Cluster Grenade Galvanic Shards Freeze Witchhunter (+5 Projectile Skills)

Witchhunter·MercenaryPatch 0.5.0·byPublic Builds

Version 1·Updated Jul 2, 2026

New build

Endgame Cluster Grenade Galvanic Shards Freeze Crit Spirit Mana

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Scored against 333 mercenary endgame builds

DamageS

SurvivalB

SpeedA

UtilityC

Overview

Offense

1. Shockburst Rounds

788,710

2. Full Culling DPS

184,867

Hit DPS

788,710

Attacks/sec

Average hit

71,928

Utility

Mana

759

Spirit

150

Gear spirit

100

Move speed

x2.00

Defense

Life

1,495

Character evasion

6,993

Gear evasion

3,106

Fire res

75%

Cold res

75%

Lightning res

75%

Passive Tree

133

Nodes

Notables

Keystones

Key Passives

Pitiless KillerNotable

Culling Strike

15% chance to Cull enemies below 20% Life

15% increased damage

Attack

Coming CalamityNotable

40% increased Cold Damage while affected by Herald of Ice

40% increased Fire Damage while affected by Herald of Ash

40% increased Lightning Damage while affected by Herald of Thunder

Cold DamageFire DamageLightning Damage

True StrikeNotable

+10 to Dexterity

20% increased Critical Hit Chance

AttributeCritical

For the JugularNotable

25% increased Critical Damage Bonus

+10 to Intelligence

CriticalAttribute

Obsessive RitualsNotable

-50% less Armour and Evasion Rating

Armour

Escape VelocityNotable

3% increased Movement Speed

30% increased Evasion Rating

Movement SpeedEvasion

Ceremonial AblutionNotable

Sorcery Ward's Barrier can also take Physical and Chaos Damage from Hits

Chaos Damage

Careful AssassinNotable

-20% reduced Critical Damage Bonus

50% increased Critical Hit Chance

Critical

Effect Profile

EffectStats

Attribute›

PassiveCountTotal

to any Attribute42+210
to Dexterity2+20
to Intelligence2+20
increased Dexterity18%

Critical›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Critical Hit Chance11175%
increased Critical Damage Bonus10260%
increased Critical Hit Chance for Attacks560%
attacks have +#% to Critical Hit Chance1100%

Evasion›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Evasion Rating16265%
to Evasion Rating2+32
gain Deflection Rating equal to # % of Evasion Rating15%
increased Evasion Rating if you haven't been Hit Recently1100%

Movement Speed›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Movement Speed616%
reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving5-14%

Jewel›

PassiveCountTotal

[Jewel] Socket70

Attack›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Culling Strike Threshold440%
culling Strike1+1
decimating Strike1+1

Armour›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Armour and Evasion Rating230%
increased Evasion Rating from Equipped Body Armour1100%
less Armour and Evasion Rating1-50%

Life›

PassiveCountTotal

recover # % of maximum Life on Kill22%
increased Damage with Hits against Enemies that are on Low Life270%

Gear

Rune Core

Blackfire Crossbow

Item Level 81

Rare

Properties

Range120

Physical Damage24-96

Quality20

SocketsS S

Fire Damage127-197

Lightning Damage15-345

Attacks per Second1.89

Critical Hit Chance7%

Total DPS759.8

Physical DPS113.4

Elemental DPS646.4

Requirements

Level50

Rune

50% increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies
Gain 5% of Damage as Extra Damage of all Elements

Bonded

Bonded: +1 to Level of all Attack Skills
Bonded: 8% chance to gain an additional random Charge when you gain a Charge

Desecrated

Adds 127 to 197 Fire Damage

Explicit

+5 to Level of all Projectile Skills
Adds 15 to 345 Lightning Damage
136% increased Elemental Damage with Attacks
+4.21% to Critical Hit Chance
18% increased Attack Speed

Myris Uxor

Covert Hood

Item Level 79

Unique

Properties

Evasion466

Quality20

SocketsS

Requirements

Level56

Rune

+4 to Maximum Rage

Explicit

51% increased Evasion Rating
+149 to Accuracy Rating
+40 to maximum Mana
114% increased Culling Strike Threshold
Corrupted

Hyrri's Ire

Armoured Vest

Item Level 81

Unique

Properties

Evasion1564

Movement Speed-3%

Quality20

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level73

Rune

40% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Bonded

Bonded: +40 to maximum Life
Bonded: +40 to maximum Mana

Implicit

33% increased Elemental Ailment Threshold

Explicit

149% increased Evasion Rating
Gain 24% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
+38 to Dexterity
29% increased Freeze Duration on Enemies
Evasion Rating is doubled if you have not been Hit Recently
Corrupted

