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1.7%
Acolyte Of Chayula
0.9%
Amazon
0.4%
Blood Mage
3%
Chronomancer
1%
Deadeye
6.1%
Disciple Of Varashta
2.3%
Druid
12.7%
Gemling Legionnaire
12.5%
Huntress
1.9%
Infernalist
3.3%
Invoker
0.1%
Lich
1.1%
Martial Artist
14.3%
Mercenary
Monk
7.6%
Oracle
4%
Pathfinder
1.6%
Ranger
Ritualist
1.4%
Shaman
1.5%
Smith Of Kitava
0.4%
Sorceress
Spirit Walker
12.7%
Stormweaver
4.1%
Tactician
0.9%
Titan
2.3%
Warbringer
0.3%
Warrior
0.8%
Witch
Witchhunter
1.2%

Explosive Shot

(Witchhunter) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 135 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-28 07:44:41 UTC

The Explosive Shot is a highly effective skill for the Witchhunter in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 135 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Multishot II, Defy II, Arjun's Medal. 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
97%
└
Defy II
80.7%
└
Arjun's Medal
74.1%
└
Ratha's Assault
68.1%
└
Elemental Armament II
63.7%
└
Innervate
37%
└
Magnified Area II
35.6%
└
Deliberation
9.6%
└
Rakiata's Flow
5.2%
└
Fire Penetration II
5.2%
└
Nimble Reload
3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
2.2%
└
Rapid Attacks II
2.2%
└
Elemental Focus
2.2%
└
Ignite III
2.2%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Sorcery Ward
97.8%
└
Cold Mastery
83.3%
└
Uhtred's Omen
6.8%
└
Fire Mastery
6.8%
└
Dialla's Desire
5.3%
└
Lightning Mastery
3.8%
└
Armour Demolisher II
3%
└
Slow Potency
2.3%
└
Clarity II
1.5%
└
Precision I
1.5%
└
Uhtred's Augury
1.5%
Explosive Grenade
97%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Defy II
92.4%
└
Rageforged II
65.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
57.3%
└
Rakiata's Flow
37.4%
└
Multishot II
35.9%
└
Deliberation
29.8%
└
Short Fuse I
19.8%
└
Concentrated Area
13.7%
└
Magnified Area II
9.2%
└
Vorana's Siege
5.3%
└
Fire Penetration II
5.3%
└
Fire Mastery
3.1%
└
Payload
3.1%
└
Elemental Focus
2.3%
Wind Dancer
92.6%
└
Blind II
88.8%
└
Knockback
87.2%
└
Magnified Area II
73.6%
└
Elemental Armament II
40%
└
Life Leech III
34.4%
└
Close Combat II
22.4%
└
Maim
12%
└
Precision I
4.8%
└
Magnified Area I
2.4%
└
Blind I
2.4%
└
Pin II
1.6%
└
Clarity I
1.6%
└
Quill Burst
1.6%
└
Life Leech II
1.6%
Cluster Grenade
90.4%
└
Elemental Armament II
85.2%
└
Magnified Area II
81.1%
└
Defy II
78.7%
└
Short Fuse I
56.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
37.7%
└
Multishot II
36.9%
└
Deliberation
28.7%
└
Atziri's Impatience
19.7%
└
Payload
7.4%
└
Fire Penetration II
3.3%
└
Urgent Totems III
3.3%
└
Fire Attunement
3.3%
└
Elemental Armament I
3.3%
└
Rageforged II
1.6%
└
Short Fuse II
1.6%
Flash Grenade
86.7%
└
Embitter
70.1%
└
Freeze
67.5%
└
Elemental Armament II
64.1%
└
Bhatair's Vengeance
60.7%
└
Cold Penetration
52.1%
└
Defy II
25.6%
└
Multishot II
18.8%
└
Magnified Area II
16.2%
└
Stun II
12.8%
└
Deliberation
7.7%
└
Ice Bite II
5.1%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
5.1%
└
Fire Attunement
4.3%
└
Thrill of the Kill II
3.4%
└
Cold Attunement
3.4%
Herald of Ash
86.7%
└
Magnified Area II
82.9%
└
Prolonged Duration II
69.2%
└
Fire Mastery
23.9%
└
Cannibalism I
9.4%
└
Precision I
6.8%
└
Magnified Area I
4.3%
└
Swift Affliction II
4.3%
└
Deadly Herald
4.3%
└
Herbalism I
4.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
3.4%
└
Clarity I
3.4%
└
Uruk's Smelting
3.4%
└
Cannibalism II
1.7%
└
Prolonged Duration I
1.7%
└
Vitality I
1.7%
Eternal Rage
84.4%
└
Armour Demolisher II
4.4%
└
Clarity I
3.5%
└
Cannibalism I
1.8%
└
Direstrike I
1.8%
└
Vitality II
1.8%
Mortar Cannon
66.7%
└
Persistent Ground III
71.1%
└
Tawhoa's Tending
58.9%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
52.2%
└
Urgent Totems III
34.4%
└
Magnified Area II
14.4%
└
Elemental Armament II
10%
└
Persistent Ground II
8.9%
└
Multishot II
7.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
5.6%
└
Payload
5.6%
└
Potent Exposure
3.3%
└
Urgent Totems II
3.3%
└
Deliberation
3.3%
└
Urgent Totems I
3.3%
└
Neural Overload
2.2%
Oil Grenade
65.2%
└
