Permafrost Bolts Fragmentation Rounds Freeze Witchhunter (177% Physical Damage)

Witchhunter·MercenaryPatch 0.5.2·byPublic Ladder

Version 1·Updated Jun 13, 2026

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Ladder Endgame Permafrost Bolts Fragmentation Rounds Freeze Crit Spirit Mana

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Run Gear Check

Overview

Offense

1. Crossbow Shot

74,910

2. On Kill Monster Explosion

56,551

Hit DPS

70,862

Attacks/sec

2.65

Average hit

26,738

Utility

Mana

613

Spirit

164

Gear spirit

128

Move speed

x1.54

Defense

Life

1,866

Ward

266

Character armour

258

Character evasion

12,494

Gear evasion

3,999

Fire res

75%

Cold res

75%

Lightning res

77%

Chaos res

36%

Passive Tree

155

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

Precision SalvoNotable

12% increased Accuracy Rating

6% increased Attack Speed

8% increased Projectile Speed

AccuracySpeed

Obsessive RitualsNotable

-50% less Armour and Evasion Rating

Armour

Stand and DeliverNotable

Projectiles have 40% increased Critical Damage Bonus against Enemies within 2m

Projectiles deal 25% increased Damage with Hits against Enemies within 2m

CriticalDamage

Reusable AmmunitionNotable

Bolts fired by Crossbow Attacks have 30% chance to not expend Ammunition if you've Reloaded Recently

ProjectileWeapon

Primal SunderingNotable

8% increased Area of Effect for Attacks

Damage Penetrates 12% Elemental Resistances

AreaElemental Penetration

Escape VelocityNotable

3% increased Movement Speed

30% increased Evasion Rating

Movement SpeedEvasion

Effect Profile

EffectStats

Attribute›

PassiveCountTotal

to any Attribute38+190
to Intelligence2+18
to Strength2+16
increased Dexterity18%

Speed›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Projectile Speed869%
increased Attack Speed412%
increased Skill Speed316%
increased Crossbow Reload Speed345%

Attack Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Attack Damage while Surrounded7245%
increased Attack Damage552%
increased Attack Damage while moving482%
increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies232%

Evasion›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Evasion Rating13208%
increased Evasion Rating while Surrounded260%
gain Deflection Rating equal to # % of Evasion Rating15%
metres to Dodge Roll distance while Surrounded1+5

Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

projectiles deal # % increased Damage with Hits against Enemies within 2m355%
increased Damage against Immobilised Enemies350%
increased Damage with Crossbows336%
chance for Damage of Enemies Hitting you to be Unlucky120%

Elemental Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Elemental Damage with Attacks792%
increased Elemental Damage324%
increased Damage for each type of Elemental Ailment on Enemy120%

Accuracy›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Accuracy Rating427%
enemies you Mark have -#% reduced Accuracy Rating1-10%
gain Accuracy Rating equal to your Intelligence1+1
increased Accuracy Rating against Rare or Unique Enemies120%

Movement Speed›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Movement Speed49%
reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving2-7%
increased Movement Speed while Surrounded110%

Gear

Weapon 1

Wrath Core

Gemini Crossbow

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Range120

Physical Damage150-524

Quality26

SocketsS S

Attacks per Second1.6

Critical Hit Chance5%

Total DPS539.2

Physical DPS539.2

Requirements

Level78

Rune

40% increased Physical Damage

Bonded

Bonded: 40% increased effect of Fully Broken Armour

Desecrated

19% chance when you Reload a Crossbow to be immediate

Implicit

Loads an additional bolt

Explicit

177% increased Physical Damage
62% increased Physical Damage
Adds 37 to 70 Physical Damage
+148 to Accuracy Rating
Corrupted

Crafted

+3 to Level of all Attack Skills
21% chance to gain Onslaught on Killing Hits with this Weapon

