Outpost — the mobs count for the alliance quests: Varka silenos for Alliance with Ketra Orcs, Ketra orcs for Alliance with Varka Silenos; Monastery of Silence — Vesper Sigil pieces at the end of leveling.

3 more zones

Zone	Monster	Drop (chance at x1 rate)
Catacomb of Dark Omens	Nephilim Commander lv. 80	Green Seal Stone 70%, Red Seal Stone 70%
	Lilim Guard Knight lv. 80	Green Seal Stone 70%, Red Seal Stone 70%
	Nephilim Cardinal lv. 78	Green Seal Stone 70%, Red Seal Stone 70%
The Giant's Cave	Lesser Giant Soldier	Orichalcum 1.48%, Leonard 2.2%
	Lesser Giant Mage	Dynasty Bagh-Nakh Piece 0.66%, Recipe: Greater Blessed Spiritshot (S) Compressed Package(100%) 0.14%
	Lesser Giant Elder	Dynasty Bow Piece 0.68%, Recipe: Shining Arrow (100%) 0.3%
Hellbound	Labyrinth Captain	Scroll: Enchant Armor (S-Grade) 0.39%, Holy Stone 7.79%
	Foundry Spirit Guard	Leonard 3.19%, Cokes 11.29%
	Foundry Foreman	Stem 1.67%, Varnish 16.78%

Warcryer dyes

The High Five hennaList gives each dye a minimum level: "+1 −1" from 46, "+3 −3" from 52, "+4 −4" from 56. So a buffer starts with Greater Dye of CON (Con+3 Str-3) and Greater Dye of WIT (Wit+3 Men-3) and swaps them for "+4" later. An orc mage has naturally low WIT, so every point makes rebuffs noticeably faster. There are no INT dyes for the Warcryer.

Subclasses for a Warcryer

• Warcryer as the main class. You can take any 2nd class except your own, Overlord, Warsmith and the Kamael classes. A subclass is added at level 75 of the main class, the next one once the previous subclass has also reached 75.
• Warcryer as a subclass. Any class can take it except Kamael and the Warcryer itself.
• What a subclass gives the main class. In High Five certification skills earned on a subclass are, under the certification rules, learned and used by the main class; check on your server. Useful for a buffer: Enchanter Ability - Boost Mana (max MP) and Enchanter Ability - Mana Recovery (MP regen) — reserve for a full rebuff; for raids and sieges — Knight Ability - Resist Critical (less critical damage taken) and Warrior Ability - Boost CP (max CP).
• Which class to level as a subclass. A nuker or a fighter: the Warcryer kills slowly on its own, while the subclass farms adena fast; you switch back to the Warcryer for parties and raids.

The Warcryer in the Olympiad

Only nobles enter the Olympiad, and only on their main class. On entering the arena buffs are removed and reuse timers reset — Chant of Victory, Enlightenment and Turn to Stone are ready at the start. A match lasts 5 minutes by default, and Chant of Victory lasts 300 seconds: pressed at the start, it covers the whole fight.

The Warcryer plays around stuns: Hammer Crush for 9 seconds on a 3-second reuse, Burning Chop between stuns, Dreaming Spirit for 30 seconds against a mage. Against a fighter — Chant of Protection (their critical damage ×0.7) and Chant of Revenge. Turn to Stone sits out an enemy damage spike for 8 seconds. Chant of Spirit protects your buffs from removal.

All Warcryer skills

The full High Five Warcryer and Doomcryer tree — skill levels, SP and MP:

Other classes and their skills are in the Lineage 2 classes section.

A Warcryer is welcome in any party, so the server matters more than the build: pick one from the Lineage 2 High Five servers by rate and launch date, or browse all Lineage 2 servers on the main page.