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Explosive Grenade Cluster Grenade Bleed Witchhunter (+5 Projectile Skills)

Witchhunter·MercenaryPatch 0.5.1·byPublic Ladder
Version 1·Updated Jun 9, 2026
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Passive Tree

150
Nodes
42
Notables
0
Keystones

Key Passives

OverwhelmNotable
-5% reduced Attack Speed
40% increased Damage with Two Handed Weapons
20% increased Stun Buildup
SpeedDamageStun
RicochetNotable
15% increased Projectile Damage
Projectile Damage
Thrill of BattleNotable
20% increased Attack Speed while Surrounded
Speed
Distracting PresenceNotable
10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
Enemies in your Presence have -10% reduced Cooldown Recovery Rate
Leech & Recovery
AfterimageNotable
60% increased Evasion Rating if you have Hit an Enemy Recently
-5% reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving
EvasionMovement Speed
GrenadierNotable
Grenade Skills have +1 Cooldown Use
Gem
Obsessive RitualsNotable
-50% less Armour and Evasion Rating
Armour
DemolitionistNotable
Gain 4% of Damage as Extra Fire Damage for every different Grenade fired in the past 8 seconds
Fire Damage

Effect Profile

EffectStats
Attribute
PassiveCountTotal
  • to any Attribute24+120
  • to Strength5+36
  • to Dexterity3+20
  • to all Attributes1+3
Evasion
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Evasion Rating575%
  • increased Evasion Rating while Surrounded5120%
  • increased Evasion Rating while moving360%
  • increased Evasion Rating if you have been Hit Recently1100%
Attack Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Damage while Surrounded8270%
  • increased Attack Damage while moving6102%
  • increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies348%
  • increased Attack Damage if you have been Heavy Stunned Recently125%
Armour
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Armour and Evasion Rating10142%
  • increased Armour while Surrounded360%
  • gain # % of Evasion Rating as extra Armour18%
  • less Armour and Evasion Rating1-50%
Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Damage with Two Handed Weapons690%
  • increased Grenade Damage560%
  • break enemy Concentration on Hit equal to # % of Damage Dealt1100%
  • deal up to # % more Damage to Enemies based on their missing Concentration140%
Leech & Recovery
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Cooldown Recovery Rate857%
  • enemies in your Presence have -#% reduced Cooldown Recovery Rate1-10%
Movement Speed
PassiveCountTotal
  • reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving5-19%
  • increased Movement Speed if you've Killed Recently27%
  • increased Movement Speed while Surrounded110%
Area
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Area of Effect for Attacks545%
  • increased Area of Effect18%
  • increased Surrounded Area of Effect150%
  • increased Grenade Area of Effect110%

Gear

Weapon 1

Brood Core

Siege Crossbow

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Range120
Physical Damage35-138
Quality20
SocketsS S
Cold Damage84-127
Lightning Damage6-354
Attacks per Second1.65
Critical Hit Chance5%
Total DPS613.8
Physical DPS142.7
Elemental DPS471.1
Requirements
Level79
Rune
  • Gain 13% of Damage as Extra Chaos Damage
  • Gain 5% of Damage as Extra Damage of all Elements
Bonded
  • Bonded: Gain 8% of Damage as Extra Physical Damage
  • Bonded: 8% chance to gain an additional random Charge when you gain a Charge
Desecrated
  • Grenades have 25% chance to activate a second time
Implicit
  • Grenade Skills Fire an additional Projectile
Explicit
  • +5 to Level of all Projectile Skills
  • Adds 84 to 127 Cold Damage
  • Adds 6 to 354 Lightning Damage
Crafted
  • Gain 33% of Damage as Extra Physical Damage
  • 24% chance to gain Onslaught on Killing Hits with this Weapon
Helmet

Constricting Command

Viper Cap

Item Level 56
Unique
Properties
Evasion215
Quality20
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level38
Rune
  • +18% to Fire Resistance
  • +18% to Cold Resistance
Bonded
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Mana
Explicit
  • +99 to maximum Life
  • +15 to all Attributes
  • 9.3 Life Regeneration per second
  • Require 4 fewer enemies to be Surrounded
  • Corrupted
Body Armour

Hyrri's Ire

Armoured Vest

Item Level 80
Unique
Properties
Evasion1592
Movement Speed-3%
Quality23
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
  • 37% increased Elemental Ailment Threshold
Explicit
  • 147% increased Evasion Rating
  • Gain 20% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
  • +39 to Dexterity
  • 25% increased Freeze Duration on Enemies
  • Evasion Rating is doubled if you have not been Hit Recently
  • Corrupted
Gloves

Cataclysm Hold

Massive Mitts

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Armour536
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level80
Rune
  • +22% to Lightning Resistance
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • 39% increased Armour
  • +42 to maximum Life
Explicit
  • 100% increased Armour
  • +127 to maximum Life
  • 17% increased Rarity of Items found
  • +31% to Cold Resistance
  • +43% to Lightning Resistance
Boots

