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[0.4] Bigdaddy 🔫Merc Xbow Leveling - Full Guide - League Starter to Endgame

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0.2 DotH
Starter
Speed Leveling
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Updated on Feb 6, 2026
Feb 6, 2026

Build Overview

WIP

The Best Merc Xbow LEVELING Setup for 0.4! 「 ✔ ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ 」

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

3+ test runs completed!

Be sure to check each variant for tips about gems etc.

🔗 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)


🔔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


💪Attributes

  1. enough dex/str/int for gems
  2. strength

🛡️Defence:

  1. Gear with resistances
  2. Evasion
  3. Evasion/ES
  4. Evasion/Armour

🔹Augments

  • weapon: Flat elemental or % physical damage
  • armour: any resistance or attribute you need

Build Variants

Skill Gems

  • once you get High Velocity Rounds you can remove Fragmentation Rounds.
  • this is probably the roughest stage as you have to use grenades and they kinda suck early on.

Equipment

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Equipment Priority
+7

Skill Gems

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 15

Dex 20

Int 5

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1

Fragmentation Rounds

Level 2

Fragmentation Rounds
2

Explosive Grenade

Level 4

Explosive Grenade
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High Velocity Rounds

Level 4

High Velocity Rounds
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Gas Grenade

Level 5

Gas Grenade
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Herald of Ash

Level 4

Herald of Ash
Gem Priority
+8

Passive Tree

main:
123
123
set 1:
20
20
set 2:
20
20

Changelog

2026-02-06: Remade for 0.4

Path of Building Code

Video Guide

Table of Contents

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