Thanks so much for watching! Sub for more POE2 Content! I see a lot of people asking for a written guide - I'll work on that now and link it here when its done!
I found my first unique last night in Act 1 graveyard on merc, some level 11 boots with 20% speed and immunity to all slows. I'm not sure I'm ever going to take them off.
Thanks! Love your guides, you helped me save my mercenary. I finished my first ascendancy trial and the Act 2 boss today, thanks to you. I loved your Elden Ring “get a good start” video earlier this year. You are a fave. Please keep up the good work.
@@akinpinkman I throw all my points into projectile damage, then worked my way down to the bottom through the elemental damage/lightning damage route until I got to the shape of the crossbow on the bottom and got all those nodes to get the reload speed up
@@akinpinkman I run a mix of both. Galvanic if you build into it is plenty to take out any pack of adds through cruel and into end game. I use my grenades for bosses and elites
Your Blinding enemies (less accuracy and less evasion) but... 1. You took the node that converts all of your Evasion into Armour. Basically you have "Zero" Evasion. So making enemies accuracy less is kinda useless since you have zero percent chance to evade. 2. Enemies have less Evasion, your grenades explosions doesn't care about your accuracy. It doesn't matter if your enemies have 100% evasion, they will get caught by the explosion. They will die.
When you get deeping in to the skill tree you will be taking a lot of armor nodes. So most of us take that one for more armor, for me since we use dual attributes we don't get enough evade like ranger who only has to stack dex. Mind you to use lvl 79 bomb bard Xbox you need 116dex and 116str unless you hunting the less stat requirements.
I can agree with that, it's why I didn't make mention of it. I use oil to slow and flash to blind so it is a wasted point and can be moved. I my self don't use explo shot.
Men I don't know what your trying to say when you replied to me. I don't know if you're agreeing or disagreeing on what I first commented. Your confusing me. 😕
I love how you explain everything, specially the skill tree. Too many creators from path of exile 1 that made it more confusing than it needed to be. Earned a subscriber.
Whether it is with the gas and exp nade combo or any other nade build variant, I found myself falling in love with Voltaic nades right away and now they are always a picked up skill for me. I noticed they had an insane often instant electrocute proc on them, making them function even better than flash nades, which I've come to hate because it can scatter the mobs all over the place when they were grouped nicely. I often open a rotation up now with Voltaic which paralyzes the whole group still so I can either gas combo them or just spam nades before they start running again. Can opt for 100% shock duration to enjoy 8 second 20% shock debuff on tough elites and bosses as well. Sometimes they are just adequate on their own to spam out and freeze and finish trash on their own like those gorawful mosquitos that always fly out of my aoe. It makes me want to try a test a pure lightning nade build. Btw do bosses count as a unique for Giant Slayer?
I went Gemling grenades. Being able to utilize two of the same gem is really useful. Have 40% area and 25% atk speed on both gas and explosive grenades is a beast. Im using all six grenades plus enpheble. Not using explsive shot at all. Its a really good class to start out with.
I just started mapping with my under-geared gemling and it's been very smooth with a high velocity scattershot with pin and tons of 'chain off terrain' passives. I can sit in the next room, shoot at the wall and the mobs get rooted and die without even an angle to shoot back. Which is a good thing as most things will 1shot me. Not sure if this will work as I get into harder maps, I'm new to arpgs so I'm doing whatever.
That's a good way. My Gemling I run only grenades, my rotation is depending on the sitch but it starts out with flash grenade followed by gas then explosive then gas then explosive. If I'm going up against fast enemy's I start with grease grenade to slow them by 30% and if I'm in a small area I will throw in a scatter grenade to fill the room up with lil bomb let's. Have a support that gives it a 50% chance to go off again.
At level 78, decided to finally change to grenades after building galvanic for so dam long. Must say, although galvanic melts packs, its weak against a solo boss, making grenades wayy more versatile in both packs and single boss fights. Bye bye galvanic 😢😢
Thank you, your guide has succesfully free me from the nightmare that i tot mercenary is the toughest job ever!!! I have never tot of generade build I have suffer much.
