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Crossbow Shot Stormblast Bolts Freeze Tactician (193% Physical Damage)

Tactician·MercenaryPatch 0.5.2·byPublic Ladder
Version 1·Updated Jun 13, 2026
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Run Gear Check

Overview

Offense

1. Crossbow Shot
57,748
2. Load Stormblast Bolts
31,833
Hit DPS
56,282
Attacks/sec
2.01
Average hit
27,944

Utility

Mana
756
Spirit
293
Gear spirit
102
Move speed
x1.73

Defense

Life
2,605
ES
421
Gear ES
290
Character armour
14,797
Gear armour
1,484
Gear evasion
1,561
Fire res
75%
Cold res
75%
Lightning res
75%
Chaos res
75%

Passive Tree

136
Nodes
33
Notables
1
Keystones

Key Passives

Ignore PainNotable
Every Rage also grants 2% increased Stun Threshold
Stun
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
Crushing VerdictNotable
50% increased Attack Damage
-5% reduced Attack Speed
30% increased Stun Buildup
Attack DamageSpeedStun
Forces of NatureNotable
Attack Damage Penetrates 15% of Enemy Elemental Resistances
Elemental Penetration
Tactical RetreatNotable
+5 metres to Dodge Roll distance while Surrounded
10% increased Movement Speed while Surrounded
EvasionMovement Speed
GiantslayerNotable
20% increased Accuracy Rating against Rare or Unique Enemies
25% increased Damage with Hits against Rare and Unique Enemies
AccuracyDamage
PolymathyNotable
7% increased Attributes
Attribute

Effect Profile

EffectStats
Attribute
PassiveCountTotal
  • to any Attribute31+155
  • to all Attributes9+27
  • to Strength4+33
  • to Dexterity3+21
Armour
PassiveCountTotal
  • break # % increased Armour5110%
  • increased Armour455%
  • of Armour also applies to Elemental Damage430%
  • increased effect of Fully Broken Armour335%
Attack Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Damage while Surrounded8270%
  • increased Attack Damage while moving6102%
  • increased Attack Damage486%
  • increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies232%
Life
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Life Regeneration rate335%
  • increased Attack Damage while on Low Life125%
  • increased Attack Damage while you have no Life Flask uses left125%
  • increased Maximum Life if you have at least # Red Support Gems Socketed15%
Movement Speed
PassiveCountTotal
  • reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving5-19%
  • increased Movement Speed if you have at least # Green Support Gems Socketed15%
  • increased Movement Speed while Surrounded110%
Speed
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Speed316%
  • increased Attack and Cast Speed with Lightning Skills18%
  • increased Attack Speed while Surrounded120%
  • reduced Attack Speed1-5%
Evasion
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Evasion Rating while Surrounded4100%
  • gain # % of Evasion Rating as extra Ailment Threshold1100%
  • metres to Dodge Roll distance while Surrounded1+5
  • to Evasion Rating1+8
Ailment
PassiveCountTotal
  • 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
  • immune to Shock if a majority of your Socketed Support Gems are Green1+1
  • increased Ailment and Stun Threshold while Surrounded140%

Gear

Weapon 1

Gale Core

Gemini Crossbow

Item Level 81
Rare
Properties
Range120
Physical Damage88-351
Quality20
SocketsS S
Fire Damage141-210
Attacks per Second1.81
Critical Hit Chance5%
Total DPS715
Physical DPS397.3
Elemental DPS317.7
Requirements
Level78
Rune
  • 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: 8% chance to gain an additional random Charge when you gain a Charge
Desecrated
  • 13% increased Attack Speed
Implicit
  • Loads an additional bolt
Explicit
  • 193% increased Physical Damage
  • Adds 141 to 210 Fire Damage
  • +214 to Accuracy Rating
  • 15% increased Light Radius
Crafted
  • +3 to Level of all Attack Skills
Helmet

Constricting Command

Viper Cap

Item Level 80
Unique
Properties
Evasion215
Quality20
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level50
Rune
  • Enemies you Curse take 6% increased Damage
  • +4 to Maximum Rage
Bonded
  • Bonded: 20% increased Area of Effect of Curses
Explicit
  • +119 to maximum Life
  • +15 to all Attributes
  • 8.2 Life Regeneration per second
  • Require 4 fewer enemies to be Surrounded
  • Corrupted
Body Armour

Morior Invictus

Grand Regalia

Item Level 84
Unique
Properties
Armour1055
Energy Shield290
Evasion956
Movement Speed-4%
Quality20
SocketsS S S S S
Requirements
Level65
Rune
  • +210 to maximum Life
  • +18% to Fire Resistance
  • 15% of Damage is taken from Mana before Life
Bonded
  • Bonded: +80 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +80 to maximum Mana
  • Bonded: 8% of Maximum Life Converted to Energy Shield
Explicit
  • 383% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
  • +10% to Chaos Resistance per Socket filled
  • +51 to maximum Life per Socket filled
  • +12 to Spirit per Socket filled
  • Corrupted
Gloves

Pain Mitts

Blacksteel Gauntlets

Item Level 81
Rare
Properties
Armour124
Evasion113
Quality20
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level80
Rune
  • 30% increased Magnitude of Non-Damaging Ailments you inflict
  • Can roll Marksman modifiers
Bonded
  • Bonded: 15% increased Duration of Elemental Ailments on Enemies
  • Bonded: 20% increased Projectile Damage
Desecrated
  • 40% increased Projectile Damage
Explicit
  • +2 to Level of all Projectile Skills
  • Adds 15 to 26 Fire damage to Attacks
  • 36% increased Projectile Speed
  • Leech 7.37% of Physical Attack Damage as Mana
  • +62% Surpassing chance to fire an additional Projectile
Boots

