Explosive Grenade Cluster Grenade Freeze Witchhunter (+3 Attack Skills)

Witchhunter·MercenaryPatch 0.5.0·byPublic Builds

Version 1·Updated Jul 2, 2026

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Endgame Explosive Grenade Cluster Grenade Freeze Spirit Mana Lightning

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Scored against 333 mercenary endgame builds

DamageS

SurvivalA

SpeedB

UtilityS

Overview

Offense

1. Explosive Grenade

536,281

2. Flash Grenade

57,095

Hit DPS

536,281

Attacks/sec

0.54

Average hit

857,227

Utility

Mana

569

Spirit

190

Gear spirit

Move speed

x1.46

Defense

Life

2,017

Character evasion

10,381

Gear evasion

3,010

Fire res

75%

Cold res

74%

Lightning res

76%

Chaos res

49%

Passive Tree

150

Nodes

Notables

Keystones

Key Passives

Crystal ElixirNotable

40% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills during any Flask Effect

Flask

OverwhelmNotable

-5% reduced Attack Speed

40% increased Damage with Two Handed Weapons

20% increased Stun Buildup

SpeedDamageStun

Ignore PainNotable

Every Rage also grants 2% increased Stun Threshold

Stun

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

Emboldened AvatarNotable

25% increased Freeze Buildup

25% increased chance to Shock

ColdAilmentLightning

Effect Profile

EffectStats

Attribute›

PassiveCountTotal

to any Attribute24+120
to Strength3+20
to Dexterity2+10

Attack Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Attack Damage while Surrounded8270%
increased Attack Damage while moving6102%
increased Attack Area Damage231%
increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies232%

Evasion›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Evasion Rating575%
increased Evasion Rating while Surrounded5120%
increased Evasion Rating if you have been Hit Recently1100%
increased Evasion Rating if you have Hit an Enemy Recently160%

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%

Armour›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Armour and Evasion Rating7106%
increased Armour while Surrounded360%
increased Armour Break Duration125%
less Armour and Evasion Rating1-50%

Movement Speed›

PassiveCountTotal

reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving5-19%
increased Movement Speed if you've Killed Recently310%
increased Movement Speed while Surrounded110%

Leech & Recovery›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Cooldown Recovery Rate857%
enemies in your Presence have -#% reduced Cooldown Recovery Rate1-10%

Area›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Area of Effect for Attacks545%
increased Area of Effect18%
increased Surrounded Area of Effect150%
increased Grenade Area of Effect110%

Gear

Gloom Core

Siege Crossbow

Item Level 81

Rare

Properties

Range120

Physical Damage37-145

Quality26

SocketsS S

Lightning Damage3-393

Cold Damage120-177

Fire Damage148-233

Attacks per Second1.65

Critical Hit Chance5%

Total DPS1036.2

Physical DPS150.2

Elemental DPS886.1

Requirements

Level79

Rune

Adds 1 to 40 Lightning Damage
Gain 5% of Damage as Extra Damage of all Elements

Bonded

Bonded: 8% chance to gain an additional random Charge when you gain a Charge
Bonded: 30% increased Magnitude of Shock you inflict

Desecrated

Adds 120 to 177 Cold Damage

Implicit

Grenade Skills Fire an additional Projectile

Explicit

Adds 148 to 233 Fire Damage
Adds 2 to 353 Lightning Damage
Gain 84 Life per enemy killed
Corrupted

Crafted

+3 to Level of all Attack Skills
23% chance to gain Onslaught on Killing Hits with this Weapon

Constricting Command

Viper Cap

Item Level 79

Unique

Properties

Evasion179

Quality0

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level50

Enchant

+23 to Spirit

Rune

+11% to Chaos Resistance
+4 to Maximum Rage

Explicit

+88 to maximum Life
+13 to all Attributes
8.6 Life Regeneration per second
Require 4 fewer enemies to be Surrounded
Corrupted

Hyrri's Ire

Armoured Vest

Item Level 79

Unique

Properties

Evasion1569

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

36% increased Elemental Ailment Threshold

Explicit

150% increased Evasion Rating
Gain 20% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
+34 to Dexterity
25% increased Freeze Duration on Enemies
Evasion Rating is doubled if you have not been Hit Recently
Corrupted

Carrion Vise

Stalking Bracers

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Evasion178

Quality20

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level65

Rune

+11% to Chaos Resistance
Can roll Marksman modifiers

Bonded

Bonded: 20% increased Projectile Damage

Desecrated

+98 to maximum Life

Explicit

Adds 19 to 28 Physical Damage to Attacks
Adds 1 to 37 Lightning damage to Attacks
+2 to Level of all Projectile Skills
+32 to Dexterity
+37% to Lightning Resistance

