Crossbow Shot Galvanic Shards Freeze Witchhunter (166% Physical Damage)

Witchhunter·MercenaryPatch 0.5.1·byPublic Ladder

Version 1·Updated Jun 11, 2026

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Ladder Endgame Crossbow Shot Galvanic Shards Freeze Crit Spirit Mana

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Passive Tree

135

Nodes

Notables

Keystones

Key Passives

Thrill of BattleNotable

20% increased Attack Speed while Surrounded

Speed

Efficient LoadingNotable

30% chance when you Reload a Crossbow to be immediate

Speed

Pitiless KillerNotable

Culling Strike

15% chance to Cull enemies below 20% Life

15% increased damage

Attack

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

Ceremonial AblutionNotable

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

Chaos Damage

Tactical RetreatNotable

+5 metres to Dodge Roll distance while Surrounded

10% increased Movement Speed while Surrounded

EvasionMovement Speed

Maiming StrikeNotable

25% increased Attack Damage

Attack Damage

Effect Profile

EffectStats

Attribute›

PassiveCountTotal

to any Attribute32+160
to Strength3+21
to Dexterity1+5
to all Attributes1+3

Attack Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Attack Damage while Surrounded8270%
increased Attack Damage while moving6102%
increased Attack Damage343%
increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies232%

Speed›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Attack Speed622%
increased Skill Speed316%
chance when you Reload a Crossbow to be immediate130%
increased Attack and Cast Speed with Lightning Skills18%

Movement Speed›

PassiveCountTotal

reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving6-24%
increased Movement Speed38%
increased Movement Speed if you've Killed Recently27%
increased Movement Speed while Surrounded110%

Evasion›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Evasion Rating8140%
increased Evasion Rating while Surrounded260%
increased Evasion Rating if you have Hit an Enemy Recently160%
metres to Dodge Roll distance while Surrounded1+5

Projectile Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Projectile Damage996%

Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

projectiles deal # % increased Damage with Hits against Enemies within 2m355%
increased Damage with Crossbows336%
increased Damage with Hits against Rare and Unique Enemies125%

Armour›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Armour and Evasion Rating342%
increased Evasion Rating from Equipped Body Armour1100%
less Armour and Evasion Rating1-50%

Gear

Weapon 1

Tempest Core

Elegant Crossbow

Item Level 79

Rare

Properties

Range120

Physical Damage151-474

Quality23

SocketsS S

Lightning Damage2-228

Attacks per Second1.65

Critical Hit Chance5%

Total DPS705.4

Physical DPS515.6

Elemental DPS189.8

Requirements

Level78

Rune

20% 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

Implicit

22% chance to Pierce an Enemy

Explicit

166% increased Physical Damage
Adds 55 to 94 Physical Damage
Adds 2 to 228 Lightning Damage
+3.32% to Critical Hit Chance
Leeches 9.77% of Physical Damage as Life

Crafted

+3 to Level of all Attack Skills

Helmet

Constricting Command

Viper Cap

Item Level 79

Unique

Properties

Evasion215

Quality20

SocketsS

Requirements

Level50

Enchant

+27 to Spirit

Rune

+4 to Maximum Rage

Explicit

+111 to maximum Life
+10 to all Attributes
8.5 Life Regeneration per second
Require 4 fewer enemies to be Surrounded
Corrupted

Body Armour

Hyrri's Ire

Armoured Vest

Item Level 77

Unique

Properties

Evasion1532

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

32% increased Elemental Ailment Threshold

Explicit

143% increased Evasion Rating
Gain 20% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
+33 to Dexterity
25% increased Freeze Duration on Enemies
Evasion Rating is doubled if you have not been Hit Recently

Gloves

Entropy Grip

Polished Bracers

Item Level 80

Rare

Properties

Evasion204

Quality20

SocketsS

Requirements

Level80

Rune

8% increased Attack Speed

Bonded

Bonded: 20% reduced Slowing Potency of Debuffs on You

Desecrated

+14% to Cold and Chaos Resistances

Explicit

Adds 8 to 16 Physical Damage to Attacks
Adds 12 to 18 Fire damage to Attacks
Adds 2 to 67 Lightning damage to Attacks
+36% to Lightning Resistance

