Path of Exile 2: FrostFire Witch Hunter Boss Killer Concept (NOT a build guide)

[@benedikus]

Ty for the Guide. You will hear from me if it doesnt work out

[@rob2435]

Lmao dork

[@benjaminschmitt3225]

Already have my Reddit post and comments in draft mode.

[@yeetyeet6035]

Same, while the words "this is guaranteed to be good please invest your time into it" weren't actually said, it was heavily implied!

[@pikachu2003]

So update?

[@melvinmellyway9118]

They will only give updates if they don’t like it lol

[@Tojozomi]

Not sure if you remember me from the early stages of the sunblast explosive trap days, but its amazing that we once again came to a very similar conclusion on a frostfire build concept! My idea is either infernalist ice shot ignite using the 350% more damage on frozen enemies, or deadeye frenzy stacking spiral volley - but otherwise extremely similar ideas! Others that seem amazing to me for frozen ignites are detonating arrow, snipe perfect timing, or infernal cry + perfect strike

[@fearlessdumb0]

Of course! Cool to see you here

[@mazzith]

Thanks for the build guide on Moba. I was playing around with a couple different classes; witch, sorc and this merc. The merc by far was the best class in terms of killing stuff with ease. (lv 1-13 range as thats as far as ive gotten with each)

[@archeronx1]

Been building around this one. So far it's been pretty reliable. Still trying to learn the proper times to change up the load (mob vs boss etc) Thank you! will keep refreshing to see the changes.

[@ruivoml]

Not sure if it's been commented already, but you can also use "Birth of Fury" boots to ignite the ground on walk, which also helps the build. Been using this instead of "Radiant Grief".

[@fearlessdumb0]

3:20

[@ScaredDonut]

What do I put my attributes in?

[@terrycdm]

This guide is very instructive. Now I know exactly what I am going to do before the game even released!

[@skulireaper3726]

I personally as a beginner of POE found Burn + Poison on Firewall+Whisps and Skeleton Archer poison, shredding bosses early insanely well too

[@NooblarzTV]

can't wait, appreciate all your content for awhile now.

[@lambooo]

I cant thank you enough , am following your guide and now my character is 27

[@its_samB322]

thx for the guide dude cant wait to try it out , long time fan here

[@Twisted0614]

Can you please explain why my gas nades don't explode when I shoot them onto the burning oil grenade? I must be missing something but not sure what. I drop oil grenade, ignite it with explosive shot, then spam gas grenade into it but they don't go boom

[@t-string9524]

Deff got a like and a follow, I think ailments will be the way to go and I’m deff going to be following along, keep us in the loop!

[@TrollyMcGee]

I was thinking about doing the same thing with a weapon swap Hammer of the Gods ignite with the extra passive nodes on the WitchHunter

[@GoatKnife]

Youre probably gonna get much more bang for your buck if you use weapon swap to switch between a bolt xbow and a grenade xbow

[@TrollyMcGee]

@GoatKnife that's not out of the question for sure. If crit cluster grenade feels as op as it looks I'll roll that instead 🤷 and I'd probably go Cull and reverse Cull (forgot the name of it) if I go that route

[@Fa11out]

for not a guide this is pretty good information. I'm leaning towards witchhunter so this is all worth thinking about once i'm in game. I think you could be right about hit based attacks uptime being low. they look low in a lot of the videos we've seen so far but also I don't think we've seen much more than just some low level game play. DoT build is also appealing for the fact that we don't know bosses or thier mechanics so it allows a little more freedom to focus on dodging without completely loosing out on damage because you miss the damage window you didn't know was coming. One thing to consider is supposedly there are a lot of bosses during the campaign, so first going into culling and decimating strike might be the better play since you're already playing with AoE skills for clear. Like yea you won't have the explode, but you're still tossing out plenty of grenades across an area.

[@gab9528]

hi i cant use herald of ash based on your guide?

[@thevilyn2075]

had a really tough time vs the titan in titan grotto, idk why i never thought about using crossbows or other normal weapons with the wtich, plus my side was a merc playing with my friends and the frost bolts are really good, gonna try around with something like this

[@CrasherrPM]

hmmm, looking at that numbers, maybe the way to go is full phys to fire conversion and build a physical crossbow? idk, doesn't that seem like too little damage compared to converting physical to cold and going crit like we do with mines on POE 1?, but i do agree that the character gems and play style, with phys converted to fire on some gems really indicate that the phys to fire is the way to go, but that character almost scream "hey, i'm cold crit character", idk why, maybe i'm just too adicted to poe 1 cold conversion crit huge damage, because the game was like this for years

[@JCurveEffect]

Sorry but I couldn't follow the instant reload node. It seems that the instant reload node you were pointing to was volatile grenades? Which node was the instant reload node?

