Crossbow Shot Stormblast Bolts Totem Witchhunter (139% Elemental Damage)

Witchhunter·MercenaryPatch 0.5.3·byPublic Builds

Version 1·Updated Jun 22, 2026

New build

Endgame Crossbow Shot Stormblast Bolts Totem Freeze Spirit Mana

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Scored against 333 mercenary endgame builds

DamageB

SurvivalF

SpeedB

UtilityA

Overview

Offense

1. Stormblast Bolts

57,871

2. Full Culling DPS

5,125

Hit DPS

57,871

Attacks/sec

3.17

Average hit

18,257

Utility

Mana

684

Spirit

270

Gear spirit

340

Move speed

x1.41

Defense

Life

1,567

Character armour

3,139

Character evasion

6,747

Gear evasion

3,455

Fire res

15%

Cold res

75%

Lightning res

-10%

Passive Tree

132

Nodes

Notables

Keystones

Key Passives

Judge, Jury, and ExecutionerNotable

Decimating Strike

Attack

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

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

Careful AssassinNotable

-20% reduced Critical Damage Bonus

50% increased Critical Hit Chance

Critical

GiantslayerNotable

20% increased Accuracy Rating against Rare or Unique Enemies

25% increased Damage with Hits against Rare and Unique Enemies

AccuracyDamage

Effect Profile

EffectStats

Attribute›

PassiveCountTotal

to any Attribute42+210
to Strength5+36
to Dexterity3+20
to Intelligence2+20

Critical›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Critical Hit Chance11175%
increased Critical Damage Bonus8185%
increased Critical Hit Chance for Attacks560%
attacks have +#% to Critical Hit Chance1100%

Projectile Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Projectile Damage996%

Armour›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Armour and Evasion Rating694%
increased Evasion Rating from Equipped Body Armour1100%
less Armour and Evasion Rating1-50%

Jewel›

PassiveCountTotal

[Jewel] Socket70

Attack›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Culling Strike Threshold440%
culling Strike1+1
decimating Strike1+1

Evasion›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Evasion Rating6110%

Attack Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Attack Damage343%
increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies232%

Gear

Glyph Core

Flexed Crossbow

Item Level 84

Rare

Properties

Range120

Physical Damage38-152

Quality20

SocketsS S S

Fire Damage141-222

Lightning Damage11-319

Attacks per Second1.6

Critical Hit Chance5%

Total DPS706.4

Physical DPS152

Elemental DPS554.4

Requirements

Level77

Rune

30% increased Elemental Damage with Attacks
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

Implicit

29% increased Bolt Speed

Explicit

+5 to Level of all Projectile Skills
Adds 141 to 222 Fire Damage
Adds 11 to 319 Lightning Damage
139% increased Elemental Damage with Attacks
Gain 15 Mana per enemy killed

Alpha's Howl

Armoured Cap

Item Level 82

Unique

Properties

Evasion664

Quality20

SocketsS

Requirements

Level65

Rune

+4 to Maximum Rage

Explicit

87% increased Evasion Rating
+120 to Spirit
+86% to Cold Resistance
Presence Radius is doubled
Corrupted

Hyrri's Ire

Armoured Vest

Item Level 79

Unique

Properties

Evasion1515

Movement Speed-3%

Quality20

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level73

Rune

20% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
12% increased Rarity of Items found

Bonded

Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Bonded: 10% increased Quantity of Gold Dropped by Slain Enemies

Implicit

36% increased Elemental Ailment Threshold

Explicit

160% increased Evasion Rating
Gain 13% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
+39 to Dexterity
26% increased Freeze Duration on Enemies
Evasion Rating is doubled if you have not been Hit Recently
Corrupted

