Crossbow Shot Permafrost Bolts Freeze Witchhunter (152% Physical Damage)

Witchhunter·MercenaryPatch 0.5.0·byPublic Builds

Version 1·Updated Jul 9, 2026

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Endgame Crossbow Shot Permafrost Bolts Freeze Crit Spirit Mana Lightning

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Scored against 503 mercenary endgame builds

DamageSSS

SurvivalD

SpeedA

UtilityC

Overview

Offense

1. Crossbow Shot

726,092

2. Permafrost Bolts

385,324

Hit DPS

726,092

Attacks/sec

2.74

Average hit

265,407

Utility

Mana

659

Spirit

189

Gear spirit

136

Move speed

x1.80

Defense

Life

1,699

Character evasion

5,581

Gear evasion

2,457

Fire res

75%

Cold res

66%

Lightning res

77%

Chaos res

75%

Passive Tree

144

Nodes

Notables

Keystones

Key Passives

Thrill of BattleNotable

20% increased Attack Speed while Surrounded

Speed

Judge, Jury, and ExecutionerNotable

Decimating Strike

Attack

Power ShotsNotable

-15% reduced Attack Speed with Crossbows

80% increased Critical Damage Bonus with Crossbows

SpeedCritical

Pitiless KillerNotable

Culling Strike

15% chance to Cull enemies below 20% Life

15% increased damage

Attack

True StrikeNotable

+10 to Dexterity

20% increased Critical Hit Chance

AttributeCritical

Obsessive RitualsNotable

-50% less Armour and Evasion Rating

Armour

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

Effect Profile

EffectStats

Attribute›

PassiveCountTotal

to any Attribute38+190
to Intelligence4+38
to Strength4+31
to Dexterity3+25

Critical›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Critical Damage Bonus13305%
increased Critical Hit Chance350%
increased Critical Hit Chance for Attacks326%
increased Critical Hit Chance with Crossbows330%

Evasion›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Evasion Rating12191%
gain Deflection Rating equal to # % of Evasion Rating425%
increased Evasion Rating while Surrounded260%
increased Evasion Rating if you haven't been Hit Recently1100%

Attack Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Attack Damage while Surrounded8270%
increased Attack Damage while moving482%
increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies232%
increased Attack Damage if you have been Heavy Stunned Recently125%

Speed›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Projectile Speed430%
increased Skill Speed316%
increased Attack Speed14%
increased Attack Speed per # Accuracy Rating, up to # %11%

Projectile Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Projectile Damage996%

Accuracy›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Accuracy Rating324%
gain Accuracy Rating equal to your Intelligence1+1
increased Accuracy Rating against Rare or Unique Enemies120%
reduced Accuracy Rating while moving1-20%

Movement Speed›

PassiveCountTotal

reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving3-12%
increased Movement Speed26%
increased Movement Speed while Surrounded110%

Gear

Tempest Core

Gemini Crossbow

Item Level 84

Rare

Properties

Range120

Physical Damage133-418

Quality22

SocketsS S S

Cold Damage115-186

Attacks per Second1.6

Critical Hit Chance5%

Total DPS681.6

Physical DPS440.8

Elemental DPS240.8

Requirements

Level78

Rune

20% increased Physical Damage
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: 20% increased effect of Fully Broken Armour
Bonded: 8% chance to gain an additional random Charge when you gain a Charge

Desecrated

152% increased Physical Damage

Implicit

Loads an additional bolt

Explicit

Adds 115 to 186 Cold Damage
Adds 51 to 89 Physical Damage
+4.91% to Critical Hit Chance
Loads 2 additional bolts

Crafted

+3 to Level of all Attack Skills

Constricting Command

Viper Cap

Item Level 80

Unique

Properties

Evasion215

Quality20

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level60

Enchant

Allocates Zarokh's Gift

Rune

Projectiles have 15% chance to Fork
Raven-Touched

Bonded

Bonded: Projectiles have 25% chance for an additional Projectile when Forking

Explicit

+106 to maximum Life
+15 to all Attributes
10.9 Life Regeneration per second
Require 4 fewer enemies to be Surrounded

Hyrri's Ire

Armoured Vest

Item Level 82

Unique

Properties

Evasion1115

Movement Speed-3%

Quality20

SocketsS S S S

Requirements

Level73

Enchant

4% additional Physical Damage Reduction

Rune

10% increased Movement Speed when on Full Life
+3 to Spirit per Idol socketed in your Equipment
10% increased Deflection Rating
100% increased Evasion Rating when on Full Life
Idols socketed in this item gain the benefits of their Bonded modifiers

Bonded

Bonded: 20% increased Evasion Rating
Bonded: +5% to Quality of all Skills
Bonded: +12% to Cold Resistance
Bonded: 5% increased Spirit

