Lightning Warp Spark Minion Witchhunter (+5 Physical Spell Skills)

Witchhunter·MercenaryPatch 0.5.0·byPublic Builds

Version 1·Updated Jul 25, 2026

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Endgame Lightning Warp Spark Minion Freeze Crit Spirit Mana

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Scored against 100+ mercenary endgame builds

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Overview

Offense

1. Lightning Warp

2,004

2. Full Culling DPS

932

Hit DPS

1,897

Casts/sec

3.78

Average hit

502

Utility

Mana

897

Spirit

258

Gear spirit

Move speed

x1.31

Defense

Life

1,625

Character armour

279

Gear armour

249

Character evasion

18,454

Gear evasion

4,491

Fire res

75%

Cold res

75%

Lightning res

75%

Chaos res

62%

Passive Tree

158

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

Pitiless KillerNotable

Culling Strike

15% chance to Cull enemies below 20% Life

15% increased damage

Attack

Obsessive RitualsNotable

-50% less Armour and Evasion Rating

Armour

Adrenaline RushNotable

8% increased Attack Speed if you've killed Recently

4% increased Movement Speed if you've Killed Recently

SpeedMovement Speed

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

Escape StrategyNotable

100% increased Evasion Rating if you have been Hit Recently

-30% reduced Evasion Rating if you haven't been Hit Recently

Evasion

Effect Profile

EffectStats

Attribute›

PassiveCountTotal

to any Attribute35+175
to Intelligence4+34
to Dexterity3+20
to Strength2+10

Evasion›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Evasion Rating17245%
gain Deflection Rating equal to # % of Evasion Rating1497%
increased Evasion Rating while moving4100%
increased Evasion Rating if you have been Hit Recently1100%

Speed›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Skill Speed316%
increased Attack Speed25%
increased Attack Speed while your Companion is in your Presence28%
increased Attack Speed during any Flask Effect16%

Elemental Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Elemental Damage648%
increased Elemental Damage with Attacks568%
increased Damage for each type of Elemental Ailment on Enemy120%

Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Damage with Two Handed Weapons690%
prevent +#% of Damage from Deflected Hits29%
increased Damage with Hits against Rare and Unique Enemies125%
increased Damage while your Companion is in your Presence112%

Projectile Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Projectile Damage996%

Armour›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Armour and Evasion Rating694%
increased Evasion Rating from Equipped Body Armour1100%
less Armour and Evasion Rating1-50%

Movement Speed›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Movement Speed613%
increased Movement Speed if you've Killed Recently27%

Gear

Woe Cry

Dueling Wand

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Quality20

SocketsS

Requirements

Level78

Rune

+1 to Level of all Spell Skills

Bonded

Bonded: Archon recovery period expires 30% faster

Explicit

Gain 24% of Damage as Extra Fire Damage
Gain 27% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
Gain 30% of Damage as Extra Lightning Damage
22% increased Critical Spell Damage Bonus
23% increased Cast Speed
+5 to Level of all Physical Spell Skills

Palm of the Dreamer

Shrine Sceptre

Item Level 81

Unique

Properties

Spirit115

Quality0

SocketsS

Requirements

Level78

Rune

15% increased Spirit

Bonded

Bonded: Minions have 30% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate for Command Skills

Explicit

Allies in your Presence deal 17 to 26 added Attack Chaos Damage
+13 to all Attributes
23% reduced Light Radius
8% increased Skill Effect Duration
Gain 27% of Damage as Extra Chaos Damage
Grants effect of Dreaming Gloom Shrine
Corrupted

Myris Uxor

Covert Hood

Item Level 81

Unique

Properties

Evasion527

Quality20

SocketsS

Requirements

Level56

Rune

+11% to Chaos Resistance

Explicit

71% increased Evasion Rating
+125 to Accuracy Rating
+46 to maximum Mana
114% increased Culling Strike Threshold
Corrupted

Oblivion Shelter

Slipstrike Vest

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Evasion3307

Movement Speed-3%

Quality27

SocketsS S S

Requirements

Level70

Rune

60% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Bonded

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

Desecrated

+323 to Evasion Rating

Explicit

+45% to Fire Resistance
+78 to Evasion Rating
123% increased Evasion Rating
+51% to Cold Resistance
Gain Deflection Rating equal to 22% of Evasion Rating
Sanctified

Horror's Flight

Engraved Bracers

Item Level 84

Unique

Properties

Evasion657

Quality20

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level90

Rune

8% increased Attack Speed
8% increased Cast Speed

Bonded

Bonded: 20% increased Mana Cost Efficiency while on Low Mana
Bonded: 20% reduced Slowing Potency of Debuffs on You