I've gone Defense and offense - I like burning things and the melting them with oil grenades/ignite with explosive shot is great. In act three now, just be the silver ape to get my free skills, and I'm level 37. Lots of ways to play this build - this build is strictly a 'grenade' build but not necessarily the 'best' one per say (though it does look powerful)
Scattershot has carried me further than I’d ever imagined. Throw double barrel and extra attack speed on it and you have the doomguy shotgun. I highly recommend finding someone to play act 1 with, pretty much every class has difficulties getting thru the bosses, merc + witch is insanely fun. I’m at the point where I can start using explosive shot but it’s so insanely mana hungry and the reload is rather slow. The damage is great vs trash mobs but into bosses it’s a whole lotta work with just meh payoff
I play with a buddy playing ice sorceress, so I played frag ammo with double barrel, scattershot, and arcane tempo for so much of the game. It was so nice. However I'm finding the sheer clear speed of the explosive grenades and explosive shot is flat better for when I'm playing solo - even against bosses, just add some oil to keep them slow and kite around with small grenade spread so they get 8-12 grenades plus the arrow damage all at once every few seconds.
@ yeah I’m having a problem getting the right gems and skill points for the explosive set up. Everything comes out so damn slow and clunky even though I stacked a crap load of attack speed. I’m middle of act2 right now. Oftentimes against bosses I just throw on my frag setup for better stun and dps. I’m really not sure where I messed up, it could be my xbow reload speed. I’m running the one that adds another bolt.
skill tree in this game is beautiful. Like a mural of sorts lol. I actually dreamt a skill tree that looks just like this a few years ago and now seeing it in real life makes me question if its even real lol
I'm having tons of trouble with my merc as a noob. So much so that I've been playing different games that I have. Watching this had got me to go back and give it another go. Hope my passives aren't too different than yours.
Run this with Radiant Grief hat and the explosive grenade and explosive shot won't be necessary . I run the explosive grenade for more damage when the gas grenade is on CD .
personally i prioritize getting my resistances up first, but ideally you're getting some armor in there as well! this will really help with the physical damage you take
this is a very strong build, what i would say is to not use Evasion conversion to armor, just chuck it on for hard hitting bosses only and then remove for normal pack farming. as evasion in such cases is so much better. id also 100% recommend EMG reload on bosses too. the damage bonus is just unbeatable.
Only problem with evade is we don't stack just dex so we loose out on a lot of evade. Going through the skill tree to get the things we need you hit a lot of armor % nods.
very fair point, but I've noticed significantly less deaths after making the switch to converting evasion to armor, as in I don't think Ive died since. so in practice its felt amazing, though thats purely anecdotal
Great job. Very clear. Now I am only lvl 23. Would it be correct to say that for the support gems, the priority to add them is from left to right in early game?
I'm loving the Merc so far. I was so hoping to get to the quick reload passives, and then I realized they're locked up behind a jewel socket. I don't know what the hell I'm doing with my build but it's fun. I can't decide which skills to use but im only level 20. Looking forward to that explosive shot
You don't have to put anything in the jewel socket if you don't have one. You can go passed it. I recommend a good jewel with 4 stat's, it's worth 4 nodes!
I've been trying to work on some kind of Galvanic Shard build. It's currently working great on mobs, killing them instantly. It just doesn't really hurt bosses at the moment.
i really wish youexplained the leveling process more... explosive shot is so far away what did you use in the mean time cuz frag rrrounds isnt cutting it
Until explosive shot you can use skills with a lot of cc like permafrost bolts with the pierce support gem for crowd control and you can also freeze bosses with that and just pepper them with grenades, you can also use a flash grenade for a quick stun
hey thanks for the guide! is "increased Elemental Damage with Attacks" not worth it on a Crossbow? Does it only scale with the elemental damage stats on the crossbow ?
I didn't see anyone mention this so I just want to point it out since people will misunderstand the gem, inevitable critical does not make your skill have 100% crit chance, a garanteed crit. It increases the skill's crit chance by 100%, meaning it scales the base crit on the ability by 100%. Base crit on it is your crossbow's crit chance, likely 5% so this would mean the ability has 10% critical strike chance after 4 seconds.
Poe2 is my first arpg and boy is my random attempt at a build a joke compared to this one! I'm lvl 25 and afraid to even check how much it would cost to respec my tree 😅
respec should cost around 25k. That being said its the first week of the game. Your progress will reset in 6 months anyways. So just keep experimenting. This is part of the fun. You dont need to stress yourself out trying to get the best build possible. For what?
how are you able to make it so I don't have to switch ammo type before shooting it because I see you fire an explosive shot right after you shoot the grenade out
you choose mercenary (the ammunition option you see on the character creation screen actually doesn't change anything, is just showing you what you could do but does not impact your character so you can ignore that). Later on you will ascend into a Witch Hunter
Starting a merc is rough. Almost started a new character. Currently in act 2 with explosive shot and my grenades currently don't do any damage. And I have a 5 link. When does damage even start?
