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Wind Dancer Galvanic Shards Freeze Witchhunter (226% Physical Damage)

Witchhunter·MercenaryPatch 0.5.3·byPublic Builds
Version 1·Updated Jun 19, 2026
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Elemental resistances
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Chaos max hit
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Movement speed

Overview

Offense

1. Shockburst Rounds
133,154
2. Load Shockburst Rounds
897
Hit DPS
133,154
Attacks/sec
5.28
Average hit
25,232

Utility

Mana
569
Spirit
150
Gear spirit
100
Move speed
x1.32

Defense

Life
1,719
Character armour
2,952
Gear armour
1,205
Character evasion
7,542
Gear evasion
2,679
Fire res
75%
Cold res
70%
Lightning res
75%

Passive Tree

156
Nodes
42
Notables
0
Keystones

Key Passives

Thrill of BattleNotable
20% increased Attack Speed while Surrounded
Speed
Distracting PresenceNotable
10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
Enemies in your Presence have -10% reduced Cooldown Recovery Rate
Leech & Recovery
AfterimageNotable
60% increased Evasion Rating if you have Hit an Enemy Recently
-5% reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving
EvasionMovement 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
ExploitNotable
25% increased Damage with Hits against Enemies affected by Elemental Ailments
15% increased Duration of Ignite, Shock and Chill on Enemies
Elemental DamageFireColdLightning
GrenadierNotable
Grenade Skills have +1 Cooldown Use
Gem
WitchbaneNotable
Enemies have Maximum Concentration equal to 30% of their Maximum Life
Break enemy Concentration on Hit equal to 100% of Damage Dealt
LifeDamage
Obsessive RitualsNotable
-50% less Armour and Evasion Rating
Armour

Effect Profile

EffectStats
Attribute
PassiveCountTotal
  • to any Attribute28+140
  • to Strength4+26
  • to Dexterity2+10
  • to all Attributes1+3
Attack Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Damage while Surrounded8270%
  • increased Attack Damage while moving6102%
  • increased Attack Area Damage341%
  • increased Attack Damage343%
Armour
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Armour and Evasion Rating9130%
  • increased Armour while Surrounded360%
  • increased Armour Break Duration125%
  • less Armour and Evasion Rating1-50%
Evasion
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Evasion Rating while Surrounded5120%
  • increased Evasion Rating460%
  • increased Evasion Rating if you have Hit an Enemy Recently160%
  • increased Evasion Rating if you haven't been Hit Recently1100%
Leech & Recovery
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Cooldown Recovery Rate1179%
  • enemies in your Presence have -#% reduced Cooldown Recovery Rate1-10%
Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • projectiles deal # % increased Damage with Hits against Enemies within 2m355%
  • increased Damage with Crossbows336%
  • increased Grenade Damage224%
  • break enemy Concentration on Hit equal to # % of Damage Dealt1100%
Elemental Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Elemental Damage with Attacks792%
  • increased Damage with Hits against Enemies affected by Elemental Ailments349%
Movement Speed
PassiveCountTotal
  • reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving5-19%
  • increased Movement Speed if you've Killed Recently27%
  • increased Movement Speed while Surrounded110%

Gear

Chimeric Core

Desolate Crossbow

Item Level 79
Rare
Properties
Range120
Physical Damage149-512
Quality20
SocketsS S
Attacks per Second1.6
Critical Hit Chance5%
Total DPS528.8
Physical DPS528.8
Requirements
Level77
Rune
  • 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: 8% chance to gain an additional random Charge when you gain a Charge
Desecrated
  • Attacks Chain an additional time
Explicit
  • 226% increased Physical Damage
  • +128 to Accuracy Rating
  • +28 to Strength
Crafted
  • Adds 35 to 55 Physical Damage
  • +3 to Level of all Attack Skills

Decree of Acuity

Ancient Visor

Item Level 84
Unique
Properties
Armour745
Evasion679
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level65
Rune
  • +4 to Maximum Rage
Explicit
  • 247% increased Armour and Evasion
  • +35 to Dexterity
  • Gain 30% of Evasion Rating as extra Armour
  • You are Blind
  • The Effect of Blind on you is reversed

Hyrri's Ire

Armoured Vest

Item Level 80
Unique
Properties
Evasion1391
Movement Speed-3%
Quality20
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level73
Rune
  • 36% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Mana
Implicit
  • 33% increased Elemental Ailment Threshold
Explicit
  • 121% increased Evasion Rating
  • Gain 20% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
  • +39 to Dexterity
  • 25% increased Freeze Duration on Enemies
  • Evasion Rating is doubled if you have not been Hit Recently

Eagle Mitts

Massive Mitts

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Armour460
Quality25
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level80
Rune
  • +18% to Fire Resistance
  • Can roll Marksman modifiers
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
  • Bonded: 20% increased Projectile Damage
Desecrated
  • Adds 1 to 51 Lightning damage to Attacks
Explicit
  • 97% increased Armour
  • Adds 10 to 18 Physical Damage to Attacks
  • +2 to Level of all Projectile Skills
  • +31% to Cold Resistance
Crafted
  • 27% increased Critical Damage Bonus

