Galvanic Shards Stormblast Bolts Bleed Witchhunter (179% Physical Damage)

Witchhunter·MercenaryPatch 0.5.4·byPublic Builds

Version 1·Updated Jun 25, 2026

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Ladder Endgame Galvanic Shards Stormblast Bolts Bleed Freeze Spirit Mana

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Scored against 18 similar endgame builds

Limited build data

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SurvivalS

SpeedB

UtilityC

Overview

Offense

1. Crossbow Shot

77,805

2. Full Culling DPS

4,121

Hit DPS

77,805

Attacks/sec

2.47

Average hit

31,529

Utility

Mana

542

Spirit

279

Gear spirit

358

Move speed

x1.61

Defense

Life

2,048

Character armour

1,054

Gear armour

811

Character evasion

9,920

Gear evasion

3,055

Fire res

75%

Cold res

75%

Lightning res

75%

Chaos res

75%

Passive Tree

148

Nodes

Notables

Keystones

Key Passives

OverwhelmNotable

-5% reduced Attack Speed

40% increased Damage with Two Handed Weapons

20% increased Stun Buildup

SpeedDamageStun

Battle-hardenedNotable

Hits against you have 20% reduced Critical Damage Bonus

+5 to Strength

+5 to Dexterity

20% increased Armour and Evasion Rating

CriticalAttributeArmour

Pitiless KillerNotable

Culling Strike

15% chance to Cull enemies below 20% Life

15% increased damage

Attack

Honed InstinctsNotable

8% increased Attack Speed

+10 to Dexterity

8% increased Projectile Speed

SpeedAttribute

Obsessive RitualsNotable

-50% less Armour and Evasion Rating

Armour

Leather Bound GauntletsNotable

+1 to Evasion Rating per 1 Item Armour on Equipped Gloves

Armour

Escape VelocityNotable

3% increased Movement Speed

30% increased Evasion Rating

Movement SpeedEvasion

Lightning QuickNotable

8% increased Attack and Cast Speed with Lightning Skills

14% increased Lightning Damage

SpeedLightning Damage

Effect Profile

EffectStats

Attribute›

PassiveCountTotal

to any Attribute32+160
to Dexterity5+36
to Strength2+10
to all Attributes1+3

Movement Speed›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Movement Speed716%
reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving5-19%
increased Movement Speed if you've Killed Recently27%
ignore all Movement Penalties from Armour1+1

Attack Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Attack Damage while moving6102%
increased Attack Damage563%
increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies348%
increased Attack Area Damage220%

Speed›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Attack Speed424%
increased Skill Speed316%
increased Attack Speed while a Rare or Unique Enemy is in your Presence28%
increased Attack and Cast Speed with Lightning Skills18%

Projectile Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Projectile Damage13141%

Armour›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Armour and Evasion Rating9130%
less Armour and Evasion Rating1-50%
to Evasion Rating per # Item Armour on Equipped Gloves1+1

Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Damage with Two Handed Weapons690%
increased Damage with Crossbows336%
increased Damage with Hits against Enemies affected by Ailments133%
increased Damage with Hits against Rare and Unique Enemies125%

Evasion›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Evasion Rating6105%
increased Evasion Rating if you have Hit an Enemy Recently160%
increased Evasion Rating if you haven't been Hit Recently1100%
reduced Evasion Rating if you have been Hit Recently1-30%

Gear

Eagle Core

Desolate Crossbow

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Range120

Physical Damage154-484

Quality25

SocketsS S

Lightning Damage3-272

Attacks per Second1.86

Critical Hit Chance5%

Total DPS849.1

Physical DPS593.3

Elemental DPS255.8

Requirements

Level77

Rune

Gain 5% of Damage as Extra Damage of all Elements

Bonded

Bonded: 8% chance to gain an additional random Charge when you gain a Charge

Desecrated

16% increased Attack Speed

Explicit

+5 to Level of all Projectile Skills
179% increased Physical Damage
Adds 54 to 83 Physical Damage
Adds 3 to 272 Lightning Damage
Corrupted

Crafted

22% chance to gain Onslaught on Killing Hits with this Weapon

Alpha's Howl

Armoured Cap

Item Level 81

Unique

Properties

Evasion693

Quality20

SocketsS

Requirements

Level65

Enchant

+29 to Spirit
22% increased Life Regeneration rate

Rune

+4 to Maximum Rage

Explicit

95% increased Evasion Rating
+100 to Spirit
+69% to Cold Resistance
Presence Radius is doubled
Corrupted

Hyrri's Ire

Armoured Vest

Item Level 81

Unique

Properties

Evasion1443

Movement Speed-3%

Quality28

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level73

Enchant

+40 to maximum Life

Rune

12% increased Rarity of Items found
Regenerate 1.5% of maximum Life per second

Bonded

Bonded: 10% increased Quantity of Gold Dropped by Slain Enemies

Implicit

33% increased Elemental Ailment Threshold

Explicit

150% increased Evasion Rating
Gain 20% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
+38 to Dexterity
25% increased Freeze Duration on Enemies
Evasion Rating is doubled if you have not been Hit Recently
Corrupted

