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1.8%
Acolyte Of Chayula
0.9%
Amazon
0.5%
Blood Mage
3.5%
Chronomancer
0.9%
Deadeye
7.8%
Disciple Of Varashta
3%
Druid
Gemling Legionnaire
17.5%
Huntress
Infernalist
5.2%
Invoker
0.1%
Lich
1.5%
Martial Artist
24.4%
Mercenary
Monk
Oracle
5.4%
Pathfinder
1.7%
Ranger
Ritualist
1.3%
Shaman
2%
Smith Of Kitava
0.6%
Sorceress
Spirit Walker
11.3%
Stormweaver
5.1%
Tactician
1%
Titan
2.8%
Warbringer
0.3%
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Witch
Witchhunter
1.3%

Explosive Shot

(Witchhunter) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 57 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 57 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Multishot II, Arjun's Medal, Defy II. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Obsessive Rituals, Ceremonial Ablution, Remorseless 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
96.5%
└
Arjun's Medal
75.4%
└
Defy II
75.4%
└
Elemental Armament II
73.7%
└
Ratha's Assault
54.4%
└
Magnified Area II
42.1%
└
Innervate
36.8%
└
Deliberation
12.3%
└
Rapid Attacks II
3.5%
└
Rakiata's Flow
3.5%
└
Fire Penetration II
3.5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
1.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
1.8%
└
Vorana's Siege
1.8%
└
Elemental Armament III
1.8%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Sorcery Ward
98.2%
└
Cold Mastery
75%
└
Fire Mastery
10.7%
└
Uhtred's Omen
7.1%
└
Dialla's Desire
5.4%
└
Armour Demolisher II
3.6%
└
Rapid Casting II
3.6%
└
Potent Exposure
1.8%
└
Cool Headed
1.8%
└
Lightning Mastery
1.8%
└
Clarity I
1.8%
└
Precision II
1.8%
└
Uhtred's Augury
1.8%
└
Vitality I
1.8%
Explosive Grenade
94.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
96.3%
└
Defy II
79.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
57.4%
└
Rageforged II
44.4%
└
Rakiata's Flow
40.7%
└
Multishot II
35.2%
└
Deliberation
35.2%
└
Short Fuse I
31.5%
└
Magnified Area II
20.4%
└
Concentrated Area
14.8%
└
Vorana's Siege
5.6%
└
Urgent Totems III
3.7%
└
Short Fuse II
3.7%
└
Payload
3.7%
└
Fire Penetration II
3.7%
Wind Dancer
91.2%
└
Knockback
92.3%
└
Blind II
80.8%
└
Magnified Area II
71.2%
└
Life Leech III
51.9%
└
Elemental Armament II
36.5%
└
Close Combat II
17.3%
└
Precision I
11.5%
└
Maim
7.7%
└
Magnified Area I
7.7%
└
Blind I
5.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
1.9%
└
Precision II
1.9%
└
Herbalism I
1.9%
└
Cannibalism II
1.9%
└
Cold Attunement
1.9%
Flash Grenade
89.5%
└
Elemental Armament II
56.9%
└
Freeze
51%
└
Embitter
49%
└
Bhatair's Vengeance
43.1%
└
Magnified Area II
31.4%
└
Multishot II
29.4%
└
Cold Penetration
27.5%
└
Defy II
27.5%
└
Deliberation
23.5%
└
Stun II
19.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
9.8%
└
Ice Bite II
9.8%
└
Thrill of the Kill II
7.8%
└
Innervate
7.8%
└
Blazing Critical
5.9%
Herald of Ash
87.7%
└
Magnified Area II
78%
└
Prolonged Duration II
70%
└
Fire Mastery
30%
└
Cannibalism I
8%
└
Herbalism I
8%
└
Deadly Herald
8%
└
Armour Demolisher II
6%
└
Magnified Area I
4%
└
Swift Affliction III
4%
└
Uruk's Smelting
2%
└
Direstrike I
2%
└
Cannibalism II
2%
└
Herbalism II
2%
└
Vitality I
2%
└
Mysticism II
2%
Cluster Grenade
86%
└
Elemental Armament II
87.8%
└
Defy II
79.6%
└
Magnified Area II
77.6%
└
Short Fuse I
69.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
42.9%
└
Multishot II
30.6%
└
Deliberation
22.4%
└
Atziri's Impatience
20.4%
└
Elemental Armament I
6.1%
└
Payload
4.1%
└
Urgent Totems III
4.1%
└
Close Combat II
2%
└
Nova Projectiles I
2%
└
Magnified Area I
2%
└
Stormfire
2%
Mortar Cannon
64.9%
└
Persistent Ground III
67.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
54.1%
└
Tawhoa's Tending
48.6%
└
Urgent Totems III
43.2%
└
Magnified Area II
16.2%
└
Elemental Armament II
13.5%
└
Multishot II
8.1%
└
Persistent Ground II
5.4%
└
Neural Overload
5.4%
└
Lightning Penetration
