Path Of Exile 2 - Gemling Grenadier Is Busted [Guide]

[@TheAkashachi]

Anyone looking for the list of his Skill gems on text form, from this video: Ability Skill Gems: Explosive Grenades - Scattershot, Fire Infused, Magnified Effect, Martial Tempo, Primal Armament Gas Grenades - Elemental Focus, Corrosion, Magnified Effect, Scattershot Cluster Grenade - Immolate, Payload, Execute Flash Grenade - Overpower, Ruthless, Discombobulate, Heft Oil Grenade - Encumbrance, Strip Away, Maim Voltaic Grenade - Mobility, Payload, Lightning Infusion Leap Slam (one handed mace & shield) - Martial Tempo, Unbreakable, Holy Descent Support Skill Gems: Attrition Overwhelming Presence - Clarity, Precision Edit: Explosive Grenades was originally wrong. It is Martial Tempo instead of Fast Forward.

[@necroskillz]

this should be pinned, thanks

[@SmokingRat11]

Goat

[@3ASY355]

Ayyy its you! the same guy from his last update video, I have you comment screenshotted up on my 3rd monitor. Thanks again lol

[@sony10e]

my hero

[@OdaVing-d9i]

You dropped this King "hands the crown"

[@frustratedsquirrel]

I'm running a tanky, ignite-based, armor-stacking variant of the gemling gas grenade build. Gas grenade is such a versatile and unique skill, you can mod it so many different ways. Mine is doing corrosion + armor explosion to automatically create fire explosions every time it strips armor from a pack, which then automatically detonates the grenades and gives me a lot of armor and thorns, since I'm running Scavenged Plating. I can still use oil grenade + gas grenade spam to blast down bosses fast enough, and because I'm a gemling, I can run flammability curse without having to invest in much INT, and am mostly free to stack STR sky-high for lots of life.

[@chrisvodka2412]

can you somehow show your build?

[@Maltray88]

@@chrisvodka2412I second this request, very curious on how this works

[@dwightschrute5592]

VERY clever! GG

[@Pallyy5]

Yeh , i started to follow Wudi's guide and i kinda paired with a guide from a guy that is playing Witchhunter, more ignited based. Certainly on AOE gas + explode do the trick but on bosses the damage is actually massive if you go ignite. You literally just need to Oil ->exploding grenade or shot -> Spam Gas Grenade and u melt bosses in seconds. Also if u get the unique Radiant Grief, u can literally make the build a one button spam gas grenade, since everything around you will be always ignited.

[@Chytruske]

@@Pallyy5 share the other guy build if you can

[@richardmichaelson]

From D4 to PoE2, you are now my favorite among yt content creators in this area. Ty!

[@geno755]

Explosive shot is very good when longer fuse time yet. I also really like the play style of triggering the grenades on my own.

[@Swollen_Goat]

Thank you for the updated version Wudi! I am LOVING this build and play style as well as the Merc in general and was really hoping this would come out soon.

[@mattcross4495]

Perfect, thanks for the updated version.

[@GamingDualities]

np 2020 acc

[@ryandugan9176]

The ability to take any skill gem via that ascension could make for some crazy elemental triggers. Cast when ignited comet linked with the healing and mana regen on kill could be sweet. As a witch hunter I’ve been thinking about ways to shift the playstyle to encorporate hexblast and curses.

[@ryandugan9176]

I’d also be curious to move into crit dot stacking with bleed or ignite and flammability. The place mercenary starts on the tree has a lot of both bleed and crit nodes.

[@tonyaldante1017]

That sirgog video about the few gemling players on the ladder being incredibly high on it is assuring that the ascendancy could be a lot more exploitable than others, really efficient nodes. Onemanaleft had a boss one shotting titan and I do wonder what gemling would look like stacking strength and juicing hammer of the gods might look like

[@JamieEdwardsGG]

Dude, you gotta admit that as fun as the nade build is... with higher difficulty bosses the fact that the nades change terrain and the animation is so big... it makes it sometimes complicated to see wtf the boss is doing lmao.