Persistent Ground III
81.8%
└
Tawhoa's Tending
58%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
53.4%
└
Urgent Totems III
28.4%
└
Magnified Area II
21.6%
└
Potent Exposure
11.4%
└
Persistent Ground II
10.2%
└
Prolonged Duration I
6.8%
└
Multishot II
5.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
5.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
5.7%
└
Deliberation
3.4%
└
Urgent Totems II
2.3%
└
Urgent Totems I
2.3%
└
Defy II
2.3%
War Banner
36.3%
└
Daresso's Passion
91.8%
└
Expanse
87.8%
└
Magnified Area II
81.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
40.8%
└
Efficiency II
12.2%
└
Refraction II
6.1%
└
Mobility
4.1%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
2%
Freezing Mark
32.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Charged Mark
100%
└
Efficiency II
86.4%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
84.1%
└
Cold Mastery
4.5%
└
Mark of Siphoning
2.3%
└
Mobility
2.3%
Gas Grenade
29.6%
└
Multishot II
60%
└
Elemental Armament II
45%
└
Deliberation
32.5%
└
Magnified Area II
30%
└
Short Fuse I
27.5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
20%
└
Elemental Armament I
17.5%
└
Elemental Focus
17.5%
└
Defy II
17.5%
└
Persistent Ground III
15%
└
Corrosion
7.5%
└
Fire Exposure
5%
└
Urgent Totems III
5%
└
Tawhoa's Tending
5%
└
Prolonged Duration I
5%
Crossbow Shot
28.9%
└
Rapid Attacks I
25.6%
└
Elemental Armament II
17.9%
└
Armour Break I
12.8%
└
Life Leech II
12.8%
└
Multishot II
12.8%
└
Bleed I
12.8%
└
Double Barrel II
10.3%
└
Deliberation
10.3%
└
Defy II
7.7%
└
Brutality III
7.7%
└
Bleed III
7.7%
└
Multishot I
7.7%
└
Stun I
5.1%
└
Rageforged II
5.1%
└
Stun II
5.1%
Herald of Thunder
28.1%
└
Elemental Armament II
89.5%
└
Magnified Area II
65.8%
└
Longshot II
44.7%
└
Elemental Focus
39.5%
└
Close Combat II
34.2%
└
Lightning Attunement
21.1%
└
Esh's Prowess
18.4%
└
Blind II
18.4%
└
Deadly Herald
15.8%
└
Lightning Mastery
15.8%
└
Culling Strike II
13.2%
└
Lightning Penetration
10.5%
└
Concentrated Area
10.5%
└
Living Lightning II
7.9%
└
Freeze
5.3%
Emergency Reload
16.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
95.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
95.5%
└
Efficiency II
95.5%
└
Lifetap
13.6%
└
Uruk's Smelting
4.5%
Voltaic Mark
10.4%
└
Prolonged Duration II
78.6%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
78.6%
└
Charged Mark
78.6%
└
Efficiency II
64.3%
└
Lifetap
35.7%
└
Mark for Death
28.6%
└
Lightning Mastery
14.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
7.1%
└
Eternal Mark
7.1%
Voltaic Grenade
8.9%
└
Magnified Area II
41.7%
└
Persistent Ground III
41.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
33.3%
└
Tawhoa's Tending
33.3%
└
Neural Overload
25%
└
Prolonged Duration II
25%
└
Urgent Totems III
16.7%
└
Lightning Penetration
16.7%
└
Lightning Attunement
16.7%
└
Defy II
8.3%
└
Efficiency II
8.3%
└
Nova Projectiles I
8.3%
└
Short Fuse I
8.3%
└
Vorana's Siege
8.3%
└
Payload
8.3%
Mirage Archer
4.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
66.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Elemental Armament II
33.3%
└
Rapid Attacks II
33.3%
└
Blind II
16.7%
└
Payload
16.7%
└
Fire Penetration II
16.7%
└
Multishot II
16.7%
└
Magnified Area I
16.7%
└
Nimble Reload
16.7%
└
Elemental Focus
16.7%
└
Magnified Area II
16.7%
Herald of Ice
4.4%
└
Elemental Armament II
83.3%
└
Cold Mastery
66.7%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Cold Attunement
33.3%
└
Lightning Attunement
33.3%
└
Embitter
33.3%
└
Blind II
16.7%
└
Heft
16.7%
└
Slow Potency
16.7%
└
Longshot II
16.7%
└
Close Combat II
16.7%
└
Execute III
16.7%
└
Freeze
16.7%
└
Cold Penetration
16.7%
Berserk
3.7%
└
Precision I
20%
└
Vitality I
20%
└
Vitality II
20%
Refutation
2.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
66.7%
└
Efficiency II
66.7%
Trinity
2.2%
└
Fire Mastery
33.3%
Crushing Fear
2.2%
└
Heft
33.3%
Stormblast Bolts
2.2%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
└
Close Combat II
66.7%
└
Lightning Attunement
33.3%
└
Lightning Mastery
33.3%
└
Overcharge
33.3%