Flash Grenade Explosive Grenade Bleed Witchhunter (+3 Projectile Skills)

Witchhunter·MercenaryPatch 0.5.3·byPublic Builds

Version 1·Updated Jun 22, 2026

New build

Endgame Flash Grenade Explosive Grenade Bleed Freeze Spirit Mana

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Scored against 333 mercenary endgame builds

DamageB

SurvivalA

SpeedC

UtilityB

Overview

Offense

1. Crossbow Shot

38,945

2. Full Culling DPS

2,141

Hit DPS

38,945

Attacks/sec

1.73

Average hit

22,533

Utility

Mana

662

Spirit

230

Gear spirit

260

Move speed

x1.47

Defense

Life

1,829

Character armour

183

Gear armour

144

Character evasion

8,268

Gear evasion

3,171

Fire res

75%

Cold res

75%

Lightning res

75%

Chaos res

75%

Passive Tree

156

Nodes

Notables

Keystones

Key Passives

OverwhelmNotable

-5% reduced Attack Speed

40% increased Damage with Two Handed Weapons

20% increased Stun Buildup

SpeedDamageStun

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

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

Obsessive RitualsNotable

-50% less Armour and Evasion Rating

Armour

Lightning RodNotable

30% chance for Lightning Damage with Hits to be Lucky

Lightning Damage

Effect Profile

EffectStats

Attribute›

PassiveCountTotal

to any Attribute36+180
to Dexterity4+31
to Strength4+31
to all Attributes2+6

Evasion›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Evasion Rating14209%
gain Deflection Rating equal to # % of Evasion Rating320%
increased Evasion Rating if you have Hit an Enemy Recently160%
increased Evasion Rating while moving140%

Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Damage with Two Handed Weapons690%
increased Grenade Damage448%
increased Damage while affected by a Herald224%
chance for Damage of Enemies Hitting you to be Unlucky120%

Movement Speed›

PassiveCountTotal

reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving5-22%
increased Movement Speed49%
companions have # % increased Movement Speed228%
increased Movement Speed if you have at least # Green Support Gems Socketed15%

Speed›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Projectile Speed430%
increased Attack Speed316%
increased Skill Speed316%
reduced Attack Speed1-5%

Attack Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Attack Damage563%
increased Attack Damage while moving482%
increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies232%
increased Attack Area Damage110%

Area›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Area of Effect for Attacks755%
increased Area of Effect for Attacks per Enemy you've Ignited in the last # seconds, up to # %14%
increased Area of Effect18%
increased Grenade Area of Effect110%

Elemental Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Elemental Damage with Attacks8104%

Gear

Torment Core

Siege Crossbow

Item Level 81

Rare

Properties

Range120

Physical Damage35-138

Quality20

SocketsS S

Fire Damage62-85

Cold Damage90-160

Lightning Damage2-354

Attacks per Second1.65

Critical Hit Chance5%

Total DPS763.9

Physical DPS142.7

Elemental DPS621.2

Requirements

Level79

Rune

Gain 13% of Damage as Extra Chaos Damage
50% increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies

Bonded

Bonded: +1 to Level of all Attack Skills
Bonded: Gain 8% of Damage as Extra Physical Damage

Desecrated

Adds 62 to 85 Fire Damage

Implicit

Grenade Skills Fire an additional Projectile

Explicit

Adds 90 to 160 Cold Damage
Adds 2 to 354 Lightning Damage
Gain 66 Life per enemy killed
Gain 25 Mana per enemy killed

Crafted

+3 to Level of all Attack Skills

Alpha's Howl

Armoured Cap

Item Level 82

Unique

Properties

Evasion671

Quality20

SocketsS

Requirements

Level65

Enchant

+30 to Spirit

Rune

+11% to Chaos Resistance

Explicit

89% increased Evasion Rating
+100 to Spirit
+64% to Cold Resistance
Presence Radius is doubled
Corrupted

Hyrri's Ire

Armoured Vest

Item Level 80

Unique

Properties

Evasion1515

Movement Speed-3%

Quality20

SocketsS S S

Requirements

Level73

Rune

54% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Bonded

Bonded: +60 to maximum Life
Bonded: +60 to maximum Mana

Implicit

30% increased Elemental Ailment Threshold

Explicit

126% increased Evasion Rating
Gain 14% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
+38 to Dexterity
25% increased Freeze Duration on Enemies
Evasion Rating is doubled if you have not been Hit Recently
Corrupted

Aerisvane's Wings

Burnished Gauntlets

Item Level 79

Unique

Properties

Armour144

Evasion130

Quality20

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level52

Rune

+36% to Fire Resistance

Bonded

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

Explicit

64% increased Armour and Evasion
10% increased Attack Speed
+26 to Intelligence
Decimating Strike
Corrupted

