Oil Grenade Witch Hunter

Finally decided to try the infamous oil grenade build and I'm glad I did!
I know it's nothing new, but I just wanted to share for anyone wanting to try to pull the trigger on it. Basically not much invested and you kill stuff in seconds lol It's probably gonna be gone (100%) next season so now's the time!

Some key points: cant have ignite on any other skills, no thorns damage, and no self-ignite can achieve this with crystallised immunities.

My final build of the league. It's been a fun one, cheers!

Comments

Informal-Net7056•5 months ago•5

So, the reason this is so strong on bosses is because the burning ground from Oil grenade stacks or what? Do you care to explain what makes the build do so much damage?

reshiramismywife•5 months ago•2

I was doing this but it got really boring really fast. Switched to galvanic shards merc and after some min maxing its just as good if not better

Sad-Direction443•5 months ago•1

Is it much better than the regular cluster explosion grenade spam?

6FingerStringer•5 months ago•1

Doing this with a PF CI build. It doesn’t shred that fast like the WH but tough enough for juiced maps!

Random-Waltz•5 months ago•1

Burning grounds turn my PC into a nuclear reactor. I wish there was a way to minimize the effect.

Sqies•5 months ago•1

I tried it and unfortunately my FPS went to 24 in normal maps

rhenk•5 months ago•1

Nice! I have a permafrost withchhunter, but the damage is far from that... Would love to try that. What budget are we talking about?

PositivePristine7506•5 months ago•1

It's stupid that the with hunter is a better fire based witch than the infernalist, the fire based witch.

Complete_Sympathy691•5 months ago•1

Hell yeah boy!!!! This build is my jam, it's so good

deez_ill•5 months ago•1

Here’s my version on pathfinder, easiest build in the game imo

https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/vaal/character/deez__Strawz-7689/Breath_of_Jennifer?i=0&search=name%3DBreath_of

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