Path of Exile 2: Best PoE 2 Mercenary Builds

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Path of Exile 2: Best PoE 2 Mercenary Builds

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In a fantasy game like Path of Exile 2, do you want to throw grenades at formidable monsters to blast them into smithereens? If that is the case, there is a particular class that you might be interested in: the Mercenary.

If you are looking to create a new character in Path of Exile 2 Early Access, then read further. Later in this article, we are going to tell you the best PoE 2 Mercenary builds so far!

Why Choose the Mercenary?

The Mercenary is one of the new unique classes in the game. This class specializes in utilizing the crossbow, which is a weapon type that allows the Mercenary to throw grenades, blast enemies similar to a shotgun, or rain numerous bolts on monsters like an automatic assault rifle.

A major selling point for the Mercenary is that it can easily obliterate enemies whether during the campaign or in the endgame. Sure, the PoE 2 Merc class does get outmatched by the Stormweaver or certain Ranger builds, but the good news is that it remains one of the most fun classes to play in Path of Exile 2 Early Access because of its utility, damage, and overall badassery.

While the crossbow’s versatility is unmatched, it does suffer from an issue that needs to be addressed at some point. Each crossbow skill has limited ammo. Once all the ammunition is consumed, it should be reloaded before it can be used again.

Early on, the crossbow has a relatively slow reload speed, which may leave you more prone to getting surrounded by enemies. Fortunately, things get better as soon as you get the notable passive skill, Instant Reload, though this won’t be available until level 21 (assuming that you go straight for it).

Once you’re at level 50, you can decide on how you want to improve your Mercenary build. We will explain the top Path of Exile 2 Mercenary builds later on, so be sure to read this article to completion to learn more.

Best Mercenary Skills to Use

You can find a plethora of crossbow skills that the Mercenary can utilize. However, these are the best Mercenary skills in Path of Exile 2 so far:

Galvanic Shards

Galvanic Shards in Action

Galvanic Shards is one of the best skills for the Mercenary in Path of Exile 2. Unlocked at level 5, this crossbow skill allows you to unleash a burst shot in front of you, hitting enemies with bolts that deal lightning damage. This enables you to clear map monsters quite easily, though you have to use mana potions as it is quite resource-intensive.

Besides having the ability to hit multiple enemies per shot, Galvanic Shards can be enhanced with Conduction, which greatly increases the chance to apply Shock using the supported skill.

Shock, for those who don’t know, is an elemental ailment associated with lightning damage in Path of Exile 2 that makes affected enemies take increased damage from all sources for a limited time.

In the endgame, Galvanic Shards is often used as a primer for the next skill we’re going to talk about, which is…

Shockburst Rounds

Shockburst Rounds in Action

At level 11, you can engrave one of the most devastating skills in Path of Exile 2 called the Shockburst Rounds. A special condition has to be met for this skill to deal huge amounts of damage, though.

If you’ve read the previous section, you have learned that Galvanic Shards is mainly used as a means of applying Shock to enemies, especially in the endgame. The reason is that Shockburst Rounds only deal pulse damage when the primary target is affected by Shock. Without the said elemental ailment, Shockburst Rounds deal mediocre damage that is not worth spending mana on.

The skill’s pulse damage can delete boss monsters quickly because it fully converts your physical damage to lightning damage. Contrast this with Shockburst Rounds’ normal projectile damage, which only converts 40% of physical damage, and you understand why this skill is underwhelming without Shock applied to the enemy.

It really helps if you raise the gem quality of Shockburst Rounds to 20% by using Gemcutter’s Prisms. This is because you can fire up to seven additional bolts before needing a reload.

Explosive Shot

Explosive Shot skill in action

Aside from Galvanic Shards, Explosive Shot is another popular Mercenary skill in PoE 2 Early Access. This crossbow skill lets you fire a flaming bolt that explodes for a huge amount of damage. Raising the quality of this skill also makes Ignite more effective, making enemies suffer from increased fire damage over time.

Explosive Shot is considered a “Detonator” skill as well. As the name implies, you can utilize the said skill to unlock the effects of certain grenades. For example, you can make Gas Grenade’s poison cloud explode by hitting it with Explosive Shot.