Phoenix Road

Cavalry Boots

Item Level 71

Rare

Properties

Evasion855

Quality20

SocketsS

Requirements

Level70

Rune

5% increased Movement Speed

Bonded

Bonded: 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate

Desecrated

30% increased Movement Speed
+125 to Evasion Rating
99% increased Evasion Rating
+30% to Lightning Resistance
+14% to Chaos Resistance
Gain Deflection Rating equal to 10% of Evasion Rating

Explicit

Corrupted

Headhunter

Heavy Belt

Item Level 80

Unique

Properties

Charm Slots3

Requirements

Level50

Implicit

20% increased Stun Threshold
Has 3 Charm Slots

Explicit

+60 to maximum Life
+34 to Strength
+32 to Dexterity
When you kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds

Demon Gorget

Absent Amulet

Item Level 80

Rare

Requirements

Level78

Enchant

Allocates High Alert

Desecrated

+15% to Fire and Chaos Resistances

Implicit

-1 Prefix Modifier allowed
-1 Suffix Modifier allowed

Explicit

42% increased Evasion Rating
+3 to Level of all Projectile Skills

Crafted

34% increased Global Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Kraken Knuckle

Sapphire Ring

Item Level 81

Rare

Requirements

Level12

Desecrated

+20% to Fire and Chaos Resistances

Implicit

+22% to Cold Resistance

Explicit

Adds 28 to 40 Fire damage to Attacks
Adds 23 to 35 Cold damage to Attacks
+77 to maximum Life
+39% to Fire Resistance
+37% to Lightning Resistance

Empyrean Knot

Sapphire Ring

Item Level 81

Rare

Requirements

Level12

Desecrated

+17% to Lightning and Chaos Resistances

Implicit

+26% to Cold Resistance

Explicit

Adds 17 to 29 Cold damage to Attacks
Adds 1 to 33 Lightning damage to Attacks
+190 to Accuracy Rating
+39% to Cold Resistance
+34% to Lightning Resistance

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 Primate for 19 seconds on use

Lustrous Thawing Charm of the Bountiful

Item Level 80

Magic

Properties

Quality5

Requirements

Level12

Implicit

Used when you become Frozen

Explicit

Also grants 333 Guard
54% increased Charges

Sanguis Heroum

Staunching Charm

Item Level 80

Unique

Properties

Charges Max40

Charges Per Use30

Duration30

Quality0

Requirements

Level18

Implicit

Used when you start Bleeding

Explicit

Gains 0.20 Charges per Second
Creates Consecrated Ground on use

Simmering Ultimate Life Flask of the Brewer

Item Level 65

Magic

Properties

Quality20

Requirements

Level60

Implicit

23% of Recovery applied Instantly
29% reduced Charges per use

Potent Ultimate Mana Flask of the Distiller

Item Level 68

Magic

Properties

Quality20

Requirements

Level60

Implicit

71% increased Amount Recovered
25% reduced Charges per use

Skills & Gems

Crossbow Shot(Lv20)5 gems

Fire a bolt from your crossbow.

DemolisherSupports any skill, causing Armour Break it inflicts to be stronger.Lv1

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

Double BarrelSupports Crossbow Ammunition Skills, causing them to load an extra bolt at the cost of reload speed.Lv1

Exploit WeaknessSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to deal more Damage against enemies with Broken Armour but preventing them from Breaking Armour themselves. Cannot support skills that Consume Broken Armour.Lv1

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

MaimSupports Attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.Lv1

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

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

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

PrecisionSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Accuracy while the Skill is active.Lv1

Mirage Archer(Lv19)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

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

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

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

Herald of Ice(Lv18)5 gems

While active, Shattering an enemy with a non-Herald Attack Hit will cause an icy explosion that deals Attack damage to surrounding enemies.

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

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

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

Flash Grenade(Lv19)5 gems

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

Explosion radius is 2.6 metres

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

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

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

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

Explosive Grenade(Lv19)5 gems

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

Explosion radius is 2 metres

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

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

Elemental FocusSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more Elemental Damage but be unable to inflict Elemental Ailments.Lv1

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

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

AdhereSupports Grenade Skills. Grenades from Supported Skills do not bounce, instead halting movement where they intially land, but doing lower damage when they detonate.Lv1

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

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

Siege Cascade(Lv19)5 gems

Load your Crossbow with enemy-seeking payloads which are fired into the air, dropping a bolt near every enemy in the target area. These bolts lodge in the ground and explode after a short delay.

AccelerationSupports Projectile skills, making those Projectiles travel faster.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

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

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

Voranas SiegeLv1

Herald of Thunder(Lv19)4 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

Fire InfusionSupports any skill that deals damage, causing them to Gain Fire Damage but deal less Cold and Lightning Damage.Lv1

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

IgnitionSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making it more likely to Ignite.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

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

DemolisherSupports any skill, causing Armour Break it inflicts to be stronger.Lv1

Trinity(Lv18)2 gems

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

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

Uhtreds OmenSupports Skills which can gain levels, granting them additional levels provided exactly one other support is used with the supported Skill. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1