[@fearlessdumb0]

Instant Reload is in Bhajeera's Passive Tree drop, it gives 40% increased Reload Speed and is right next to that node (but the tree we have in this tool is outdated)

[@_ultima]

Question for Ice Bite. Isn't it just cold convert? It doesn't say it's EXTRA cold damage on top? The word "gain" is strange and I don't really understand it without the following word "extra". Does that mean the attack will do 35% of it's damage as cold (so convert)?

[@maro7126]

What attribute is needed when choosing to upgrade talents? Where to add 5 and choice?

[@fearlessdumb0]

Prioritize Str, and get as much Dex as you need to equip better crossbow. Str will give you life.

[@Flakzor123]

Haha, good luck on selling that bridge! :D I'm with you on that point, we definately don't have more abilty to path to other areas. Just crossing over to the next area is really hampered by winding paths designed to soak up points and as there is nothing "in the middle" (I.e. no "scion" area) we can't go through there.

[@SlNAVAR]

What should i link to Herald of Thunder? Currently running with lightning infusion and Precision, was thinking maim but not really needed, would rather more dmg out of it

[@aznpanda510x]

Kinda crazy because this was the play style I was looking for.

[@Wombat86dkdk]

Do you pick Strength or Dex in the notes where you can choce between the three attributes? And is this still your current gameplan?

[@duanecassidy8809]

go strenght or dex for what you need as you can change passives with hooded figure without deleting other nodes

[@roziaczek]

im stuck on dreadnouth boss im dealing like really low dps (previouse zone mobs one shoted) what im doing wrong ?

[@stephantimmers9843]

And what about inevitable critical? Because of the fuze of the grenade it would have at least 80% crit chance from the gem alone. Increasing the initial dmg so doubling the ignite damage? Is that right?

[@fearlessdumb0]

Crit is going to be another who knows situation. We don't know weapon base types, how much crit we'll have access to, etc. but we do know that Jonathan is on record as saying he wanted crit capping to be more difficult / worth the pay-off instead of something you always had to do like in poe1

[@alperwal200443]

Why would culling strike be usefull in maps? To gain from it, you have attack the white mob which is below 30% hp. And I have a feeling that you would kill it anyways even without cull. Or we are going to assume that white mobs will survive 3 hits...

[@meatshackles]

Any hit that brings it to 30% or lower will also cull it, you dont have to hit it again while its already below 30%

[@alperwal200443]

@@meatshackles It is the case in poe 1. In PoE 2 culling strike applies on hit before the damage calculations. If target is not at 30% at the moment of hit it just deals hit damage.

[@meatshackles]

@@alperwal200443 Ah, well I still think it'll be good for fast hitting skills then like rapid shot, maybe not so great for grenade skills but those will probably 1 shot those mobs anyways

[@fearlessdumb0]

Poe1 is not poe2, fights are much more drawn out and in content like Delirium (like I mention) blue and white mobs are not free because of damage reduction effects. Are you expecting you are going to have a full map blaster optimized meta deli farmer when you get to maps?

[@maximusowo]

and culling as node looks very strong in poe2, the culling support gem only culls rare and uniques and eats a support slot and only for that 1 skill for no extra dmg lol.

[@AlekCzarnodziej]

Sorry, but you seem to have updated the guide in the description and now it doesn't have any freeze in it at all. Is that an error?

[@fearlessdumb0]

Not an error, I've removed the speculative 6L stuff until I can actually try it out because it was confusing people a lot. It's still my goal.

[@AlekCzarnodziej]

@fearlessdumb0 so for now it's just mostly gas grenades - > detonate? Not sure if I can even use frostfire gem (or however it's called) anymore.

[@Flammable1311]

Is culling strike + decimating justice worth it? For bossing, you only get 5% cull (which you can scale a bit, but not more than 8%) and usually bosses start off with an easy phase, so the 5-30% up-front burst might be wasted? Perhaps its worth it to go for the shield stuff alongside the concentration stuff instead of the culling stuff?

[@profeturulz8373]

Nice I will start with stun/armor break but its good to know there is stuff to pivot to

[@jaredbrymesser2551]

Just a heads up, PoE2db just updated explosive grenade and now its an 80% conversion instead of 20%. Insane dps increase.

[@fearlessdumb0]

Yea I just saw, HUGE buff

[@Yagami913]

Why cold pen matter for freeze proc? Isn't ailment calculated before damage mitigation?

[@Barsikr]

Hey, that's very similar to what i was looking at :) Combo with freeze and ignite looks like it could work, but i didn't look what's there on the tree to support it. Good i can now follow this in case it works :D thanks for sharing :)

[@brazejan1]

Which attribute do i spec into with witchhunter strength or dexterity?

[@slapfinslap3262]

clear and stringent guide, thanks m8

[@TenaciousDealer]

Btw do we know whether you can use two different supports that consumer a freeze in the same links or will only one of them apply after the freeze is consumed?