Rapture Spur

Drakeskin Boots

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Evasion919
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level80
Rune
  • +18% to Cold Resistance
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • +14% to Lightning and Chaos Resistances
Explicit
  • 35% increased Movement Speed
  • +128 to Evasion Rating
  • 100% increased Evasion Rating
  • +43% to Fire Resistance
  • +22% to Cold Resistance
Belt

Headhunter

Heavy Belt

Item Level 82
Unique
Properties
Charm Slots2
Requirements
Level50
Implicit
  • 21% increased Stun Threshold
  • Has 2 Charm Slots
Explicit
  • +40 to maximum Life
  • +31 to Strength
  • +22 to Dexterity
  • When you kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds
Amulet

Chimeric Charm

Solar Amulet

Item Level 79
Rare
Requirements
Level30
Enchant
  • Allocates Primal Sundering
Desecrated
  • 48% increased Evasion Rating from Equipped Body Armour
Implicit
  • +14 to Spirit
Explicit
  • +3 to Level of all Projectile Skills
  • +48 to Spirit
  • +39% to Cold Resistance
  • +22% to Chaos Resistance
Crafted
  • 29% 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

Pain Band

Gold Ring

Item Level 81
Rare
Requirements
Level40
Desecrated
  • Adds 29 to 44 Cold damage to Attacks
Implicit
  • 15% increased Rarity of Items found
Explicit
  • Adds 4 to 96 Lightning damage to Attacks
  • 18% increased Rarity of Items found
  • +36% to Fire Resistance
  • +35% to Lightning Resistance
  • +24% to Chaos Resistance
Charm 1

Rite of Passage

Golden Charm

Item Level 82
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
Charm 2

Vibrant Thawing Charm of the Brewer

Item Level 77
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level12
Implicit
  • Used when you become Frozen
Explicit
  • Also grants 244 Guard
  • 28% reduced Charges per use
Charm 3

Sunburst Staunching Charm of the Plentiful

Item Level 79
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level18
Implicit
  • Used when you start Bleeding
Explicit
  • Also grants 487 Guard
  • 45% increased Charges
Life Flask

Substantial Ultimate Life Flask of the Mixologist

Item Level 60
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level60
Implicit
  • 61% increased Amount Recovered
  • 23% reduced Charges per use
Mana Flask

Bubbling Ultimate Mana Flask of the Copious

Item Level 63
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level60
Implicit
  • 29% of Recovery applied Instantly
  • 37% increased Charges

Skills & Gems

Explosive Grenade(Lv21)5 gems

Fire a bouncing Grenade that unleashes a devastating fiery blast when its fuse expires.

Explosion radius is 2 metres
Rakiatas FlowSupports Skills that can cause Damaging Hits, causing those Hits to treat Enemy Elemental Resistances as inverted.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1
DefySupports Attack Skills you use yourself. Hit Damage from Supported Skills is Lucky if you are Surrounded.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
Explosive Shot(Lv21)5 gems

Load your Crossbow with flaming bolts that explode on impact. The explosion will cause any Grenades in its area of effect to also explode.

Ammo Conservation FourSupports Crossbow Skills, causing them to load a bolt into all Crossbow Ammunition on kill.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
DefySupports Attack Skills you use yourself. Hit Damage from Supported Skills is Lucky if you are Surrounded.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
ScattershotSupports Projectile skills, making them fire extra Projectiles. Also lowers Attack and Cast speed of supported skills, as well as lessening their damage.Lv1
Cluster Grenade(Lv19)5 gems

Fire a bouncing Grenade that explodes when its fuse expires, throwing out a ring of mini Grenades that explode when they come to a stop.

DefySupports Attack Skills you use yourself. Hit Damage from Supported Skills is Lucky if you are Surrounded.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
ExpediteSupports Skills which Detonate after some amount of time has elapsed, shortening the time before Detonation.Lv1
Atziris ImpatienceSupports Skills you use yourself that have Cooldowns, dramatically increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover, but causing you to lose Life, Mana, and Energy Shield when they are used. Cannot Support Meta Skills or Persistent Skills, or modify the Skills of Minions.Lv1
Flash Grenade(Lv18)4 gems

Fire a bouncing Grenade that unleashes a Blinding, Stunning explosion when its fuse expires.

Explosion radius is 2.6 metres
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
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
GlaciationSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making it more effective at Freezing enemies.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
Freezing Mark(Lv10)4 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
Mark Of SiphoningSupports Mark Skills, causing enemies they Mark to Leech Mana to you when you Hit them with Attacks.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
InspirationSupports any skill, making it cost less to use. Cannot support skills which reserve Spirit.Lv1
Wind Dancer(Lv12)4 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
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
BludgeonSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to Knock Back enemies.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
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
Herald of Ash(Lv19)2 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.

PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.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
Eternal Rage(Lv14)No supports

While active, you constantly regenerate Rage.

Regenerate 0.25 Rage per second

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.

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