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Crossbow Shot Galvanic Shards Freeze Witchhunter (+5 Projectile Skills)

Witchhunter·MercenaryPatch 0.5.3·byPublic Builds
Version 1·Updated Jun 22, 2026
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LadderEndgameCrossbow ShotGalvanic ShardsFreezeSpiritManaLightning
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Elemental resistances
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Elemental max hit
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Effective hit pool

Overview

Offense

1. Crossbow Shot
131,433
2. Full Culling DPS
7,190
Hit DPS
131,433
Attacks/sec
2.8
Average hit
46,978

Utility

Mana
485
Spirit
262
Gear spirit
324
Move speed
x1.72

Defense

Life
1,932
Character evasion
6,487
Gear evasion
2,876
Fire res
75%
Cold res
71%
Lightning res
57%
Chaos res
66%

Passive Tree

144
Nodes
33
Notables
0
Keystones

Key Passives

Judge, Jury, and ExecutionerNotable
Decimating Strike
Attack
AfterimageNotable
60% increased Evasion Rating if you have Hit an Enemy Recently
-5% reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving
EvasionMovement Speed
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
Primal SunderingNotable
8% increased Area of Effect for Attacks
Damage Penetrates 12% Elemental Resistances
AreaElemental Penetration
Adrenaline RushNotable
8% increased Attack Speed if you've killed Recently
4% increased Movement Speed if you've Killed Recently
SpeedMovement Speed
Lightning QuickNotable
8% increased Attack and Cast Speed with Lightning Skills
14% increased Lightning Damage
SpeedLightning Damage
Light on your FeetNotable
3% increased Movement Speed
Movement Speed

Effect Profile

EffectStats
Attribute›
PassiveCountTotal
  • to any Attribute32+160
  • to Dexterity3+25
  • to Strength3+21
  • to all Attributes1+3
Movement Speed›
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Movement Speed1125%
  • reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving9-28%
  • increased Movement Speed if you've Killed Recently27%
  • ignore all Movement Penalties from Armour1+1
Evasion›
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Evasion Rating12188%
  • gain Deflection Rating equal to # % of Evasion Rating112%
  • increased Evasion Rating if you have Hit an Enemy Recently160%
  • increased Evasion Rating if you've Dodge Rolled Recently140%
Attack Damage›
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Damage while moving6102%
  • increased Attack Damage563%
  • increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies348%
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%
Damage›
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Damage with Crossbows336%
  • chance for Damage of Enemies Hitting you to be Unlucky120%
  • chance for Damage with Hits to be Lucky120%
  • increased Damage with Hits against Rare and Unique Enemies125%
Lightning Damage›
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Lightning Damage558%
  • chance for Lightning Damage with Hits to be Lucky130%

Gear

Torment Core

Bleak Crossbow

Item Level 84
Rare
Properties
Range120
Physical Damage104-358
Quality29
SocketsS S S
Lightning Damage11-357
Attacks per Second1.89
Critical Hit Chance5%
Total DPS784.3
Physical DPS436.6
Elemental DPS347.8
Requirements
Level62
Rune
  • 20% increased Physical Damage
  • 50% increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies
  • Gain 5% of Damage as Extra Damage of all Elements
Bonded
  • Bonded: +1 to Level of all Attack Skills
  • Bonded: 20% increased effect of Fully Broken Armour
  • Bonded: 8% chance to gain an additional random Charge when you gain a Charge
Desecrated
  • 18% increased Attack Speed
Explicit
  • Adds 11 to 357 Lightning Damage
  • 125% increased Physical Damage
  • Adds 30 to 59 Physical Damage
  • +5 to Level of all Projectile Skills
  • Corrupted
Crafted
  • 25% chance to gain Onslaught on Killing Hits with this Weapon

Alpha's Howl

Armoured Cap

Item Level 82
Unique
Properties
Evasion693
Quality20
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level65
Rune
  • +11% to Chaos Resistance
  • +4 to Maximum Rage
Explicit
  • 95% increased Evasion Rating
  • +100 to Spirit
  • +75% to Cold Resistance
  • Presence Radius is doubled
  • Corrupted

Hyrri's Ire

Armoured Vest

Item Level 82
Unique
Properties
Evasion1434
Movement Speed-3%
Quality20
SocketsS S S
Requirements
Level73
Rune
  • 20% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
  • 12% increased Rarity of Items found
  • Regenerate 0.5% of maximum Life per second
Bonded
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Mana
  • Bonded: 10% increased Quantity of Gold Dropped by Slain Enemies
Implicit
  • 36% increased Elemental Ailment Threshold
Explicit
  • 145% increased Evasion Rating
  • Gain 17% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
  • +33 to Dexterity
  • 25% increased Freeze Duration on Enemies
  • Evasion Rating is doubled if you have not been Hit Recently
  • Corrupted