Helmet

Constricting Command

Runemastered Viper Cap

Item Level 79

Unique

Properties

Evasion197

Quality20

SocketsS

Ward156

Requirements

Level55

Rune

18% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Bonded

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

Explicit

+88 to maximum Life
+10 to all Attributes
10.6 Life Regeneration per second
Require 4 fewer enemies to be Surrounded
Corrupted

Body Armour

Morbid Pelt

Slipstrike Vest

Item Level 79

Rare

Properties

Evasion2842

Movement Speed-3%

Quality20

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level70

Rune

40% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Bonded

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

Desecrated

+255 to Evasion Rating

Explicit

+54 to Evasion Rating
146% increased Evasion Rating
+38% to Cold Resistance
24.8 Life Regeneration per second
Corrupted

Crafted

+34% to Fire Resistance

Gloves

Loath Hold

Grand Bracers

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Evasion357

Quality20

SocketsS

Requirements

Level70

Rune

8% increased Attack Speed

Bonded

Bonded: 20% reduced Slowing Potency of Debuffs on You

Desecrated

92% increased Evasion Rating

Explicit

Adds 12 to 29 Physical Damage to Attacks
Adds 13 to 18 Cold damage to Attacks
15% increased Rarity of Items found
15% increased Attack Speed
Leech 8.2% of Physical Attack Damage as Mana

Boots

Carrion Spark

Drakeskin Boots

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Evasion603

Quality20

SocketsS

Requirements

Level80

Enchant

+1% to Maximum Lightning Resistance

Rune

5% increased Movement Speed

Bonded

Bonded: 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate

Desecrated

97% increased Evasion Rating

Explicit

35% increased Movement Speed
+148 to maximum Life
18% increased Rarity of Items found
+44% to Lightning Resistance
Corrupted

Crafted

+18% to Chaos Resistance

Belt

Honour Harness

Long Belt

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Charm Slots2

Requirements

Level20

Implicit

16% increased Charm Effect Duration
Has 2 Charm Slots

Explicit

+257 to Armour
+61 to maximum Life
+50% to Fire Resistance
+49% to Cold Resistance
+34% to Lightning Resistance

Crafted

24% increased Explicit Resistance Modifier magnitudes

Amulet

Fate Noose

Solar Amulet

Item Level 79

Rare

Requirements

Level30

Enchant

Allocates Climate Change

Desecrated

47% increased Evasion Rating from Equipped Body Armour

Implicit

+14 to Spirit

Explicit

+50 to Spirit
+2 to Level of all Projectile Skills
+25 to Strength
+35% to Lightning Resistance

Crafted

26% increased Global Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Ring 1

Pain Coil

Gold Ring

Item Level 82

Rare

Requirements

Level40

Desecrated

Adds 1 to 23 Lightning damage to Attacks

Implicit

14% increased Rarity of Items found

Explicit

Adds 28 to 39 Cold damage to Attacks
+215 to Evasion Rating
+22 to Dexterity
+19% to all Elemental Resistances

Crafted

17% increased Rarity of Items found

Ring 2

Maelstrom Circle

Gold Ring

Item Level 79

Rare

Requirements

Level40

Desecrated

Adds 7 to 11 Physical Damage to Attacks

Implicit

14% increased Rarity of Items found

Explicit

Adds 19 to 37 Cold damage to Attacks
33% increased Rarity of Items found
+31% to Cold Resistance

Crafted

+31% to Fire Resistance

Charm 1

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

Charm 2

Forsaken Bangle

Amethyst Charm

Item Level 80

Unique

Properties

Charges Max40

Charges Per Use30

Duration40

Quality0

Requirements

Level40

Implicit

Used when you take Chaos damage from a Hit

Explicit

25% increased Duration
50% of Chaos damage you prevent when Hit Recouped as Life and Mana during effect

Charm 3

Beira's Anguish

Dousing Charm

Item Level 80

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

Life Flask

Potent Ultimate Life Flask of the Verdant

Item Level 80

Magic

Properties

Quality20

Requirements

Level60

Implicit

Gains 0.20 Charges per Second
75% increased Amount Recovered

Mana Flask

Lavianga's Spirits

Gargantuan Mana Flask

Item Level 81

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
75% reduced Amount Recovered
Corrupted

Skills & Gems

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

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

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

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

ExecuteSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more damage against enemies on Low Life.Lv1

Permafrost Bolts(Lv21)5 gems

Load your Crossbow with icy bolts that fragment in flight, damaging enemies on hit and in a small cone behind their final target. The icy coating on the bolts makes them extremely potent at Freezing enemies. These fragments can Merge.