Crafted

26% increased Critical Damage Bonus

Boots

Entropy Span

Cavalry Boots

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Evasion587

Quality20

SocketsS

Requirements

Level70

Rune

+18% to Cold Resistance

Bonded

Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana

Desecrated

+17% to Fire and Chaos Resistances

Explicit

35% increased Movement Speed
110% increased Evasion Rating
+42% to Cold Resistance
+18% to Chaos Resistance
+45 to Stun Threshold
Corrupted

Belt

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

Amulet

Gale Scarab

Solar Amulet

Item Level 79

Rare

Requirements

Level30

Enchant

Allocates Grace of the Ancestors

Desecrated

+17% to Cold and Chaos Resistances

Implicit

+15 to Spirit

Explicit

+50 to Spirit
+80 to maximum Energy Shield
+3 to Level of all Projectile Skills
18% of Damage taken Recouped as Mana

Crafted

27% increased Global Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Ring 1

Empyrean Knuckle

Topaz Ring

Item Level 80

Rare

Requirements

Level16

Desecrated

Adds 2 to 68 Lightning damage to Attacks

Implicit

+28% to Lightning Resistance

Explicit

Adds 18 to 31 Physical Damage to Attacks
Adds 30 to 45 Fire damage to Attacks
+14% to all Elemental Resistances
+37% to Fire Resistance

Crafted

18% increased Rarity of Items found

Ring 2

Kalandra's Touch

Ring

Item Level 79

Unique

Requirements

Level0

Implicit

Reflects opposite Ring

Charm 1

Experimenter's Stone Charm of the Mixologist

Item Level 79

Magic

Properties

Quality0

Requirements

Level8

Implicit

Used when you become Stunned

Explicit

40% increased Duration
23% reduced Charges per use

Charm 2

Nascent Hope

Thawing Charm

Item Level 82

Unique

Properties

Charges Max40

Charges Per Use40

Duration30

Quality0

Requirements

Level12

Implicit

Used when you become Frozen

Explicit

23% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy
Energy Shield Recharge starts on use

Charm 3

The Fall of the Axe

Silver Charm

Item Level 80

Unique

Properties

Charges Max40

Charges Per Use20

Duration30

Quality0

Requirements

Level10

Implicit

Used when you are affected by a Slow

Explicit

Grants Onslaught during effect

Life Flask

Viscous Ultimate Life Flask of the Abundant

Item Level 74

Magic

Properties

Quality0

Requirements

Level60

Implicit

56% increased Recovery rate
60% increased Charges

Mana Flask

Lavianga's Spirits

Gargantuan Mana Flask

Item Level 81

Unique

Properties

Charges Max75

Charges Per Use10

Duration20

Mana Per Use185

Quality0

Requirements

Level49

Implicit

This Flask cannot be Used but applies its Effect constantly
71% reduced Amount Recovered

Skills & Gems

Crossbow Shot(Lv20)6 gems

Fire a bolt from your crossbow.

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

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

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

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

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

Herald of Thunder(Lv17)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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shockburst Rounds(Lv19)5 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

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

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

Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1

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

Wind Dancer(Lv17)3 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

PrecisionSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Accuracy while the Skill is active.Lv1

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

RageSupports Melee Attacks, causing them to grant Rage on Hit.Lv1

Emergency Reload(Lv19)3 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

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

Sorcery Ward(Lv20)2 gems

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

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

Uhtreds OmenSupports Skills which can gain levels, granting them additional levels provided exactly one other support is used with the supported Skill. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1

Eternal Rage(Lv14)No supports

While active, you constantly regenerate Rage.

Regenerate 0.25 Rage per second

No support gems detected for this skill.

Sorcery Ward(Lv1)No supports

Barrier recharges after 8 seconds

No support gems detected for this skill.

Enemy Explode(Lv1)No supports

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