Anyway, the main reason why Explosive Shot is quite popular right now is not because of its innate ability to detonate grenade skills. Instead, it is utilized to apply Shock.

Wait, isn’t Shock associated with lightning damage only? Naturally, yes, but there is a unique item in Path of Exile 2 that lets you apply the said elemental ailment even with fire damage. This item is called The Three Dragons.

The Three Dragons is a unique helmet in PoE 2 that changes what elemental ailments are being applied depending on the damage type. That said, when you have this helmet equipped, the fire damage of Explosive Shot contributes to Shock chance instead of Ignite.

Explosive Shot is better at inflicting Shock than Galvanic Shards because of its gem quality, as well as the amount of physical damage converted to fire damage (which is 80%, in case you’re interested).

To understand why the latter is important, just know that elemental ailments like Shock and Ignite now consider the damage of the hit in Path of Exile 2; not just the chance of applying them. In other words, the more damage you deal, the more likely you can inflict Shock or Ignite as a result.

Gas Grenade

Gas Grenade skill in action

One of the best things about Path of Exile 2 is that you can combo certain skills together to dispose of your enemies quickly. This next skill is actually a prime example of that.

The Gas Grenade is a crossbow skill that can be utilized as early as level 5. A couple of seconds after it bounces on the ground, it creates a dangerous poison cloud that gradually expands, covering a much wider area.

What’s great about the Gas Grenade is that you can cause it to explode in a fiery explosion with a well-placed Explosive Shot or by hurling a bunch of Explosive Grenades. Speaking of which…

Explosive Grenade

Explosive Grenade skill in action

During the PoE 2 campaign, the Mercenary class works best if you are able to use grenades and other crossbow skills really well. While Gas Grenade can eliminate weak monsters, it does not deal considerable damage against enemies found in Act 2 and Act 3. That’s why you have to combine it with the Explosive Grenade for the best results.

The Explosive Grenade is available at level 1. This is one of the punchiest grenades available in the Mercenary’s kit as it deals up to 421% base attack damage (at level 20). Although you can certainly blow stuff up using Explosive Grenade, it is best utilized in combination with the Gas Grenade.

Use the Gas Grenade first to unleash the poison cloud. Once the poison cloud starts to grow really big, throw the Explosive Grenade. The Explosive Grenade will then detonate the poison cloud, dealing massive amounts of fire damage to nearby enemies!

Glacial Bolt

Glacial Bolt skill in action

Whether you are in the campaign fighting baddies or at the endgame, where you encounter more formidable monsters, the Glacial Bolt can help you survive. Utilizing this skill enables you to fire an icy bolt that creates a wall of ice upon impact. Additionally, this skill deals a good amount of damage, making it the perfect utility skill that can clear maps when built properly.

The Glacial Bolt’s main appeal is to freeze enemies more consistently. That is why some PoE 2 Mercenaries make use of this skill specifically to keep monsters locked up and killed without any chance of retaliation.

It is also worth noting that the ice wall created by Glacial Bolt can be utilized in a way to improve the damage of other crossbow skills like Fragmentation Rounds.

Plasma Blast

Plasma Blast skill in action

A charged-up skill that deals massive damage, the Plasma Blast is another popular Mercenary skill in Path of Exile 2. To use this skill, make sure that Plasma Blast is loaded to your crossbow. Then, press and hold the left mouse button until you see only a concentrated ball of lightning at the apex of your weapon. Once this occurs, release the LMB to unleash a powerful beam that pierces through targets in a straight line.

The Plasma Blast’s typical use case is to inflict Shock on an enemy. That is because this skill has a 30% more chance to apply the elemental ailment—a quality that is not innately present in other crossbow skills.

Emergency Reload

As mentioned earlier in this PoE 2 Best Mercenary Builds article, crossbow skills need to be reloaded after their ammunition has been depleted. The problem is that the reload time will occasionally mess up with your primary rotation, so much so that you’re leaving a ton of damage on the table that could have been dished out to your enemy.

