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[0.4] Bigdaddy 🔫Xbow Leveling - Full Acts Guide!

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0.4 TLotD
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Updated on Feb 9, 2026
Feb 9, 2026

Build Overview

The Best XBOW LEVELING Setup for 0.4! 「 ✔ ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ 」

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This is my leveling setup for Xbow on a merc. If you want an easy, step-by-step and always up to date guide then this is it!

🔰Build Overview

We are mainly using Explosive Shot and Stormblast Bolts combo for leveling. in 0.4 it is one of the fastest for Xbow. (its ALOT more fun than grenades too :))

🔗 Endgame

Below is a link to the strongest Witchhunter Endgame build!
https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/bigdaddygaming/builds/weapon-master-xbow-bigdaddies-witchhunter-xbow

🔍regex (i like to use to find usefull items in vendor)

"mov|resis|^\+.*ills$|o at|ssbo"

💡Tips

🔔Quest Rewards

  • Act 2: Valley of the Titans: Charm Duration
  • Act 3: Venom Crypts: 25% Stun threshold
  • Act 4: Halls Of The Dead: +5% resistance x3
  • Act 4: Abandoned Prison: Life recovery from flask
  • Interlude 2: Qimah: +5% all ele res or 15% global defence. (you can change this anytime!)

💪Attributes

  1. Strength/Dex split
  2. Enough int for gems
  3. More str if you have enough dex and int

Here are the stats to be on the lookout for!

🔫Weapon:

  1. flat damage (i.e. "adds x -to x damage)
  2. %physical damage
  3. level of projectile skills
  4. elemental damage with attacks
  5. attack speed

⚡Gear Offensive stats:

  1. flat damage (i.e. "adds x -to x damage to attacks) - Gloves, rings
  2. level of projectile skills - Amulet
  3. attack speed - Gloves

🛡️Defence:

  1. Any Gear with resistances
  2. Evasion,
  3. Evasion/Energy Shield
  4. Evasion/Armour

🔹Runes/Augments

  • weapon: iron runes or any rune that adds flat damage
  • armour: any resistance or attribute you need

Strengths and Weaknesses

  • Peaks at end of Act 3
  • Lots of BOOM!
  • Act 1 is rough

Build Variants

Skill Gems

  • Replace Fragmentation Rounds with High Velocity Rounds when you unlock it.
  • You will mainly use your Explosive Grenade and Gas Grenade for damage.

Equipment

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Equipment Priority
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Skill Gems

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 15

Dex 20

Int 5

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Fragmentation Rounds

Level 2

Fragmentation Rounds
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High Velocity Rounds

Level 4

High Velocity Rounds
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Explosive Grenade

Level 4

Explosive Grenade
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Gas Grenade

Level 5

Gas Grenade
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Herald of Ash

Level 20

Herald of Ash
Gem Priority
+8

Passive Tree

main:
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set 1:
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set 2:
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20

Changelog

2026-02-06: Remade for 0.4

Path of Building Code

Video Guide

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