Horror's Flight

Engraved Bracers

Item Level 84

Unique

Properties

Evasion670

Quality20

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level84

Rune

Destroys all Augment Sockets on the item to create a Jewel Socket

Explicit

277% increased Evasion Rating
17% increased Attack Speed
+18 to Dexterity
Adds 23 to 37 Chaos Damage to Attacks
Gain 1 Fear Incarnate when you Cull a target
Corrupted

Sorrow Trail

Dragonscale Boots

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Evasion406

Quality0

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level75

Rune

5% increased Movement Speed
Deal 10% of Overkill damage to enemies within 2 metres of the enemy killed

Bonded

Bonded: 15% increased Global Physical Damage
Bonded: 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate

Desecrated

+37% to Cold Resistance

Explicit

35% increased Movement Speed
+162 to Evasion Rating
+87 to maximum Mana
+39% to Lightning Resistance
Corrupted

Crafted

+31% to Fire Resistance

Mageblood

Utility Belt

Item Level 79

Unique

Properties

Charm Slots2

Requirements

Level55

Implicit

Has 2 Charm Slots
20% of Flask Recovery applied Instantly

Explicit

Legacy of Silver
Legacy of Silver
Legacy of Quicksilver
Legacy of Quicksilver
All Mage's Legacies have 29% increased effect per duplicate Mage's Legacy you have

Chimeric Choker

Absent Amulet

Item Level 79

Rare

Requirements

Level78

Enchant

Allocates Wild Storm

Desecrated

+18% to all Elemental Resistances

Implicit

-1 Prefix Modifier allowed
-1 Suffix Modifier allowed

Explicit

+50 to Spirit
+2 to Level of all Projectile Skills

Crafted

25% increased Global Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Kalandra's Touch

Ring

Item Level 81

Unique

Requirements

Level0

Implicit

Reflects opposite Ring

Soul Gyre

Breach Ring

Item Level 82

Rare

Requirements

Level40

Desecrated

Adds 32 to 56 Fire damage to Attacks

Implicit

+20% to Maximum Quality

Explicit

Adds 36 to 52 Cold damage to Attacks
Adds 4 to 113 Lightning damage to Attacks
+38% to Fire Resistance
+35% to Cold Resistance
+33% to Lightning Resistance

Nascent Hope

Thawing Charm

Item Level 79

Unique

Properties

Charges Max40

Charges Per Use40

Duration30

Quality0

Requirements

Level12

Implicit

Used when you become Frozen

Explicit

22% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy
Energy Shield Recharge starts on use

Rite of Passage

Golden Charm

Item Level 80

Unique

Properties

Charges Max80

Charges Per Use80

Duration10

Quality0

Requirements

Level50

Implicit

Used when you kill a Rare or Unique enemy

Explicit

Possessed by Spirit Of The Cat for 19 seconds on use

The Fall of the Axe

Silver Charm

Item Level 80

Unique

Properties

Charges Max40

Charges Per Use20

Duration30

Quality9

Requirements

Level10

Implicit

Used when you are affected by a Slow

Explicit

Grants Onslaught during effect
Corrupted

Effervescent Ultimate Life Flask of the Abundant

Item Level 83

Magic

Properties

Quality20

Requirements

Level60

Implicit

27% of Recovery applied Instantly
59% increased Charges

Concentrated Ultimate Mana Flask of the Wide

Item Level 73

Magic

Properties

Quality20

Requirements

Level60

Implicit

67% increased Amount Recovered
24% increased Charges

Skills & Gems

Blasphemy(Lv8)4 gems

Turn socketed Curse skills into vile Auras, applying their effects to all nearby enemies.

Supported Curses have 50% less Magnitudes

BlindSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to Blind on Hit.Lv1

Ritualistic CurseSupports Curse skills, causing them to cover a larger area but take longer to Curse enemies.Lv1

Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1

Living LightningSupports Skills which cause Damaging Hits. Living Lightning Minions are created when dealing Lightning damage with Supported Skills - bundles of living electricity that target nearby enemies with Chaining Attacks. Enemies will not directly engage these Minions, and can pass through them. Does not modify skills used by Minions.Lv1

Cluster Grenade(Lv21)5 gems

Fire a bouncing Grenade that explodes when its fuse expires, throwing out a ring of mini Grenades that explode when they come to a stop.