Carrion Pace

Drakeskin Boots

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Evasion1084

Quality26

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level80

Rune

5% increased Movement Speed
+11% to Chaos Resistance

Bonded

Bonded: 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate

Desecrated

100% increased Evasion Rating

Explicit

18% increased Rarity of Items found
35% increased Movement Speed
+175 to Evasion Rating
+41% to Fire Resistance
+45% to Cold Resistance
Corrupted

Headhunter

Heavy Belt

Item Level 81

Unique

Properties

Charm Slots3

Requirements

Level50

Implicit

26% increased Stun Threshold
Has 3 Charm Slots

Explicit

+59 to maximum Life
+29 to Strength
+45 to Dexterity
When you kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds
Corrupted

Ghoul Gorget

Solar Amulet

Item Level 81

Rare

Requirements

Level30

Enchant

Allocates Beastial Skin

Desecrated

58% increased Evasion Rating from Equipped Body Armour

Implicit

+12 to Spirit

Explicit

48% increased Armour
+3 to Level of all Projectile Skills
+12% to all Elemental Resistances
+40% to Lightning Resistance

Crafted

30% increased Global Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Blood Eye

Gold Ring

Item Level 79

Rare

Requirements

Level40

Implicit

14% increased Rarity of Items found

Explicit

Adds 4 to 66 Lightning damage to Attacks
28% increased Cold Damage
+95 to maximum Life
16% increased Rarity of Items found
+37% to Cold Resistance

Crafted

+31% to Fire Resistance

Woe Grip

Prismatic Ring

Item Level 82

Rare

Requirements

Level35

Desecrated

+16% to Cold and Chaos Resistances

Implicit

+9% to all Elemental Resistances

Explicit

Adds 4 to 79 Lightning damage to Attacks
+73 to maximum Life
16% increased Rarity of Items found
+39% to Fire Resistance
+50% to Lightning Resistance

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 19 seconds on use

Lustrous Stone Charm of the Continuous

Item Level 65

Magic

Properties

Quality0

Requirements

Level8

Implicit

Used when you become Stunned

Explicit

Also grants 274 Guard
37% increased Charges gained

Herbal Thawing Charm of the Doctor

Item Level 38

Magic

Properties

Quality0

Requirements

Level12

Implicit

Used when you become Frozen

Explicit

Recover 12 Life when Used
29% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy

Bubbling Ultimate Life Flask of the Distiller

Item Level 75

Magic

Properties

Quality23

Requirements

Level60

Implicit

28% of Recovery applied Instantly
24% reduced Charges per use
Corrupted

Lavianga's Spirits

Gargantuan Mana Flask

Item Level 80

Unique

Properties

Charges Max75

Charges Per Use10

Duration20

Mana Per Use185

Quality23

Requirements

Level49

Implicit

This Flask cannot be Used but applies its Effect constantly
70% reduced Amount Recovered
Corrupted

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

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

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

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

DefySupports Attack Skills you use yourself. Hit Damage from Supported Skills is Lucky if you are Surrounded.Lv1

Cluster Grenade(Lv20)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.

IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.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

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

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

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

LongshotSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage from farther away.Lv1

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

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

MaimSupports Attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.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.

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

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

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

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

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

OverpowerSupports any skill that Hits Enemies, causing it to build up Stun more quickly.Lv1

Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Lv1

BludgeonSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to Knock Back enemies.Lv1

MaimSupports Attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.Lv1

Flash Grenade(Lv20)5 gems

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

Explosion radius is 2.6 metres

Cold PenetrationSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making those Hits Penetrate enemy Cold resistance.Lv1

GlaciationSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making it more effective at Freezing enemies.Lv1

DefySupports Attack Skills you use yourself. Hit Damage from Supported Skills is Lucky if you are Surrounded.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

Bhatairs VengeanceSupports Attacks and Warcries you use yourself. Freezing an enemy with Supported Skills infuses you and your allies with Cold damage for a short time.Lv1

Gas Grenade(Lv20)5 gems

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

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

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

PayloadSupports Skills which fire Grenades, giving fired Grenades a chance to activate again, but lengthening their cooldowns.Lv1

DefySupports Attack Skills you use yourself. Hit Damage from Supported Skills is Lucky if you are Surrounded.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.

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

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

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