Shin's Blood and Steel - Witchhunter - Buffed in 0.4

Skills and supports explained:

The main gems are Armour Piercing Rounds, High Velocity Rounds and Fragmentation Rounds. We are the Gunner of POE2

Id also suggest picking up Wind Dancer asap. But for full details, read on.


Core Attack skills:

Armour Piercing Rounds Weapon SET 2

Leveling: Chain II > Armour Explosion > Rapid Attacks II
Level 56+: Chain III > Brutality III > Bleed III > Heft > Life Leech III

This is our main de-buff ability and pack clear. We use it to spread bleed while also removing armour as fast as possible. We want to get Chain I asap and Armour Explosion to make its purpose that much better as we level. Once we hit level 56 and get our hands on Myris Uxor, we go all in on Physical! So drop the Armour Explosion and pop in Brutality III. Life Leech III is also a good one to note as its the final support but makes our life sustain a joke.

Use is as simple as spray and pray until everything is de-buffed with broken armour or dead. For big scary mobs use it to de-buff before switching to High Velocity Rounds.

High Velocity Rounds Weapon SET 2

Brutality III > Close Combat II > Heft > Projectile Acceleration III > Deliberation

This is the big damage ability and the main skill we want to scale! We want to make sure we use it after Armour Piercing Rounds and Emergency Reload to maximise its damage while applying RIVEN. The reason we need to make sure it hits the hardest is because of how riven works. RIVEN is 5% of the Hit that applied it added to every hit after while armour is broken. That mean 5% per Fragmentation Rounds that hit after the RIVEN is applied. LOADS OF DAMAGE!


Fragmentation Rounds Weapon SET 1

Rapid Attacks III > Rigwald's Ferocity > Streamlined Rounds > Impale > Nimble Reload

This is the BOSS KILLER. It does 0 damage by itself, but with RIVEN its a killing machine. With the right passives and supports we can get this to fire every 0.1 seconds, and with 10 rounds each fire at 5% of the Damage of High Velocity Rounds, we get a very quickly escalating machine. This tech is cool NGL! Impale is there to add a teeny tiny bit of extra damage, but you could swap it out for blind or stun or some other utility.


Herald of Blood

Bleed III > Poison III > Culling Strike II > Bursting Plague > Deadly Poison II

This thing was introduced in 0.2 and is the GAME CHANGER we needed for this build to shine. It makes all enemies explode if they have blood lose, which they always will! This league, We are using Bursting Plague tech to make clear even more INSANE! Herald of Blood Explodes and applies Bursting Plague which then has its own explosion which can apply Bleed III which in turn Triggers Herald of Blood explosion. FUN STUFF! Also Culling Strike II will give us a consistent buff while clearing thanks to this tech.


Artillery Ballista:

Brutality III > Impale > Urgent Totems III> Heft > Rapid Attacks II

This things fun! Its so good at gaining aggro that i don't leave home without it. Pop it down to distract packs or prepare for a fight. Linked Brutality III to increase pin and Impale to make it a de-buff machine!


Persistent Skills:

Wind Dancer

Blind II > Maim

This ones amazing. You can get it early and you can add supports as you expand your spirit. It gives you a % of evasion per stack up to 3 stacks and if melee gets through that evasion, the stacks will be spent and a blast of wind will launch enemies away from you, giving you time to gtfo. Must have skill for any ranged. Linked with Blind II & Maim, it can make sticky situations much more survivable!


Scavenged Plating

Prolonged Duration II > Precision I > Physical Mastery

This skill allows us to stack up to 40% more armour as we break others armour. A easy add that helps us tank allot more damage then we could otherwise. We add Precision I which maxes out our spirit and adds some accuracy to our ranged attacks which also translates to attack speed when Falcon Dive is active on our weapon swap. Very simple, very helpful.


Emergency Reload

Cooldown Recovery II

This is just a flat damage boost when its loaded. I like to pop it on my R key to pretend I'm reloading my shots with special rounds. Good to pop before you fire High Velocity Rounds

Sorcery Ward

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This passive skill is acquired by selecting the ascendency passive. See "how it plays section" for more details.