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Crossbow Shot Stormblast Bolts Grenade Witchhunter (+5 Projectile Skills)

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

Overview

Offense

1. Crossbow Shot
96,056
2. On Kill Monster Explosion
46,068
Hit DPS
89,341
Attacks/sec
2.45
Average hit
36,478

Utility

Mana
568
Spirit
280
Gear spirit
360
Move speed
x1.51

Defense

Life
1,641
Character evasion
9,836
Gear evasion
3,852
Fire res
75%
Cold res
75%
Lightning res
75%
Chaos res
75%

Passive Tree

148
Nodes
36
Notables
0
Keystones

Key Passives

Battle-hardenedNotable
Hits against you have 20% reduced Critical Damage Bonus
+5 to Strength
+5 to Dexterity
20% increased Armour and Evasion Rating
CriticalAttributeArmour
Obsessive RitualsNotable
-50% less Armour and Evasion Rating
Armour
Lightning RodNotable
30% chance for Lightning Damage with Hits to be Lucky
Lightning Damage
Primal SunderingNotable
8% increased Area of Effect for Attacks
Damage Penetrates 12% Elemental Resistances
AreaElemental Penetration
Escape VelocityNotable
3% increased Movement Speed
30% increased Evasion Rating
Movement SpeedEvasion
Lightning QuickNotable
8% increased Attack and Cast Speed with Lightning Skills
14% increased Lightning Damage
SpeedLightning Damage
Light on your FeetNotable
3% increased Movement Speed
Movement Speed
FrazzledNotable
15% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
30% increased Magnitude of Shock you inflict
ManaLightningAilment

Effect Profile

EffectStats
Attribute
PassiveCountTotal
  • to any Attribute28+140
  • to Strength6+42
  • to Dexterity3+20
  • to all Attributes2+6
Movement Speed
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Movement Speed1021%
  • reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving6-24%
  • increased Movement Speed if you've Killed Recently27%
  • ignore all Movement Penalties from Armour1+1
Attack Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Damage while moving6102%
  • increased Attack Damage563%
  • increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies348%
Evasion
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Evasion Rating8133%
  • gain Deflection Rating equal to # % of Evasion Rating112%
  • increased Evasion Rating if you have Hit an Enemy Recently160%
  • increased Evasion Rating while moving140%
Speed
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Speed316%
  • increased Skill Speed316%
  • increased Attack Speed while a Rare or Unique Enemy is in your Presence312%
  • increased Attack and Cast Speed with Lightning Skills18%
Ailment
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Magnitude of Shock you inflict475%
  • 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
Armour
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Armour and Evasion Rating7106%
  • less Armour and Evasion Rating1-50%
Elemental Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Elemental Damage with Attacks8104%

Gear

Weapon 1

Rage Core

Siege Crossbow

Item Level 81
Rare
Properties
Range120
Physical Damage35-138
Quality20
SocketsS S
Cold Damage106-159
Lightning Damage3-685
Attacks per Second1.96
Critical Hit Chance5%
Total DPS1103.5
Physical DPS169.5
Elemental DPS933.9
Requirements
Level79
Rune
  • 50% increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies
  • Transforms all Fire and Cold modifiers on the item into equivalent Lightning modifiers
Bonded
  • Bonded: 25% increased Lightning Damage
  • Bonded: +1 to Level of all Attack Skills
Desecrated
  • Adds 106 to 159 Cold Damage
Implicit
  • Grenade Skills Fire an additional Projectile
Explicit
  • +5 to Level of all Projectile Skills
  • Adds 3 to 685 Lightning Damage
  • 19% increased Attack Speed
Crafted
  • 21% chance to gain Onslaught on Killing Hits with this Weapon
Helmet

Alpha's Howl

Armoured Cap

Item Level 82
Unique
Properties
Evasion742
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level65
Rune
  • +4 to Maximum Rage
Explicit
  • 109% increased Evasion Rating
  • +120 to Spirit
  • +89% to Cold Resistance
  • Presence Radius is doubled
  • Corrupted
Body Armour

Hyrri's Ire

Armoured Vest

Item Level 80
Unique
Properties
Evasion1483
Movement Speed-3%
Quality20
SocketsS S S
Requirements
Level73
Rune
  • 40% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
  • 12% increased Rarity of Items found
Bonded
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Mana
  • Bonded: 10% increased Quantity of Gold Dropped by Slain Enemies
Implicit
  • 35% increased Elemental Ailment Threshold
Explicit
  • 134% increased Evasion Rating
  • Gain 20% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
  • +32 to Dexterity
  • 25% increased Freeze Duration on Enemies
  • Evasion Rating is doubled if you have not been Hit Recently
  • Corrupted
Gloves

Blood Nails

Barbed Bracers

Item Level 81
Rare
Properties
Evasion765
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level75
Rune
  • Adds 5 to 12 Physical Damage to Attacks
Bonded
  • Bonded: Fissure Skills have +2 to Limit
Explicit
  • +176 to Evasion Rating
  • 88% increased Evasion Rating
  • Adds 12 to 18 Cold damage to Attacks
  • +38% to Fire Resistance
  • Gain Deflection Rating equal to 21% of Evasion Rating
  • Leech 9.88% of Physical Attack Damage as Life
Boots