Hate Talons

Barbed Bracers

Item Level 77
Rare
Properties
Evasion196
Quality20
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level75
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
  • 33% increased Projectile Speed
Explicit
  • Adds 2 to 71 Lightning damage to Attacks
  • +2 to Level of all Projectile Skills
  • 16% increased Attack Speed
  • +36% to Fire Resistance
  • 36% increased Projectile Damage

Glyph Spark

Dragonscale Boots

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Evasion553
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level75
Rune
  • 5% increased Movement Speed
Bonded
  • Bonded: 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
Desecrated
  • +25% to Lightning Resistance
Explicit
  • 35% increased Movement Speed
  • 89% increased Evasion Rating
  • +138 to maximum Life
  • 16% increased Rarity of Items found
  • +19% to Chaos Resistance

Headhunter

Heavy Belt

Item Level 80
Unique
Properties
Charm Slots3
Requirements
Level50
Implicit
  • 20% increased Stun Threshold
  • Has 3 Charm Slots
Explicit
  • +52 to maximum Life
  • +37 to Strength
  • +39 to Dexterity
  • When you kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds
  • Corrupted

Victory Braid

Solar Amulet

Item Level 81
Rare
Requirements
Level30
Enchant
  • Allocates Stimulants
Desecrated
  • 30% increased Global Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Implicit
  • +12 to Spirit
Explicit
  • 17% increased Rarity of Items found
  • +50 to Spirit
  • 17% increased Rarity of Items found
  • +3 to Level of all Projectile Skills
  • 29.4 Life Regeneration per second

Pain Finger

Ruby Ring

Item Level 80
Rare
Requirements
Level8
Desecrated
  • +18% to Lightning and Chaos Resistances
Implicit
  • +27% to Fire Resistance
Explicit
  • Adds 2 to 69 Lightning damage to Attacks
  • 27% increased Lightning Damage
  • 17% increased Rarity of Items found
  • +18% to all Elemental Resistances
Crafted
  • 18% increased Rarity of Items found

Kalandra's Touch

Ring

Item Level 80
Unique
Requirements
Level0
Implicit
  • Reflects opposite Ring

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 Stag for 19 seconds on use

Tidebound Thawing Charm of the Mixologist

Item Level 38
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level12
Implicit
  • Used when you become Frozen
Explicit
  • Recover 108 Mana when Used
  • 23% reduced Charges per use

Beira's Anguish

Dousing Charm

Item Level 82
Unique
Properties
Charges Max40
Charges Per Use30
Duration30
Quality0
Requirements
Level32
Implicit
  • Used when you become Ignited
Explicit
  • 21% 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

Abundant Ultimate Life Flask of the Surgeon

Item Level 70
Magic
Properties
Quality20
Requirements
Level60
Implicit
  • 59% increased Amount Recovered
  • 35% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy

Lavianga's Spirits

Gargantuan Mana Flask

Item Level 79
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
  • 79% reduced Amount Recovered
  • Corrupted

Skills & Gems

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
SplinterSupports Skills that Hit Enemies, causing those Hits to Break Armour based on a portion of Physical Damage dealt.Lv1
Life ThiefSupports Attacks, causing their Physical damage to Leech Life.Lv1
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
Galvanic Shards(Lv21)5 gems

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

Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
Lightning InfusionSupports any skill that deals damage, causing them to Gain Lightning Damage but deal less Cold and Fire Damage.Lv1
Pietys MercySupports Projectile skills and any other skills that Chain, causing them to Chain more times.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
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
Herald of Thunder(Lv19)5 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
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
BlindSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to Blind on Hit.Lv1
LongshotSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage from farther away.Lv1
Mirage Archer(Lv19)4 gems

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
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
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
Stormblast Bolts(Lv21)5 gems

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.

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
Lightning InfusionSupports any skill that deals damage, causing them to Gain Lightning Damage but deal less Cold and Fire Damage.Lv1
Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1
Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Lv1
Wind Dancer(Lv19)3 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
Life ThiefSupports Attacks, causing their Physical damage to Leech Life.Lv1
MaimSupports Attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.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
InspirationSupports any skill, making it cost less to use. Cannot support skills which reserve Spirit.Lv1
IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1
LifetapSupports any Skill, turning its Mana cost into a Life cost. Does not support Skills which reserve Spirit.Lv1
Eternal Rage(Lv19)2 gems

While active, you constantly regenerate Rage.

Regenerate 0.25 Rage per second
DemolisherSupports any skill, causing Armour Break it inflicts to be stronger.Lv1
VitalitySupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the Skill is active.Lv1
Berserk(Lv21)2 gems

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

Grants 40% increased Rage effect
VitalitySupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the Skill is active.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
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
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