Na, never use the skill personally. I started with permafrost double barrel and had most things frozen. Hardly died. After getting to act 3 I had to change to grenades and haven't looked back since.
@artamesfrost4179 you used just double barrel on it? For bosses and mobs? Everything? I'm in act 2 about to just say fuck it. The grenades aren't even doing any damage
Ideally you'd have both! But if the bow isn't doing a lot of physical dmg then your 1 level higher gems won't have a big number to multiply by and it won't perform well
Thanks for the guide. Looking cool and powerfull. Your gear are not full optimize, same for ascendancy that are not completed, so this build can real become a beast 😮❤
Look for skulls with a cross next to them on your map. These are bosses that reward you with perm stat upgrades. Sometimes that stat upgrade is more spirit!
gemling will be fine. you can double up on those support gems. scattershot in the grenade and scattershot in explosive shot with doubled up aoe spreads is delicious
@LuckyGhost It is, I'm very new to the game though so haven't really found the perfect skills for it. Tried your build just now because I just got my hands on the explosive shots, it was awesome
Don't waste your time with this build run gallivized arrow as it pretty much takes the The mechanic requirement of grenades out from it and it deletes the entire screen and strips down bosses within seconds, Search it up you'll find a video
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I see a lot of people asking for a written guide - I'll work on that now and link it here when its done!
Can you do a maxroll?
Wow, thanks for doing the written guild 😮😮😮😮❤❤❤❤
Thank you. Great stuff as always!!
Please make a full build step by step in maxroll, to be more easy to follow for the new players.
+3 (up to 7) to Level of all Projectile Skills is important
SKILLS
Fragmentation Rounds: (none provided)
Explosive Grenade: Fire Infusion, Magnified Effect, Scattershot, Primal Armament, Concentrated Effect
Explosive Shot: Martial Tempo, Nimble Reload, Inevitable Critical, Ignition
Herald of Ash: Cannibalism
Attrition: Vitality (swap for bosses)
GEAR
Crossbow: Physical, Accuracy
Armor: Armor/Evasion, Resistances, Life, Movement Speed
Accessories: Resistances, Fire Damage
PASSIVES
1. Remorseless
2. Heavy Ammunition
3. Ricochet
4. Feel No Pain
5. Battle-Hardened
6. Overwhelm
7. Cluster Bombs
8. Grenadier
9. Adrenaline Rush
10. Repeating Explosives
11. Sand in the Eyes
12. Authority
13. Crushing Judgement
14. Iron Reflexes
15. Giantslayer
16. Smoke Inhalation
17. Relentless
18. Sturdy Metal
19. Beef
20. Blade Catcher
21. Polished Iron
22. Devastation
23. Mass Hysteria
Witch Hunter: Witchbane, No Mercy, Zealous Inquisition
I found my first unique last night in Act 1 graveyard on merc, some level 11 boots with 20% speed and immunity to all slows. I'm not sure I'm ever going to take them off.
That's a fantastic find! Wish I found that in act 1!
Oh yeah those are awesome, I saw a streamer find those.
i found a unique mace in act 2 , made a warrior and steam rolled Act 1 but Act 2 was hell lmao
Thanks! Love your guides, you helped me save my mercenary. I finished my first ascendancy trial and the Act 2 boss today, thanks to you. I loved your Elden Ring “get a good start” video earlier this year. You are a fave. Please keep up the good work.
You made my day man, thanks for the kind words and the tip. Sleeping with a smile tonight ☺️
Merc makes this game feel like a twin stick shooter and i love it so much.
Yeah! Think the same :D epic gameplay
I haven't even started playing yet, Im gonna run this as my first build. Looks pretty solid, Thank you
Hope you enjoy it!
Galvanic shard has carried me through act 2 and 3. Just mix in some gas, voltaic and frag grenades.
Same.
Is Galvanic or Granede one better?
