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GL1TCH3D's Hail Mary Gemling

Mercenary

Gemling Legionnaire

Starter

End Game

0.5.5 FR

By GL1TCH3D

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Updated on Sep 13, 2026

Sep 13, 2026

Build Overview

A cheap, fast, effective build for early rushing, solo mapping, boss slaying, and ascendency carries.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Very cheap
Fast non-tempo mapping
Giga Nuke Bosses

Doesn't scale well into group play (working on upgrade paths)
Glacial Bolt Hurts The Eyes

Build Variants

No Money - No Constricting

$ - Constricting Lv1

$$ - Crit

$$$ - Rage

$$$$ - Lineages

Getting this setup for under 10 div budget is feasible - just without the Horror's Flight.

Equipment

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$$ - Crit

$$$ - Rage

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Set 1

Set 2

Jewels

Equipment Priority

Siege Crossbow is ideal but not required. This base improves the bossing damage from Cluster Grenade significantly but comes at the cost of a lower base damage, therefore, less Glacial Bolt damage. Normal modifiers apply. Get the highest damage you can afford. Note the Warding Rune of Disintegration in the crossbow for armour break pairing with The Brass Dome.

Trade link for Crossbow

Horror's Flight can come with the Raven's Touched modifier (RNG) which allows it to be annointed. DO NOT BUY THEM CORRUPTED. These are incredibly valuable and allows some extra versatility, but otherwise use NORMAL gloves with flat damages. If you manage to get a Raven's Touched version - annoint Storm's Rebuke.

Thrillsteel is optional but is a good alternative for speed before you get Constricting Command.

Amulet NEEDS spirit on it. Aim for 40+. After that, +quality is the most important. Note that +quality is a desecrate-only suffix modifier. If you have the budget for it, +projectile skills with this.

The Brass Dome is the runeforged version.

Decree of Flight is important for the faster dodge roll to really speed up the build. Otherwise, normal boots work as well in the meantime.

Ring is your normal everyday ring.

Heart of the Well is ideally a Gain Cold + Gain Lightning - but these go for 15d. Consider buying a single Gain Lightning for around 1d to start as it helps with proccing shock.

Skill Gems

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$$ - Crit

$$$ - Rage

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Support Gem Requirements:

Str 40

Dex 65

Int 60

Glacial Bolt

Set 1

Verisium Manifestations

Set 1

Remnants of Kalguur

Set 1

Cast on Dodge

Set 1

Rapid Shot

Set 2

War Banner

Set 2

Berserk

Set 2

Eternal Rage

Set 2

Oil Grenade

Cluster Grenade

Gem Priority

+35

Note that Eternal Rage CANNOT BE SET TO SET 2 ONLY. This can only be enabled by disabling Cast on Dodge. Usually I recommend just using Cast on Dodge all the time outside of pinnacles or boss carries.

Reminder that Glacial Bolt + Verisium Manifestations + Remnants of Kalguur + Cast on Dodge are set to SET 1.

Reminder that War Banner + Berserk + Eternal Rage + Rapid Shot are set to SET 2.

You can further set Cluster Grenade to set 2 only if you want to ensure you never misclick and use it from set 1 while bossing. However sometimes I use it while mapping and decided to leave it on both.

All support gems are listed in order of importance. Glacial Bolt and Cluster Grenade are the most important to use perfect jewellers on first.

Use Morrigan's on Cast on Dodge instead of Biting Frost II if you can get one.

Breachlord's Rift does the same thing as Storm's Rebuke. Prioritize the latter. UPDATE: The price of a Megalomaniac with Storm's Rebuke is around the same price as Breachlord's Rift - don't buy the lineage in this case.

Passive Tree

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main:

123

set 1:

set 2:

Quest Rewards

Check which quests you’ve completed on your character

Clearfell — Beira of the Rotten Pack

+10% to Cold Resistance

Hunting Grounds — The Crowbell

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Freythorn — The King in the Mists

+30 to Spirit

Ogham Farmlands — Una's Hut

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Ogham Manor — Candlemass, the Living Rite

+20 to maximum Life

Keth — Kabala, Constrictor Queen

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Valley of the Titans — Medallion

30% increased Charm Charges gained

+1 Charm Slot

Deshar — Final Letter

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

The Spires of Deshar — Sisters of Garukhan

+10% to Lightning Resistance

Jungle Ruins — Mighty Silverfist

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

The Venom Crypts — Venom Draught

Not Specified3 choices

Jiquani's Machinarium — Blackjaw, the Remnant

+10% to Fire Resistance

The Azak Bog — Ignagduk, the Bog Witch

+30 to Spirit

The Molten Vault — The Molten Vault

Reforging Bench

Aggorat — Blood Sacrifice

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Journey's End — Captain Hartlin

Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Skill Gem(Lv 13)

Delirium Drop

Whakapanu Island — Great White One

+15% of Armour also applies to Elemental Damage

Gain Deflection Rating equal to 12% of Evasion Rating

+12% faster start of Energy Shield Recharge

Eye of Hinekora — Navali's Rest

5% increased Maximum Mana

Halls of the Dead — Yama The White

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Halls of the Dead — Tawhoa's Test

+5% to Lightning Resistance

Abandoned Prison — Goddess of Justice

30% increased Life Recovery from Flasks

Halls of the Dead — Tasalio's Test

+5% to Cold Resistance

Halls of the Dead — Ngamahu's Test

+5% to Fire Resistance

Halls of the Dead — Tribal Medicine

Not Specified2 choices

Wolvenhold — Oswin, the Dread Warden

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

The Khari Crossing — Akthi and Anundr

Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

The Khari Crossing — Molten Shrine

5% increased Maximum Life

Qimah — Tabana's Pillar

+5% to all Elemental Resistances

Kriar Village — Lythara, the Wayward Spear

+40 to Spirit

Howling Caves — The Abominable Yeti

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

How it Plays

Mapping - Simply continue firing Glacial Bolt to kill stuff.

Note that Glacial Bolt is very capable of clearing map bosses so the below only applies to tanky bosses / pinnacles.

Bossing - Place Oil Grenade before boss spawns. Immediately begin firing Rapid Shot to break armour and build heat. Once armour is broken, drop War Banner then use Cluster Grenade to win.

How it Works

Glacial Bolt drops many frost walls that deal significant AOE damage if you destroy them.

Verisium Manifestations is a temporary minion skill that consumes ward to spawn ranged minions when you hit an enemy with an attack. Therefore, when you Glacial Bolt, the initial hit will spawn these manifestations which in turn will consume the frost walls with Biting Frost II creating huge explosions. This is made better with Gemling Legionnaire alt qual giving huge AOE and now you're clearing half a screen on a single Glacial Bolt.

Cluster Grenade alt quality lowers detonation time. This paired with nodes on the tree brings the detonation time to 0. Meaning, as soon as you click it, the main explosion and ALL the mini grenades explode immediately. Cluster has great damage which is usually held back by the fact that the mini-grenades spread out over a large area. But now as they all explode instantly, there's no spread.

Add in the armour break with The Molten One's Gift to scale the damage the enemy takes significantly.