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1.8%
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0.9%
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0.5%
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3.5%
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0.9%
Deadeye
7.8%
Disciple Of Varashta
3%
Druid
Gemling Legionnaire
17.5%
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Infernalist
5.2%
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0.1%
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1.5%
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24.4%
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Monk
Oracle
5.4%
Pathfinder
1.7%
Ranger
Ritualist
1.3%
Shaman
2%
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0.6%
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Spirit Walker
11.3%
Stormweaver
5.1%
Tactician
1%
Titan
2.8%
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0.3%
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Witch
Witchhunter
1.3%

Explosive Shot

(Witchhunter) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 17 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-09-04 12:01:30 UTC

The Explosive Shot is a highly effective skill for the Witchhunter in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 17 top players in the 75-89 bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Elemental Armament II, Multishot II, Arjun's Medal. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Ricochet, Remorseless, Overwhelm on the skill tree.

Below data represents gem links within this cohort. Selected main skills are strictly isolated.

★ Selected Main Skills

Explosive Shot
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Multishot II
88.2%
└
Arjun's Medal
58.8%
└
Defy II
58.8%
└
Innervate
35.3%
└
Ratha's Assault
23.5%
└
Deliberation
17.6%
└
Magnified Area II
17.6%
└
Ignite III
17.6%
└
Life Leech III
5.9%
└
Fire Mastery
5.9%
└
Stun II
5.9%
└
Double Barrel III
5.9%
└
Heft
5.9%
└
Longshot II
5.9%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Cluster Grenade
88.2%
└
Elemental Armament II
73.3%
└
Magnified Area II
66.7%
└
Defy II
60%
└
Short Fuse I
60%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
40%
└
Multishot II
40%
└
Deliberation
33.3%
└
Atziri's Impatience
13.3%
└
Adhesive Grenades II
13.3%
└
Close Combat II
6.7%
└
Payload
6.7%
└
Concentrated Area
6.7%
└
Fire Penetration II
6.7%
└
Short Fuse II
6.7%
└
Multishot I
6.7%
Explosive Grenade
88.2%
└
Elemental Armament II
93.3%
└
Short Fuse I
73.3%
└
Defy II
66.7%
└
Deliberation
46.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
46.7%
└
Multishot II
40%
└
Magnified Area II
26.7%
└
Fire Attunement
20%
└
Rageforged II
6.7%
└
Rakiata's Flow
6.7%
└
Eternal Flame III
6.7%
└
Ignite III
6.7%
└
Payload
6.7%
└
Short Fuse II
6.7%
└
Fire Penetration I
6.7%
Herald of Ash
82.4%
└
Magnified Area II
71.4%
└
Prolonged Duration II
35.7%
└
Cannibalism I
28.6%
└
Fire Mastery
28.6%
└
Armour Demolisher II
21.4%
└
Herbalism I
14.3%
└
Precision I
7.1%
└
Prolonged Duration I
7.1%
└
Deadly Herald
7.1%
└
Magnified Area I
7.1%
Oil Grenade
76.5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
53.8%
└
Persistent Ground III
46.2%
└
Persistent Ground II
38.5%
└
Tawhoa's Tending
30.8%
└
Urgent Totems III
30.8%
└
Magnified Area II
23.1%
└
Payload
7.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
7.7%
└
Potent Exposure
7.7%
└
Prolonged Duration I
7.7%
└
Adhesive Grenades II
7.7%
└
Efficiency II
7.7%
Wind Dancer
76.5%
└
Knockback
76.9%
└
Magnified Area II
53.8%
└
Elemental Armament II
38.5%
└
Blind II
38.5%
└
Life Leech III
23.1%
└
Precision II
15.4%
└
Culling Strike II
7.7%
└
Magnified Area I
7.7%
└
Life Leech II
7.7%
└
Blind I
7.7%
└
Precision I
7.7%
Sorcery Ward
76.5%
└
Cold Mastery
76.9%
└
Fire Mastery
