Galvanic Shards Stormblast Bolts Totem Witchhunter (176% Physical Damage)

Witchhunter·MercenaryPatch 0.5.0·byPublic Builds

Version 1·Updated Jul 9, 2026

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Endgame Galvanic Shards Stormblast Bolts Totem Freeze Spirit Mana Lightning

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Scored against 503 mercenary endgame builds

DamageSS

SurvivalA

SpeedB

UtilityB

Overview

Offense

1. Crossbow Shot

154,405

2. Stormblast Bolts

100,063

Hit DPS

100,063

Attacks/sec

3.23

Average hit

31,020

Utility

Mana

517

Spirit

150

Gear spirit

100

Move speed

x1.64

Defense

Life

1,716

Character armour

4,451

Gear armour

1,697

Character evasion

15,573

Gear evasion

3,387

Fire res

75%

Cold res

75%

Lightning res

75%

Chaos res

16%

Passive Tree

148

Nodes

Notables

Keystones

Key Passives

Judge, Jury, and ExecutionerNotable

Decimating Strike

Attack

Battle-hardenedNotable

Hits against you have 20% reduced Critical Damage Bonus

+5 to Strength

+5 to Dexterity

20% increased Armour and Evasion Rating

CriticalAttributeArmour

Obsessive RitualsNotable

-50% less Armour and Evasion Rating

Armour

Leather Bound GauntletsNotable

+1 to Evasion Rating per 1 Item Armour on Equipped Gloves

Armour

Escape VelocityNotable

3% increased Movement Speed

30% increased Evasion Rating

Movement SpeedEvasion

Ceremonial AblutionNotable

Sorcery Ward's Barrier can also take Physical and Chaos Damage from Hits

Chaos Damage

Light on your FeetNotable

3% increased Movement Speed

Movement Speed

FrazzledNotable

15% increased Mana Regeneration Rate

30% increased Magnitude of Shock you inflict

ManaLightningAilment

Effect Profile

EffectStats

Attribute›

PassiveCountTotal

to any Attribute28+140
to Strength4+26
to Dexterity3+20
to all Attributes1+3

Movement Speed›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Movement Speed1021%
reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving6-24%
increased Movement Speed if you've Killed Recently27%
ignore all Movement Penalties from Armour1+1

Attack Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Attack Damage while moving6102%
increased Attack Damage563%
increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies348%

Evasion›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Evasion Rating8133%
gain Deflection Rating equal to # % of Evasion Rating112%
increased Evasion Rating if you have Hit an Enemy Recently160%
increased Evasion Rating while moving140%

Armour›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Armour and Evasion Rating9130%
less Armour and Evasion Rating1-50%
to Evasion Rating per # Item Armour on Equipped Gloves1+1

Speed›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Attack Speed316%
increased Skill Speed316%
increased Attack Speed while a Rare or Unique Enemy is in your Presence312%
increased Attack and Cast Speed with Lightning Skills18%

Elemental Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Elemental Damage with Attacks8104%

Life›

PassiveCountTotal

regenerate # % of maximum Life per second369%
increased Damage with Hits against Enemies that are on Low Life270%
increased Flask Life Recovery rate140%
increased Maximum Life if you have at least # Red Support Gems Socketed15%

Gear

Onslaught Core

Desolate Crossbow

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Range120

Physical Damage144-518

Quality20

SocketsS S

Lightning Damage3-299

Attacks per Second1.9

Critical Hit Chance5%

Total DPS915.8

Physical DPS628.9

Elemental DPS286.9

Requirements

Level77

Rune

40% increased Physical Damage

Bonded

Bonded: 40% increased effect of Fully Broken Armour

Desecrated

Adds 3 to 299 Lightning Damage

Explicit

176% increased Physical Damage
Adds 33 to 74 Physical Damage
19% increased Attack Speed
+5 to Level of all Projectile Skills
Gain 38 Mana per enemy killed

Decree of Acuity

Ancient Visor

Item Level 84

Unique

Properties

Armour784

Evasion714

Quality20

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level65

Rune

20% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
+4 to Maximum Rage

Bonded

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

Explicit

245% increased Armour and Evasion
+30 to Dexterity
Gain 30% of Evasion Rating as extra Armour
You are Blind
The Effect of Blind on you is reversed
Corrupted

Hyrri's Ire

Armoured Vest

Item Level 79

Unique

Properties

Evasion1635

Movement Speed-3%

Quality25

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level73

Rune

40% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Bonded

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

Implicit

30% increased Elemental Ailment Threshold

Explicit

150% increased Evasion Rating
Gain 20% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
+36 to Dexterity
25% increased Freeze Duration on Enemies
Evasion Rating is doubled if you have not been Hit Recently
Corrupted

