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Fragmentation Rounds Permafrost Bolts Freeze Witchhunter (179% Physical Damage)

Witchhunter·MercenaryPatch 0.5.3·byPublic Builds
Version 1·Updated Jun 22, 2026
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Limited build data
DamageC
SurvivalA
SpeedA
UtilityB

Overview

Offense

1. Permafrost Bolts
14,054
2. Load Permafrost Bolts
1,653
Hit DPS
14,054
Attacks/sec
1.65
Average hit
8,525

Utility

Mana
653
Spirit
146
Gear spirit
92
Move speed
x1.43

Defense

Life
2,003
Character armour
4,219
Gear armour
831
Character evasion
13,283
Gear evasion
4,029
Fire res
75%
Cold res
75%
Lightning res
76%
Chaos res
51%

Passive Tree

155
Nodes
35
Notables
0
Keystones

Key Passives

Crystal ElixirNotable
40% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills during any Flask Effect
Flask
RicochetNotable
15% increased Projectile Damage
Projectile Damage
Efficient LoadingNotable
30% chance when you Reload a Crossbow to be immediate
Speed
Battle-hardenedNotable
Hits against you have 20% reduced Critical Damage Bonus
+5 to Strength
+5 to Dexterity
20% increased Armour and Evasion Rating
CriticalAttributeArmour
Emboldened AvatarNotable
25% increased Freeze Buildup
25% increased chance to Shock
ColdAilmentLightning
Saqawal's TalonNotable
+5% to Cold Resistance
25% increased Armour and Evasion Rating
Cold ResistanceArmour
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

Effect Profile

EffectStats
Attribute
PassiveCountTotal
  • to any Attribute30+150
  • to Strength4+26
  • to Dexterity2+10
  • to all Attributes1+3
Armour
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Armour and Evasion Rating13204%
  • gain # % of Evasion Rating as extra Armour18%
  • increased Evasion Rating from Equipped Body Armour1100%
  • less Armour and Evasion Rating1-50%
Attack Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Damage9103%
  • increased Attack Damage while moving482%
  • increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies348%
Elemental Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Elemental Damage with Attacks9116%
  • increased Elemental Damage648%
  • increased Damage for each type of Elemental Ailment on Enemy120%
Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • projectiles deal # % increased Damage with Hits against Enemies within 2m355%
  • increased Damage against Immobilised Enemies350%
  • increased Damage with Crossbows336%
  • increased Damage while affected by a Herald224%
Speed
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Speed316%
  • increased Projectile Speed331%
  • increased Skill Speed316%
  • increased Crossbow Reload Speed345%
Ailment
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Freeze Buildup685%
  • increased chance to Shock455%
  • immune to Chill if a majority of your Socketed Support Gems are Blue1+1
  • immune to Ignite if a majority of your Socketed Support Gems are Red1+1
Projectile Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Projectile Damage11116%

Gear

Viper Core

Gemini Crossbow

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Range120
Physical Damage130-478
Quality30
SocketsS S S
Attacks per Second1.6
Critical Hit Chance5%
Total DPS486.4
Physical DPS486.4
Requirements
Level78
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
  • 66% increased Physical Damage
  • +168 to Accuracy Rating
Implicit
  • Loads an additional bolt
Explicit
  • Adds 19 to 36 Physical Damage
  • 179% increased Physical Damage
  • Gain 43 Mana per enemy killed
Crafted
  • +3 to Level of all Attack Skills
  • 25% chance to gain Onslaught on Killing Hits with this Weapon

Decree of Acuity

Ancient Visor

Item Level 81
Unique
Properties
Armour831
Evasion757
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level65
Rune
  • 20% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Explicit
  • 267% increased Armour and Evasion
  • +38 to Dexterity
  • Gain 34% of Evasion Rating as extra Armour
  • You are Blind
  • The Effect of Blind on you is reversed
  • Corrupted

Doom Guardian

Slipstrike Vest

Item Level 81
Rare
Properties
Evasion1756
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
  • +39% to Fire Resistance
Explicit
  • 142% increased Evasion Rating
  • +248 to maximum Life
  • +24% to Chaos Resistance
Crafted
  • +35% to Lightning Resistance

Victory Touch

Polished Bracers

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Evasion402
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level80
Rune
  • 20% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • +16% to Cold and Chaos Resistances
Explicit
  • 77% increased Evasion Rating
  • Adds 14 to 27 Physical Damage to Attacks
  • +118 to maximum Life
  • +28% to Cold Resistance
  • +42% to Lightning Resistance