Well, at least there is a way to prevent that from happening somewhat in the form of a skill called Emergency Reload. When activated, Emergency Reload instantly reloads the crossbow skill you’re currently using and then empowers each bolt inside the new clip to deal more damage. This damage boost only lasts until the next reload, though this is a nice way to take a huge portion of your enemy’s HP.

The skill that benefits the most from Emergency Reload is the Shockburst Rounds. So long the enemy is affected by Shock, the empowered bolts from Shockburst Rounds ensure that your enemies will be dealt with quickly.

What is the Best Mercenary Ascendancy Class?

If you are new to Path of Exile 2, ascendancy classes are simply subclasses that offer something unique to the table. In Early Access, the Mercenary can ascend to either the Witchhunter or the Gemling Legionnaire.

As of now, the most popular Mercenary ascendancy class is the Witchhunter primarily because of the nodes available to him. Pitiless Killer allows the Witchhunter to kill enemies immediately when they’re below a certain HP threshold. Couple that with the Zealous Inquisition and the Witchhunter can obliterate groups of monsters quite easily.

In the endgame where monsters that deal elemental damage become more rampant, the Witchhunter can enable a new defensive layer called the Sorcery Ward. This ward does reduce armor and evasion significantly but it greatly mitigates elemental damage received from hits, so the trade-off is fine.

How about the Gemling Legionnaire? Is it really that bad as other players have said? Thankfully, it is not a bad ascendancy class in Path of Exile 2. It’s just that not many players have unraveled the ideal combination yet to fully utilize the Gemling Legionnaire’s abilities.

Crystalline Potential is good because it increases the quality of skill gems by 10%. So crossbow skills like Galvanic Shards and Shockburst Rounds gain additional bolts in the clip simply by taking this ascendancy node.

On top of that, Implanted Gems increase the level of skills by one. This includes active skills and temporary buffs like Emergency Reload.

Gem Studded is another interesting notable ascendancy passive that gives the Gemling Legionnaire the ability to use two support gems at the same time. If you want to use Primal Armament to boost the damage of both Galvanic Shards and Shockburst Rounds, for example, that is possible with Gem Studded allocated.

Best Mercenary Builds

Now we have come to the part that you’ve all been waiting for! Keep in mind that the Mercenary is not exactly the most popular class in PoE 2 right now. However, it certainly has our vote for the most fun class to play. Being able to blast enemies into bits results in a satisfying feeling.

The crossbow reload mechanic, though cumbersome at times, encourages you to have a more strategic way of playing the game. We hope to see buffs to some crossbow skills in future updates, so we’ll keep our fingers crossed that they be implemented sooner rather than later.

Before we begin, please remember that these builds are the cream of the crop in the current iteration of the game. GGG could implement certain tweaks that could render some builds useless. Until that time comes, you can rest assured that the ones we’re going to talk about in this section of the article are worth checking out!

Without further ado, these are the best Mercenary builds in PoE 2 Early Access:

Explosive Shot Witchhunter

Do you want a Mercenary build in Path of Exile 2 that can eliminate map monsters in just one or two hits? The Explosive Shot Witchhunter certainly has the power to do that! As you may have guessed by the name of the build, it uses Explosive Shot to deal with multiple enemies at once thanks to the skill’s good area coverage.

The Explosive Shot Witchhunter is only possible when you have The Three Dragons unique helmet. Each use of Explosive Shot with this helmet equipped activates the effects of Herald of Ice, Herald of Thunder, and Herald of Ash. How does it do that, exactly?

What The Three Dragons helmet does is it essentially alters the elemental ailments being applied when dealing elemental damage. Fire damage, which used to inflict Ignite, now applies Shock instead.

Hitting enemies with cold damage skills like Glacial Bolt and Permafrost Bolts can cause enemies to suffer from Ignite (rather than Freeze). Lightning damage no longer shocks enemies. Instead, the monsters are frozen when they take enough damage from lightning-based abilities (in this context, from Herald of Thunder).

Aside from its relatively good AoE, Explosive Shot is used to apply Shock on enemies because of its incredible damage output. You can add more projectiles with each use of the skill by supporting it with Scattershot.