Horror's Flight

Engraved Bracers

Item Level 84

Unique

Properties

Evasion664

Quality20

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level84

Rune

Destroys all Augment Sockets on the item to create a Jewel Socket

Explicit

274% increased Evasion Rating
15% increased Attack Speed
+19 to Dexterity
Adds 19 to 37 Chaos Damage to Attacks
Gain 1 Fear Incarnate when you Cull a target

Oblivion Slippers

Drakeskin Boots

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Evasion612

Quality20

SocketsS

Requirements

Level80

Rune

5% increased Movement Speed

Bonded

Bonded: 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate

Explicit

35% increased Movement Speed
100% increased Evasion Rating
+79 to maximum Mana
18% increased Rarity of Items found
+25% to Fire Resistance
Gain Deflection Rating equal to 17% of Evasion Rating

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 Silver
Legacy of Gold
Legacy of Granite
Legacy of Gold
All Mage's Legacies have 33% increased effect per duplicate Mage's Legacy you have

Damnation Gorget

Absent Amulet

Item Level 80

Rare

Requirements

Level78

Enchant

Allocates Grace of the Ancestors

Desecrated

+5% to Quality of all Skills

Implicit

-1 Prefix Modifier allowed
-1 Suffix Modifier allowed

Explicit

+50 to Spirit
+3 to Level of all Projectile Skills

Crafted

37% increased Global Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Hate Whorl

Breach Ring

Item Level 82

Rare

Requirements

Level40

Desecrated

Adds 30 to 48 Physical Damage to Attacks

Implicit

+20% to Maximum Quality

Explicit

18% increased Rarity of Items found
Adds 1 to 112 Lightning damage to Attacks
17% increased Rarity of Items found
+15% to all Elemental Resistances

Crafted

12% increased Attack Speed

Kalandra's Touch

Ring

Item Level 81

Unique

Requirements

Level0

Implicit

Reflects opposite Ring

Dawnlit Stone Charm of the Wide

Item Level 32

Magic

Properties

Quality0

Requirements

Level8

Implicit

Used when you become Stunned

Explicit

Also grants 100 Guard
26% increased Charges

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 Ox for 12 seconds on use

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

Bubbling Ultimate Life Flask of the Distiller

Item Level 65

Magic

Properties

Quality20

Requirements

Level60

Implicit

28% of Recovery applied Instantly
26% reduced Charges per use

Lavianga's Spirits

Gargantuan Mana Flask

Item Level 75

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
76% reduced Amount Recovered

Skills & Gems

Crossbow Shot(Lv20)5 gems

Fire a bolt from your crossbow.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mirage Archer(Lv17)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

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

Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack 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

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.

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

Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1

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

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

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

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

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

Mortar Cannon(Lv18)3 gems

Raise a cannon Ballista Totem which uses socketed Grenade Skills, with significantly improved Cooldown Recovery Rate.

Hardy TotemsSupports Skills which create Totems, causing those Totems to have more Life.Lv1

ExpediteSupports Skills which Detonate after some amount of time has elapsed, shortening the time before Detonation.Lv1

Ancestral UrgencySupports Skills which create Totems, causing those Skills to place Totems much more quickly.Lv1

Herald of Ash(Lv17)3 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.

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

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

Uruks SmeltingSupports any skill, causing Armour Break it inflicts to be stronger. Fully Breaking Armour with Supported Skills permanently increases the Physical Damage taken by those affected, up to a cap.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

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

MaimSupports Attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.Lv1

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

LifetapSupports any Skill, turning its Mana cost into a Life cost. Does not support Skills which reserve Spirit.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

Crushing Fear(Lv19)2 gems

Dash to an enemy and Strike them, Culling enemies if their life is low enough. When this skill kills an enemy you draw out their final fears, crushing them to create a shockwave. Enemies around you that can be Culled will be highlighted.

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

BeheadSupports Strike skills, causing them to steal a Modifier from Rare monsters they kill.Lv1

Sorcery Ward(Lv20)1 gem

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

Trinity(Lv18)No supports

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

No support gems detected for this skill.