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Crossbow Shot Permafrost Bolts Minion Witchhunter (176% Physical Damage)

Witchhunter·MercenaryPatch 0.5.0·byPublic Builds
Version 1·Updated Jul 2, 2026
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Overview

Offense

1. Crossbow Shot
308,581
2. Permafrost Bolts
112,302
Hit DPS
308,581
Attacks/sec
2.82
Average hit
109,289

Utility

Mana
643
Spirit
100
Move speed
x1.82

Defense

Life
1,797
Character evasion
18,553
Gear evasion
4,495
Fire res
75%
Cold res
75%
Lightning res
75%
Chaos res
69%

Passive Tree

154
Nodes
37
Notables
0
Keystones

Key Passives

Crystal ElixirNotable
40% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills during any Flask Effect
Flask
Thrill of BattleNotable
20% increased Attack Speed while Surrounded
Speed
Battle-hardenedNotable
Hits against you have 20% reduced Critical Damage Bonus
+5 to Strength
+5 to Dexterity
20% increased Armour and Evasion Rating
CriticalAttributeArmour
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
Obsessive RitualsNotable
-50% less Armour and Evasion Rating
Armour
Reusable AmmunitionNotable
Bolts fired by Crossbow Attacks have 30% chance to not expend Ammunition if you've Reloaded Recently
ProjectileWeapon
Primal SunderingNotable
8% increased Area of Effect for Attacks
Damage Penetrates 12% Elemental Resistances
AreaElemental Penetration

Effect Profile

EffectStats
Attribute
PassiveCountTotal
  • to any Attribute32+160
  • to Dexterity5+36
  • to Strength2+10
  • to Intelligence2+18
Attack Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Damage while Surrounded8270%
  • increased Attack Damage563%
  • increased Attack Damage while moving482%
  • increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies348%
Evasion
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Evasion Rating11185%
  • gain Deflection Rating equal to # % of Evasion Rating217%
  • increased Evasion Rating while moving140%
  • metres to Dodge Roll distance while Surrounded1+5
Speed
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Speed412%
  • increased Skill Speed316%
  • increased Crossbow Reload Speed345%
  • chance when you Reload a Crossbow to be immediate130%
Elemental Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Elemental Damage with Attacks8104%
  • increased Elemental Damage324%
  • increased Damage for each type of Elemental Ailment on Enemy120%
Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Damage against Immobilised Enemies350%
  • increased Damage with Crossbows336%
  • increased Damage while affected by a Herald224%
  • enemies you Mark take # % increased Damage110%
Accuracy
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Accuracy Rating427%
  • enemies you Mark have -#% reduced Accuracy Rating1-10%
  • gain Accuracy Rating equal to your Intelligence1+1
  • increased Accuracy Rating against Rare or Unique Enemies120%
Projectile Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Projectile Damage996%

Gear

Ghoul Core

Desolate Crossbow

Item Level 84
Rare
Properties
Range120
Physical Damage170-606
Quality20
SocketsS S
Attacks per Second1.6
Critical Hit Chance5%
Total DPS620.8
Physical DPS620.8
Requirements
Level77
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
Desecrated
  • 74% increased Physical Damage
  • +163 to Accuracy Rating
Explicit
  • 176% increased Physical Damage
  • Adds 41 to 91 Physical Damage
  • Loads 2 additional bolts
  • Gain 38 Mana per enemy killed
Crafted
  • +3 to Level of all Attack Skills

Constricting Command

Viper Cap

Item Level 80
Unique
Properties
Evasion215
Quality20
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level50
Rune
  • 2% increased Experience gain
  • +4 to Maximum Rage
Bonded
  • Bonded: +10% to all Elemental Resistances
Explicit
  • +115 to maximum Life
  • +13 to all Attributes
  • 8 Life Regeneration per second
  • Require 4 fewer enemies to be Surrounded
  • Corrupted

Carrion Veil

Slipstrike Vest

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Evasion3519
Movement Speed-3%
Quality26
SocketsS S S
Requirements
Level70
Rune
  • 60% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +60 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +60 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • +294 to Evasion Rating
Explicit
  • 110% increased Evasion Rating
  • +88 to Evasion Rating
  • 40% increased Evasion Rating
  • +52% to Chaos Resistance
  • Gain Deflection Rating equal to 23% of Evasion Rating
  • Corrupted

Viper Knuckle

Stalking Bracers

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Evasion178
Quality20
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level65
Enchant
  • Damage Penetrates 15% Cold Resistance
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
  • 38% increased Projectile Damage
Explicit
  • 40% increased Projectile Speed
  • Adds 16 to 29 Cold damage to Attacks
  • +2 to Level of all Projectile Skills
  • Projectiles have 30% chance to Chain an additional time from terrain
  • Corrupted
Crafted
  • 26% increased Critical Damage Bonus

Invasion Road

Dragonscale Boots

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Evasion583
Quality20
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level75
Rune
  • 5% increased Movement Speed
  • Your speed is unaffected by Slows
Bonded
  • Bonded: 5% increased Movement Speed
  • Bonded: 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
Desecrated
  • 99% increased Evasion Rating
Explicit
  • 35% increased Movement Speed
  • +108 to maximum Life
  • +41% to Cold Resistance
  • +42% to Lightning Resistance
  • Gain Deflection Rating equal to 22% of Evasion Rating
  • Corrupted

Mageblood

Utility Belt

Item Level 81
Unique
Properties
Charm Slots3
Requirements
Level55
Implicit
  • Has 3 Charm Slots
  • 20% of Flask Recovery applied Instantly
Explicit
  • Legacy of Quicksilver
  • Legacy of Silver
  • Legacy of Bismuth
  • Legacy of Stibnite
  • All Mage's Legacies have 44% increased effect per duplicate Mage's Legacy you have