@@akinpinkman I throw all my points into projectile damage, then worked my way down to the bottom through the elemental damage/lightning damage route until I got to the shape of the crossbow on the bottom and got all those nodes to get the reload speed up
So down to the right slightly then when I got to the bottom i moved left to get to the middle where the crossbow shape is to get the nodes
@@akinpinkman I run a mix of both. Galvanic if you build into it is plenty to take out any pack of adds through cruel and into end game. I use my grenades for bosses and elites
Your Blinding enemies (less accuracy and less evasion) but...
1. You took the node that converts all of your Evasion into Armour. Basically you have "Zero" Evasion. So making enemies accuracy less is kinda useless since you have zero percent chance to evade.
2. Enemies have less Evasion, your grenades explosions doesn't care about your accuracy. It doesn't matter if your enemies have 100% evasion, they will get caught by the explosion. They will die.
When you get deeping in to the skill tree you will be taking a lot of armor nodes. So most of us take that one for more armor, for me since we use dual attributes we don't get enough evade like ranger who only has to stack dex. Mind you to use lvl 79 bomb bard Xbox you need 116dex and 116str unless you hunting the less stat requirements.
I'm not against "Iron Reflexes" node (I have it also), all I'm saying is that taking "Sand in the Eyes" node is kinda pointless in my opinion.
I can agree with that, it's why I didn't make mention of it. I use oil to slow and flash to blind so it is a wasted point and can be moved. I my self don't use explo shot.
Men I don't know what your trying to say when you replied to me. I don't know if you're agreeing or disagreeing on what I first commented. Your confusing me. 😕
After getting home and looking it's a disagree. The 10% atk speed is very much needed.
I love how you explain everything, specially the skill tree. Too many creators from path of exile 1 that made it more confusing than it needed to be. Earned a subscriber.
You explain every single thing and that is so useful thank you so much ! Subscribed !
aLG always bringing the highest quality to his build guides! thanks! Was looking for an easy-to-play and powerful build like this one!
Glad I could help!
I love your simple explanations ❤
Are you going to do electric build also?
I hope to do many builds! I'm not sure what will be next 🤔
electric build please 😊
good video good explanations good chaptering on the timelinie, great work sir.
Me: Who needs defensive skills when you can just kill them all 1 shot :D - glass cannon merc
There's defensive skills 😮😂
Thank you so much! I was having difficulty with the last area/boss on act 1, but your skill tree helped me pass it, no sweat. You rock!
That's awesome to hear! I'm glad I could help!
bro this video was actually so helpful, thank you
I'd love to see a playthrough where it's a squad of 6 mercs, feel like it would look like warhammer
It just would be goodbye frames
Whether it is with the gas and exp nade combo or any other nade build variant, I found myself falling in love with Voltaic nades right away and now they are always a picked up skill for me. I noticed they had an insane often instant electrocute proc on them, making them function even better than flash nades, which I've come to hate because it can scatter the mobs all over the place when they were grouped nicely. I often open a rotation up now with Voltaic which paralyzes the whole group still so I can either gas combo them or just spam nades before they start running again. Can opt for 100% shock duration to enjoy 8 second 20% shock debuff on tough elites and bosses as well. Sometimes they are just adequate on their own to spam out and freeze and finish trash on their own like those gorawful mosquitos that always fly out of my aoe. It makes me want to try a test a pure lightning nade build.
Btw do bosses count as a unique for Giant Slayer?
yes bosses do count as unique!
@luckyghost do u think this build its better than plasma/galvanic? Kinda newbie here trying merc ❤
How do you have the 6-link support gem ?
Found it running maps!
I went Gemling grenades. Being able to utilize two of the same gem is really useful. Have 40% area and 25% atk speed on both gas and explosive grenades is a beast. Im using all six grenades plus enpheble. Not using explsive shot at all. Its a really good class to start out with.
awesome, glad you found something you enjoy!
Thanks brother for this excellent video! really appericiate it.
I just started mapping with my under-geared gemling and it's been very smooth with a high velocity scattershot with pin and tons of 'chain off terrain' passives. I can sit in the next room, shoot at the wall and the mobs get rooted and die without even an angle to shoot back. Which is a good thing as most things will 1shot me. Not sure if this will work as I get into harder maps, I'm new to arpgs so I'm doing whatever.
That's a good way. My Gemling I run only grenades, my rotation is depending on the sitch but it starts out with flash grenade followed by gas then explosive then gas then explosive. If I'm going up against fast enemy's I start with grease grenade to slow them by 30% and if I'm in a small area I will throw in a scatter grenade to fill the room up with lil bomb let's. Have a support that gives it a 50% chance to go off again.
