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Mercenary
Witchhunter
[0.5] Bigdaddy 🔫 The #1 Xbow Build - Witchhunter Spacemarine Xbow Build
MercenaryWitchhunterStarter
End Game
0.5 RotA
Creator
Build Overview
The Best 🩷Witchhunter🩷 Xbow build from 0.4 is back for 0.5!
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0.5 changes
- 50% less evasion/arm now but bases give more defences so overall a small nerf to
Sorcery Ward - Shock Conduction II gone. This means you cannot use the same setups i used to autoshock. either use a normal shock setup from a bow/plasmablast etc or use something like
Arc in your 
Cast on Critical instead. (still needs more testing and will only work with very good gear) - deflect may be worth building now! will be insanely tanky
- i havent included any of the new power creep items yet so everything after this will be buffs ;)
🧠About the Build
This build is all about using the "bolt" XBow skills. (
Shockburst Rounds and 
Galvanic Shards)
Having a machine gun/ Shotgun in Poe is just Insanely FUN!
When I play xbow I don't think of it as the Highest damage/Best clear build tbh. We play Xbow because it is FUN. :) That being said it can pump out some serious DPS numbers! (over 22 MILLION DPS on the Giga ver)
Why Witchhunter? well the changes to 
Sorcery Ward have really made WH POP off! with enough evasion you will be almost immortal to hit damage! Overall WH has insane defense scaling and decent DMG/Clear options.
📈Leveling
Check out my leveling guide for Merc Xbow!
Strengths and Weaknesses
- Explosions
- Good Clear/Boss DPS
- Almost immortal to hit damage
- No annoying combos (shocks for Shockburst Rounds are automated in high budget ver)
- DOTS are the main thing that will kill you
- hard to fit rarity
Build Variants
Giga
Medium
League Start
Live PoB
Old Pobs
💎Extremely Expensive version with the BEST gear possible.💎
Main PoB: https://pobb.in/N6WlTnO4DLrx
Notes
- if you cant get the auto shock setup to work then just use the
Stormcaller Arrow setup from the medium ver. or, just kill bosses with 
Galvanic Shards. with this level of gear they will die pretty fast. - I would like to get lighting infusions in the coc Arc setup but havent thought of a good way yet. best would probably be EE with
Living Bomb.... - for cheaper setup just remove adorned and use another rare jewel.
Gear/Jewels info
Rite of Passage I used stag ver.
The Adorned can be skipped as its pretty expensive and it only around 10% better than another rare jewel.- you want at least 1 roll of Mana leech. I got it on gloves.
- you can annoint
Careful Consideration if you want more defense.
Spirit Requirements
Spirit Sources: 100 Campaign, 65 from amulet, at least 26 (16 if you drop Precision I) from another source (helm corruption etc)
Setup 1: 191 Spirit Total (you can drop Precision I for a 181 total if short)
Cast on Critical (91) -- Weapon Set 2 only
Blink (60) 
Herald of Thunder (30) 
Ghost Dance (30) 
Wind Dancer (30) + Precision I (10)
Time of Need (30) > can swap this with 
Herald of Ice
Skill Gems
Giga
Medium
League Start
Live PoB
Old Pobs
Support Gem Requirements:
Str 75
Dex 80
Int 30
1
Sorcery Ward
Level 20
2
Cast on Critical
Level 14
3
Emergency Reload
Level 21
4
Time of Need
Level 18
5
Ghost Dance
Level 18
6
Blink
Level 16
7
Wind Dancer
Level 18
8
Herald of Thunder
Level 21
9
Galvanic Shards
Level 21
10
Shockburst Rounds
Level 21
Gem Priority
+39
can use Life Leech III in galvanic if you want more sustain.
Passive Tree
Giga
Medium
League Start
Live PoB
Old Pobs
main:
123
123
set 1:
20
20
set 2:
20
20
Quest Rewards
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Clearfell — Beira of the Rotten Pack
+10% to Cold Resistance
Freythorn — The King in the Mists
+30 to Spirit
Ogham Manor — Candlemass, the Living Rite
+20 to maximum Life
The Spires of Deshar — Sisters of Garukhan
+10% to Lightning Resistance
Valley of the Titans — Medallion
30% increased Charm Effect Duration
+1 Charm Slot
The Azak Bog — Ignagduk, the Bog Witch
+30 to Spirit
Jiquani's Machinarium — Blackjaw, the Remnant
+10% to Fire Resistance
The Venom Crypts — Venom Draught
25% increased Stun Threshold
Abandoned Prison — Goddess of Justice
30% increased Life Recovery from Flasks
Eye of Hinekora — Navali's Rest
5% increased Maximum Mana
Halls of the Dead — Ngamahu's Test
+5% to Fire Resistance
Halls of the Dead — Tasalio's Test
+5% to Cold Resistance
Halls of the Dead — Tawhoa's Test
+5% to Lightning Resistance
The Khari Crossing — Molten Shrine
5% increased Maximum Life
Qimah — Tabana's Pillar
Not Specified7 choices
Kriar Village — Lythara, the Wayward Spear
+40 to Spirit
How it Plays
- Mapping
SpamGalvanic Shards
Bossing - if you are NOT using the Cast on Critical setup for
Thunderstorm then cast it on top of the boss. first - use Shockburst Rounds with
Emergency Reload to burst em down.
How it Works
Galvanic Shards has good clear with lots of coverage coming from chains and forks. We also have explode for more clear!
Shockburst Rounds has insane single target but requires the target to be shocked. We apply consistent shocks with Thunderstorm and the Shock Conduction II support.
Changelog
2026-02-05: Remade for 0.4
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