Implicit

39% increased Elemental Ailment Threshold

Explicit

106% increased Evasion Rating
Gain 20% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
+31 to Dexterity
25% increased Freeze Duration on Enemies
Evasion Rating is doubled if you have not been Hit Recently
Corrupted

Beast Claw

Stalking Bracers

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Evasion317

Quality0

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level65

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

Adds 9 to 14 Fire damage to Attacks

Explicit

+169 to Evasion Rating
Adds 14 to 22 Cold damage to Attacks
+2 to Level of all Projectile Skills
+42% to Fire Resistance

Crafted

28% increased Critical Damage Bonus

Domination Track

Serpentscale Boots

Item Level 84

Rare

Properties

Evasion810

Quality20

SocketsS

Requirements

Level59

Rune

+11% to Chaos Resistance

Desecrated

+17% to Cold and Chaos Resistances

Explicit

35% increased Movement Speed
+172 to Evasion Rating
80% increased Evasion Rating
+42% to Lightning Resistance
+27% to Chaos Resistance

Mageblood

Utility Belt

Item Level 80

Unique

Properties

Charm Slots2

Requirements

Level55

Implicit

Has 2 Charm Slots
20% of Flask Recovery applied Instantly

Explicit

Legacy of Silver
Legacy of Sulphur
Legacy of Diamond
Legacy of Quicksilver
All Mage's Legacies have 26% increased effect per duplicate Mage's Legacy you have

Honour Charm

Solar Amulet

Item Level 82

Rare

Requirements

Level30

Enchant

Allocates Stimulants

Desecrated

70% increased Evasion Rating

Implicit

+15 to Spirit

Explicit

+50 to Spirit
+3 to Level of all Projectile Skills
+18% to all Elemental Resistances
+25% to Chaos Resistance

Crafted

37% increased Global Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Blight Whorl

Breach Ring

Item Level 79

Rare

Requirements

Level40

Desecrated

Adds 20 to 49 Physical Damage to Attacks

Implicit

+20% to Maximum Quality

Explicit

Adds 46 to 65 Fire damage to Attacks
Adds 33 to 59 Cold damage to Attacks
+36% to Fire Resistance
+38% to Cold Resistance
+39% to Lightning Resistance

Kalandra's Touch

Ring

Item Level 80

Unique

Requirements

Level0

Implicit

Reflects opposite Ring

Dawnlit Thawing Charm of the Verdant

Item Level 38

Magic

Properties

Quality0

Requirements

Level12

Implicit

Used when you become Frozen

Explicit

Gains 0.20 Charges per Second
Also grants 116 Guard

Beira's Anguish

Dousing Charm

Item Level 79

Unique

Properties

Charges Max40

Charges Per Use30

Duration30

Quality0

Requirements

Level32

Implicit

Used when you become Ignited

Explicit

24% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy
Creates Ignited Ground for 4 seconds when used, Igniting enemies as though dealing Fire damage equal to 500% of your maximum Life

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 Cat for 20 seconds on use

Full-bodied Ultimate Life Flask of the Surgeon

Item Level 77

Magic

Properties

Quality10

Requirements

Level60

Implicit

53% increased Amount Recovered
33% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy

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
70% reduced Amount Recovered

Skills & Gems

Crossbow Shot(Lv20)5 supports

Fire a bolt from your crossbow.

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

GlaciationSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making it more effective at Freezing enemies.Lv1

RicochetSupports any Skill which creates Projectiles, giving those Projectiles a chance to Chain when impacting terrain.Lv1

EmbitterSupports Skills which can Damage Enemies with Hits, causing all sources of Damage Gained to instead be treated as Damage Gained as extra Cold for Supported Skills.Lv1

Pinpoint CriticalSupports any skill that Hits Enemies, causing it to Critically Hit more often but deal less damage with Critical Hits.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

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

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

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

Mirage Archer(Lv19)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

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

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

Nova ProjectilesSupports Projectile Skills, making them fire Projectiles in a circle. Does not Support Skills which rain down Projectiles from above.Lv1

Frost NexusSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to create patches of Chilled Ground around Frozen enemies.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

GlaciationSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making it more effective at Freezing 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

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

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

AccelerationSupports Projectile skills, making those Projectiles travel faster.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

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

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

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

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

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

Thunderstorm(Lv19)4 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

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

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

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

Sorcery Ward(Lv20)3 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

Support gems

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

Arcane TempoSupports Spells, causing them to cast faster.Lv1

Strip AwaySupports Skills which apply Exposure to Enemies, increasing the effect of applied Exposure.Lv1

Shard Scavenger(Lv19)3 supports

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