Sorrow Hoof

Drakeskin Boots

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Evasion609
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level80
Rune
  • +18% to Cold Resistance
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • +122 to maximum Life
Explicit
  • 35% increased Movement Speed
  • 99% increased Evasion Rating
  • +41% to Cold Resistance
  • +44% to Lightning Resistance
  • Gain Deflection Rating equal to 21% of Evasion Rating

Headhunter

Heavy Belt

Item Level 80
Unique
Properties
Charm Slots2
Requirements
Level50
Implicit
  • 28% increased Stun Threshold
  • Has 2 Charm Slots
Explicit
  • +53 to maximum Life
  • +32 to Strength
  • +32 to Dexterity
  • When you kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds

Loath Gorget

Absent Amulet

Item Level 79
Rare
Requirements
Level78
Enchant
  • Allocates Crushing Verdict
Desecrated
  • 18% increased Rarity of Items found
Implicit
  • -1 Prefix Modifier allowed
  • -1 Suffix Modifier allowed
Explicit
  • +50 to Spirit
  • +3 to Level of all Projectile Skills
Crafted
  • 28% increased Global Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Gale Knuckle

Topaz Ring

Item Level 82
Rare
Requirements
Level16
Desecrated
  • +233 to Evasion Rating
Implicit
  • +29% to Lightning Resistance
Explicit
  • Adds 22 to 32 Physical Damage to Attacks
  • Adds 2 to 81 Lightning damage to Attacks
  • +20 to Dexterity
  • +10% to all Elemental Resistances
  • +44% to Fire Resistance

Kalandra's Touch

Ring

Item Level 79
Unique
Requirements
Level0
Implicit
  • Reflects opposite Ring

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

The Fall of the Axe

Silver Charm

Item Level 80
Unique
Properties
Charges Max40
Charges Per Use20
Duration30
Quality0
Requirements
Level10
Implicit
  • Used when you are affected by a Slow
Explicit
  • Grants Onslaught during effect

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

Substantial Ultimate Life Flask of the Doctor

Item Level 61
Magic
Properties
Quality20
Requirements
Level60
Implicit
  • 61% increased Amount Recovered
  • 27% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy

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
  • 70% reduced Amount Recovered

Skills & Gems

Wind Dancer(Lv19)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
Life ThiefSupports Attacks, causing their Physical damage to Leech Life.Lv1
BlindSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to Blind on Hit.Lv1
BludgeonSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to Knock Back enemies.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
MaimSupports Attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.Lv1
Mortar Cannon(Lv18)4 gems

Raise a cannon Ballista Totem which uses socketed Grenade Skills, with significantly improved Cooldown Recovery Rate.

DeliberationSupports skills that can be used while moving, causing you to move slower while using them, but granting more damage in exchange.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
ScattershotSupports Projectile skills, making them fire extra Projectiles. Also lowers Attack and Cast speed of supported skills, as well as lessening their damage.Lv1
Ancestral UrgencySupports Skills which create Totems, causing those Skills to place Totems much more quickly.Lv1
Shockburst Rounds(Lv19)5 gems

Load your Crossbow with a clip of charged bolts which release damaging pulses upon Hitting an enemy affected by a Lightning Ailment. Using this Skill again reloads the clip.

10 Bolts loaded per 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
Fresh ClipSupports Crossbow Skills, granting them more damage for each bolt reloaded by that Skill in the last 6 seconds.Lv1
Elemental FocusSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more Elemental Damage but be unable to inflict Elemental Ailments.Lv1
Lightning PenetrationSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making those Hits Penetrate enemy Lightning resistance.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.

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
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
InnervateSupports damaging skills you use yourself. Killing a Shocked enemy with supported skills imbues your damage with Lightning damage for a short time.Lv1
Emergency Reload(Lv18)5 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
Uruks SmeltingSupports any skill, causing Armour Break it inflicts to be stronger. Fully Breaking Armour with Supported Skills permanently increases the Physical Damage taken by those affected, up to a cap.Lv1
LifetapSupports any Skill, turning its Mana cost into a Life cost. Does not 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
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
Herald of Thunder(Lv20)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
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
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
LongshotSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage from farther away.Lv1
Plasma Blast(Lv19)4 gems

Load your Crossbow with unstable bolts that require a lengthy charging period to fire but deal devastating damage, Pierce through enemies, and explode upon hitting terrain. Additional Projectiles are fired in a spread, unlike other Crossbow Skills.

BurgeonSupports Channelling Skills you use yourself, causing them to deal more damage the longer they have been Channelled.Lv1
AmbrosiaSupports Skills you use yourself which damage enemies with Hits. Supported Skills consume a percentage of your maximum Mana Flask charges, Gaining a percentage of damage as extra Lightning damage per Mana Flask charge consumed.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
OverchargeSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making its Shocks more effective but reflecting them back to you as well.Lv1
Eternal Rage(Lv18)3 gems

While active, you constantly regenerate Rage.

Regenerate 0.25 Rage per second
ClaritySupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Mana Regeneration while the Skill is active.Lv1
DemolisherSupports any skill, causing Armour Break it inflicts to be stronger.Lv1
CannibalismSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to recover Life on kill while the Skill is active.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
Berserk(Lv16)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.

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