5.4%
└
Cold Penetration
2.7%
└
Freeze
2.7%
└
Embitter
2.7%
└
Vorana's Siege
2.7%
└
Short Fuse I
2.7%
Eternal Rage
63.2%
└
Armour Demolisher II
8.3%
└
Precision I
2.8%
└
Clarity I
2.8%
└
Uhtred's Omen
2.8%
Oil Grenade
57.9%
└
Persistent Ground III
75.8%
└
Tawhoa's Tending
54.5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
54.5%
└
Urgent Totems III
36.4%
└
Magnified Area II
18.2%
└
Persistent Ground II
12.1%
└
Persistent Ground I
6.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
6.1%
└
Short Fuse I
6.1%
└
Elemental Armament II
3%
└
Longshot I
3%
└
Mobility
3%
└
Chain I
3%
└
Fire Penetration II
3%
└
Multishot II
3%
War Banner
42.1%
└
Daresso's Passion
83.3%
└
Expanse
79.2%
└
Magnified Area II
79.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Refraction II
12.5%
└
Efficiency II
12.5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
4.2%
└
Mobility
4.2%
└
Refraction III
4.2%
Crossbow Shot
31.6%
└
Rapid Attacks I
27.8%
└
Multishot II
16.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
16.7%
└
Deliberation
16.7%
└
Defy II
11.1%
└
Close Combat II
11.1%
└
Elemental Armament I
5.6%
└
Magnified Area II
5.6%
└
Ambush
5.6%
└
Longshot I
5.6%
└
Coursing Current
5.6%
└
Bounty I
5.6%
└
Nimble Reload
5.6%
└
Innervate
5.6%
└
Shock
5.6%
Gas Grenade
28.1%
└
Multishot II
75%
└
Short Fuse I
56.2%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Elemental Focus
31.2%
└
Elemental Armament I
31.2%
└
Deliberation
18.8%
└
Multishot I
18.8%
└
Magnified Area II
12.5%
└
Defy II
12.5%
└
Rapid Attacks II
6.2%
└
Magnified Area I
6.2%
└
Urgent Totems III
6.2%
└
Persistent Ground III
6.2%
└
Tacati's Ire
6.2%
└
Corrosion
6.2%
Freezing Mark
24.6%
└
Charged Mark
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
92.9%
└
Efficiency II
85.7%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
78.6%
└
Mark of Siphoning
14.3%
└
Cold Mastery
7.1%
└
Prolonged Duration I
7.1%
Herald of Thunder
17.5%
└
Elemental Armament II
80%
└
Longshot II
70%
└
Magnified Area II
60%
└
Elemental Focus
50%
└
Close Combat II
50%
└
Esh's Prowess
40%
└
Living Lightning II
30%
└
Blind II
20%
└
Cold Attunement
10%
└
Lightning Attunement
10%
└
Ignite III
10%
└
Magnified Area I
10%
└
Stormfire
10%
└
Culling Strike II
10%
└
Herbalism I
10%
Emergency Reload
14%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
87.5%
└
Efficiency II
87.5%
└
Lifetap
12.5%
Voltaic Mark
14%
└
Prolonged Duration II
87.5%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
75%
└
Charged Mark
75%
└
Efficiency II
75%
└
Lifetap
50%
Refutation
7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
75%
└
Mobility
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
25%
└
Efficiency II
25%
Voltaic Grenade
7%
└
Elemental Armament II
75%
└
Neural Overload
50%
└
Lightning Penetration
50%
└
Stun III
25%
└
Lightning Attunement
25%
└
Magnified Area II
25%
└
Short Fuse I
25%
└
Nova Projectiles I
25%
└
Urgent Totems III
25%
└
Payload
25%
└
Multishot II
25%
└
Volt
25%
Stormblast Bolts
5.3%
└
Concentrated Area
66.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
66.7%
└
Close Combat II
33.3%
└
Rigwald's Ferocity
33.3%
└
Rakiata's Flow
33.3%
└
Living Lightning II
33.3%
└
Close Combat I
33.3%
└
Rapid Attacks II
33.3%
└
Lightning Attunement
33.3%
Attrition
5.3%
└
Precision I
33.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
33.3%
└
Cannibalism I
33.3%
└
Clarity II
33.3%
└
Precision II
33.3%
Time of Need
3.5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Clarity II
50%
└
Cool Headed
50%
└
Cannibalism I
50%
└
Dialla's Desire
50%
Trinity
3.5%
└
Dialla's Desire
50%
└
Lightning Mastery
50%
└
Warm Blooded
50%
└
Vitality II
50%
└
Strong Hearted
50%
└
Cold Mastery
50%
Galvanic Shards
3.5%
└
Living Lightning
50%
└
Volt
50%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Arjun's Medal
50%
└
Defy II
50%
└
Dominus' Grasp
50%
└
Ratha's Assault
50%