At level 78, decided to finally change to grenades after building galvanic for so dam long. Must say, although galvanic melts packs, its weak against a solo boss, making grenades wayy more versatile in both packs and single boss fights. Bye bye galvanic 😢😢
Thank you, your guide has succesfully free me from the nightmare that i tot mercenary is the toughest job ever!!! I have never tot of generade build I have suffer much.
Seizure
ty bro, helped me a lot
I've been waiting to try mercenary until you guys figure out best builds lol. Now I can try this, thanks!
What variant is it? The ammunition?
Great guide! Can you specify which support gems to prioritize before having all the extra sockets?
definitely multi projectiles and anything that increases damage without a drawback. the later grab increase AOE and concentrated
does the explosive stun too by adding the remorseless passive skill?
I've gone Defense and offense - I like burning things and the melting them with oil grenades/ignite with explosive shot is great. In act three now, just be the silver ape to get my free skills, and I'm level 37. Lots of ways to play this build - this build is strictly a 'grenade' build but not necessarily the 'best' one per say (though it does look powerful)
Scattershot has carried me further than I’d ever imagined. Throw double barrel and extra attack speed on it and you have the doomguy shotgun. I highly recommend finding someone to play act 1 with, pretty much every class has difficulties getting thru the bosses, merc + witch is insanely fun.
I’m at the point where I can start using explosive shot but it’s so insanely mana hungry and the reload is rather slow. The damage is great vs trash mobs but into bosses it’s a whole lotta work with just meh payoff
I play with a buddy playing ice sorceress, so I played frag ammo with double barrel, scattershot, and arcane tempo for so much of the game. It was so nice. However I'm finding the sheer clear speed of the explosive grenades and explosive shot is flat better for when I'm playing solo - even against bosses, just add some oil to keep them slow and kite around with small grenade spread so they get 8-12 grenades plus the arrow damage all at once every few seconds.
@ yeah I’m having a problem getting the right gems and skill points for the explosive set up. Everything comes out so damn slow and clunky even though I stacked a crap load of attack speed. I’m middle of act2 right now. Oftentimes against bosses I just throw on my frag setup for better stun and dps.
I’m really not sure where I messed up, it could be my xbow reload speed. I’m running the one that adds another bolt.
Thank you for your explanation ! But can you give the details on the gems on the other skills ? Exemple for Gas Grenade, Or Oil Grenade ? Thank you !
How are you getting 4-5 support slots on your skills @Lucky? Also subbed, looks like a really good build
Hey Lucky...would you happen to have a planner for this anywhere?
11:35 Question about this passives. It says "Attacks". Does it also boost grenade damage?
skill tree in this game is beautiful. Like a mural of sorts lol. I actually dreamt a skill tree that looks just like this a few years ago and now seeing it in real life makes me question if its even real lol
I'm having tons of trouble with my merc as a noob. So much so that I've been playing different games that I have. Watching this had got me to go back and give it another go. Hope my passives aren't too different than yours.
thanks for your build. I'd really love to watch a just gameplay video about this build.
Would be fun to try but I can't afford a respec and I don't want to reroll. Playing other games for a bit.
Run this with Radiant Grief hat and the explosive grenade and explosive shot won't be necessary . I run the explosive grenade for more damage when the gas grenade is on CD .
Hey Lucky, on leveling, does the gear need more armour/evasion, or is using a yellow with stats bettter
personally i prioritize getting my resistances up first, but ideally you're getting some armor in there as well! this will really help with the physical damage you take
Quick question, are you going for Dex or Str on the attribute nodes?
Primarily str
Thanks very helpful guide... Information is clear and precise 👌🏻
this is a very strong build, what i would say is to not use Evasion conversion to armor, just chuck it on for hard hitting bosses only and then remove for normal pack farming. as evasion in such cases is so much better. id also 100% recommend EMG reload on bosses too. the damage bonus is just unbeatable.
Only problem with evade is we don't stack just dex so we loose out on a lot of evade. Going through the skill tree to get the things we need you hit a lot of armor % nods.
EMG says bolts, does it work for nades?
I'd day no, says loaded bolts and grenades are a cool down use. If they are using explosive shot I can see it, but I don't use that skill.
very fair point, but I've noticed significantly less deaths after making the switch to converting evasion to armor, as in I don't think Ive died since. so in practice its felt amazing, though thats purely anecdotal
What are your suggestion for this build with gemstone legionnaire ascendece?
