Galvanic Shards Shockburst Rounds Freeze Witchhunter (+5 Projectile Skills)

Witchhunter·MercenaryPatch 0.5.2·byPublic Ladder

Version 1·Updated Jun 13, 2026

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Ladder Endgame Galvanic Shards Shockburst Rounds Freeze Spirit Mana Lightning

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Run Gear Check

Overview

Offense

1. Load Plasma Blast

634,008

2. Load Shockburst Rounds

314,196

Hit DPS

258,943

Attacks/sec

0.41

Average hit

634,008

Utility

Mana

552

Spirit

186

Gear spirit

172

Move speed

x1.50

Defense

Life

1,654

Ward

189

Character evasion

10,214

Gear evasion

2,073

Fire res

75%

Cold res

58%

Lightning res

48%

Chaos res

64%

Passive Tree

131

Nodes

Notables

Keystones

Key Passives

Thrill of BattleNotable

20% increased Attack Speed while Surrounded

Speed

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

UnhinderedNotable

-6% reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving

Movement Speed

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 ConsiderationNotable

-30% reduced Evasion Rating if you have been Hit Recently

100% increased Evasion Rating if you haven't been Hit Recently

Evasion

Tactical RetreatNotable

+5 metres to Dodge Roll distance while Surrounded

10% increased Movement Speed while Surrounded

EvasionMovement Speed

Effect Profile

EffectStats

Attribute›

PassiveCountTotal

to any Attribute35+175
to Strength3+21
to Ailment Threshold per Dexterity1+4
to Dexterity1+5

Attack Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Attack Damage while Surrounded8270%
increased Attack Damage while moving6102%
increased Attack Damage559%
increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies232%

Speed›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Attack Speed726%
increased Skill Speed316%
increased Attack Speed during any Flask Effect116%
increased Attack Speed if you've killed Recently18%

Movement Speed›

PassiveCountTotal

reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving8-31%
increased Movement Speed38%
increased Movement Speed if you've Killed Recently27%
increased Movement Speed while Surrounded110%

Evasion›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Evasion Rating595%
increased Evasion Rating while Surrounded4100%
increased Evasion Rating if you haven't been Hit Recently1100%
metres to Dodge Roll distance while Surrounded1+5

Ailment›

PassiveCountTotal

increased chance to Shock330%
immune to Chill if a majority of your Socketed Support Gems are Blue1+1
immune to Ignite if a majority of your Socketed Support Gems are Red1+1
immune to Shock if a majority of your Socketed Support Gems are Green1+1

Elemental Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Elemental Damage with Attacks456%
increased Elemental Damage324%
increased Damage for each type of Elemental Ailment on Enemy120%

Accuracy›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Accuracy Rating324%
increased Accuracy Rating against Rare or Unique Enemies120%
reduced Accuracy Rating while moving1-20%
reduced Accuracy Rating while Surrounded1-30%

Gear

Weapon 1

Dire Core

Flexed Crossbow

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Range120

Physical Damage32-127

Quality0

SocketsS S

Lightning Damage29-697

Attacks per Second1.9

Critical Hit Chance5%

Total DPS840.8

Physical DPS151

Elemental DPS689.7

Requirements

Level77

Rune

Transforms all Fire and Cold modifiers on the item into equivalent Lightning modifiers
Gain 5% of Damage as Extra Damage of all Elements

Bonded

Bonded: 25% increased Lightning Damage
Bonded: 8% chance to gain an additional random Charge when you gain a Charge

Desecrated

19% increased Attack Speed

Implicit

28% increased Bolt Speed

Explicit

+5 to Level of all Projectile Skills
Adds 29 to 697 Lightning Damage
Leeches 8.03% of Physical Damage as Mana

Crafted

Gain 33% of Damage as Extra Lightning Damage

Helmet

Constricting Command

Viper Cap

Item Level 64

Unique

Properties

Evasion215

Quality20

SocketsS

Requirements

Level38

Enchant

+27 to Spirit

Rune

+11% to Chaos Resistance

Explicit

+74 to maximum Life
+9 to all Attributes
12.9 Life Regeneration per second
Require 4 fewer enemies to be Surrounded
Corrupted

Body Armour

Hyrri's Ire

Runemastered Armoured Vest

Item Level 74

Unique

Properties

Evasion988

Movement Speed-3%

Quality20

SocketsS S S

Ward155

Requirements

Level80

Rune

12% increased Rarity of Items found
+22% to Lightning Resistance
+11% to Chaos Resistance

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

128% increased Evasion Rating
Gain 20% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
+40 to Dexterity
25% increased Freeze Duration on Enemies
Evasion Rating is doubled if you have not been Hit Recently
Corrupted

Gloves

Dire Hand

Polished Bracers

Item Level 81

Rare

Properties

Evasion388

Quality20

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level80

Rune

8% increased Attack Speed
Can roll Marksman modifiers

Bonded

Bonded: 20% increased Projectile Damage
Bonded: 20% reduced Slowing Potency of Debuffs on You