Eagle Nails

Massive Mitts

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Armour913

Quality25

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

100% increased Armour

Explicit

+2 to Level of all Projectile Skills
+178 to Armour
+80% to Cold Resistance
38% increased Projectile Damage

Blood Urge

Drakeskin Boots

Item Level 81

Rare

Properties

Evasion1038

Quality24

SocketsS

Requirements

Level80

Rune

5% increased Movement Speed

Bonded

Bonded: 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate

Desecrated

+16% to Lightning and Chaos Resistances

Explicit

+170 to Evasion Rating
97% increased Evasion Rating
+37% to Cold Resistance
21.2 Life Regeneration per second

Crafted

30% increased Movement Speed

Headhunter

Heavy Belt

Item Level 81

Unique

Properties

Charm Slots2

Requirements

Level50

Implicit

21% increased Stun Threshold
Has 2 Charm Slots

Explicit

+46 to maximum Life
+31 to Strength
+37 to Dexterity
When you kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds

Dusk Medallion

Absent Amulet

Item Level 79

Rare

Requirements

Level78

Enchant

Allocates Grace of the Ancestors

Desecrated

+5% to Quality of all Skills

Implicit

-1 Prefix Modifier allowed
-1 Suffix Modifier allowed

Explicit

+50 to Spirit
+3 to Level of all Projectile Skills

Crafted

32% increased Global Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Horror Turn

Topaz Ring

Item Level 79

Rare

Requirements

Level16

Desecrated

+199 to Evasion Rating

Implicit

+36% to Lightning Resistance

Explicit

Adds 5 to 92 Lightning damage to Attacks
42% increased Lightning Damage
+16% to all Elemental Resistances
+39% to Fire Resistance
+54% to Lightning Resistance

Rapture Grip

Gold Ring

Item Level 79

Rare

Requirements

Level40

Desecrated

19% increased Rarity of Items found

Implicit

8% increased Rarity of Items found

Explicit

Adds 1 to 84 Lightning damage to Attacks
34% increased Lightning Damage
+74% to Fire Resistance

Crafted

17% increased Rarity of Items found

Nascent Hope

Thawing Charm

Item Level 80

Unique

Properties

Charges Max40

Charges Per Use40

Duration30

Quality0

Requirements

Level12

Implicit

Used when you become Frozen

Explicit

25% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy
Energy Shield Recharge starts on use

Beira's Anguish

Dousing Charm

Item Level 54

Unique

Properties

Charges Max40

Charges Per Use30

Duration30

Quality0

Requirements

Level32

Implicit

Used when you become Ignited

Explicit

24% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy
Creates Ignited Ground for 4 seconds when used, Igniting enemies as though dealing Fire damage equal to 500% of your maximum Life

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 19 seconds on use

Opaque Ultimate Life Flask of the Perpetual

Item Level 65

Magic

Properties

Quality20

Requirements

Level60

Implicit

43% increased Amount Recovered
62% increased Charges gained

Lavianga's Spirits

Gargantuan Mana Flask

Item Level 81

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
70% reduced Amount Recovered

Skills & Gems

Galvanic Shards(Lv21)5 supports

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

Support gems

Pietys MercySupports Projectile skills and any other skills that Chain, causing them to Chain more times.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

InnervateSupports damaging skills you use yourself. Killing a Shocked enemy with supported skills imbues your damage with Lightning damage for a short time.Lv1

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

Ammo Conservation FourSupports Crossbow Skills, causing them to load a bolt into all Crossbow Ammunition on kill.Lv1

Mortar Cannon(Lv19)4 supports

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

Support gems

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

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

Hardy TotemsSupports Skills which create Totems, causing those Totems to have more Life.Lv1

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

Stormblast Bolts(Lv21)5 supports

Load your Crossbow with charged bolts that land around the target location and explode if hit by a Detonator Skill. Using this Skill again reloads the clip.

Support gems

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

Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1

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

Rigwalds FerocitySupports Attack skills, granting them Attack Speed at the cost of Damage or Damage at the cost of Attack Speed depending on Weapon Set they are used in. Does not modify skills used by Minions.Lv1

Mirage Archer(Lv18)4 supports

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

Support gems

Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1

IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1

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

Herald of Thunder(Lv21)5 supports

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

Support gems

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

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

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

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

Emergency Reload(Lv19)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

LifetapSupports any Skill, turning its Mana cost into a Life cost. Does not support Skills which reserve Spirit.Lv1

Wind Dancer(Lv19)3 supports

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

Support gems

MaimSupports Attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.Lv1

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

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

Crossbow Shot(Lv20)2 supports

Fire a bolt from your crossbow.

Support gems

HeftSupports Skills which deal Damage, increasing the maximum Physical Damage of their Hits.Lv1

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

Sorcery Ward(Lv20)2 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

Support gems

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