Explicit

270% increased Evasion Rating
12% increased Attack Speed
+21 to Dexterity
Adds 23 to 32 Chaos Damage to Attacks
Gain 1 Fear Incarnate when you Cull a target
Corrupted

Trampletoe

Trimmed Greaves

Item Level 81

Unique

Properties

Armour249

Quality20

SocketsS S S

Requirements

Level50

Rune

5% increased Movement Speed
+22% to Lightning Resistance
+11% to Chaos Resistance

Bonded

Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Bonded: 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate

Explicit

15% increased Movement Speed
85% increased Armour
50% increased Attribute Requirements
Deal 30% of Overkill damage to enemies within 2 metres of the enemy killed
Corrupted

Headhunter

Heavy Belt

Item Level 79

Unique

Properties

Charm Slots2

Requirements

Level50

Enchant

+23% to Lightning Resistance

Implicit

30% increased Stun Threshold
Has 2 Charm Slots

Explicit

+54 to maximum Life
+33 to Strength
+38 to Dexterity
When you kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds
Corrupted

Cataclysm Locket

Amber Amulet

Item Level 78

Rare

Requirements

Level8

Enchant

Allocates Wild Storm

Desecrated

+13% to Chaos Resistance

Implicit

+12 to Strength

Explicit

+3 to Level of all Projectile Skills
26% increased Spell Damage
54% increased Evasion Rating
+43 to Spirit
+13% to all Elemental Resistances

Corpse Loop

Iron Ring

Item Level 81

Rare

Requirements

Level0

Desecrated

Adds 3 to 78 Lightning damage to Attacks

Implicit

Adds 1 to 4 Physical Damage to Attacks

Explicit

Adds 33 to 45 Fire damage to Attacks
Adds 16 to 27 Cold damage to Attacks
+16% to all Elemental Resistances
+36% to Fire Resistance

Crafted

+33% to Cold Resistance

Dragon Grasp

Prismatic Ring

Item Level 82

Rare

Requirements

Level35

Implicit

+10% to all Elemental Resistances

Explicit

Adds 30 to 54 Fire damage to Attacks
Adds 16 to 27 Cold damage to Attacks
Adds 1 to 82 Lightning damage to Attacks
22% increased Cast Speed
+12 to all Attributes
+26% to Lightning Resistance

Nascent Hope

Thawing Charm

Item Level 82

Unique

Properties

Charges Max40

Charges Per Use40

Duration30

Quality0

Requirements

Level12

Implicit

Used when you become Frozen

Explicit

24% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy
Energy Shield Recharge starts on use

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 Primate for 20 seconds on use

The Fall of the Axe

Silver Charm

Item Level 79

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

Sapping Ultimate Life Flask of the Abundant

Item Level 82

Magic

Properties

Quality20

Requirements

Level60

Explicit

96% increased Life Recovered
Removes 15% of Life Recovered from Mana when used
56% increased Charges

Lavianga's Spirits

Gargantuan Mana Flask

Item Level 80

Unique

Properties

Charges Max75

Charges Per Use10

Duration20

Mana Per Use185

Quality20

Requirements

Level49

Explicit

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

Skills & Gems

Crossbow Shot(Lv20)1 support

Fire a bolt from your crossbow.

Support gems

Zerphis LegacySupports Attacks and Warcries you use yourself. Supported Skills gain a Glory requirement, and build Glory when you spend Life on Skills. Supported Skills deal more damage and have significantly increased area of effect.Lv1

Sorcery Ward(Lv20)No 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

No support gems detected for this skill.

Spellslinger(Lv18)1 socketed skill

While active, gains Energy when you cast Spells. Using the Invocation once sufficient Energy is gathered will consume the Energy to trigger socketed Spells, and can trigger them multiple times if it has enough Energy.

Socketed skills

Lightning WarpTarget an enemy to either teleport inside the target's body if they are under the Cull threshold, causing it to violently explode, or to apply a Debuff to them, which will cause the same effect if that enemy falls under the Cull threshold during its duration. Can also be used on Ball Lightning Projectiles. On teleport, the target is destroyed, and the explosion deals Lightning damage to surrounding enemies. If targeting an enemy, the explosion also creates Shocked Ground. Creates a Lightning Infusion on successful use. Highlights enemies that can be Culled.Lv10

Impurity(Lv18)4 supports

Emit an Aura that boosts the Chaos Resistance of you and Allies in your Presence.

Aura grants +10% to Chaos Resistance

Support gems

HerbalismSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Life recovery from Flasks while the Skill is active.Lv1

Strong HeartedSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing Shock applied to you to last for a shorter duration while the Supported Skill is active.Lv1

VitalitySupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the Skill is active.Lv1

CannibalismSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to recover Life on kill while the Skill is active.Lv1

Crushing Fear(Lv20)No supports

Dash to an enemy and Strike them, Culling enemies if their life is low enough. When this skill kills an enemy you draw out their final fears, crushing them to create a shockwave. Enemies around you that can be Culled will be highlighted.