Great job. Very clear. Now I am only lvl 23. Would it be correct to say that for the support gems, the priority to add them is from left to right in early game?
yeah that will work! or as they become available
I'm loving the Merc so far. I was so hoping to get to the quick reload passives, and then I realized they're locked up behind a jewel socket.
I don't know what the hell I'm doing with my build but it's fun. I can't decide which skills to use but im only level 20.
Looking forward to that explosive shot
You don't have to put anything in the jewel socket if you don't have one. You can go passed it. I recommend a good jewel with 4 stat's, it's worth 4 nodes!
Love the build looking forward to a guide...love rapid fire early game with fork to empower grenades!
I've been trying to work on some kind of Galvanic Shard build. It's currently working great on mobs, killing them instantly. It just doesn't really hurt bosses at the moment.
Shock burst rounds melt bosses just make sure you have shock applied to the boss
@@ShamirBRO I'll give it a shot. Thanks man.
Shock sounds are pretty awesome, but honestly if you want a click and forget build just use your crossbow basic attack it wrecks bosses.
You can also combo corrosion on gas grenades with the armor piercing rounds break bonus for good boss damage
A well earned like and sub, please tell me you did/going to do guides for other classes
Definitely will do!
How come you didn’t grab the attack damage% nodes? The ones in a circle above the instant reload node.
Great! Can't wait to test it
Good luck with it!
I'm a level 20 Merc and just started using this build by chance. It felt really good so I looked up the best build for Merc and found this. Hahaha 😅
i really wish youexplained the leveling process more... explosive shot is so far away what did you use in the mean time cuz frag rrrounds isnt cutting it
Until explosive shot you can use skills with a lot of cc like permafrost bolts with the pierce support gem for crowd control and you can also freeze bosses with that and just pepper them with grenades, you can also use a flash grenade for a quick stun
yo dude great video I was wondering like how to build it early game so I can smach through the campaign I rerolled to merc when I seen your video.
Is this always a two button playstyle, or can you clear trash with just explosive shot?
Oh cool a new merc build! *sees it's a grenade build*. Oh... oh well.
hey thanks for the guide! is "increased Elemental Damage with Attacks" not worth it on a Crossbow? Does it only scale with the elemental damage stats on the crossbow ?
increased ele with attacks is great!
I didn't see anyone mention this so I just want to point it out since people will misunderstand the gem, inevitable critical does not make your skill have 100% crit chance, a garanteed crit. It increases the skill's crit chance by 100%, meaning it scales the base crit on the ability by 100%. Base crit on it is your crossbow's crit chance, likely 5% so this would mean the ability has 10% critical strike chance after 4 seconds.
any ideas how this compares to the gas grenade alternative build?
What do you do about mana cost? I’m in act 3 and my merc is using so much mana it’s borderline unplayable.
Attack speed influences reload speed on crossbows, so its not really useless.
Hi I’m having mana problems, especially in boss fights. Any tips?
do grenades count as projectiles? pretty sure explosive shot does but idk about the nades.
Yes grenades do as well, just look at the gem tooltip and it lists all its categories
@LuckyGhost sweet! ty sir 🫡
Poe2 is my first arpg and boy is my random attempt at a build a joke compared to this one! I'm lvl 25 and afraid to even check how much it would cost to respec my tree 😅
It shouldn't cost that much at 25. Do you need to fully walk it back?
Thats awesome man, welcome to the genre it's my favorite one!
respec should cost around 25k. That being said its the first week of the game. Your progress will reset in 6 months anyways. So just keep experimenting. This is part of the fun. You dont need to stress yourself out trying to get the best build possible. For what?
the attribute nodes are you taking dex or str?
primarily strength, only enough dex to use my gear/gems
wont fire damage on the crossbow boost the grenade dmg since its a fire skill ?
If you get "increased fire damage" or increased elemental damage on your gear it will help!
Any chance of a 'Maxroll' or a 'Mobalytics' build page/guide good sir?
working on getting something up!
Evasion is underated on this build
Tyvm can u change from gelling legionaire to witchhunter?
I’m playing merc. Low level so far
heck ya, I'm loving this class!
I just started cruel, figures id find a build to look thru
What lvl?
