#1 CROSSBOW Build UPDATE! – Witchhunter Galvanic Shards – Path of Exile 2 Early Access
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00:00 Intro
00:30 T15 Breach
01:28 T15 Boss
01:45 Character Overview
04:50 Skills
12:45 Gear
14:47 Passive Tree
15:44 FAQ: Cast on shock supports!
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Are the support gems on order of importace in the build guid? I don't have 4 links yet…
I hope they update bolts on console, it's super annoying how they target the floor when a mob is up in your face
so how is he getting 75% shock mine is at 22?
Hey man have you tried the "The three dragons solid mask" that can freeze with lighning damage and then you can explode with fragmentation rounds ?
How do we keep shock on enemies? I have almost exact gear and galvanic shards is only doing 1900dps
So I was testing out this iteration of the build in tier 15's. I have very similar stats to you, around 550 dps, 52% armour. The lack of CC from dropping electrocute for sure counteracts some of the tankiness you gain.
What I ended up trying that actually works really well is using the cloak of flame silk robe. This only dropped my armour from 52% to 42% but taking 40% of physical as fire with 79% fire resist + the shield feels amazing.
It feels like this build just gets outclassed by gas grenades, I'm currently running that build with decent gear, 9k armor 8k evasion (70%, 72%) and 3500 health as gemling, build works better on witch hunter but I wanted to have a leveled gemling for future fun builds and while your build outdamages it on bosses in poe2 when you ramp the difficulty to t16 700% (which is what I'm running) a build with so little defense will get you one shot even with sorcery ward and now you lost your map and xp, defense > high dps in poe 2
mobalytics shows somthing yeah in all 3 there is no build with the bow and quiver as secondary weapons
last build was better for me but im still trying with this build. im not sure what im doing wrong but im struggling
how does sorcery ward work? does it give an energy shield? bc it doesnt seem active on my end and idk why
can you please clarify a little bit the mobalytics build, cuz in the video you show a passive tree with Sorcery Ward that is not even close that mobalytics shows with Sorcery Ward, so i dont know if i have to go for sorcery ward with the passive tree u show in the video or the one that shows "tanky version" of it
Why can’t I use cast on shock skill gem I have plenty of spirt
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Is this build working with gemlini?
Hey, for bosses why not just go plasma blast and wasting and exploit nodes for massive damage ?
I have a question. Does "+ Level of projectile skill" necessary in the weapon? I have +6 and mana drain like broken water pipe.
how are u using cast on shock with so less int?
All of my stonecaller arrows has really really low chance to shock how do i fix it?
hi , nice videos .. i am new player to poe 2 and i started playing Mercenary and loved it because of your videos and as i see this build will be nerfed right ? , do you recommend me continue playing mercenary and playing with this build because i didn't like grenade builds " i am at lvl 25 so i am at the beginning "
hello can you update the written guide ? thank you
This is close to my build. High five for staying away from the broken clunky grenader, and making something yourself that to me feels more like what a Merc should be. Have you tried without all the armor passives? It seems to me the one shots happen regardless so my aswell go elsewhwhere. Ive also spent over 3mil gold trying specs. It s crazy.
Can you tell me how to show your crossbow dps at 12:52? Its like an addon or how i can check my wep dps?
I love your build. Been using it since I started the game. Carried me to Cruel Act 1 now but I just want to ask how do you get Cast on Shock? I can't get enough Int for that.
Personally, when I tried a dualstring bow in the campaign, both arrows always flew around the target. 😅
Worth it to pick up Acrobatics?
dude i missed when you changed your gloves, and I see you don't have electrocution in your talent tree and it will be nerfed in new patch. should I play with gloves and electrocution until maps?
What level cast on shock are you using ?
is it just me or does storm caller arrow just fly right through the enemy and does nothing? How are you getting it to stop on contact with the boss? thanks!
My brother in christ what is that passive tree 🤣
Why dont u use the two sets of talents points, one for buff the crossbow damage as u have now, and the other, for the bow, to increase even more the shock effect?
How did he get the skill cast on shock when it requires 146 intelligence yet he only has 7.???
Why would you go resolute technique? accuracy is easy to cap it seems
Running a slightly modified version of this build as a gemling strength stacker and man thank you for putting this together this build it is a blast
this looks nice, i'll respec from grenades, as the delay feel very bad with the fuse duration
Newbie question, but can I ask why stacking armor instead of evasion? Thought, just like rangers, most people love going for eva?
I was just thinking, there is a body Armour that applies your armor to any elemental damage taken named Blackbraid. It has really low armor rating of 60, but if you put on enough armor, i think it could supplement the ward and you could get culling and decimating strikes back. Side note is also that u get bunch of armor back since the ward wont eat it up. Downside is lacking on potentional spirit roll, some hp and technically.. resistances? It is specified as "Armour applies to Elemental Damage"
Beyond Reach Visceral Quiver turns phis dmg into chaos and chaos into electrocute buildup, have you thought about using that with a bow?
Why arent we going dex evasion tho?
Thanks for the build, Highly considering switching from my spammy grenade build to do this, cause thematically i want to do all kinds of lightning damage
Is there a better place to drop the gem that increases the amount of gem slots for skills? It feel like 4ever to find one.
what loot filter are you using?
Hello,
How do you get 7 bolts of galvanics shards please? Thank you😊
maybe try using herald of ash as well? seems like it would solve the clearance problem
What do you think of deadeye vs mercenary? For this crossbow build
id say go to polished iron and blade catcher nods they gave me so much armor and shield maybe take sturdy metal too
I do gemling frag HoT HoI, with three dragons. My map clear feels much nicer. I am able to get 6 HoT bolts that proc instantly using Frag rounds because of Peirce/chain. Since I freeze every monster on the map with HoT my frags shatter for 1000%+ damage which also make HoI pop said frozen enemies for 6k~ damage aoe. Only gripe with breach is that I can sometimes get swarmed and my dude will not attack…. Thought about getting that spirit aura that pushes enemies back, but I do not have enough spirit atm
oh yeah and my frags do 900 to 1200 damage per pellet (10 pellets) that pierce min 2 times and I have a 26% to chain off terrain (very frequent) also 60% to pierce after. I also use those unique gloves to give every enemy exposure to all consistently. I wanted to use a curse aura, but right now I am manually casting curses…. Not sure how to make my build better.