Rapture Touch

Knightly Mitts

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Armour811

Quality21

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level65

Rune

8% increased Attack Speed
30% increased Magnitude of Non-Damaging Ailments you inflict

Bonded

Bonded: 15% increased Duration of Elemental Ailments on Enemies
Bonded: 20% reduced Slowing Potency of Debuffs on You

Desecrated

96% increased Armour

Explicit

+180 to Armour
+119 to maximum Life
14% increased Attack Speed
+19% to Chaos Resistance
Corrupted

Crafted

60% increased effect of Socketed Augment Items

Victory Pace

Cavalry Boots

Item Level 83

Rare

Properties

Evasion919

Quality28

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level70

Rune

5% increased Movement Speed
+5% to all Elemental Resistances

Bonded

Bonded: 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate

Explicit

35% increased Movement Speed
+166 to Evasion Rating
80% increased Evasion Rating
+45% to Fire Resistance
+37% to Lightning Resistance
Corrupted

Crafted

15% increased Rarity of Items found

Headhunter

Heavy Belt

Item Level 79

Unique

Properties

Charm Slots2

Requirements

Level50

Enchant

24% increased Evasion Rating

Implicit

22% increased Stun Threshold
Has 2 Charm Slots

Explicit

+45 to maximum Life
+40 to Strength
+39 to Dexterity
When you kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds
Corrupted

Havoc Clasp

Gold Amulet

Item Level 81

Rare

Requirements

Level35

Enchant

Allocates Zarokh's Gift

Desecrated

+16% to Lightning and Chaos Resistances

Implicit

19% increased Rarity of Items found

Explicit

+50 to Spirit
56% increased Evasion Rating
19% increased Rarity of Items found
+3 to Level of all Projectile Skills
+13% to all Elemental Resistances

Plague Knot

Ruby Ring

Item Level 80

Rare

Requirements

Level8

Desecrated

Adds 1 to 83 Lightning damage to Attacks

Implicit

+30% to Fire Resistance

Explicit

Adds 22 to 39 Physical Damage to Attacks
+116 to maximum Life
16% increased Rarity of Items found
+12% to all Elemental Resistances
+23% to Chaos Resistance
Corrupted

Doom Circle

Prismatic Ring

Item Level 81

Rare

Requirements

Level35

Desecrated

+20% to Lightning and Chaos Resistances

Implicit

+12% to all Elemental Resistances

Explicit

Adds 15 to 24 Physical Damage to Attacks
Adds 1 to 75 Lightning damage to Attacks
34% increased Lightning Damage
+19% to all Elemental Resistances
Corrupted

Crafted

18% increased Rarity of Items found

Vibrant Staunching Charm of the Abundant

Item Level 65

Magic

Properties

Quality0

Requirements

Level18

Implicit

Used when you start Bleeding

Explicit

Also grants 246 Guard
55% increased Charges

Clinician's Thawing Charm of the Abundant

Item Level 79

Magic

Properties

Quality0

Requirements

Level12

Implicit

Used when you become Frozen

Explicit

34% increased Duration
60% increased Charges

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 20 seconds on use

Concentrated Transcendent Life Flask of the Abundant

Item Level 80

Magic

Properties

Quality20

Requirements

Level50

Implicit

69% increased Amount Recovered
57% 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
71% reduced Amount Recovered

Skills & Gems

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.

Pietys MercySupports Projectile skills and any other skills that Chain, causing them to Chain more times.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

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

Ammo Conservation FourSupports Crossbow Skills, causing them to load a bolt into all Crossbow Ammunition on kill.Lv1

Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1

Mirage Archer(Lv21)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

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

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

Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Lv1

Rigwalds FerocitySupports Attack skills, granting them Attack Speed at the cost of Damage or Damage at the cost of Attack Speed depending on Weapon Set they are used in. Does not modify skills used by Minions.Lv1

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

Herald of Thunder(Lv21)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

LongshotSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage from farther away.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

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

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

Emergency Reload(Lv21)4 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

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

InspirationSupports any skill, making it cost less to use. Cannot support skills which reserve Spirit.Lv1

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

Wind Dancer(Lv21)4 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

MaimSupports Attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.Lv1

Life ThiefSupports Attacks, causing their Physical damage to Leech Life.Lv1

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

Herald of Ash(Lv21)3 gems

While active, enemies you sufficiently Overkill with non-Herald Attacks will cause an explosion that Ignites nearby enemies based on the Overkill damage dealt.

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

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

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

Berserk(Lv21)3 gems

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

Grants 40% increased Rage effect

Uhtreds AugurySupports Skills which can gain levels, granting them additional levels provided exactly two other supports are used with the supported Skill. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1

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

Diallas DesireSupports any Skill which has levels, increasing the level and Quality, while reducing the cost and Reservation.Lv1

Sorcery Ward(Lv20)2 gems

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

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

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

Crossbow Shot(Lv20)1 gem

Fire a bolt from your crossbow.

InnervateSupports damaging skills you use yourself. Killing a Shocked enemy with supported skills imbues your damage with Lightning damage for a short time.Lv1