Crossbow Shot Fragmentation Rounds Minion Witchhunter (163% Physical Damage)

Witchhunter·MercenaryPatch 0.5.0·byPublic Builds

Version 1·Updated Jul 9, 2026

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Endgame Crossbow Shot Fragmentation Rounds Minion Freeze Crit Spirit Mana

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Scored against 503 mercenary endgame builds

DamageSS

SurvivalSSS

SpeedS

UtilityA

Overview

Offense

1. Crossbow Shot

170,581

2. Fragmentation Rounds

75,509

Hit DPS

170,581

Attacks/sec

3.21

Average hit

53,183

Utility

Mana

634

Spirit

150

Gear spirit

100

Move speed

x2.05

Defense

Life

1,725

Character evasion

28,190

Gear evasion

6,160

Fire res

75%

Cold res

75%

Lightning res

75%

Chaos res

75%

Passive Tree

156

Nodes

Notables

Keystones

Key Passives

Crystal ElixirNotable

40% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills during any Flask Effect

Flask

OverwhelmNotable

-5% reduced Attack Speed

40% increased Damage with Two Handed Weapons

20% increased Stun Buildup

SpeedDamageStun

RicochetNotable

15% increased Projectile Damage

Projectile Damage

ShrapnelNotable

[Projectile|Projectiles] have 10% chance to [Chain] an additional time from terrain

Projectile

Efficient LoadingNotable

30% chance when you Reload a Crossbow to be immediate

Speed

Pressure PointsNotable

35% increased Freeze Buildup

35% increased Stun Buildup

ColdAilmentStun

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

Saqawal's TalonNotable

+5% to Cold Resistance

25% increased Armour and Evasion Rating

Cold ResistanceArmour

Effect Profile

EffectStats

Attribute›

PassiveCountTotal

to any Attribute30+150
to Intelligence2+16
increased Dexterity18%
to Dexterity1+5

Evasion›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Evasion Rating13213%
gain Deflection Rating equal to # % of Evasion Rating15%
increased Evasion Rating if you have been Hit Recently1100%
increased Evasion Rating if you haven't been Hit Recently1100%

Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Damage with Two Handed Weapons690%
increased Damage with Crossbows336%
increased Damage while affected by a Herald224%
break enemy Concentration on Hit equal to # % of Damage Dealt1100%

Ailment›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Freeze Buildup7130%
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

Speed›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Attack Speed316%
increased Projectile Speed331%
increased Skill Speed316%
chance when you Reload a Crossbow to be immediate130%

Attack Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Attack Damage675%
increased Attack Damage while moving482%
increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies348%

Projectile Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Projectile Damage13136%

Movement Speed›

PassiveCountTotal

reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving6-24%
increased Movement Speed613%

Gear

Dire Core

Gemini Crossbow

Item Level 81

Rare

Properties

Range120

Physical Damage107-386

Quality21

SocketsS S

Cold Damage119-188

Attacks per Second1.86

Critical Hit Chance5%

Total DPS744

Physical DPS458.5

Elemental DPS285.5

Requirements

Level78

Rune

20% increased Physical Damage
When socketed, transforms all Fire and Lightning modifiers to equivalent Cold modifiers

Bonded

Bonded: 25% increased Cold Damage
Bonded: 20% increased effect of Fully Broken Armour

Desecrated

163% increased Physical Damage

Implicit

Loads an additional bolt

Explicit

16% increased Attack Speed
Adds 22 to 46 Physical Damage
Adds 119 to 188 Cold Damage
+5 to Level of all Projectile Skills
+28 to Dexterity

Entropy Dome

Freebooter Cap

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Evasion1668

Quality28

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level80

Rune

+50 to all Attributes
+1 to Accuracy Rating per 1 Item Evasion Rating on Equipped Helmet

Bonded

Bonded: +1 Maximum Life per Level

Desecrated

+45% to Fire Resistance

Explicit

+203 to Evasion Rating
140% increased Evasion Rating
+47 to maximum Life
+45% to Lightning Resistance
+27% to Chaos Resistance

Kraken Hide

Corsair Coat

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Evasion3311

Movement Speed-3%

Quality29

SocketsS S S

Requirements

Level80

Rune

60% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Bonded

Bonded: +60 to maximum Life
Bonded: +60 to maximum Mana

Desecrated

+291 to Evasion Rating

Implicit

5% increased Movement Speed

Explicit

Gain Deflection Rating equal to 26% of Evasion Rating
+86 to Evasion Rating
150% increased Evasion Rating
+45% to Fire Resistance
+43% to Cold Resistance
Corrupted