7.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
7.7%
Flash Grenade
70.6%
└
Freeze
75%
└
Embitter
66.7%
└
Bhatair's Vengeance
66.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
58.3%
└
Cold Penetration
50%
└
Magnified Area II
25%
└
Stun II
25%
└
Multishot II
25%
└
Defy II
16.7%
└
Deliberation
16.7%
└
Long Fuse I
8.3%
└
Magnified Area I
8.3%
Mortar Cannon
70.6%
└
Persistent Ground III
58.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
41.7%
└
Urgent Totems III
41.7%
└
Tawhoa's Tending
33.3%
└
Persistent Ground II
25%
└
Magnified Area II
16.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
8.3%
└
Potent Exposure
8.3%
└
Multishot II
8.3%
└
Short Fuse I
8.3%
└
Close Combat II
8.3%
Crossbow Shot
41.2%
└
Rapid Attacks I
57.1%
└
Longshot I
28.6%
└
Deliberation
28.6%
└
Innervate
14.3%
└
Pin I
14.3%
└
Elemental Armament II
14.3%
└
Longshot II
14.3%
└
Rapid Attacks II
14.3%
└
Lightning Attunement
14.3%
└
Nova Projectiles I
14.3%
└
Multishot I
14.3%
└
Elemental Armament I
14.3%
└
Pierce III
14.3%
└
Bleed III
14.3%
Gas Grenade
35.3%
└
Multishot II
33.3%
└
Elemental Armament I
33.3%
└
Short Fuse I
33.3%
└
Elemental Armament II
33.3%
└
Persistent Ground III
33.3%
└
Concentrated Area
16.7%
└
Defy II
16.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
16.7%
└
Magnified Area II
16.7%
└
Deliberation
16.7%
└
Multishot I
16.7%
└
Urgent Totems III
16.7%
└
Payload
16.7%
└
Corrosion
16.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
16.7%
Eternal Rage
29.4%
War Banner
23.5%
└
Expanse
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
75%
└
Daresso's Passion
75%
└
Magnified Area II
75%
Attrition
11.8%
└
Vitality II
50%
Freezing Mark
11.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Charged Mark
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
50%
Herald of Ice
11.8%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Uruk's Smelting
50%
└
Armour Break III
50%
└
Cold Mastery
50%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Elemental Focus
50%
└
Embitter
50%
Voltaic Mark
11.8%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
100%
Requiem
5.9%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Freeze
100%
└
Embitter
100%
Crushing Fear
5.9%
└
Defy II
100%
└
Culling Strike II
100%
└
Armour Break III
100%
└
Ancestral Call II
100%
Killing Palm
5.9%
└
Rage III
100%
└
Rapid Attacks III
100%
└
Culling Strike II
100%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
Whirling Assault
5.9%
└
Heavy Swing
100%
└
Culling Strike II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Ancestral Call II
100%
Falling Thunder
5.9%
└
Close Combat II
100%
└
Culmination II
100%
└
Ricochet II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
Lightning Warp
5.9%
└
Unleash
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
Quarterstaff Strike
5.9%
└
Fork
100%
Charge Regulation
5.9%
Herald of Thunder
5.9%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Longshot II
100%
└
Living Lightning II
100%
└
Electromagnetism
100%
└
Lightning Mastery
100%
Trail of Caltrops
5.9%
└
Thornskin I
100%
└
Precision I
100%
└
Rearm I
100%
└
Nova Projectiles I
100%
Gemini Surge
5.9%
Permafrost Bolts
5.9%
└
Embitter
100%
└
Cold Penetration
100%
└
Bhatair's Vengeance
100%
└
Deep Freeze
100%
└
Freeze
100%
Berserk
5.9%
Refutation
5.9%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Mobility
100%
Herald of Blood
5.9%
└
Maim
100%
└
Overreach
100%
└
Execute II
100%
Blasphemy
5.9%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
Elemental Weakness
5.9%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
Spear Throw
5.9%
Siege Cascade
5.9%
└
Deliberation
100%
└
Armour Break I
100%
└
Magnified Area I
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Double Barrel III
100%
Shard Scavenger
5.9%
└
Fire Mastery
100%
└
Precision II
100%
Fragmentation Rounds
5.9%