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

Witchhunter·MercenaryPatch 0.5.0·byPublic Builds

Version 1·Updated Jul 11, 2026

New build

Endgame Explosive Grenade Cluster Grenade Freeze Crit Spirit Mana Lightning

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Scored against 503 mercenary endgame builds

DamageA

SurvivalD

SpeedB

UtilityC

Overview

Offense

1. Explosive Grenade

1.65M

2. Cluster Grenade

138,349

Hit DPS

1.65M

Attacks/sec

0.45

Average hit

2.63M

Utility

Mana

548

Spirit

150

Gear spirit

100

Move speed

x1.67

Defense

Life

1,561

Character armour

296

Gear armour

224

Character evasion

11,293

Gear evasion

2,387

Fire res

65%

Cold res

59%

Lightning res

57%

Chaos res

25%

Passive Tree

150

Nodes

Notables

Keystones

Key Passives

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

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

Emboldened AvatarNotable

25% increased Freeze Buildup

25% increased chance to Shock

ColdAilmentLightning

GrenadierNotable

Grenade Skills have +1 Cooldown Use

Gem

WitchbaneNotable

Enemies have Maximum Concentration equal to 30% of their Maximum Life

Break enemy Concentration on Hit equal to 100% of Damage Dealt

LifeDamage

Obsessive RitualsNotable

-50% less Armour and Evasion Rating

Armour

Effect Profile

EffectStats

Attribute›

PassiveCountTotal

to any Attribute29+145
to Strength4+26
to Dexterity2+10
to all Attributes1+3

Attack Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Attack Damage while Surrounded8270%
increased Attack Damage while moving6102%
increased Attack Area Damage341%
increased Attack Damage343%

Evasion›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Evasion Rating while Surrounded4100%
increased Evasion Rating345%
increased Evasion Rating if you have been Hit Recently1100%
increased Evasion Rating if you haven't been Hit Recently1100%

Armour›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Armour and Evasion Rating694%
increased Armour while Surrounded240%
increased Armour Break Duration125%
less Armour and Evasion Rating1-50%

Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Grenade Damage560%
increased Damage while affected by a Herald224%
break enemy Concentration on Hit equal to # % of Damage Dealt1100%
deal up to # % more Damage to Enemies based on their missing Concentration140%

Projectile Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Projectile Damage996%

Movement Speed›

PassiveCountTotal

reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving4-14%
increased Movement Speed if you've Killed Recently27%
increased Movement Speed while Surrounded110%
increased Movement Speed12%

Leech & Recovery›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Cooldown Recovery Rate747%
enemies in your Presence have -#% reduced Cooldown Recovery Rate1-10%

Gear

Viper Core

Siege Crossbow

Item Level 81

Rare

Properties

Range120

Physical Damage41-161

Quality20

SocketsS S

Fire Damage156-205

Cold Damage124-189

Lightning Damage13-354

Attacks per Second1.91

Critical Hit Chance5%

Total DPS1187.1

Physical DPS192.9

Elemental DPS994.2

Requirements

Level79

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

Grenades have 23% chance to activate a second time

Implicit

Grenade Skills Fire an additional Projectile

Explicit

16% increased Attack Speed
Adds 156 to 205 Fire Damage
Adds 124 to 189 Cold Damage
Adds 13 to 354 Lightning Damage
+5 to Level of all Projectile Skills

Constricting Command

Viper Cap

Item Level 76

Unique

Properties

Evasion215

Quality20

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level50

Rune

+18% to Lightning Resistance
+4 to Maximum Rage

Bonded

Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana

Explicit

+89 to maximum Life
+15 to all Attributes
10.4 Life Regeneration per second
Require 4 fewer enemies to be Surrounded
Corrupted

Hyrri's Ire

Armoured Vest

Item Level 81

Unique

Properties

Evasion1559

Movement Speed-3%

Quality20

SocketsS S S

Requirements

Level73

Rune

40% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
-10% to all Maximum Elemental Resistances
+20% to all Elemental Resistances

Bonded

Bonded: +40 to maximum Life
Bonded: +40 to maximum Mana
Bonded: 20% of Damage is taken from Mana before Life

Implicit

38% increased Elemental Ailment Threshold

Explicit

148% increased Evasion Rating
Gain 17% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
+33 to Dexterity
25% increased Freeze Duration on Enemies
Evasion Rating is doubled if you have not been Hit Recently
Corrupted

Behemoth Claw

Massive Mitts

Item Level 81

Rare

Properties

Armour224

Quality20

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level80

Rune

+1 Suffix Modifier allowed
Can roll Marksman modifiers

Bonded

Bonded: 20% increased Projectile Damage

Desecrated

+57% Surpassing chance to fire an additional Projectile

Explicit

Adds 3 to 67 Lightning damage to Attacks
Adds 19 to 28 Physical Damage to Attacks
+2 to Level of all Projectile Skills
+25% to Chaos Resistance
28% increased Projectile Damage