[@fearlessdumb0]

We don't know that yet, many things to test

[@alexandregalanth5195]

That was my guess too ! Mercenary look like to be the best ailment user.

[@alexandregalanth5195]

I might try a full dot build fire poison bleed.

[@Sanyex]

cluster grenades and then glacial bolt + fortress support?

[@NightBlade58]

Are you going to be streaming or coming out with a guide asap? I wanna follow what you do. You seem VERY knowledgeable… and I’m brand new.

[@never-dying-0]

Is there any ideas on maining the bolt related skills instead of granades and use granades only as an utility?

[@GoatKnife]

I think no matter what build you go explosive grenades are just too good to not use. I saw another build thats physical damage xbow merc centered around armor break, but it still uses grenades

[@Souei_1]

Hello! Any updates of the build? Im following your mobalytics build, point by point but im felling im doing low dmg Clear is fine, im using poison grenades + explosive, but in bosses.. huhh its a pain x_x

[@fearlessdumb0]

@@Souei_1 yea I’m recording day 1 update right now

[@larshenrikdybdahl-nielsen1208]

wonder how they will do the targetting with grenades with a controller?

[@GoatKnife]

Fixed distance

[@JCurveEffect]

Have you used Frostfire yet? I saw you updated your build on mobalytics.

[@ryanmitchell1721]

Couple questions homie: 1. Unless i missed it in the vid, what are you linking frost fire to? 2. Have you ever considered a perma stun bossing build? Essentially doing something like freeze, then damage, "stagger" through stun grenades, then damage, then cycling back through this, or even working in the shock grenades for another cc basically stun-locking a boss? Not sure its even possible but sounds satisfying as a playstyle.

[@fearlessdumb0]

Frostfire is linked to explosive grenade

[@maximusowo]

you cant really lock down a boss like that, any CC, stun,freeze etc makes the boss get resistant to future CC until a certain amount of time have passed

[@JohnQ85]

Is there Support Gem recommendations on the website/article? I just see Skill Gems

[@anders12114]

i did try it (ofc im not max) but i cant even freeze them befor thay die at lvl 36

[@samwhite1248]

at 3:03 you mentioned that ignite wont care about penetration due to the damage being calculated pre-mitigation. This isnt true because the fire penetration will sitll apply to the DoT from the ignite.

[@fearlessdumb0]

No it won't. fire pen doesn't affect the DoT, it specifically says Hit. Other debuffs like Shock will affect the DoT though.

[@DDRwoodwork]

thing is ....the poison + explosive nade combo kindof makes everything else a bit pointless

[@jarofcode9672]

thank you for today's update

[@Xeoist]

Interesting concept, i'll probably do something similar On the Backup plan section you talk about "blinking through" the ice walls. with our dash we cant go through enemies, is there any footage that shows this is possible? if the damage is good we'll find a way to make it work even if its clunky, but thats something to think about

[@garhong9125]

Amazing guide!

[@joeanon8568]

How are you doing enough *fire* damage for the ignites?

[@fearlessdumb0]

Fire crossbow is the first thing I will be hunting for, or if I can source some conversion from somewhere (maybe a gear mod?)

[@etl-mlp]

I smell Ziz's Explosive arrow all over again lmao. He had same problem with skill until he slapped ignite on it, and it worked amazing.

[@LumpsIsHigh]

My question after seeing your build guide is.... how do you expect me to carry you through acts with this?

[@fearlessdumb0]

We’ll freestyle it

[@HitOrChrisTV]

When we getting a stream?

[@aidanrivera7589]

What are you taking on your any attritubes?

[@nebiros9689]

What site are you using that has the skills listed?

[@kas8666]

Good video, might swap to a freeze/ignite set up if my hairbrained rapid shot plans don't work out 😂

[@WY6IX-Show]

where i can find this builder or what ever u call it for poe 2 ?

[@luigifortunato731]

Can you refund ascendency skills? I think you’re not able to change your ascendency but u can refund ur skills correct?

[@fearlessdumb0]

Correct

[@lari4707]

Hey dude, good stuff! Just wondering, why do you prefer to level with high velocity rounds if you don't have any armor breaking going on?

[@select.online]

Great video! Loved this concept I really wanted to use permafrost will try something similar! How are you planning to solve the ignite chance? by using an incendiary shot?

[@dsamme349]

It possible to do physical witch hunter ?

[@parrot_3371]

are you sure attack speed reduces reloading time?

[@maximusowo]

it needs to since bolts after loaded is instant, and attack speed must function to make the attacks faster and the only way to make bolts shoot faster is to increase reload speed

[@WhiteAntelope7]

Isnt dual wielding = using 2 weapons?