No support gems detected for this skill.

Requiem(Lv20)5 supports

Your weapon passively accumulates anguish from the tormented souls within. When fully charged, use this skill to compose the Requiem, transforming your Crossbow shot into a torrent of anguish for a short, fixed amount of time. Does not use Ammunition.

Support gems

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

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

Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1

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

Vulnerability(Lv19)3 supports

Curse all targets in an area after a short delay. making Hits against them ignore a portion of their Armour.

Curse radius is 1.5 metres

Curse inflicts -16 to Total Armour

Curse duration is 6 seconds

Curse does not apply to enemies above level 20

Support gems

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

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

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

Spark(Lv3)5 supports

Launch a spray of sparking Projectiles that travel erratically along the ground until they hit an enemy or expire. Consumes a Cold Infusion if possible to fire many sparks in a circle.

Fires 4 Projectiles

Deals 1 to 10 Lightning Damage

Support gems

Arcane TempoSupports Spells, causing them to cast faster.Lv1

PierceSupports Projectile skills, making their Projectiles Pierce an enemy but deal less damage after doing so.Lv1

AccelerationSupports Projectile skills, making those Projectiles travel faster.Lv1

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

WildshardsSupports Projectile Spells. Supported Spells have a chance to fire many additional Projectiles in a circle.Lv1

Berserk(Lv16)No supports

While active, strengthens your Rage, but causes you to lose Life while not losing Rage.

Grants 40% increased Rage effect

No support gems detected for this skill.

Blasphemy(Lv20)1 skill · 4 supports

Turn socketed Curse skills into vile Auras, applying their effects to all nearby enemies.

Supported Curses have 50% less Magnitudes

Socketed skills

RepulsionTarget an area and Curse enemies within with a Verisium Rune, inflicting them with Fragility. Hitting these enemies causes the Curse to Trigger an explosion to deal damage in an area and apply significant Knockback to other enemies near the Cursed target, with more Stun buildup based on the Fragility on the target Hit.Lv20

Support gems

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

Ritualistic CurseSupports Curse skills, causing them to cover a larger area but take longer to Curse enemies.Lv1

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

Living LightningSupports Skills which cause Damaging Hits. Living Lightning Minions are created when dealing Lightning damage with Supported Skills - bundles of living electricity that target nearby enemies with Chaining Attacks. Enemies will not directly engage these Minions, and can pass through them. Does not modify skills used by Minions.Lv1

Time of Need(Lv19)1 support

While active, periodically invokes divine blessings to heal you and remove Curses and Elemental Ailments from you.

10 seconds between Blessings

Blessing recovers 17 Life and removes Curses and Elemental Ailments

Support gems

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

Eternal Rage(Lv16)1 support

While active, you constantly regenerate Rage.

Regenerate 0.25 Rage per second

Support gems

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

Lightning Warp(Lv9)5 supports

Target an enemy to either teleport inside the target's body if they are under the Cull threshold, causing it to violently explode, or to apply a Debuff to them, which will cause the same effect if that enemy falls under the Cull threshold during its duration. Can also be used on Ball Lightning Projectiles. On teleport, the target is destroyed, and the explosion deals Lightning damage to surrounding enemies. If targeting an enemy, the explosion also creates Shocked Ground. Creates a Lightning Infusion on successful use. Highlights enemies that can be Culled.

Deals 2 to 30 Lightning Damage

Support gems

Arcane TempoSupports Spells, causing them to cast faster.Lv1

Thrill Of The KillSupports Skills you use yourself which Hit enemies. Culling a Shocked enemy with Supported Skills infuses all of your Attacks with Lightning damage for a short time.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

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

Despair(Lv19)3 supports

Curse all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Chaos Resistance.

Curse radius is 1.5 metres

Curse inflicts -35% to Chaos Resistance

Curse duration is 6 seconds

Curse does not apply to enemies above level 20

Support gems

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

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

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

Wolf Pack(Lv19)4 supports

Activate to summon a pack of Wolf Companions. The pack treated as a single Companion for effects that count or limit Companions, regardless of the number of Wolves in the pack.

Summons 3 Wolves

Support gems

Minion InstabilitySupports skills which create Minions, causing them to violently explode when reduced to Low Life.Lv1

Amanamus TitheSupports Persistent Minion Skills, granting a chance when Supported Minions die for you to gain an Abyssal Monster Modifier.Lv1

Romiras RequitalSupports Skills that create Companions which can be damaged. Minions created by Supported Skills take a portion of Hit Damage you would otherwise have taken, but have lowered maximum Life. A percentage of Damage taken this way is Recouped by you as Life.Lv1