Beast Spur

Drakeskin Boots

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Evasion1114
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level80
Enchant
  • 3% increased Movement Speed
Rune
  • 20% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • 35% increased Movement Speed
Explicit
  • +171 to Evasion Rating
  • 98% increased Evasion Rating
  • +30 to Dexterity
  • +42% to Cold Resistance
  • Gain Deflection Rating equal to 21% of Evasion Rating
  • Corrupted

Headhunter

Heavy Belt

Item Level 79
Unique
Properties
Charm Slots2
Requirements
Level50
Implicit
  • 30% increased Stun Threshold
  • Has 2 Charm Slots
Explicit
  • +52 to maximum Life
  • +39 to Strength
  • +35 to Dexterity
  • When you kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds

Demon Collar

Absent Amulet

Item Level 80
Rare
Requirements
Level78
Enchant
  • Allocates Climate Change
Desecrated
  • +15% to all Elemental Resistances
Implicit
  • -1 Prefix Modifier allowed
  • -1 Suffix Modifier allowed
Explicit
  • +46 to Spirit
  • 61% increased Evasion Rating
  • +3 to Level of all Projectile Skills

Foe Hold

Amethyst Ring

Item Level 81
Rare
Requirements
Level20
Desecrated
  • 18% increased Rarity of Items found
Implicit
  • +11% to Chaos Resistance
Explicit
  • Adds 16 to 34 Physical Damage to Attacks
  • Adds 21 to 37 Cold damage to Attacks
  • 15% increased Rarity of Items found
  • +30% to Fire Resistance
  • +26% to Lightning Resistance

Beast Turn

Ruby Ring

Item Level 81
Rare
Requirements
Level8
Desecrated
  • 4% increased Skill Speed
Implicit
  • +29% to Fire Resistance
Explicit
  • Adds 18 to 34 Physical Damage to Attacks
  • Adds 14 to 22 Cold damage to Attacks
  • 27% increased Lightning Damage
  • +16% to all Elemental Resistances
Crafted
  • +35% to Fire Resistance

Investigator's Thawing Charm of the Medic

Item Level 38
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level12
Implicit
  • Used when you become Frozen
Explicit
  • 18% increased Duration
  • 24% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy

Beira's Anguish

Dousing Charm

Item Level 79
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 80
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 Ox for 18 seconds on use

Simmering Ultimate Life Flask of the Bountiful

Item Level 60
Magic
Properties
Quality20
Requirements
Level60
Implicit
  • 21% of Recovery applied Instantly
  • 49% 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
Implicit
  • This Flask cannot be Used but applies its Effect constantly
  • 75% reduced Amount Recovered

Skills & Gems

Herald of Ice(Lv20)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.

Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Cold InfusionSupports any skill that deals damage, causing them to Gain Cold Damage but deal less Fire and Lightning Damage.Lv1
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
Fragmentation Rounds(Lv20)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
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
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
Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Lv1
Wind Dancer(Lv15)5 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
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
GlaciationSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making it more effective at Freezing enemies.Lv1
Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.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
Permafrost Bolts(Lv20)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
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
AccelerationSupports Projectile skills, making those Projectiles travel faster.Lv1
RicochetSupports any Skill which creates Projectiles, giving those Projectiles a chance to Chain when impacting terrain.Lv1
Rakiatas FlowSupports Skills that can cause Damaging Hits, causing those Hits to treat Enemy Elemental Resistances as inverted.Lv1
Thunderstorm(Lv19)4 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
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
Inevitable CriticalSupports any skill you use yourself that Hits enemies, causing it to accumulate Critical Hit chance over time.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
StormfireSupports any skill that Hits enemies. Enemies Shocked by Supported Skills take a percentage of damage from Ignite as Lightning damage as well as Fire damage.Lv1
Freezing Mark(Lv19)4 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
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
Eternal MarkSupports Mark Skills, causing them to not be Consumed the first time they are Activated.Lv1
Mark Of SiphoningSupports Mark Skills, causing enemies they Mark to Leech Mana to you when you Hit them with Attacks.Lv1
Shard Scavenger(Lv19)3 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
PrecisionSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Accuracy while the Skill is active.Lv1
HerbalismSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Life recovery from Flasks while the Skill is active.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.

Eternal Rage(Lv18)No supports

While active, you constantly regenerate Rage.

Regenerate 0.25 Rage per second

No support gems detected for this skill.

Berserk(Lv18)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.

Enemy Explode(Lv1)No supports

No support gems detected for this skill.

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