Brimstone Grasp

Polished Bracers

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Evasion395

Quality20

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level80

Rune

8% increased Attack Speed
Can roll Marksman modifiers

Bonded

Bonded: 20% increased Projectile Damage
Bonded: 20% reduced Slowing Potency of Debuffs on You

Desecrated

Projectiles have 16% chance to Chain an additional time from terrain

Explicit

+159 to Evasion Rating
38% increased Projectile Speed
+2 to Level of all Projectile Skills
+45% to Cold Resistance
40% increased Projectile Damage

Atziri's Step

Cinched Boots

Item Level 76

Unique

Properties

Evasion786

Quality20

SocketsS

Requirements

Level65

Rune

5% increased Movement Speed

Bonded

Bonded: 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate

Explicit

36% increased Movement Speed
85% increased Evasion Rating
+66 to maximum Life
Gain Deflection Rating equal to 58% of Evasion Rating
Cannot be Light Stunned by Deflected Hits
+132 to Evasion Rating
Corrupted

Mageblood

Utility Belt

Item Level 80

Unique

Properties

Charm Slots3

Requirements

Level55

Implicit

Has 3 Charm Slots
20% of Flask Recovery applied Instantly

Explicit

Legacy of Stibnite
Legacy of Silver
Legacy of Quicksilver
Legacy of Quicksilver
All Mage's Legacies have 43% increased effect per duplicate Mage's Legacy you have

Golem Beads

Absent Amulet

Item Level 81

Rare

Requirements

Level78

Enchant

Allocates Kite Runner

Desecrated

6% increased Skill Speed

Implicit

-1 Prefix Modifier allowed
-1 Suffix Modifier allowed

Explicit

+50 to Spirit
70% increased Evasion Rating
+3 to Level of all Projectile Skills

Maelstrom Grasp

Gold Ring

Item Level 81

Rare

Requirements

Level40

Desecrated

+27% to Chaos Resistance

Implicit

7% increased Rarity of Items found

Explicit

Adds 26 to 46 Cold damage to Attacks
Adds 24 to 39 Physical Damage to Attacks
30% increased Cold Damage
17% increased Rarity of Items found
+15% to all Elemental Resistances
Corrupted

Hate Eye

Prismatic Ring

Item Level 81

Rare

Requirements

Level35

Desecrated

Adds 18 to 27 Cold damage to Attacks

Implicit

+12% to all Elemental Resistances

Explicit

34% increased Cold Damage
16% increased Rarity of Items found
+13% to all Elemental Resistances
+40% to Lightning Resistance
+21% to Chaos Resistance

Rite of Passage

Golden Charm

Item Level 81

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 Wolf for 20 seconds on use

Clinician's Thawing Charm of the Surgeon

Item Level 80

Magic

Properties

Quality0

Requirements

Level12

Implicit

Used when you become Frozen

Explicit

34% increased Duration
34% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy

The Fall of the Axe

Silver Charm

Item Level 82

Unique

Properties

Charges Max40

Charges Per Use20

Duration30

Quality10

Requirements

Level10

Implicit

Used when you are affected by a Slow

Explicit

Grants Onslaught during effect
Corrupted

Substantial Transcendent Life Flask of the Brewer

Item Level 76

Magic

Properties

Quality20

Requirements

Level50

Implicit

62% increased Amount Recovered
27% reduced Charges per use

Lavianga's Spirits

Gargantuan Mana Flask

Item Level 80

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
73% reduced Amount Recovered

Skills & Gems

Crossbow Shot(Lv20)5 supports

Fire a bolt from your crossbow.

Support gems

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

BrutalitySupports any skill that deals damage, boosting its Physical damage at the expense of all other Damage Types.Lv1

DefySupports Attack Skills you use yourself. Hit Damage from Supported Skills is Lucky if you are Surrounded.Lv1

RageforgedSupports any damaging skill that you use or Trigger yourself, causing it to spend Rage to deal more damage. If you don't have enough Rage to spend, the damage bonus will not apply.Lv1

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

Fragmentation Rounds(Lv21)5 supports

Load your Crossbow with Piercing bolts that fragment in flight. Bolts that hit a Frozen enemy Consume the Freeze and cause an explosion of shrapnel. Bolts that hit an Ice Crystal cause it to explode. These fragments can Merge.