[@msbabycakes]

This was my main complain as well, I could barely see the stuff on the ground that I had to dodge lol

[@Tealc2323]

Yup! And on top of that, the mobs abilities like poison cloud and ground burning are the same as my gas/oil grenades.

[@kerch6071]

Yeah I wish you can tone down the effects.. honestly why I stopped using this type of build

[@justsaying3176]

boys start putting devastate support gem on flkashbang... insta armor break, then put that support gem that consume armorbreak to your explosive nades... easyyy

[@BeatisMcScoots]

Yes sir!

[@astronemir]

Nice tech

[@VolkanKucukemre]

I can't figure out if it's better to keep the armor broken or consume it for 1 hit... did anyone run the numbers on that? Also you can only break armor a certain number of times? I always thought those supports are a trap unless you are one-tapping things.

[@xXBenutzer235Xx]

@@VolkanKucukemre You can definitely break multiple times and unlike freeze and stun it doesn't seem to reduce buildup after being broken the first time. And as to keeping it broken, the only thing doing phys damage in the kit is the 20% from the explosive grenade so you barely do any phys and mostly fire. So I would assume it's not really worth it to keep it broken anyway.

[@VolkanKucukemre]

@@xXBenutzer235Xx maybe break it with flash bang since it's phys?

[@SheeeeeshClips]

Flash grenade can help control mobs when you have a longer fuse time

[@jrod7929]

Highly recommend the ballista, especially if you're not using all the gem slots you currently having. Deploys instantly, gives the mobs something to attack besides you, and does a good job pinning enemies and even bosses. It doesn't last too long if it's getting attacked, but it doesn't have to. By the time it dies it's already done it's job. Occupy mobs and pin them down.

[@VolkanKucukemre]

I've made a similar build with Witch Hunter and am at just lvl 40s. Using Explosive shot to detonate the nades. Super fun!

[@Xadoras]

Yeah definitively will include that with Nimble Releoad and some other supports to be able to quickly ignite the oil and gas grenades as a backup!

[@NIaItIhIaInI]

I went witch hunter too, wanted the 2x scattershot. Hopefully I don't regret this choice considering we can't switch out

[@VolkanKucukemre]

@@NIaItIhIaInI culling strike on everything is also nice.

[@andrewhelms6249]

Could you possibly look into making a Rapid shot build? I'm trying to craft a gatling gun rapid shot build. Very fast reload speed, very fast attack speed, high fire damage, etc... I'm trying to think of a way to make it work, but my current build is the grenade build and it's so good and I'm afraid to respec because it's so expensive to respec.

[@tradesdontlie]

Gemling is the build your own class class. Would love to see a mage build with this!!!!

[@TheSlaske]

Thank you so much for this upload, this was exactly what i was looking for :)

[@patriot0321]

This is the perfect game for your channel, D4 just didn't have enough variation for someone who puts so much thought into their builds.

[@soulreaver6300]

That's actually a really accurate take coming from someone who looks forward to the analysis

[@ryoshi3626]

I love the build so far while leveling

[@dbbuchmann]

One thing about Voltaic Grenade is that it shocks which means more damage applied. Especially useful bursting down bosses.

[@yourvenparianen5390]

For mana issues you can use the support gem inspiration for 30% less mana cost until you can fix your mana

[@MVPUnlucky]

Gemling bros rise up! WH is solid damage but dupe support gems is such a powerful tool for absolutely breaking the game that it is deceptively strong as a passive.

[@Dandudanable]

Great video. Do you know about the potential bug of detonator skills consuming all gas grenade clouds but only generating the damage of 1 gas grenade round? I tested it and if you let's say fire 3 gas grenade rounds then use a detonator skill, your damage will be way lower than if you fire 3 gas grenade rounds and then ignite the enemy via other means (flame wall for example). This feels like a bug to me honestly because why would they allow you to stack grenade clouds if you can't also stack their explosions as well. If it was for reduced damage then fine, that would be balanced but atm only the damage from 1 gas grenade round is registered, the rest do 0 damage.

[@NIaItIhIaInI]

What about oil grenade, ignite with explosive round, then spam gas grenades?

