Forcewave

Yeah, Oleron is in a weird place, especially for forcewave - cause you’ll have Assassin’s Mark and Oleron which both need to crit consistently to be useful and only one attack (Forcewave) to really bind one to. I went heavy blue defensive + OA from dying god/chariot and just sticking to only one combat proc when doing phys forcewave as nothing else seemed to feel right.

I like your approach.But again,that’s one of the advantages of Warlord,you can reliably proc through Guardians.Relic proc is used for Ulzaad,it’s easy because the long CD.Btw did you take whole DG or just the first four nodes?

Used to do proc but now it’s ~15% crit damage for 2 points, with a lifedrain drawback. So pass on proc now, more often than not. (haven’t played a phys FW char sense before the proc was nerfed, but I don’t see using it as being a great use of points)

My build might be old, but he still works there.
https://www.grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64706

If you have energy/mana issues, consider Bards Harp. It is right where you want your affinities (blue & yellow) anyways. I think it provides nice QoL