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Crossbow Shot Explosive Shot Freeze Witchhunter (172% Physical Damage)

Witchhunter·MercenaryPatch 0.5.1·byPublic Ladder
Version 1·Updated Jun 9, 2026
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Passive Tree

150
Nodes
32
Notables
0
Keystones

Key Passives

Crystal ElixirNotable
40% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills during any Flask Effect
Flask
Jack of all TradesNotable
2% increased Damage per 5 of your lowest Attribute
Attribute
Pitiless KillerNotable
Culling Strike
15% chance to Cull enemies below 20% Life
15% increased damage
Attack
BlurNotable
+10 to Dexterity
4% increased Movement Speed
20% increased Evasion Rating
AttributeMovement SpeedEvasion
Obsessive RitualsNotable
-50% less Armour and Evasion Rating
Armour
Stand and DeliverNotable
Projectiles have 40% increased Critical Damage Bonus against Enemies within 2m
Projectiles deal 25% increased Damage with Hits against Enemies within 2m
CriticalDamage
Primal SunderingNotable
8% increased Area of Effect for Attacks
Damage Penetrates 12% Elemental Resistances
AreaElemental Penetration
Forces of NatureNotable
Attack Damage Penetrates 15% of Enemy Elemental Resistances
Elemental Penetration

Effect Profile

EffectStats
Attribute
PassiveCountTotal
  • to any Attribute38+190
  • to all Attributes6+18
  • to Dexterity4+36
  • to Intelligence3+26
Evasion
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Evasion Rating14230%
  • gain Deflection Rating equal to # % of Evasion Rating112%
  • increased Evasion Rating if you've Dodge Rolled Recently140%
  • increased Evasion Rating while moving140%
Speed
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Speed1034%
  • increased Skill Speed316%
  • increased Attack Speed during any Flask Effect116%
  • increased Attack Speed if you've killed Recently18%
Movement Speed
PassiveCountTotal
  • reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving9-28%
  • increased Movement Speed310%
  • increased Movement Speed if you've Killed Recently27%
  • increased Movement Speed if you have at least # Green Support Gems Socketed15%
Elemental Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Elemental Damage with Attacks8104%
  • increased Elemental Damage324%
  • increased Damage for each type of Elemental Ailment on Enemy120%
Ailment
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Magnitude of Shock you inflict475%
  • increased chance to Shock330%
  • immune to Chill if a majority of your Socketed Support Gems are Blue1+1
  • immune to Ignite if a majority of your Socketed Support Gems are Red1+1
Attack Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Damage while moving6102%
  • increased Attack Damage220%
  • increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies232%
Lightning
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Magnitude of Shock you inflict475%
  • increased chance to Shock330%
  • immune to Shock if a majority of your Socketed Support Gems are Green1+1

Gear

Weapon 1

Brimstone Core

Desolate Crossbow

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Range120
Physical Damage144-492
Quality20
SocketsS S
Cold Damage88-149
Attacks per Second1.6
Critical Hit Chance5%
Total DPS698.4
Physical DPS508.8
Elemental DPS189.6
Requirements
Level77
Rune
  • 18% increased Physical Damage
  • Gain 5% of Damage as Extra Damage of all Elements
Bonded
  • Bonded: 20% increased effect of Fully Broken Armour
  • Bonded: 8% chance to gain an additional random Charge when you gain a Charge
Desecrated
  • Adds 88 to 149 Cold Damage
Explicit
  • 172% increased Physical Damage
  • Adds 42 to 83 Physical Damage
  • +5 to Level of all Projectile Skills
  • Gain 44 Mana per enemy killed
Crafted
  • 23% chance to gain Onslaught on Killing Hits with this Weapon
Helmet

Alpha's Howl

Armoured Cap

Item Level 69
Unique
Properties
Evasion646
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level65
Rune
  • +4 to Maximum Rage
Explicit
  • 82% increased Evasion Rating
  • +100 to Spirit
  • +67% to Cold Resistance
  • Presence Radius is doubled
  • Corrupted
Body Armour

Hyrri's Ire

Armoured Vest

Item Level 82
Unique
Properties
Evasion1624
Movement Speed-3%
Quality20
SocketsS S S
Requirements
Level73
Enchant
  • 13% of Damage taken Recouped as Life
Rune
  • 54% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +60 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +60 to maximum Mana
Implicit
  • 39% increased Elemental Ailment Threshold
Explicit
  • 146% increased Evasion Rating
  • Gain 20% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
  • +34 to Dexterity
  • 25% increased Freeze Duration on Enemies
  • Evasion Rating is doubled if you have not been Hit Recently
  • Corrupted
Gloves