@@LuckyGhostbout to check the video out bro ❤❤❤ video skills already on point I see
@ 11 now. I’m a slow player. I play Zelda during the day and poe2 at night. So far just rescued the hooded one
How are you getting explosive grenade with the bow?
Crossbow
Why no gas grenade before the explosive grenade to get that multiplied damage?
So no other weapontypes then Crossbow? no mace or something?
how did you spend your Attribute Points on nodes?
Does cull the herd passive increase culling strike threshold from 30% to 55%?
how are you able to make it so I don't have to switch ammo type before shooting it because I see you fire an explosive shot right after you shoot the grenade out
Grenades don't count as an ammo type so you can fire them without changing ammo
@@LuckyGhost oh wait im stupid it was changing to other types of ammo that I needed to switch
Which variant of mercenary is it? Ammunition im guessing?
you choose mercenary (the ammunition option you see on the character creation screen actually doesn't change anything, is just showing you what you could do but does not impact your character so you can ignore that). Later on you will ascend into a Witch Hunter
@LuckyGhost thank you so much! I didn't know that! 😊
How do you get more Support gem slots for your skills?
Starting a merc is rough. Almost started a new character. Currently in act 2 with explosive shot and my grenades currently don't do any damage. And I have a 5 link. When does damage even start?
Flash grenade works great til then
Na, never use the skill personally. I started with permafrost double barrel and had most things frozen. Hardly died. After getting to act 3 I had to change to grenades and haven't looked back since.
@artamesfrost4179 you used just double barrel on it? For bosses and mobs? Everything? I'm in act 2 about to just say fuck it. The grenades aren't even doing any damage
what about + level to all projectile skills ? Is that much worse then plain physical ?
Ideally you'd have both! But if the bow isn't doing a lot of physical dmg then your 1 level higher gems won't have a big number to multiply by and it won't perform well
How u suppose to struggle with chaos damage oneshots in late red maps?
dodge them until the devs finish tuning
@LuckyGhost most reliable answer , thank u sir!
Thanks for the guide. Looking cool and powerfull. Your gear are not full optimize, same for ascendancy that are not completed, so this build can real become a beast 😮❤
yeah long way from being fully optimized!
How do you get spirit for some of your gems?
Look for skulls with a cross next to them on your map. These are bosses that reward you with perm stat upgrades. Sometimes that stat upgrade is more spirit!
Why no explosive shots straight ? Is that inferior somehow ?
me: wants to try this build GGG: lol picked the wrong ascendancy bub?
gemling will be fine. you can double up on those support gems. scattershot in the grenade and scattershot in explosive shot with doubled up aoe spreads is delicious
gemling here, no worries, we are strong
Is there a link to the build?
Having mana issues. What do you suggest.
Get mana regeneration% on your gear and what I like to do. And a good mana pot with regen per sec
Is it viable on Gemling legion?
I wish I liked grenades... using them more due to necessity rather than enjoyment
I’ll be running your build through hard core to see how it holds up!❤
Good luck!
@ Act 1 cleared! So far so good!
@@LuckyGhostimmediately died to the first act 2 boss because I wasn’t paying attention to his heavy attack 😭😭
@caputolifts ah man that happens, nice try! Brave to go it in hardcore right now!
I personally love the rapid fire, machinegun-like shots as well as the lightning shotgun shots the most.
nice, sounds fun!
@LuckyGhost It is, I'm very new to the game though so haven't really found the perfect skills for it. Tried your build just now because I just got my hands on the explosive shots, it was awesome
@@fritzmoy101 so glad to hear it!
Any idea where im going wrong my grenade only does one single grenade not a whole barrage of them or am i being stupid
Skill tree adds 1, support gem adds 2, and bow stat can add another
@LuckyGhost legend cheers man
When do I unlock Explosive shot? I'm almost at the end of Act 2.
He literally shows you in the first couple minutes lol
@StrongArmEntertainment Nope. He never says when you can expect to unlock explosive shot. I'm guessing it's Act 3.
Can you remove ruins from item?
Don't waste your time with this build run gallivized arrow as it pretty much takes the The mechanic requirement of grenades out from it and it deletes the entire screen and strips down bosses within seconds, Search it up you'll find a video
Buy unique helmet Radiant Grief and use only Gas Grenade, dont need anything else
Did it got a nerf or not? Would be better if you answer this questions because people gonna play depends on it.
Before explosive shot: gas grenades plus dragonfire shotgun ammo
Why isn't the build using specialisation points?