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1.7%
Acolyte Of Chayula
0.9%
Amazon
0.4%
Blood Mage
2.9%
Chronomancer
1%
Deadeye
6%
Disciple Of Varashta
2.4%
Druid
10.3%
Gemling Legionnaire
12%
Huntress
1.7%
Infernalist
3.3%
Invoker
0.1%
Lich
1.1%
Martial Artist
13.9%
Mercenary
Monk
12.4%
Oracle
3.9%
Pathfinder
1.5%
Ranger
Ritualist
1.4%
Shaman
1.4%
Smith Of Kitava
0.4%
Sorceress
Spirit Walker
12.6%
Stormweaver
4.1%
Tactician
0.9%
Titan
2.3%
Warbringer
0.3%
Warrior
0.5%
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Witchhunter
1.1%

Explosive Shot

(Witchhunter) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 15 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-28 19:43:54 UTC

The Explosive Shot is a highly effective skill for the Witchhunter in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 15 top players in the 75-89 bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Multishot II, Elemental Armament II, Arjun's Medal. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Remorseless, Forces of Nature, Giantslayer on the skill tree.

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

★ Selected Main Skills

Explosive Shot
100%
└
Multishot II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
86.7%
└
Arjun's Medal
60%
└
Defy II
46.7%
└
Innervate
46.7%
└
Ratha's Assault
26.7%
└
Magnified Area II
26.7%
└
Deliberation
26.7%
└
Shock
6.7%
└
Poison III
6.7%
└
Bleed III
6.7%
└
Fork
6.7%
└
Rakiata's Flow
6.7%
└
Double Barrel III
6.7%
└
Stun II
6.7%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Wind Dancer
93.3%
└
Blind II
64.3%
└
Knockback
64.3%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Life Leech III
35.7%
└
Precision I
21.4%
└
Rage II
14.3%
└
Elemental Armament II
14.3%
└
Poison III
7.1%
└
Admixture
7.1%
└
Bursting Plague
7.1%
└
Bleed III
7.1%
└
Clarity II
7.1%
└
Clarity I
7.1%
└
Culling Strike II
7.1%
└
Maim
7.1%
Sorcery Ward
93.3%
└
Cold Mastery
64.3%
└
Fire Mastery
21.4%
└
Rapid Casting II
14.3%
└
Slow Potency
7.1%
└
Armour Demolisher II
7.1%
└
Dialla's Desire
7.1%
Explosive Grenade
86.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
84.6%
└
Short Fuse I
69.2%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
61.5%
└
Defy II
53.8%
└
Multishot II
46.2%
└
Deliberation
46.2%
└
Rageforged II
15.4%
└
Magnified Area II
15.4%
└
Rakiata's Flow
7.7%
└
Payload
7.7%
└
Adhesive Grenades II
7.7%
└
Short Fuse II
7.7%
└
Elemental Armament I
7.7%
└
Multishot I
7.7%
Herald of Ash
86.7%
└
Magnified Area II
61.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
46.2%
└
Herbalism I
30.8%
└
Cannibalism I
30.8%
└
Fire Mastery
7.7%
└
Swift Affliction II
7.7%
Flash Grenade
80%
└
Elemental Armament II
58.3%
└
Freeze
41.7%
└
Bhatair's Vengeance
41.7%
└
Embitter
41.7%
└
Magnified Area II
41.7%
└
Cold Penetration
33.3%
└
Multishot II
25%
└
Stun II
25%
└
Deliberation
25%
└
Ignite I
8.3%
└
Brutality III
8.3%
└
Bleed I
8.3%
└
Short Fuse II
8.3%
└
Defy II
8.3%
└
Short Fuse I
8.3%
Cluster Grenade
73.3%
└
Elemental Armament II
81.8%
└
Magnified Area II
72.7%
└
Short Fuse I
63.6%
└
Multishot II
54.5%
└
Defy II
45.5%
└
Deliberation
36.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
27.3%
└
Atziri's Impatience
18.2%
└
Short Fuse II
9.1%
└
Payload
9.1%
└
Concentrated Area
9.1%
└
Elemental Armament I
9.1%
Oil Grenade
66.7%
└
Persistent Ground III
70%
└
Urgent Totems III
60%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
40%
└
Persistent Ground II