Hateforge

Moulded Mitts

Item Level 82
Unique
Properties
Armour450
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level33
Enchant
  • +1 to Maximum Frenzy Charges
Rune
  • +18% to Lightning Resistance
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Explicit
  • 321% increased Armour
  • Gain 3 Rage on Hit
  • Gain a random Charge on reaching Maximum Rage, no more than once every 4.03 seconds
  • +8 to Maximum Rage
  • 13% chance that if you would gain Rage on Hit, you instead gain up to your maximum Rage
  • Corrupted
Boots

Woe Dash

Runeforged Cinched Boots

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Evasion427
Quality20
SocketsS
Ward50
Requirements
Level65
Rune
  • 5% increased Movement Speed
Bonded
  • Bonded: 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
Desecrated
  • +84 to maximum Life
Explicit
  • 35% increased Movement Speed
  • 78% increased Evasion Rating
  • +42% to Cold Resistance
  • +32% to Lightning Resistance
  • +27% to Chaos Resistance
Belt

Headhunter

Heavy Belt

Item Level 67
Unique
Properties
Charm Slots2
Requirements
Level50
Implicit
  • 28% increased Stun Threshold
  • Has 2 Charm Slots
Explicit
  • +51 to maximum Life
  • +36 to Strength
  • +37 to Dexterity
  • When you kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds
Amulet

Chimeric Scarab

Absent Amulet

Item Level 81
Rare
Requirements
Level78
Enchant
  • Allocates Stormbreaker
Desecrated
  • +13% to Fire and Chaos Resistances
Implicit
  • -1 Prefix Modifier allowed
  • -1 Suffix Modifier allowed
Explicit
  • +3 to Level of all Projectile Skills
  • +111 to maximum Life
  • +41 to Spirit
Ring 1

Dusk Gyre

Pearl Ring

Item Level 81
Rare
Requirements
Level32
Desecrated
  • Adds 2 to 42 Lightning damage to Attacks
Implicit
  • 10% increased Cast Speed
Explicit
  • Adds 18 to 28 Physical Damage to Attacks
  • Adds 24 to 33 Fire damage to Attacks
  • +14% to all Elemental Resistances
  • +46% to Lightning Resistance
  • +22% to Chaos Resistance
Ring 2

Tempest Spiral

Prismatic Ring

Item Level 80
Rare
Requirements
Level35
Desecrated
  • +19% to all Elemental Resistances
Implicit
  • +12% to all Elemental Resistances
Explicit
  • Adds 33 to 45 Fire damage to Attacks
  • Adds 3 to 55 Lightning damage to Attacks
  • +166 to Evasion Rating
  • +46% to Fire Resistance
Crafted
  • +17% to Chaos Resistance
Charm 1

Vibrant Stone Charm of the Mixologist

Item Level 73
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level8
Implicit
  • Used when you become Stunned
Explicit
  • Also grants 253 Guard
  • 22% reduced Charges per use
Charm 2

Tidebound Thawing Charm of the Copious

Item Level 36
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level12
Implicit
  • Used when you become Frozen
Explicit
  • Recover 101 Mana when Used
  • 31% increased Charges
Charm 3

Rite of Passage

Golden Charm

Item Level 67
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 20 seconds on use
Life Flask

Bubbling Ultimate Life Flask of the Surgeon

Item Level 66
Magic
Properties
Quality20
Requirements
Level60
Implicit
  • 29% of Recovery applied Instantly
  • 32% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy
Mana Flask

Lavianga's Spirits

Gargantuan Mana Flask

Item Level 81
Unique
Properties
Charges Max75
Charges Per Use10
Duration20
Mana Per Use185
Quality20
Requirements
Level49
Implicit
  • This Flask cannot be Used but applies its Effect constantly
  • 70% reduced Amount Recovered

Skills & Gems

Crossbow Shot(Lv20)9 gems

Fire a bolt from your crossbow.