[@Dandudanable]

@@NIaItIhIaInI I haven't tested that combo but I'd assume the damage works there since each gas cloud would be explode as soon as it landed due to landing on ignited ground

[@msbabycakes]

Why not grab the 15% fire pen node left of the iron reflexes? Since almost 90% of damage is fire. Also would % fire damage on rings be better on this build instead of flat phys? Thanks! Love your guide

[@louiswu3712]

Would Deadeye be a good option to have a build like this? I am thinking to have Endless Munition and Point blank, gives u extra projectile on all grenade skills and 20% more hit damage in close range.

[@livinghero]

Thank you for the update. I am running a similar build.

[@halffrozen]

First off, to be this far in SSF, amazing work!! I have been playing basically the same; I first started with some arrow skills, then once grenades started to get decent damage, I just dropped everything else and now play with only nades. I am now level 46 and can walk into most area's and even boss battles and just decimate; the health drops in large chunks when I get the timing just right. I am slightly glass-cannony, but evading obviously solves that. A good rotation I am finding is throwing out: Oil, Gas, Flash, then just dump explosive grenades and repeat. The burst damage I am seeing is wild, and I am excited to further level this toon up. But I also have been looking at leveling a monk for some melee fun...

[@rankyb8088]

i started enjoying the lighting grenades cause electrocution is a 5 second stun. i use the fire and oil grenades build with rapid fire to melt bosses

[@Jotoneee]

What about "%elemental damage with attacks" on crossbow as granades deal massive fire damage?

[@Pau_garing]

hi dude, solid build as always. but I was wondering if you could talk more about the desire substat for each piece of equipment in this build. especially for a new player like me, I'm kinda clueless wat to look for in term equipment substat

[@grym7543]

@wudijo Why not fill those empty skill slots with any skill to make use of your ascendancy "Thaumaturgical Infusion" to get more over capped res from the supports you could put in them?

[@P4RINGLE]

Are this build still great after today patch ?

[@MrSchnizzle211]

Love ur Videos. Hab deinen build probiert. Bin level 20 erst aber wie lange es dauert bis meine Granaten explodieren ist extrem lange. Kann man die Zeit wie bei dir iwie reduzieren? Grüße

[@antoniofernandes3068]

going for flash granade build is stronger DPS wise! and going for the "HEAVY AMMUNITION" Talent is a must! think about it

[@Vognyk325]

So do you explode the gas smoke ? Because I heard that you get gas multiplier if you explode the mommy before the gas. Is it true ? Or you just use explosive granades, gas granades and repeat

[@leguiaxx]

I also play gemling, but with volatic grenade and shocburst rounds, really fun lightningh boom boom build

[@rankyb8088]

volatic grenades slowly became my favorite towards end of act 3 to stun the big packs of mobs,

[@sssteviep]

Love the build. Is there any way to get a link or whatever to skills and support gem setup.

[@warrensmith481]

Good stuff. Why not take the Fire Dmg / Penetration nodes at bottom left of tree? Also why not equip a bunch of skill + support gems in those empty slots to stack more max resistances?

[@eklypzn]

There's a bug he made a video about. TLDW: More gems were causing high CPU (100%) usage because of a poorly written calculation. Dropped his fps to 40.

[@bmschlossberg]

When you proc the explosion from the gas grenade, does that explosion scale off of whatever triggered it or the level of the gas skill?

[@user-ht9xf9wr5s]

What do you think about using the unique boots Birth of Fury. Does it have the same effects as explosive grenade? I have been using it on campaign and it seems to trigger the gas grenades as it drops ignited ground.

[@ShaddyzZz]

The DPS shown, is per grenade, right? It's hard to shotgun them all on a smaller boss, but the gas grenade explotion should overlap and all hit boss? Otherwise the DPS seems kinda low. My 54 frost invoker has 9k dps on my main ability. Just wondering how these things work?

[@thedeceasedband]

really want to try gemling with other builds. seems really versatile

[@이하늬-r7m]

Hi, is there any reason not to use proj gem level+ option in your crossbow?? Because of mana cost?? Or price?? Really want to know

[@Align_SD]

any thoughts on Momentum with our damaging grenades? 40% damage seems good and you're always moving more than 2m before the grenades go off.

