Gemling Legionnaire Mercenary (Lv94)

Build check

Mercenary · Gemling Legionnaire · Lv94

Build tier, progression gaps, and prioritized upgrade options from the imported character.

Potential upgrades

exiles.buildtier

Scored against 100+ mercenary endgame builds

DamageD

SurvivalA

SpeedA

UtilityA

How this build works

Chaos InoculationTriggered skillsMana scales damage

Chaos Inoculation makes Life and Chaos Resistance poor upgrade targets. Focus defensive upgrades on Energy Shield and your other active layers.

Build state

Endgame

Primary DPS

20.9K

A little below typical

EHP

66.2K

Above typical

Weakest hit taken

Physical 8.8K

Above typical

Physical max hit

8.8K

Above typical

Elemental max hit

23.1K

Above typical

Movement speed

x1.84

Around typical

Rarity

69%

Niiice magic find

Top skills

Spark

5 support gems

20.9K

Clear + boss

Comet

4 support gems

20K

Clear + boss

Clear

Clear looks covered

Bossing

Bossing looks covered

Skill delivery

Cast on Elemental Ailment

Builds Energy when you freeze, shock, or ignite

Uses: Comet

Cast on Critical

Builds Energy when you critically hit

Uses: Frost Wall, Living Bomb

Priority fixes

Cap elemental resistances

gear

Look for ring 1 stats like cold resistance.

+14% DPS+4.3% EHP

Justification

Cold 65%/75% below current cap.

Useful stats

Cold Resistance

Proposed upgrade: +14% DPS / +4.3% EHP.

Raise boss damage

gear

Look for ring 2 stats like increased lightning damage.

+8.3% DPS+9.1% EHP

Justification

20.9K is a little below the usual 20.5K–156K range for similar builds.

Useful stats

increased Lightning Damage

Proposed upgrade: +8.3% DPS / +9.1% EHP.

Identified gaps

Elemental resistances

Cold 65%/75% below current cap.

The further elemental resistances are below the current cap, the more dangerous hard map and boss hits become.

Primary damage

20.9K is below the usual 22.2K–168K range for similar builds.

This usually means boss phases take too long or rares live long enough to pressure your defenses.

Already in good shape

Physical max hit8.8K is above the usual range for similar builds.

Elemental max hit23.1K is above the usual range for similar builds.

Effective hit pool66.2K is above the usual range for similar builds.

Potential upgrades

Current setup

What the build is using now.

Potential upgrade

A support setup or item worth checking.

Stat change

The calculated change from the proposed setup.

Gear upgrades

Helmet

Current item

Horror Horn

Rare · Ancestral Tiara · Item level 84

Energy Shield452

Quality20

SocketsS

Requirements

Level80

Explicit

Desecrated+63 to maximum Energy Shield
Desecrated119% increased Energy Shield
Desecrated+19 to maximum Mana
Desecrated+42% to Fire Resistance
Desecrated+43% to Cold Resistance
Desecrated+16% to Lightning Resistance
Corrupted

Conditional

BondedMeta Skills have 15% increased Reservation Efficiency

Socketed effects

Rune15% increased Cost Efficiency

Recommendation

Horror Horn

Rare · Ancestral Tiara · Item level 84

Energy Shield452

Quality20

SocketsS

Requirements

Level80

Explicit

Change

DPS+6.5%

EHP+1.7%

+23% increased Crit Chance

+81 Max Mana

+23 Energy Shield

-16 Lightning Resistance

Needs to be logged in on the official PoE site.

Ring 1

Current item

Wrath Band

Rare · Prismatic Ring · Item level 75

Requirements

Level35

Implicit

+8% to all Elemental Resistances

Explicit

Desecrated18% increased Rarity of Items found
Adds 3 to 58 Lightning damage to Attacks
+109 to maximum Mana
+12% to all Elemental Resistances
+33% to Fire Resistance

Crafted

Crafted15% increased Rarity of Items found

Recommendation

Wrath Band

Rare · Prismatic Ring · Item level 82

Requirements

Level35

Implicit

Explicit

Change

DPS+12%

EHP+1.0%

+17% increased Cast Speed

+33 Max Mana

-11 Fire Resistance

+22 Cold Resistance

-12 Lightning Resistance

Needs to be logged in on the official PoE site.

Ring 2

Current item

Dread Finger

Rare · Unset Ring · Item level 80

Requirements

Level44

Implicit

Grants 1 additional Skill Slot

Explicit

25% increased Cold Damage
+83 to Evasion Rating
+166 to maximum Mana
16% increased Rarity of Items found
23% increased Cast Speed
+37% to Lightning Resistance

Recommendation

Dread Finger

Rare · Unset Ring · Item level 82

Requirements

Level44

Implicit

Explicit

Change

DPS+3.5%

EHP+5.4%

-25% increased Cold Damage

+21% increased Lightning Damage

-6% increased Cast Speed

-23 Max Mana

+77 Evasion Rating

+33 Cold Resistance

-4 Lightning Resistance

Needs to be logged in on the official PoE site.

Amulet

Current item

Ghoul Idol

Rare · Gold Amulet · Item level 81

Requirements

Level35

Anoint

Allocates Paragon

Implicit

20% increased Rarity of Items found

Explicit

Desecrated+5% to Quality of all Skills
Fractured+4 to Level of all Spell Skills
48% increased Evasion Rating
+48 to Spirit
+27% to Cold Resistance

Crafted

Crafted27% increased Global Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Recommendation

Ghoul Idol

Rare · Gold Amulet · Item level 82

Requirements

Level35

Anoint

Implicit

Explicit

Change

DPS+9.1%

EHP-3.3%

+136 Max Mana

-18% increased Evasion Rating

+1 Cold Resistance

-12 Spirit

Needs to be logged in on the official PoE site.

Weapon 1: upgrade not found

Weapon 2 / Offhand: upgrade not found

Body Armour: upgrade not found

Gloves: upgrade not found

Boots: upgrade not found

Belt: upgrade not found

Skill upgrades

No skill improvements were found.

Passive routes

Re-path towards Mana Blessing for Energy shield

Refund

DUELIST

Attribute

+5 to any Attribute

Allocate

Stun and Ailment Threshold from Energy Shield

Gain additional Ailment Threshold equal to 8% of maximum Energy Shield
Gain additional Stun Threshold equal to 8% of maximum Energy Shield

Mana Blessing

+20 to maximum Mana
20% increased Mana Regeneration Rate

Change

DPS+2.9%

EHP0.0%

+16% Energy Shield

+20% Mana Regen

+20 Max Mana

-5 Attributes

Re-path towards Evasion and Energy Shield for Energy shield

Refund

DUELIST

Attribute

+5 to any Attribute

Allocate

Evasion and Energy Shield

12% increased Evasion Rating
12% increased maximum Energy Shield

Evasion and Energy Shield

12% increased Evasion Rating
12% increased maximum Energy Shield

Change

DPS0.0%

EHP+8.1%

+24% Energy Shield

+24% Evasion

-5 Attributes