AdhereSupports Grenade Skills. Grenades from Supported Skills do not bounce, instead halting movement where they intially land, but doing lower damage when they detonate.Lv1

Concentrated EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, causing that area to be smaller but any area damage it deals to be higher.Lv1

DecelerationSupports Projectile skills, making those Projectiles travel more slowly.Lv1

PayloadSupports Skills which fire Grenades, giving fired Grenades a chance to activate again, but lengthening their cooldowns.Lv1

IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1

Galvanic Shards(Lv21)5 gems

Load your Crossbow with charged bolts that fragment in flight, releasing Chaining Lightning beams when they Hit enemies. These fragments can Merge.

ForkSupports Projectile skills, making their Projectiles Fork.Lv1

Double BarrelSupports Crossbow Ammunition Skills, causing them to load an extra bolt at the cost of reload speed.Lv1

Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1

Garukhans ResolveSupports Attack Skills you use yourself which do not already have some Condition for use. Supported Skills have a maximum Critical Hit chance, but will Bifurcate Critical Hit Chance.Lv1

Rakiatas FlowSupports Skills that can cause Damaging Hits, causing those Hits to treat Enemy Elemental Resistances as inverted.Lv1

Herald of Thunder(Lv20)5 gems

While active, killing Shocked enemies with a non-Herald Attack Hit will cause subsequent Attack Hits to release lightning bolts which deals Attack damage to all surrounding enemies.

Lightning Bolts strike the targets of your next 2 Attack Hits after killing a Shocked enemy with Attack damage

Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1

Elemental FocusSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more Elemental Damage but be unable to inflict Elemental Ailments.Lv1

Concentrated EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, causing that area to be smaller but any area damage it deals to be higher.Lv1

Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1

Lightning MasterySupports Lightning skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1

Crushing Fear(Lv19)4 gems

Dash to an enemy and Strike them, Culling enemies if their life is low enough. When this skill kills an enemy you draw out their final fears, crushing them to create a shockwave. Enemies around you that can be Culled will be highlighted.

SplinterSupports Skills that Hit Enemies, causing those Hits to Break Armour based on a portion of Physical Damage dealt.Lv1

DemolisherSupports any skill, causing Armour Break it inflicts to be stronger.Lv1

Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1

ExecuteSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more damage against enemies on Low Life.Lv1

Wind Dancer(Lv18)4 gems

While active, periodically grants stages of a buff that gives you more Evasion per stage. Being Hit by an Enemy while you have this buff consumes all stages to damage and Knock Back enemies around you.

Gain a stage every 1.5 seconds

DemolisherSupports any skill, causing Armour Break it inflicts to be stronger.Lv1

LacerateSupports any skill that Hits enemies, giving it a chance to inflict Bleeding.Lv1

Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1

Life ThiefSupports Attacks, causing their Physical damage to Leech Life.Lv1

Mirage Archer(Lv19)2 gems

While active, dodge rolling will create a Mirage that uses socketed ranged Attacks for a short duration, then vanish.

Mirage duration is 5.05 seconds

IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1

Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1

Shockburst Rounds(Lv19)3 gems

Load your Crossbow with a clip of charged bolts which release damaging pulses upon Hitting an enemy affected by a Lightning Ailment. Using this Skill again reloads the clip.

10 Bolts loaded per clip

Concentrated EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, causing that area to be smaller but any area damage it deals to be higher.Lv1

Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1

Fresh ClipSupports Crossbow Skills, granting them more damage for each bolt reloaded by that Skill in the last 6 seconds.Lv1

Emergency Reload(Lv19)2 gems

Instantly reload all your Crossbow Ammunition clips and Empower each clip's Ammunition to deal more damage for a duration.

Buff Empowers bolts with 12% more damage

IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1

PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1

Stormblast Bolts(Lv21)2 gems

Load your Crossbow with charged bolts that land around the target location and explode if hit by a Detonator Skill. Using this Skill again reloads the clip.

Lightning PenetrationSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making those Hits Penetrate enemy Lightning resistance.Lv1

Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Lv1

Sorcery Ward(Lv20)1 gem

Passively manifests a protective barrier which takes Elemental Damage from Hits for you until depleted. The barrier instantly recharges to its full value a short time after it stops taking damage or is fully depleted.

Barrier recharges after 8 seconds

DemolisherSupports any skill, causing Armour Break it inflicts to be stronger.Lv1