200% more Magnitude of Chill inflicted

200% more Freeze Buildup

Pierces 2 targets

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

Ice BiteSupports damaging skills and Warcries you use yourself. Freezing an enemy with supported skills infuses your damage with Cold damage for a short time.Lv1

RicochetSupports any Skill which creates Projectiles, giving those Projectiles a chance to Chain when impacting terrain.Lv1

AccelerationSupports Projectile skills, making those Projectiles travel faster.Lv1

Freezing Mark(Lv19)5 gems

Mark a target, making them more susceptible to being Frozen. When the Marked target is Frozen, the Mark Activates, granting you a Buff which gives extra Cold damage and Consuming the Mark. Marking another target while you have the Buff will remove the Buff.

Hits against Marked enemy cause 25% more Freeze buildup

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

Eternal MarkSupports Mark Skills, causing them to not be Consumed the first time they are Activated.Lv1

Lightning ExposureSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to inflict Exposure when inflicting Shock.Lv1

Charged MarkSupports Mark Skills, causing them to Trigger Charged Mark when they are Activated. Charged Mark creates Shocked Ground at the target's location.Lv1

Mark Of SiphoningSupports Mark Skills, causing enemies they Mark to Leech Mana to you when you Hit them with Attacks.Lv1

Fragmentation Rounds(Lv19)5 gems

Load your Crossbow with Piercing bolts that fragment in flight. Bolts that hit a Frozen enemy Consume the Freeze and cause an explosion of shrapnel. Bolts that hit an Ice Crystal cause it to explode. These fragments can Merge.

Bolts Pierce 2 Targets

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

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

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

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

Crossbow Shot(Lv20)3 gems

Fire a bolt from your crossbow.

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

Strip AwaySupports Skills which apply Exposure to Enemies, increasing the effect of applied Exposure.Lv1

Ice BiteSupports damaging skills and Warcries you use yourself. Freezing an enemy with supported skills infuses your damage with Cold damage for a short time.Lv1

Emergency Reload(Lv19)3 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

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

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

Thunderstorm(Lv19)3 gems

Conjure a thunderstorm which causes lightning strikes and torrential rain in an area. Enemies in the area are Drenched, causing them to become Shocked or Frozen more easily. Plants in the area become Overgrown.

Deals 1 to 5 Lightning Damage

Cannot Drench enemies above level 20

Inevitable CriticalSupports any skill you use yourself that Hits enemies, causing it to accumulate Critical Hit chance over time.Lv1

Pinpoint CriticalSupports any skill that Hits Enemies, causing it to Critically Hit more often but deal less damage with Critical Hits.Lv1

Blazing CriticalSupports Skills you use yourself which Hit enemies. Critical Hits with Supported Skills imbue all of your Attacks with Fire damage for a duration.Lv1

Shard Scavenger(Lv18)2 gems

While active, Consuming Freeze, Shock, Ignite, or Fully Broken Armour on an enemy reloads your Crossbow, restores one cooldown use for your Grenades and grants a Buff causing Crossbow Attacks to not consume bolts for a duration. This can only occur once every few seconds.

Instantly reloads your Crossbow and restores one cooldown use for your Grenades upon Consuming Freeze, Shock, Ignite, or Fully Broken Armour Minimum duration between consumptions is 7 seconds

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

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

Wind Dancer(Lv16)2 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

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

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

Eternal Rage(Lv18)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

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