Recommend me a Witch Hunter build

WITHOUT Cast on Crit (because it's gonna get nerfed eventually and that will make me sad) and WITHOUT weapon swaps (because I don't understand them and it seems like a button press I'm not into)

Love the idea of the mercenary, crossbows, sorcery Ward, etc, but like every build I see has one of these 2 things.

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Legin144 months ago7

Explosive shot? Looks fun but its gonna melt my PS5 and i dont wanna sit at my desk

Pman13244 months ago6

Me playing Witch:

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Paradoxmoose4 months ago4

Cast on Crit is not often used on Witch Hunter, so no issues there.

Weapon swaps, however, you may want to take a little time to learn. After they're set up, it does *not* require pressing a button to swap and then use an ability and then press a button to swap again. It's simply press a button to use a skill for one weapon, and press a button to use a skill for the second weapon, just as you may be used to for two skills using the same weapon. Also, if you end up using a crossbow, using a "weapon swap" but using the same weapon in both weapon sets actually can *decrease* the number of buttons you press in your rotation because of how crossbow ammo loading works in PoE2. For example, one build I used while leveling was using permafrost bolts to freeze enemies and fragmentation rounds to do a ton of damage to frozen enemies. If I were using just one weapon set, I would need to press to shoot permafrost bolts (1 button), press another button to load fragmentation rounds (2 buttons), press the first button again to shoot the fragmentation rounds (2 buttons still) and then load the permafrost bolts (3 buttons). If I set it up to have the same weapon in both weapon sets, I could set permafrost bolts to weapon set 1, and fragmentation rounds to weapon set 2, and I would only need to press to shoot weapon set 1 with one button, and press to shoot weapon set 2 with a second button. With 2 weapon sets, it takes 2 less button presses to shoot two types of ammo and only 2 total buttons, compared to 1 weapon set which requires 3 total buttons and 4 button presses.

Here's a similar build, focusing on permafrost bolts and fragmentation rounds https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/pohx-shatter-tactician?weaponSet=set1

This one is close to what I ended up doing with mine this league https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/woolie-run-n-gun-witch-hunter

EnoughBonus63404 months ago1

Oil granade incinerate is absolutely OP

Leuk0dystr0phy4 months ago1

I'm running Whirling Assault with Cull and Sorcery Ward, pretty solid overall. Although the boss damage can be lacking at times.

GoldenBhoys4 months ago1

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/woolie-run-n-gun-witch-hunter?weaponSet=set1&ws-ngf5-f7d82102-7e77-4a44-ad24-33b67e8ae7bf=activeVariantId%2Cf6381cb0-f135-4f33-80fa-3f6143c1439e

Had a blast running this, very tanky

alwayslookingout4 months ago1

I went with Fubgun’s LA build minus the Rhoa. Culling/Decimating Strike for solid clear and Sorcery Ward for tankiness.

MrMeeSeeksLooks4 months ago1

MrHugePeanis :) ask whatever you want.

Right click. Reload. 10M+ dps

Chyioko4 months ago1

Oil granade

You literally have to press no extra buttons for weapon swapping its automatically if you set it up.

Additional_Path55264 months ago1

Permafrost & frag bolts, one crossbow for each skill gem easy to setup and understand. Just look it up.