An incredible combination of durable and high DPS for Witch Hunter. This build scales up to instantly deleting +4 pinnacle bosses and can comfortably tank huge hits while providing an excellent mapper. Extremely well rounded and can do all content and comes with a thorough explanation of every mechanic utilized to make the build slap along with trade links for every conceivable budget.
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Mercenary
Witchhunter
Fresh Clip WitchHunter - 8m+ DPS
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Build Overview
Build Variants
Default
Very Low Budget
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Equipment
Crossbow Priorities
- Attack Speed
- Projectile Skill Levels
- Elemental Damage to Attacks
- Flat Lightning
- Dexterity/Strength/Physical Damage
Runes can be replaced, you want Attack Speed runes in your crossbow even if one you purchase has Physical Damage
Morior Invictus
I personally think the best one is %Attributes + %Mana with 5 sockets. A 4 socket one is only slightly worse, don't prioritize a 5 socket until extremely late as 5% attributes isn't worth 20+ divines. Mana spend is very high, so having a good pool so that it never dips feels very good. Super endgame budget is probably %Attributes + %All Ele Res but using this chest without an accompanying large investment in Int for mana will reduce your mana pool.
IMPORTANT!!!! - The chest rolls several different mods, make SURE you get %Attribs at a minimum. %Mana is secondary but extremely nice.
Rings
For the budget version prioritize high flat Lightning Damage to Attacks, then Lightning Damage, then Mana. Get any other good things you can too but only as a bonus (don't prioritize them). Int, Dex, Resistances are great to have.
Boots / Helm
Fix any resistance issues you have, get as much movement speed as possible. Ideally you'd have Energy Shield bases to take advantage of 
Grim Feast's ES doubling and sustain. Flat Intelligence is also an important stat to look for.
Amulet
Look for All Attribs / Int / Dex in as much as you can get. %Increased Evasion and Energy Shield can roll in high amounts on an amulet, this is a great place to get it. Implicit on amulet makes a big difference too, look for Jade/Lapis/Stellar or the ES bases.
Annoint options: 
Branching Bolts for clear, 
Step Like Mist for movement speed, 
Insightfulness for damage / int
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Skill Gems
Support Gem Requirements:
Str 25
Dex 70
Int 35
Shockburst Rounds
Galvanic Shards
Stormcaller Arrow
Voltaic Mark
Conductivity
Emergency Reload
Herald of Thunder
Grim Feast
Wind Dancer
Support Gems
I've listed the gems in what I feel are priority order, so if you are on a 5L you can drop the last support.
Fork and Ricochet
I've added Fork and Ricochet to the links for Galvanic after someone in the video comments suggested it. It gives 2x additional projectiles which Galvanic's skill coalesces together for what feels like excellent clear, better than just dumping additional damage into the links.
Scattershot in Shockburst Rounds
DONT DO THIS. It will scuff your damage severely. I've run numerous tests and Scattershot delays the additional projectiles, and in empirical tests where I compare the damage output by analyzing frame by frame damage it's worth about the same as NOT having a support gem at all. This is easily testable and you should verify for yourself if you are uncertain at all.
Stormcaller Arrow
You need an off-hand bow for this to work. Search trade for a low cost bow with reasonably high Physical damage and/or Lightning damage. Ideally 200-300 or so. I searched with a cap of 10 exalted orbs and reverse sorted by Physical Damage to purchase mine.
You will ALSO need a Quiver. I only prioritized one stat on my Quiver, Flat Lightning Damage Added to Attacks. Get the best one you can for 10 exalted orbs. !!IMPORTANT!! - Make sure your Quiver does NOT have pierce or chance to pierce on it. This will completely brick your ability to Shock.
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Passive Tree
main:
123
123
set 1:
20
20
set 2:
20
20
Weapon Swap Passives
The Weapon Swap set is Green for your off-hand bow and Red for your Crossbow. If you need a primer on how Weapon Swap passives work, check the Guide section in the weapon specialization guide.
Stat Priorities
I was looking for around 300 Dexterity and 500 Intelligence to start. Intelligence provides defense, flat damage, and %increased damage and is the highest value stat by a lot. As you progress further with better gear I stopped getting Dexterity around 450 and just pushed Intelligence as high as I could.
Jewels
Look for Shock Magnitude, Crossbow Reload Speed, OR %Increased Evasion and any combination of %Increased Damage that will improve your damage (Projectile, Crossbow, Lightning, Elemental, Hits against Uniques). Shock Duration is also useful.
In order for you to get to 9-10k Evasion, you NEED to have some %Increased Evasion on jewels.
Trade Link for Jewels - You can find this in the description of the video on the sidebar
How it Works
Mapping
Blast with Galvanic Shards Everything dies.
Bossing
1. Spam Shockburst Rounds for a few seconds before the boss phases in
2. Conductivity / Voltaic Mark
3. Stormcaller Arrow to apply a huge and durable Shock
4. Hold down Shockburst Rounds until they die
5. Optionally: Use Emergency Reload when your bolts get low for an additional boost to damage, this will Empower a full clip worth of for a substantial amount of additional damage.