Bolts Pierce 2 Targets

Support gems

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

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

Mirage Archer(Lv17)4 supports

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

Support gems

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

DeliberationSupports skills that can be used while moving, causing you to move slower while using them, but granting more damage in exchange.Lv1

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

Thunderstorm(Lv19)5 supports

Conjure a thunderstorm which causes lightning strikes and torrential rain in an area. Enemies in the area are Drenched, causing them to become Shocked or Frozen more easily. Plants in the area become Overgrown.

Deals 1 to 5 Lightning Damage

Cannot Drench enemies above level 20

Support gems

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

Blazing CriticalSupports Skills you use yourself which Hit enemies. Critical Hits with Supported Skills imbue all of your Attacks with Fire damage for a duration.Lv1

StormfireSupports any skill that Hits enemies. Enemies Shocked by Supported Skills take a percentage of damage from Ignite as Lightning damage as well as Fire damage.Lv1

Inevitable CriticalSupports any skill you use yourself that Hits enemies, causing it to accumulate Critical Hit chance over time.Lv1

InspirationSupports any skill, making it cost less to use. Cannot support skills which reserve Spirit.Lv1

Freezing Mark(Lv21)5 supports

Mark a target, making them more susceptible to being Frozen. When the Marked target is Frozen, the Mark Activates, granting you a Buff which gives extra Cold damage and Consuming the Mark. Marking another target while you have the Buff will remove the Buff.

Hits against Marked enemy cause 25% more Freeze buildup

Support gems

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

Eternal MarkSupports Mark Skills, causing them to not be Consumed the first time they are Activated.Lv1

Charged MarkSupports Mark Skills, causing them to Trigger Charged Mark when they are Activated. Charged Mark creates Shocked Ground at the target's location.Lv1

Mark Of SiphoningSupports Mark Skills, causing enemies they Mark to Leech Mana to you when you Hit them with Attacks.Lv1

InspirationSupports any skill, making it cost less to use. Cannot support skills which reserve Spirit.Lv1

Permafrost Bolts(Lv21)5 supports

Load your Crossbow with icy bolts that fragment in flight, damaging enemies on hit and in a small cone behind their final target. The icy coating on the bolts makes them extremely potent at Freezing enemies. These fragments can Merge.

200% more Magnitude of Chill inflicted

200% more Freeze Buildup

Pierces 2 targets

Support gems

Ice BiteSupports damaging skills and Warcries you use yourself. Freezing an enemy with supported skills infuses your damage with Cold damage for a short time.Lv1

AccelerationSupports Projectile skills, making those Projectiles travel faster.Lv1

Breachlords RiftLv1

Uruks SmeltingSupports any skill, causing Armour Break it inflicts to be stronger. Fully Breaking Armour with Supported Skills permanently increases the Physical Damage taken by those affected, up to a cap.Lv1

Armour ExplosionSupports Attacks and Warcries, causing them to trigger a Fiery explosion when they Fully Break an enemy's Armour.Lv1

Herald of Ice(Lv19)5 supports

While active, Shattering an enemy with a non-Herald Attack Hit will cause an icy explosion that deals Attack damage to surrounding enemies.

Support gems

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

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

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

Cold InfusionSupports any skill that deals damage, causing them to Gain Cold Damage but deal less Fire and Lightning Damage.Lv1

LongshotSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage from farther away.Lv1

Wind Dancer(Lv19)5 supports

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

Support gems

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

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

Cold InfusionSupports any skill that deals damage, causing them to Gain Cold Damage but deal less Fire and Lightning Damage.Lv1

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

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

Support gems

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

Shard Scavenger(Lv19)1 support

While active, Consuming Freeze, Shock, Ignite, or Fully Broken Armour on an enemy reloads your Crossbow, restores one cooldown use for your Grenades and grants a Buff causing Crossbow Attacks to not consume bolts for a duration. This can only occur once every few seconds.

Instantly reloads your Crossbow and restores one cooldown use for your Grenades upon Consuming Freeze, Shock, Ignite, or Fully Broken Armour Minimum duration between consumptions is 7 seconds

Support gems

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