POE 2 Shockburst Witchhunter Merc Melts the Cruel Campaign – Leveling Guide
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Build Update: https://youtu.be/b7F2fdrQ1fI
Let me know if I should do a follow up video on how it takes on the Endgame!
Skill tree: https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/yy7vj0ht
Leveling Steps:
-Start with Fragmentation Rounds and Explosive Grenades
-If you find a good Crossbow continue until Rank V Gems
-If you find a good Bow level with Lightning Arrow until Rank V Gems
-Once you get Rank V Gem swap to Galvanic Shard + Electrocuting Arrow
-Once you get Rank VII Gems get Voltaic Mark + Voltaic Grenade
-Once you get Rank XI Gems swap to Shockburst Rounds and follow the build video.
Gems:
shockburst round
-martial tempo
-primal armament
-fresh clip
stormcaller arrow
-coursing current
-scattershot
-conduction or lasting shock
voltaic mark
-persistence
-lightning mastery
herald of thunder
-magnified effect
-neural overload
electrocuting arrow
-maim
-lightning infusion
shard scavenger (buff)
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:27 Mechanics
3:14 Skill Tree
9:07 Gems
10:36 Gear
11:26 Gameplay
how do u land stormcaller arrow easy like that on bosses? my aways pierce and i cant shock
You dont use galvanic shards?
Went all the way in p tree for lightning but now i die in one hit in cruel.. what should I do. Evasion is my focus in items and man the game doesn't drop anthing for me
You are a quick and articulate speaker. I genuinely was taken aback how well spoken and fully explained everything was compared to any other youtubers.
Thank you for the video. I am currently lvl46 but my dmage is very low even i followed your set ups, i got stuck at act 3 the moment T T any recommentations? i don't know how to boost my damage like yours up to 3100 at 0:35 many thanks
this video is so eloquent and well explained. most of the content out there is super confusing but your channel is awesome, subbed
Anyway to make this build viable without swapping to bow?
Was using a different lighting build but I like this one much more, when I level a bit more I'm going to build into this, going to cost so much to respec though I just started Act 2
Insane build. Very fun to play. Although I implemented one change. I have found Kitoko's Current gloves which basically give the same benefit as Electrocuting Arrow – every Lighting attack contributes to Electrocution buildup. Together with Galvanic Shards skill it melts through hordes of enemies, stunning them all the time almost instantaneously (it's faster this way to clear maps). I only switch to different gloves during boss fights for slightly higher DPS and Shockburst Rounds do their magic (on Elites, Shockburst is the choice). Apart from that, no change needed.
I think this got nerfed today. Doesn’t feel as good.
Is this build viable with Gemling or is it strickly Witch Hunter?
This is amazing? Stuff ..and when I get to cruel I'm going to give it a go … but do you have an early build just to help with campaign as some of the bosses are very hard
Was disappointed because I pivoted my entire build towards this one but wasn't doing damage until I noticed I was using a bad bow for it (splinteheart), as soon as I switched the bow, results were there, thank you so much!
are the 24 passive point tree worth investing on the ascendancy witch hunter or just shoot for judge,jury,exe?
I believe you can also use plasma blast with some support gems to increase shock %, that's what im currently running
New player here. How do you boss before getting shockburst rounds in act1 and 2
Yo just curious, this is the build ive been working on. Did you experiment with galvanized rounds at all? Just curious fause thats what i use currently
Can you do this build starting the game? Act 1?
Really cool, thanks for sharing the knowledge
How is it showing the dps of your moves on the skill gem screen? I don’t see that on my merc. I’m on ps5
please uppload the gem planner bro
I'm using galvanic shards to annihilate mobs and plasma blast to 10/10 shock a boss. After that even galvanic shards easily re-shocks.
I have the same bnuild except I went for more armour nodes instead of resolute technique
Which ascendancy node would you say to take first?
I've been playing it for 2 days and it's pretty fun. I've also experimented a lot and optimized it for myself in some places. It's a pretty funny build. I would be interested to know if you have already come up with new things. would you have a few more updates for us? thanks
Currently trying this one and it feels great, hope you make an update! Thanks!