30%
└
Tawhoa's Tending
20%
└
Magnified Area II
20%
└
Efficiency II
10%
└
Potent Exposure
10%
└
Rapid Attacks II
10%
└
Multishot I
10%
└
Short Fuse I
10%
└
Prolonged Duration II
10%
Mortar Cannon
60%
└
Persistent Ground III
66.7%
└
Urgent Totems III
66.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
44.4%
└
Tawhoa's Tending
22.2%
└
Persistent Ground II
22.2%
└
Multishot II
11.1%
└
Elemental Armament II
11.1%
└
Payload
11.1%
└
Adhesive Grenades II
11.1%
└
Efficiency II
11.1%
└
Multishot I
11.1%
└
Magnified Area II
11.1%
Gas Grenade
53.3%
└
Multishot II
75%
└
Elemental Armament II
75%
└
Deliberation
50%
└
Short Fuse I
37.5%
└
Elemental Focus
37.5%
└
Payload
12.5%
└
Multishot I
12.5%
└
Defy II
12.5%
└
Magnified Area II
12.5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
12.5%
War Banner
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
80%
└
Expanse
80%
└
Daresso's Passion
40%
└
Refraction II
20%
Crossbow Shot
26.7%
└
Elemental Armament I
50%
└
Cold Penetration
25%
└
Thrill of the Kill II
25%
└
Magnified Area I
25%
└
Cold Attunement
25%
└
Freeze
25%
└
Concentrated Area
25%
└
Fiery Death
25%
└
Stoicism II
25%
└
Armour Explosion
25%
└
Stun II
25%
└
Life Leech II
25%
└
Bleed I
25%
└
Brutality III
25%
└
Bleed III
25%
Eternal Rage
26.7%
└
Precision I
25%
Herald of Ice
20%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Cold Mastery
100%
└
Cold Penetration
33.3%
└
Ignite III
33.3%
└
Embitter
33.3%
└
Elemental Armament II
33.3%
└
Uruk's Smelting
33.3%
└
Armour Break III
33.3%
Voltaic Mark
20%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration I
33.3%
└
Mark for Death
33.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
33.3%
Requiem
13.3%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
50%
└
Poison III
50%
└
Execute I
50%
└
Bleed III
50%
└
Freeze
50%
└
Embitter
50%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Concentrated Area
50%
Attrition
13.3%
└
Vitality I
50%
Herald of Thunder
6.7%
└
Freeze
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Static Shocks
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
Herald of Blood
6.7%
└
Poison III
100%
└
Escalating Poison
100%
└
Bursting Plague
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
Shockburst Rounds
6.7%
└
Heft
100%
└
Lightning Attunement
100%
└
Fresh Clip II
100%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
Wolf Pack
6.7%
└
Minion Splash II
100%
└
Last Gasp
100%
└
Romira's Requital
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
Herald of Plague
6.7%
└
Armour Demolisher II
100%
└
Deadly Herald
100%
└
Chaos Mastery
100%
Emergency Reload
6.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
100%
Overwhelming Presence
6.7%
└
Armour Demolisher II
100%
Crushing Fear
6.7%
└
Ancestral Call II
100%
└
Culling Strike II
100%
└
Defy II
100%
└
Armour Break III
100%
Killing Palm
6.7%
└
Rage III
100%
└
Culling Strike II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks III
100%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
Whirling Assault
6.7%
└
Ancestral Call II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Culling Strike II
100%
└
Heavy Swing
100%
Falling Thunder
6.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Ricochet II
100%
└
Culmination II
100%
└
Close Combat II
100%
Lightning Warp
6.7%
└
Unleash
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
Quarterstaff Strike
6.7%
└
Fork
100%
Charge Regulation
6.7%
Future-Past
6.7%
Frost Bomb
6.7%