Crafted

29% increased Critical Damage Bonus

Atziri's Step

Cinched Boots

Item Level 81

Unique

Properties

Evasion613

Quality20

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level65

Rune

+44% to Lightning Resistance

Bonded

Bonded: +40 to maximum Life
Bonded: +40 to maximum Mana

Explicit

30% increased Movement Speed
85% increased Evasion Rating
Gain Deflection Rating equal to 50% of Evasion Rating
-6% to amount of Damage Prevented by Deflection
Cannot be Light Stunned by Deflected Hits
+54 to Evasion Rating
Corrupted

Mageblood

Utility Belt

Item Level 81

Unique

Properties

Charm Slots2

Requirements

Level55

Implicit

Has 2 Charm Slots
20% of Flask Recovery applied Instantly

Explicit

Legacy of Sulphur
Legacy of Silver
Legacy of Quicksilver
Legacy of Jade
All Mage's Legacies have 40% increased effect per duplicate Mage's Legacy you have

Honour Rosary

Gold Amulet

Item Level 82

Rare

Requirements

Level35

Enchant

Allocates Zarokh's Gift

Desecrated

27% increased Critical Hit Chance

Implicit

15% increased Rarity of Items found

Explicit

+50 to Spirit
75% increased Evasion Rating
+4 to Level of all Projectile Skills
+49% to Cold Resistance

Crafted

30% increased Global Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Kalandra's Touch

Ring

Item Level 78

Unique

Requirements

Level0

Implicit

Reflects opposite Ring

Kraken Nail

Gold Ring

Item Level 81

Rare

Requirements

Level40

Desecrated

Adds 32 to 46 Cold damage to Attacks

Implicit

13% increased Rarity of Items found

Explicit

Adds 5 to 95 Lightning damage to Attacks
Adds 40 to 57 Fire damage to Attacks
+15% to all Elemental Resistances
+39% to Fire Resistance

Crafted

9% increased Attack Speed

Rite of Passage

Golden Charm

Item Level 81

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 20 seconds on use

The Fall of the Axe

Silver Charm

Item Level 79

Unique

Properties

Charges Max40

Charges Per Use20

Duration30

Quality8

Requirements

Level10

Implicit

Used when you are affected by a Slow

Explicit

Grants Onslaught during effect
Corrupted

Bright Thawing Charm of the Doctor

Item Level 38

Magic

Properties

Quality0

Requirements

Level12

Implicit

Used when you become Frozen

Explicit

Also grants 172 Guard
26% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy

Bubbling Ultimate Life Flask of the Distiller

Item Level 81

Magic

Properties

Quality17

Requirements

Level60

Implicit

30% of Recovery applied Instantly
24% reduced Charges per use

Substantial Ultimate Mana Flask of the Medic

Item Level 67

Magic

Properties

Quality20

Requirements

Level60

Implicit

65% increased Amount Recovered
21% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy

Skills & Gems

Explosive Shot(Lv21)5 supports

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

Support gems

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

ScattershotSupports Projectile skills, making them fire extra Projectiles. Also lowers Attack and Cast speed of supported skills, as well as lessening their damage.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

Cluster Grenade(Lv19)5 supports

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.

Support gems

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

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

DeliberationSupports skills that can be used while moving, causing you to move slower while using them, but granting more damage in exchange.Lv1

Explosive Grenade(Lv21)5 supports

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

Explosion radius is 2 metres

Support gems

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

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

Flash Grenade(Lv18)4 supports

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

Explosion radius is 2.6 metres

Support gems

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

GlaciationSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making it more effective at Freezing enemies.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

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

Emergency Reload(Lv18)3 supports

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

Support gems

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

PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1

Mortar Cannon(Lv19)2 supports

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

Support gems

DomainSupports Skills which create Ground Surfaces, causing created Surfaces to last much longer.Lv1

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

Herald of Ash(Lv17)2 supports

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

Support gems

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

PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1

Gas Grenade(Lv18)2 supports

Fire a bouncing Grenade that causes a burst of Poison gas when its fuse expires, damaging enemies and leaving behind a growing Poison cloud. Burning effects or Detonator skills will cause the cloud to explode in a fiery blast.

Impact radius is 1.4 metres

Support gems

ScattershotSupports Projectile skills, making them fire extra Projectiles. Also lowers Attack and Cast speed of supported skills, as well as lessening their damage.Lv1

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

Sorcery Ward(Lv20)1 support

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

Support gems