[@eb804]

so no more magnified effect of explosive and gas grenade? area enough with just skill tree?

[@64367800]

Any recommendations to increase survivability? I'm currently at 2k health with 50% phys dmg reduction, and capped res. The tier 6++ mobs still kills me if I am surrounded (i suppose this is the new direction poe 2 is headed in?). Also any recommended anoints? I see you're running Titan's Determination but that seems like a waste considering it is two points away. Im thinking of going Heart Tissue to stack more recoup to see if it will help with the survivability.

[@navox1]

any chance you can provide a filter?

[@jwsaf8818]

Is this build better than the witchhunter variant or even the witch hunter machine gun build?

[@jacklee7907]

What you think about oil grenade adding into rotation

[@johndubois2229]

Quick question, if i use oil grenade then hit with explosive grenade which skills ignite takes effect? I know with gas grenade and explosive grenade the damage is fire but scaled of of gas grenade (tip if your in the campaign and DPS is low use fire skills on gas grenade for the explosion DPS)

[@jasonlowe2672]

this guide is awesome, does anyone know why to use Martial Tempo on explosive grenade rather then Fast Forward?

[@ExiiT97]

what do you play Herald of thunder or war bunner?

[@Larsak]

I have done 2 ascendacy quests, but to get the 3 ascendancy quest from what lvl can you do it and from what act in cruel?

[@Matt34677]

Did you use the skill effect duration gem on your explosion grenade?

[@andrzejkisiela1]

wudijo thanks for this video its very helphul to me

[@zaza3575]

Thanks for sharing!

[@mrjasoncape]

thanks man just started follwoing youu

[@T1T021]

do granades count as projectile?? like on passive tree do projectile damage apply to granades?

[@Krabbo7]

Does increases to two handed weapons increase grenade damage when you use xbow?

[@marvynpaulo6290]

so do we follow this passive tree or maxrollgg tree, when levelling

[@tUMZYINN]

You can pick up the helm that ignites all enemies around you. And completely drop the explosive grenades. Thats what ive done and ive been having a blast....pun intended

[@wc2195]

Where can you get that from?

[@zenoxgaming3316]

Is it a unique?

[@Temsen]

@@zenoxgaming3316 It's a unique helmet called "Radiant Grief", level 16, req 30 dex

[@ACB-i4u]

Anyone know how his fuse time got so short? He increased the fuse time with passives, and didn't reduce it with support gems... does attack speed or something else affect fuse time that I'm missing?

[@jwsaf8818]

Should I be gambling for crossbows early on? Any other specific things I need to help with leveling? The crossbow reload and atk speed is pretty clunky but hopefully it gets better later.

[@grandmasterjig2433]

For sure does

[@ZaeBae22]

Recommend if your gemling to utilize your extra stats and get a curse or something for better ST - only downside is st isn't amazing

[@soulreaver6300]

Hey Zae, do you mind elaborating a bit? I just happened to be making this build and I'm interested in what you mean.

[@Excaliber158]

Wait, really? I feel like I delete stuff ST

[@marzialalfonzocanada888]

how did you get integrated effeciency to work for gemling legionnaire?

[@JP-dk2nd]

Adaptive capability is bugged, you might be fine though if your skills are already upgraded. It only partially works if you attempt to upgrade, lot of bug reports.

[@ZionYB]

I wonder if it is worth clicking the fire penetration and fire wheels at the bottom and the one near inquisitor start. On paper it sounds nice cause we do a lot of fire damage and I was thinking the penetration could stack with the fire exposure we get with oil grenades thoughts?

[@rankyb8088]

i melt bosses with oil grenades + the support gem that makes the fire exposure increase. i then use Rapid fire with stun buildup and it does massive damge

[@ChildofEden96]

what jewels do you run in your skill tree?

[@antoniopinheirogoncalves7175]

the physical damage affix on the crossbow work for grenades?

[@vuongjames5455]

2 questions please - how can you get more ascendancy points? - how can you get more sockets on skills?