Corruption Pace

Drakeskin Boots

Item Level 83
Rare
Properties
Evasion862
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level80
Rune
  • 5% increased Movement Speed
Bonded
  • Bonded: 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
Desecrated
  • 20% increased Movement Speed
Explicit
  • +144 to Evasion Rating
  • 80% increased Evasion Rating
  • +44% to Fire Resistance
  • +44% to Lightning Resistance
  • Gain Deflection Rating equal to 22% of Evasion Rating
Belt

Headhunter

Heavy Belt

Item Level 81
Unique
Properties
Charm Slots2
Requirements
Level50
Implicit
  • 28% increased Stun Threshold
  • Has 2 Charm Slots
Explicit
  • +60 to maximum Life
  • +21 to Strength
  • +38 to Dexterity
  • When you kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds
Amulet

Glyph Torc

Solar Amulet

Item Level 82
Rare
Requirements
Level30
Enchant
  • Allocates Grace of the Ancestors
Desecrated
  • 67% increased Evasion Rating from Equipped Body Armour
Implicit
  • +10 to Spirit
Explicit
  • +50 to Spirit
  • +3 to Level of all Projectile Skills
  • +44% to Fire Resistance
  • +38% to Cold Resistance
Crafted
  • 40% increased Global Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Ring 1

Behemoth Grasp

Amethyst Ring

Item Level 82
Rare
Requirements
Level20
Desecrated
  • 15% increased Rarity of Items found
Implicit
  • +12% to Chaos Resistance
Explicit
  • Adds 5 to 98 Lightning damage to Attacks
  • 18% increased Rarity of Items found
  • +66% to Lightning Resistance
  • +26% to Chaos Resistance
Crafted
  • 26% increased Explicit Resistance Modifier magnitudes
Ring 2

Kalandra's Touch

Ring

Item Level 81
Unique
Requirements
Level0
Implicit
  • Reflects opposite Ring
Charm 1

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 2

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 Stag for 19 seconds on use
Charm 3

Nascent Hope

Thawing Charm

Item Level 79
Unique
Properties
Charges Max40
Charges Per Use40
Duration30
Quality0
Requirements
Level12
Implicit
  • Used when you become Frozen
Explicit
  • 25% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy
  • Energy Shield Recharge starts on use
Life Flask

Bubbling Ultimate Life Flask of the Sylvan

Item Level 79
Magic
Properties
Quality20
Requirements
Level60
Implicit
  • Gains 0.25 Charges per Second
  • 30% of Recovery applied Instantly
Mana Flask

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
  • 71% reduced Amount Recovered

Skills & Gems

Crossbow Shot(Lv20)7 gems

Fire a bolt from your crossbow.

Life ThiefSupports Attacks, causing their Physical damage to Leech Life.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
LacerateSupports any skill that Hits enemies, giving it a chance to inflict Bleeding.Lv1
BludgeonSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to Knock Back enemies.Lv1
SplinterSupports Skills that Hit Enemies, causing those Hits to Break Armour based on a portion of Physical Damage dealt.Lv1
OverpowerSupports any skill that Hits Enemies, causing it to build up Stun more quickly.Lv1
Stormblast Bolts(Lv21)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.

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
Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Lv1
Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1
Rigwalds FerocitySupports Attack skills, granting them Attack Speed at the cost of Damage or Damage at the cost of Attack Speed depending on Weapon Set they are used in. Does not modify skills used by Minions.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
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Life ThiefSupports Attacks, causing their Physical damage to Leech Life.Lv1
BlindSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to Blind on Hit.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
Cold InfusionSupports any skill that deals damage, causing them to Gain Cold Damage but deal less Fire and Lightning Damage.Lv1
Mirage Archer(Lv18)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
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
Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.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.

Combat ReloadSupports Crossbow Ammunition Skills, causing them to load multiple extra bolts and attack faster. Supported Skills cannot reload normally, instead loading bolts when you Dodge.Lv1
Pietys MercySupports Projectile skills and any other skills that Chain, causing them to Chain more times.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.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
Rakiatas FlowSupports Skills that can cause Damaging Hits, causing those Hits to treat Enemy Elemental Resistances as inverted.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
Elemental FocusSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more Elemental Damage but be unable to inflict Elemental Ailments.Lv1
LongshotSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage from farther away.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
Lightning PenetrationSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making those Hits Penetrate enemy Lightning resistance.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
Emergency Reload(Lv19)4 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
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
InspirationSupports any skill, making it cost less to use. Cannot support skills which reserve Spirit.Lv1
LifetapSupports any Skill, turning its Mana cost into a Life cost. Does not 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
Lightning MasterySupports Lightning skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1
VitalitySupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the Skill is active.Lv1
Eternal Rage(Lv14)1 gem

While active, you constantly regenerate Rage.

Regenerate 0.25 Rage per second
VitalitySupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the Skill is active.Lv1
Time of Need(Lv18)1 gem

While active, periodically invokes divine blessings to heal you and remove Curses and Elemental Ailments from you.

10 seconds between Blessings
Blessing recovers 17 Life and removes Curses and Elemental Ailments
IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1
Berserk(Lv14)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.

Sorcery Ward(Lv1)No 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

No support gems detected for this skill.

Enemy Explode(Lv1)No supports

No support gems detected for this skill.

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