Kraken Beads

Absent Amulet

Item Level 81
Rare
Requirements
Level78
Enchant
  • Allocates Climate Change
Desecrated
  • 64% increased Evasion Rating from Equipped Body Armour
Implicit
  • -1 Prefix Modifier allowed
  • -1 Suffix Modifier allowed
Explicit
  • +3 to Level of all Projectile Skills
  • +18% to all Elemental Resistances
Crafted
  • 40% increased Global Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Eagle Finger

Breach Ring

Item Level 82
Rare
Requirements
Level40
Desecrated
  • +17% to Lightning and Chaos Resistances
Implicit
  • +20% to Maximum Quality
Explicit
  • Adds 21 to 43 Physical Damage to Attacks
  • Adds 39 to 63 Fire damage to Attacks
  • Adds 33 to 50 Cold damage to Attacks
  • +14% to all Elemental Resistances
  • +45% to Fire Resistance

Empyrean Band

Gold Ring

Item Level 81
Rare
Requirements
Level40
Desecrated
  • Adds 16 to 43 Physical Damage to Attacks
Implicit
  • 15% increased Rarity of Items found
Explicit
  • Adds 30 to 49 Cold damage to Attacks
  • Adds 39 to 63 Fire damage to Attacks
  • +32 to Dexterity
  • +32 to Intelligence
  • +13% to all Elemental Resistances

Nascent Hope

Thawing Charm

Item Level 78
Unique
Properties
Charges Max40
Charges Per Use40
Duration30
Quality0
Requirements
Level12
Implicit
  • Used when you become Frozen
Explicit
  • 24% 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 Wolf for 17 seconds on use

Sanguis Heroum

Staunching Charm

Item Level 71
Unique
Properties
Charges Max40
Charges Per Use30
Duration30
Quality0
Requirements
Level18
Implicit
  • Used when you start Bleeding
Explicit
  • Gains 0.18 Charges per Second
  • Creates Consecrated Ground on use

Seething Ultimate Life Flask of the Sylvan

Item Level 81
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level60
Implicit
  • Gains 0.25 Charges per Second
  • 50% reduced Amount Recovered
  • Instant Recovery

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
  • 70% reduced Amount Recovered

Skills & Gems

Crossbow Shot(Lv20)5 gems

Fire a bolt from your crossbow.

LacerateSupports any skill that Hits enemies, giving it a chance to inflict Bleeding.Lv1
Life ThiefSupports Attacks, causing their Physical damage to Leech Life.Lv1
Double BarrelSupports Crossbow Ammunition Skills, causing them to load an extra bolt at the cost of reload speed.Lv1
DemolisherSupports any skill, causing Armour Break it inflicts to be stronger.Lv1
ExecuteSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more damage against enemies on Low Life.Lv1
Permafrost Bolts(Lv21)5 gems

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
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
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
AccelerationSupports Projectile skills, making those Projectiles travel faster.Lv1
Rakiatas FlowSupports Skills that can cause Damaging Hits, causing those Hits to treat Enemy Elemental Resistances as inverted.Lv1
DefySupports Attack Skills you use yourself. Hit Damage from Supported Skills is Lucky if you are Surrounded.Lv1
Fragmentation Rounds(Lv21)5 gems

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
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
Elemental FocusSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more Elemental Damage but be unable to inflict Elemental Ailments.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
Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Lv1
Freezing Mark(Lv20)5 gems

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
Eternal MarkSupports Mark Skills, causing them to not be Consumed the first time they are Activated.Lv1
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.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
Lightning ExposureSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to inflict Exposure when inflicting Shock.Lv1
Mark Of SiphoningSupports Mark Skills, causing enemies they Mark to Leech Mana to you when you Hit them with Attacks.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
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
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
Herald of Ash(Lv17)5 gems

While active, enemies you sufficiently Overkill with non-Herald Attacks will cause an explosion that Ignites nearby enemies based on the Overkill damage dealt.

Fast ForwardSupports any skill that has a duration making that duration shorter.Lv1
AcrimonySupports Skills which can Damage Enemies. Enemies affected by Damage over time from Supported Skills which was not caused by a Damaging Ailment have reduced Life regeneration rate. Only the strongest instance of this Debuff will apply. Does not Support Skills used by Minions.Lv1
Fire MasterySupports Fire skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1
Swift AfflictionSupports any skill that deals damage, causing it to deal more non-Ailment damage over time but have a shorter duration.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Herald of Ice(Lv21)5 gems

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

ExecuteSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more damage against enemies on Low Life.Lv1
Cold InfusionSupports any skill that deals damage, causing them to Gain Cold Damage but deal less Fire and Lightning Damage.Lv1
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
Thunderstorm(Lv20)4 gems

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
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
Inevitable CriticalSupports any skill you use yourself that Hits enemies, causing it to accumulate Critical Hit chance over time.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
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
Fire MasterySupports Fire skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1
DemolisherSupports any skill, causing Armour Break it inflicts to be stronger.Lv1
Eternal Rage(Lv18)2 gems

While active, you constantly regenerate Rage.

Regenerate 0.25 Rage per second
PrecisionSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Accuracy while the Skill is active.Lv1
DemolisherSupports any skill, causing Armour Break it inflicts to be stronger.Lv1
Shard Scavenger(Lv19)1 gem

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
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
Berserk(Lv17)No supports

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

Grants 40% increased Rage effect

No support gems detected for this skill.

Enemy Explode(Lv1)No supports

No support gems detected for this skill.

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