[@stephantimmers9843]

Why no Poe2skills link? Cool vid. I think armour break full physical stacking. Freezing the enemy and then into guaranteed crit vs frozen with a bleed with high velocity rounds insane damage percentage also sounds good dot dps

[@pineapplepokemon]

They didnt plan for the ice prison implosion build did they XD

[@memnok9980]

I’m down. Thanks for the video.

[@praxusjoon2478]

there needs to be a clearer breakdown of the skills u use. from what i gathered: frost bullets/grenades for bosses and then HVR/flash grenade for waves? also, the guide has Frostfire for the support gem. that does not exist in my support gem tree...at all LOL.

[@fearlessdumb0]

Click the link to read the text breakdown. The theorycrafting is for endgame bossing, you want leveling information. For leveling I've been using Galvanic Shards + High Velocity Rounds.

[@NoseNitengoidea]

can't put hourglass on explosive grenade

[@fearlessdumb0]

Yep, you are right. Weapon Elemental Damage it is. I'm still on a 4L so I haven't yet tried hourglass

[@NoseNitengoidea]

@@fearlessdumb0 switched to explosive grenade explosive shot but feel my damage lacking a lot, still on 3L lol , pretty sure gets better once we get some ailment

[@fearlessdumb0]

@@NoseNitengoidea I've been using Galvanic Shards, which feels like a cheat code for clear. I dont know what ailment thresholds are, but even with a fair amount of effect it's been difficult to apply Ignites at least through level 36 where im at now.

[@NoseNitengoidea]

@@fearlessdumb0 yeah i went back to galvanic for clear and high velocity rounds for single target, not sure what else to do.. meanwhile Fub playing nerfed RoA :^)

[@never-dying-0]

atm by the start of act 2, feels like all the skills besides expl granade deals zero damage, base attacks deals more damage and have more rounds.... nice balance

[@LazyExile]

Hey! Nice video, and good luck with your build. This is actually a super cool concept, but I'm not sure if attack speed actually increased reload speed. Where do you get that information?

[@G00R00]

amazing build non-guide

[@Reyka26]

Tbh i hate Cluster bombs when playing against groups of enemies, they spread so far apart the you often cant hit them with the detonate.

[@Conqueror933]

Cull is trash for bosses, Decimating Strike is a gamble, just assume you will hit the lower roll, so 5-10% is bad, also has negative synergy with concentration, I'd go sorcery ward instead for defense. Cull an decimating are good for mapping, not for bossing imo.

[@FliskerX]

Yea, also who cares about the initial chunk of boss HP, that's when the boss is easy, that is not the point in time where you need more damage.

[@zetadar5992]

great guide, i will be doing this /s

[@paulallouc6317]

(NOT a build guide)

[@TheLumio]

​@@paulallouc6317 cheers mate

[@karmoth6666]

I will follow this non build guide exactly 😂

[@neverhook]

Thaaanks

[@stephantimmers9843]

Why no Poe2skills link? Cool vid. I think armour break full physical stacking. Freezing the enemy and then into guaranteed crit vs frozen with a bleed with high velocity rounds insane damage percentage also sounds good dot dps. BTW about your cluster bomb idea. I was also thinking about this but thought about using bigger aoe support and the support that makes your ice wall a CIRCLE instead so you can enclose the boss and blink on and shoot

[@fearlessdumb0]

I talk about Fortress (the support that makes it a circle) and why I think that will be bad, but who knows. I added a poe2skills link but keep in mind those skill cards are way out of date.

[@stephantimmers9843]

@ thnx. Yeah my bad I heard it at the end

[@aidanrivera7589]

Does this guy have a discord?

[@stormwolve1685]

ice and fire

[@bytoadynolastname6149]

Witchhunter will be good because it can chunk them at the start and at the end, and I'm bad and reducing the boss hp by half will help me pretend I'm good.

[@GoatKnife]

Half? Not even close

[@bytoadynolastname6149]

@@GoatKnife First shot chunk + Culling Strike = I'm the best.

[@joseantonioercoles3276]

alguem faz um desse em portugues

[@kotanton9929]

act 2 = 0 dps

[@oo18andy]

Ice Bite is 35% of attacks, NOT 35% extra, quite a big difference here

[@TenaciousDealer]

That's just the way it's worded now, same for all the added cold/fire/light supports and such. It will add 35% of those attacks as extra cold.

[@oo18andy]

@@TenaciousDealer no its not, search "as extra" on poe2 gems and you'll see yourself.

[@oo18andy]

@@TenaciousDealer No its not, just search "as extra" on poe2 gems and you'll see for youself.

[@c-tothefourth4879]

That means 35% extra.

[@oo18andy]

@@c-tothefourth4879 its not, search it up

[@duanecassidy8809]

gas nade nerf =(

[@stevenpang0423]

First

[@TikiShootah]

Dude titles it not a guide. Then makes a guide lol