[@marossi]

You need to complete ascendancy trials. Follow the campaign to unlock these. To get more gems on skills, you need to upgrade weapons, follow campaign for this

[@vuongjames5455]

@ so there is more trials? Jesus the first one was tough as hell. Thank you though!

[@tron7116]

I’m following this now my bow sucks but man it is fun only level 22 so far

[@Lutzilla_]

is it possible to play this build on a hunter?

[@wiwi20]

Oil Grenade with PIN gem is also an aoe ROOT fyi

[@leehemmersbach8018]

That is OP

[@darrenleake3343]

Is the 50% increased fuse duration notable really worth it by itself or only worth when you combine it with the 25% reduced fuse duration notable in the other cluster?

[@Vertigo2688]

Is this pre or after nerf? :)

[@truskawka22]

it is stills strong after the nerf

[@vlai9018]

After, I'm using it rn It's still cracked

[@Vertigo2688]

@@vlai9018 nice, ty! I'm rocking a ranger atm, but really wanna try that too these days.

[@Vertigo2688]

@@truskawka22 ty, mate!

[@truskawka22]

@@Vertigo2688 when it reaches 460% DMG at level 20 again it will be OP enough. Though I think ignite explosion trigger should have X damage whereas detonator tagged skills should have X+ something. That would keep merc strong and solve other issues

[@WY6IX-Show]

also machinegun Witch hunter so busted too , mercenary is so OP

[@bizerker21]

@wudijo How is it possible to make two of the same support gem for the skills (scattered & magnified effect)? I made one, but when I went to make another it was greyed out.

[@beejar8542]

Gemling ascendancy

[@bizerker21]

@@beejar8542 It in the ascendancy tree that will then allow you to make a second. So it will be a bit for me before I can get there. Thanks!

[@justsaying3176]

Yo shall i replace my +3 all skills projectile bow for +1 extra projectile grenade?

[@Bob-t4g7w]

Yup

[@tknhunter]

Yep, I think the extra grenade is the most strong you can have

[@maximelemaitre262]

When you have 2 overlapping gas clouds explode on a minion, will he be hit by 2x gas cloud explosion damage?

[@V3ng3fulCh1ck3n]

Why more armour on the items if the passive converts all Evasion rating to armour?

[@Kevinvnk]

how did you get so many modifiers on your weapon?

[@TheN64Way]

How do you get your third set of ascendancy points? Is it through the trial of the Sekhemas again? I have the quest in cruel 2 to search traitor's passage. Cleared it three times and have no idea what I am supposed to be doing.

[@toddroberts-o9v]

You don't get third set until maps. Just ignore the Sekhema quest.

[@TheN64Way]

@toddroberts-o9v legend ty

[@Dros34]

Is there an entire build posted somewhere with everything laid out?

[@JJKiding]

Do you really need accuracy as a grenadier? I don't think it counts for anything on grenades

[@thomaslee6943]

What do you think of using explosive shot as well?

[@justsaying3176]

waste of mana casting 1 shot to detonate nades... better use it for another nade

[@thomaslee6943]

@ I clear mobs faster with explosive shot.

[@ea619-p7k]

@@thomaslee6943 im using it atm as well until i travel up to the left for that skill effect duration node.

[@thomaslee6943]

@@ea619-p7k yeah I think it’s better for clearing rooms right now. The boss burst damage is better with nades tho if you can set it up.

[@msbabycakes]

I use explosive shot on my fire grenades for normal mobs. Gas combo is too slow for map clear

[@mr3zoo0ooz]

So is +3 projectile skills on crossbow not needed for the build?

[@rob2435]

Not needed but will def help

[@ea619-p7k]

nope its just taken for the next ascendancy that lets you use 2x support gems so far.

[@dreambiscuits]

@@ea619-p7k hes talking about something else

[@shredit6156]

I'm having major troubles with getting one shot using this char. I have tried Evasion and armour variants. Both felt roughly the same and still got 1 shot. feels no different being in a t1 map to a t10 still get one shot just the same. Capped res, 68% armour or 72%ev. Virtually the same build and set up as yours, roughly the same gear as you in this vid. Some of my pieces are better. At this point i have stopped playing. Constantly loosing xp and maps.