Empyrean Hoof

Blacksteel Sabatons

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Armour305
Evasion277
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level80
Rune
  • +18% to Fire Resistance
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • +134 to maximum Life
Explicit
  • 35% increased Movement Speed
  • 65% increased Armour and Evasion
  • +26 to Strength
  • +42% to Cold Resistance
  • 21.2 Life Regeneration per second
  • Corrupted
Belt

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 Basalt
  • Legacy of Silver
  • Legacy of Bismuth
  • Legacy of Quicksilver
  • All Mage's Legacies have 29% increased effect per duplicate Mage's Legacy you have
Amulet

Dread Beads

Bloodstone Amulet

Item Level 82
Rare
Requirements
Level18
Enchant
  • Allocates Storm's Rebuke
Implicit
  • +40 to maximum Life
Explicit
  • +3 to Level of all Projectile Skills
  • 57% increased Armour
  • +39 to Spirit
  • +27 to Dexterity
  • +18% to all Elemental Resistances
Crafted
  • 30% increased Global Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Ring 1

Kalandra's Touch

Ring

Item Level 81
Unique
Requirements
Level0
Implicit
  • Reflects opposite Ring
Ring 2

Empyrean Grasp

Topaz Ring

Item Level 79
Rare
Requirements
Level16
Desecrated
  • Adds 20 to 36 Fire damage to Attacks
Implicit
  • +26% to Lightning Resistance
Explicit
  • Adds 14 to 33 Physical Damage to Attacks
  • Adds 24 to 36 Cold damage to Attacks
  • 18% increased Rarity of Items found
  • +10% to all Elemental Resistances
Crafted
  • +23% to Chaos Resistance
Charm 1

Bright Thawing Charm of the Sylvan

Item Level 69
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level12
Implicit
  • Used when you become Frozen
Explicit
  • Gains 0.25 Charges per Second
  • Also grants 193 Guard
Charm 2

The Fall of the Axe

Silver Charm

Item Level 79
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
Charm 3

Rite of Passage

Golden Charm

Item Level 66
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 Boar for 16 seconds on use
Life Flask

Bubbling Ultimate Life Flask of the Practitioner

Item Level 69
Magic
Properties
Quality20
Requirements
Level60
Implicit
  • 28% of Recovery applied Instantly
  • 18% reduced Charges per use
Mana Flask

Lavianga's Spirits

Gargantuan Mana Flask

Item Level 79
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)7 gems

Fire a bolt from your crossbow.

ScattershotSupports Projectile skills, making them fire extra Projectiles. Also lowers Attack and Cast speed of supported skills, as well as lessening their damage.Lv1
PinSupports any skill that Hits enemies, allowing its Physical damage to Pin enemies but making it unable to Stun.Lv1
BlindSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to Blind on Hit.Lv1
MaimSupports Attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.Lv1
DeliberationSupports skills that can be used while moving, causing you to move slower while using them, but granting more damage in exchange.Lv1
InnervateSupports damaging skills you use yourself. Killing a Shocked enemy with supported skills imbues your damage with Lightning damage for a short time.Lv1
Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.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
Bone ShrapnelSupports Skills which Hit Enemies. Supported Skills trigger Bone Shrapnel explosions when killing Pinned Enemies.Lv1
Exploit WeaknessSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to deal more Damage against enemies with Broken Armour but preventing them from Breaking Armour themselves. Cannot support skills that Consume Broken Armour.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
LongshotSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage from farther away.Lv1
Deadly HeraldsSupports Herald Skills, making their triggered effects deal more damage at the expense of higher Spirit cost.Lv1
Stormblast Bolts(Lv19)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.

Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
DeliberationSupports skills that can be used while moving, causing you to move slower while using them, but granting more damage in exchange.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
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
Mirage Archer(Lv15)4 gems

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
Nimble ReloadSupports Crossbow Ammunition Skills, causing them to Reload bolts significantly faster.Lv1
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
DeliberationSupports skills that can be used while moving, causing you to move slower while using them, but granting more damage in exchange.Lv1
Blasphemy(Lv19)4 gems

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

Supported Curses have 50% less Magnitudes
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
VitalitySupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the Skill is active.Lv1
Heightened CurseSupports Curse Skills, magnifying their power.Lv1
Galvanic Shards(Lv19)5 gems

Load your Crossbow with charged bolts that fragment in flight, releasing Chaining Lightning beams when they Hit enemies. These fragments can Merge.

Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1
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
Armour ExplosionSupports Attacks and Warcries, causing them to trigger a Fiery explosion when they Fully Break an enemy's Armour.Lv1
Pietys MercySupports Projectile skills and any other skills that Chain, causing them to Chain more times.Lv1
Trinity(Lv21)3 gems

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
Fire MasterySupports Fire 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
CannibalismSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to recover Life on kill while the Skill is active.Lv1
Berserk(Lv19)3 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
PrecisionSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Accuracy while the Skill is active.Lv1
Shard Scavenger(Lv18)2 gems

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
Fire MasterySupports Fire skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1
Eternal Rage(Lv17)2 gems

While active, you constantly regenerate Rage.

Regenerate 0.25 Rage per second
Her DeclarationLv1
Seraphs HeartLv1

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