Chieftain is represented the 2nd atomic (according to Poe.ninja) with alone 0.5% players which is alone exhausted by Berserker with 0.1%. There are a brace factors that could advance to this.

However, I ambition to altercate some possibilities to advance the advantage and accomplish them added competitive. I accept 3 suggestions/possibilities:

- Adamant will: Chieftains are accustomed as a blaze alembic or blaze abilities enthusiast. Specially, the Hinekora and Ngamahu credibility accord blaze pen and blaze about-face a part of added bonuses. Hinekora aswell gives 10% added strength. This is absorbing and tells me that Chieftains are fabricated for Adamant Will. I anticipate it would accomplish them aggressive casters if they accustomed Adamant Will by default.

- Ancestral Call: Chieftain's ascendancies and belief are about totems and ancestors. They are about shamanlike. It would accomplish faculty lorewise that they would accept Ancestral Alarm to affray attacks. To accomplish them aggressive in melee, Ancestral Alarm antecedent afterwards the accident amends would help. I do not accept this would be too OP. Slayers accept a agnate band that gives them affray access afterwards the accident penalty. Currently, there is hardly any affidavit to accept Administrator over Juggernaut for affray (equip a jugg with Xoph's Blood, gg). This addition in advantage could accomplish them a aggressive choice.

- Blaze Explosions: Shaper mauls and clubs can cycle an affix (suffix?) That provides 5% of monsters bloom as blaze aoe accident aloft death. 5% is rather baby (compared to Gladiator 10% bleedsplosion) and the aoe is affectionate of small. However, it helps with bright and would accord the Chieftains a charge addition to be competitive.

These are just some contemporary account that fit the Chieftain/Karui lore. I feel these could accomplish them a aggressive best afterwards allocation them into allotment specific skills.

Chieftain seems in fact fun,if leveling didn't yield so continued I would accept approved authoritative a adored application chieftain. And I don't anticipate jugg is a compleast backup with xoph's heart,for starters you charge to get hit for a adventitious to activate the ash with the amulet,while you administer it on hit with the chief, appealing big aberration adjoin top end administration like elder,shaper and atziri.

It aswell gives you chargeless bleed and conversion,both are appealing nice if you don't ambition to get avatar of fire, PoE currency as i'm abiding there has to be some advance with in fact top accident capability so accepting a lot of added would be bigger all-embracing if they aren't carefully blaze or physical.

I'm apparently addition here, i do like your suggestions,especially if they could accomplish a adamant will + adamant grip,thus absolution your backbone administer to all non admired skills.