Desecrated

+40% to Lightning Resistance

Explicit

16% increased Attack Speed
90% increased Evasion Rating
Adds 8 to 19 Physical Damage to Attacks
+2 to Level of all Projectile Skills
26% increased Projectile Damage

Boots

Atziri's Step

Cinched Boots

Item Level 81

Unique

Properties

Evasion482

Quality20

SocketsS

Requirements

Level65

Rune

5% increased Movement Speed

Bonded

Bonded: 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate

Explicit

30% increased Movement Speed
81% increased Evasion Rating
+93 to maximum Life
Gain Deflection Rating equal to 57% of Evasion Rating
-6% to amount of Damage Prevented by Deflection
Cannot be Light Stunned by Deflected Hits
Corrupted

Belt

Mageblood

Utility Belt

Item Level 80

Unique

Properties

Charm Slots2

Requirements

Level55

Implicit

Has 2 Charm Slots
20% of Flask Recovery applied Instantly

Explicit

Legacy of Silver
Legacy of Jade
Legacy of Silver
Legacy of Silver
All Mage's Legacies have 50% increased effect per duplicate Mage's Legacy you have

Amulet

Rift Torc

Solar Amulet

Item Level 80

Rare

Requirements

Level30

Enchant

Allocates Zarokh's Gift

Desecrated

19% increased Deflection Rating

Implicit

+14 to Spirit

Explicit

+3 to Level of all Projectile Skills
+45 to Spirit
+72% to Cold Resistance

Crafted

22% increased Global Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Ring 1

Kalandra's Touch

Ring

Item Level 78

Unique

Requirements

Level0

Implicit

Reflects opposite Ring

Ring 2

Doom Gyre

Gold Ring

Item Level 81

Rare

Requirements

Level40

Desecrated

+15% to Fire and Chaos Resistances

Implicit

14% increased Rarity of Items found

Explicit

Adds 26 to 42 Cold damage to Attacks
Adds 4 to 85 Lightning damage to Attacks
35% increased Rarity of Items found

Crafted

+35% to Fire Resistance

Charm 1

Dawnlit Thawing Charm of the Apprentice

Item Level 37

Magic

Properties

Quality0

Requirements

Level12

Implicit

Used when you become Frozen

Explicit

Also grants 96 Guard
16% reduced Charges per use

Charm 2

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

Charm 3

Rite of Passage

Golden Charm

Item Level 69

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 19 seconds on use

Life Flask

Hearty Ultimate Life Flask of the Verdant

Item Level 76

Magic

Properties

Quality10

Requirements

Level60

Implicit

Gains 0.20 Charges per Second
54% increased Recovery rate

Mana Flask

Lavianga's Spirits

Gargantuan Mana Flask

Item Level 79

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
73% reduced Amount Recovered

Skills & Gems

Galvanic Shards(Lv20)5 gems

Load your Crossbow with charged bolts that fragment in flight, releasing Chaining Lightning beams when they Hit enemies. These fragments can Merge.

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

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

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

ForkSupports Projectile skills, making their Projectiles Fork.Lv1

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

Shockburst Rounds(Lv20)5 gems

Load your Crossbow with a clip of charged bolts which release damaging pulses upon Hitting an enemy affected by a Lightning Ailment. Using this Skill again reloads the clip.

10 Bolts loaded per clip

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

Fresh ClipSupports Crossbow Skills, granting them more damage for each bolt reloaded by that Skill in the last 6 seconds.Lv1

Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1

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

Crossbow Shot(Lv20)5 gems

Fire a bolt from your crossbow.

LacerateSupports any skill that Hits enemies, giving it a chance to inflict Bleeding.Lv1

Life ThiefSupports Attacks, causing their Physical damage to Leech Life.Lv1

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

SplinterSupports Skills that Hit Enemies, causing those Hits to Break Armour based on a portion of Physical Damage dealt.Lv1

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

Plasma Blast(Lv19)4 gems

Load your Crossbow with unstable bolts that require a lengthy charging period to fire but deal devastating damage, Pierce through enemies, and explode upon hitting terrain. Additional Projectiles are fired in a spread, unlike other Crossbow Skills.

ConductionSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making it more likely to Shock.Lv1

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

Lasting ShockSupports any skill that Hits enemies or inflicts Shock, causing its Shocks to be inflicted less often but last longer.Lv1

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

Wind Dancer(Lv18)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

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

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

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

Voltaic Barrier(Lv20)4 gems

Raise a pair of electrified pylons in front of you which project a wall of electricity between them, damaging and Electrocuting enemies caught between them. Projectiles you fire through the wall become energised, and discharge that energy on Hit as Chaining Lightning beams.

FortressSupports skills that create walls in a line, causing them to be created in a circle instead but deal less Hit damage.Lv1

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

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

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

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

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

Culling StrikeSupports Attack Skills, causing them to Cull Rare and Unique Enemies on Hit.Lv1

Herald of Ash(Lv14)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.

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

Emergency Reload(Lv19)2 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

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

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

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

Barrier recharges after 8 seconds

No support gems detected for this skill.

Enemy Explode(Lv1)No supports

No support gems detected for this skill.

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