[@xXxGUZxXx]

Get this up on maxroll asap

[@urarael2]

why? all u need is Passive tree link and gem list in comment pinned thats it lol

[@NoahRegister-h7v]

Some passive attribute skills are blank in the build guide.

[@La4edimension]

u dont run herald of ash?

[@APJ9000]

surprised you dont use Second Wind support on any of the nades. Doubles the max number of grenades and we have so much CDR that it doesnt feel bad.

[@manuellager2730]

can you show youre atlas skill tree aswell ?

[@onehandnick6302]

which runes in weapon?

[@ChrisenMedia]

How they haven't killed your build is astonishing...

[@MeWaMars]

Hello everyone. Console player, are you having trouble managing grenades on fast mobs with the joypad? On the last level of Act 2 for example, it becomes quite difficult not to be able to place grenades in anticipation of the mobs' movements... This makes me think about changing my build to full ammo.

[@shoecar89]

I use Oil grenade on fast mobs to slow. You can add supports to slow even more like wudijo showed in this video. I also added main support to explosive shot as I don't use it for damage but simply to detonate. I actually use a 2nd x-bow and my 2nd weapon passives for faster reload and other support for explosive shot. I recommend you stick with grenades though. It seems difficult to get ammo to work. Maybe there are some good builds tho?

[@leehemmersbach8018]

Anyone notice more map caches appearing? Had plenty of rares drop for me in tier1, the first two days were awful. Feels better as of yesterday

[@stayingfreshagain]

yeah its been updated.

[@acid1082]

Hey, have a similar build! Thanks for the overview, will definitely help to tune my build a bit. I went with Adaptive Capability so I could run cast on ignite Flamability to deal with those pesky fire resistant rare and bosses. I also went with 2% increased damage per 5 of lowest attribute. Trying to balance dex/int but right now gives 50% increased damage. Currently working on getting more armor now that all my res are capped including chaos with the charm :D Rog is still Pog

[@ap9929]

Why would you want physical dmg % on the weapon? Explosive grenade is fire/elemental? Are explosions physical? Doesn't seem like it. I also have leech physical dmg as mana, but I don't get it to proc so I don't see the physical dmg % applying.

[@Igicka]

Check the skill descriptions. Explosive grenade is converting 80% of physical damage to fire, Gas grenade cloud explosion converts 100%. This is also why physical damage leech is pretty bad for this build, most damage you deal is gonna be fire even though you have physical damage on your weapon.

[@ap9929]

@@Igicka ah thanks, not very familiar with POE at all appreciate it

[@TK-zd7ym]

I dunno what I’m doing wrong but my Merc is struggling in Act 2 normal just damaging enemies fast enough. His grenades do terrible damage

[@spaghifrancisco5923]

Hi!!! Ihave a Mercenary level 22. Currently doing act 2 for the first time. I feel like i do no damage. Can you tell me how did you level up? THX!

[@Temsen]

Make sure your weapon is good. Upgrading weapons in this game every few levels is really, really important. Run Gas Grenade, explosive grenade + flame wall, flash grenade with armor break and blow shit up. ez gg

[@spaghifrancisco5923]

@@Temsen TY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Ditronus.]

Also make sure you note where he said until you get all those grenade passives, you'll probably need to use bolt skills to supplement.

[@mdouet]

I thought the explosions from Gas Grenade got nerfed?

[@stayingfreshagain]

it did, it was way stronger before.. but its still strong

[@jammyjamz89]

How do you have scattershot twice. I don’t bleeping understand…… I cannot do this for some reason

[@grandmasterjig2433]

It’s the ascendency

[@jammyjamz89]

@ what do you mean. Is this possible to do later in game or something?

[@grandmasterjig2433]

@@jammyjamz89yea if you choose the gemling ascendancy it’s a perk

[@jammyjamz89]

@ awesome thanks for explaining. At what level or point in the game can I do this??!

[@grandmasterjig2433]

@@jammyjamz89 act 2