Life ThiefSupports Attacks, causing their Physical damage to Leech Life.Lv1
LacerateSupports any skill that Hits enemies, giving it a chance to inflict Bleeding.Lv1
SplinterSupports Skills that Hit Enemies, causing those Hits to Break Armour based on a portion of Physical Damage dealt.Lv1
BrutalitySupports any skill that deals damage, boosting its Physical damage at the expense of all other Damage Types.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
HeftSupports Skills which deal Damage, increasing the maximum Physical Damage of their Hits.Lv1
Fire InfusionSupports any skill that deals damage, causing them to Gain Fire Damage but deal less Cold and Lightning Damage.Lv1
Fire PenetrationSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making those Hits Penetrate enemy Fire resistance.Lv1
Wind Dancer(Lv19)5 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
MaimSupports Attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.Lv1
BlindSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to Blind on Hit.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Life ThiefSupports Attacks, causing their Physical damage to Leech Life.Lv1
Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Lv1
Explosive Shot(Lv21)5 gems

Load your Crossbow with flaming bolts that explode on impact. The explosion will cause any Grenades in its area of effect to also explode.

ScattershotSupports Projectile skills, making them fire extra Projectiles. Also lowers Attack and Cast speed of supported skills, as well as lessening their damage.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Combat ReloadSupports Crossbow Ammunition Skills, causing them to load multiple extra bolts and attack faster. Supported Skills cannot reload normally, instead loading bolts when you Dodge.Lv1
Thrill Of The KillSupports Skills you use yourself which Hit enemies. Culling a Shocked enemy with Supported Skills infuses all of your Attacks with Lightning damage for a short time.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
Herald of Thunder(Lv19)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
Elemental FocusSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more Elemental Damage but be unable to inflict Elemental Ailments.Lv1
LongshotSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage from farther away.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
Lightning PenetrationSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making those Hits Penetrate enemy Lightning resistance.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
Stormblast Bolts(Lv21)5 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.

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
Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1
Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Lv1
Rakiatas FlowSupports Skills that can cause Damaging Hits, causing those Hits to treat Enemy Elemental Resistances as inverted.Lv1
Blasphemy(Lv14)3 gems

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

Supported Curses have 50% less Magnitudes
Cursed GroundSupports Curse Skills. Supported Curse Skills create areas which Curse Enemies so long as they are within them.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Ritualistic CurseSupports Curse skills, causing them to cover a larger area but take longer to Curse enemies.Lv1
Lingering Illusion(Lv19)3 gems

While active, creates a short-lived illusory copy of yourself whenever you dodge roll. The copy can be damaged by enemies, and copies that are destroyed by an enemy will drop a Remnant that grants you a Power Charge on pickup.

ProfusionSupports skills that can generate Charges, giving them a chance to generate an additional Charge when they do so.Lv1
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
DissipateSupports Skills which create Remnants, allowing those Remnants to be collected from further away.Lv1
Elemental Conflux(Lv19)3 gems

Tap into a current of raw and unpredictable Elemental power, causing you to deal greatly more damage of a randomly chosen Element. The Element affected changes frequently, though the same Element can be affected multiple times in succession.

Buff grants 40% more damage with the affected Element
Fast ForwardSupports any skill that has a duration making that duration shorter.Lv1
HerbalismSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Life recovery from Flasks while the Skill is active.Lv1
VitalitySupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the Skill is active.Lv1
Berserk(Lv19)2 gems

While active, strengthens your Rage, but causes you to lose Life while not losing Rage.

Grants 40% increased Rage effect
VitalitySupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the Skill is active.Lv1
CannibalismSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to recover Life on kill while the Skill is active.Lv1
Sorcery Ward(Lv20)No supports

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

No support gems detected for this skill.

Trinity(Lv18)No supports

Become attuned to all Elements building up Fire, Cold and Lightning Affinity based off the highest Elemental Damage type dealt by your Hits. Your Elemental Damage is enhanced the more Affinity of any type you have.

1% more Elemental Damage per 30 Affinity of any type
On dealing Elemental Damage with a Hit, gain 5 Affinity of the highest Elemental Damage type and lose 3 Affinity of the other types

No support gems detected for this skill.

Charge Regulation(Lv19)No supports

While active, you gain powerful Buffs based on your active Charges. However, maintaining the Buff Consumes Charges every few seconds.

15% more Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield while you have an Endurance Charge
20% more Critical Hit Chance while you have a Power Charge
20% increased Skill Speed while you have a Frenzy Charge

No support gems detected for this skill.

Sorcery Ward(Lv1)No supports

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

No support gems detected for this skill.

Enemy Explode(Lv1)No supports

No support gems detected for this skill.

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