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PoE 2 Build

WEAPON MASTER XBOW - Bigdaddies Witchhunter Xbow

Mercenary

Witchhunter

Verified

Starter

End Game

0.1 Early Access

By BigDaddy Gaming

Updated on Sep 13, 2025

Sep 13, 2025

Build Overview

A compilation of Witchhunter Xbow build setups for All stages of gameplay!

This build uses Galvanic Shards as a clear skill. We also utilize a double herald setup with Herald of Thunder and Herald of Ice for maximum clear! All versions use Blink so we can move around fast in maps and easily dodge dangerous threats!

Single target is mainly done with Shockburst Rounds.

We make full use of the Weapon Master ascendancy on WH to gain:
70%+ shocks
-100 lightning resistance on any Boss.

IF you wanted to see the old (outdated) builds I league started with, check here https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/d9823552-d387-4cb2-a2d2-9c5c385cd302/builds/5d00f441-9473-41d8-a2a6-3dba772f4414

I also have a MONK version that I personally like the best, If your interested check out: https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/bigdaddy-xbow-monk

Build Variants

High Budget

Medium Budget

Low Budget

PoB
https://pobb.in/ywWOLqCgE1Dh

older PoB with no Controlled Metamorph:
https://pobb.in/LjSqaC7lg4A5

PoB2 Link
For some reason i cannot link it here. it will be in video description or just google it. :)

Equipment

High Budget

Medium Budget

Low Budget

Set 1

Set 2

Equipment Priority

Helmet

Expert Feathered Tiara

Main Hand

Expert Forlorn Crossbow

Left Ring

Breach Ring

Right Ring

Breach Ring

Amulet

Solar Amulet

Body

Morior Invictus

Gloves

Hand of Wisdom and Action

Belt

Ingenuity

Boots

Expert Silk Slippers

WEAPON: I Recommend you copy weapon from trade and import into your PoB BEFORE buying! Always check if its worth the upgrade or purchase!

The Ideal Weapon will depend on your current stats. For example, if you have low crit chance then getting a weapon with high critical hit chance will be a big DPS increase. If you have a lot of critical hit chance then getting more crit multi will be better.

Example Weapon:
250+ DPS (phys is best, flat lightning second)
Elemental damage with attacks: 70%+
1.7+ attack speed
7-8%+ crit chance

after that either crit multi or level of proj on suffix. (I think crit multi will be better as it won't increase mana costs!)

in some cases, or if on a budget, some stats can be dropped. I recommend keeping AT LEAST Crit chance and attack speed.

Soul Cores should be Crit Multi

Mana flask also not needed... im just using it because I have one :)

Offhand weap for shock setup, use and use x2-3 shock soul cores

You need 20 Spirit on amulet to run Blink on weapon swap, 50 spirit to run it on main weapon and 60 to run Blink and Precision

Body: all attribute + global defence

Amulet annoint Subterfuge Mask

Jewel Priority
ES + Crit damage + a total of 15% of meta skills gain inc energy from jewels if you wanna get to 4 shocks per proc on

Others should have stuff like:
Crit Chance, Elemental Damage, Ailment or Shock Magnitude

Skill Gems

High Budget

Medium Budget

Low Budget

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 25

Dex 55

Int 50

Expand all

Crossbow Shot

Item

Galvanic Shards

Shockburst Rounds

Stormcaller Arrow

Emergency Reload

Herald of Thunder

Herald of Ice

Blink

Grim Feast

Cast on Shock

Gem Priority

+30

Weapon Sets:

Weapon 1: Herald of Thunder Herald of Ice Blink Grim Feast
Weapon 2: Cast on Shock Blink

Shock setup: use bow with Stormcaller Arrow or Pillar of the Caged God with Tempest Flurry

Cast on Shock needs 115% increased energy gain to make it 4 shocks per proc. you can get to 100% from lv 19/20 gem and the passive tree setup we have. after that get the rest on jewels. (this is more of an optimization rather than being mandatory)

Passive Tree

High Budget

Medium Budget

Low Budget

main:

123

set 1:

set 2:

Weapon Sets:
Red = Xbow
Green = Staff(or bow if you wanna use that)

Against the darkness near Iron Reflexes . (extra light dmg and % int)
Heroic Tragedy (Vorana) near Acrobatics
Massive Controlled Metamorphosis Diamond near Whispers of Doom .
take Pure Power and Lightning Quick

How it Plays

Mapping
Spam Galvanic Shards for most content.

Bossing
use Stormcaller Arrow or Tempest Flurry to proc shock, curse and eye of winter then swap to 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 Galvanic Shards or for bossing we use a weapon swap to Stormcaller Arrow or Tempest Flurry to apply BIG curse, exposure AND massive shocks to greatly boost our single target.

Changelog

2025-01-30: Updated Weapon Guide

2025-01-26: Updated PoB for a better DPS calculation. (turned off conductivity as we set monster resistance in custom config and having conductivity caused DPS to increase incorrectly)

2025-01-25: added low budget variant

2025-01-24: added medium budget variant

2025-01-23: added runes!