While Explosive Shot is great, the true power of this build comes from Shockburst Rounds. Even pinnacle bosses like Xesht don’t stand a chance against the said crossbow skill, provided that they are affected by Shock.

The Explosive Shot Witchhunter also requires you to have at least 150 Spirit. That’s because this build uses a bunch of persistent buffs, including Wind Dancer, Overwhelming Presence, and the three herald buffs mentioned above.

As you unload the bolts from Shockburst Rounds, activate Emergency Reload just before your ammo runs out. This is so that you can deliver massive amounts of damage without getting hindered by manual reload.

Overwhelming Presence is quite good for the purposes of this build because it reduces the elemental ailment threshold of nearby enemies by up to 24%. For those who don’t know, the lower a target’s elemental ailment threshold is, the more susceptible they are to getting affected with Chill, Freeze, Shock, and Ignite.

Here are the Best Skills for Explosive Shot Witchhunter:

  • Explosive Shot
    • Scattershot
    • Conduction
    • Martial Tempo
    • Fire Penetration
    • Lightning Exposure
  • Shockburst Rounds
    • Lightning Infusion
    • Concentrated Effect
    • Heft
    • Primal Armament
    • Fresh Clip
  • Herald of Thunder
    • Innervate
    • Glaciation
    • Ice Bite
    • Lightning Penetration
  • Herald of Ice
    • Cold Infusion
    • Magnified Effect
    • Cold Penetration
    • Cold Mastery
  • Emergency Reload
    • Premeditation
    • Ingenuity
    • Persistence
  • Wind Dancer
    • Blind
    • Maim
    • Unbreakable
  • Voltaic Mark
    • Note: Use on bosses and rare monsters to greatly increase the chance of applying Shock with Explosive Shot
    • If you have a considerable chance to Shock, you can replace this with a utility skill like Flash Grenade
  • Herald of Ash
    • Note: Link Vitality or Precision if you have some Spirit to spare. Otherwise, don’t link any support gem into this skill
  • Overwhelming Presence
    • Note: Already powerful as it is
  • Sorcery Ward
    • Fire Mastery
    • Lightning Mastery
    • Note: The ascendancy node that grants Sorcery Ward is Obsessive Rituals
    • If you are wondering why we put Fire Mastery and Lightning Mastery as support gems in this setup, that’s because Sorcery Ward has the “fire” and “lightning” tags on it. By using these “mastery” support gems, you effectively increase the amount of elemental damage Sorcery Ward can mitigate.
    • To make Sorcery Ward even more effective, you have to ensure that your gear consists of high amounts of armor and evasion.

Ascendancy Nodes:

  • Pitiless Killer
  • Obsessive Rituals
  • Judge, Jury, and Executioner
  • Ceremonial Ablution
  • Note: For clearing maps, you can replace Judge, Jury, and Executioner for Zealous Inquisition.
  • When fighting against bosses, you can swap Pitiless Killer and Judge, Jury, Executioner for Witchbane and No Mercy. The former makes enemies lose “concentration,” effectively reducing the cooldown recovery rate of their skills. The latter, on the other hand, makes monsters take more damage based on their missing concentration.

Galvanic Shards Witchhunter

As you reach level 30, you can focus on one thing that your Mercenary will be good at. If you decide to kill enemies with direct-hitting skills like Galvanic Shards, then this next build is definitely the right one for you.

The Galvanic Shards Witchhunter offers an impressive map-clearing speed for a build that does not rely on multiple explosions via Explosive Shot or grenade skills. As its name implies, Galvanic Shards is the primary skill for this build, followed by Shockburst Rounds.

Galvanic Shards does a pretty good job of eliminating trash mobs, with Innervate, Primal Armament, and Martial Tempo improving its DPS significantly. This skill is also used to inflict Shock on the enemy, which is why you supplement that with Voltaic Mark to ensure that it happens within a few hits.

A huge part of this build’s ability to clear map monsters comes from the Witchhunter’s Zealous Inquisition ascendancy node. This works well against enemies that you encounter in Breaches and Expedition, so if you frequently engage with these endgame systems, then you will really love what this build has to offer!

Although the overall damage of this build does not compare to the Explosive Shot Witchhunter in the endgame, the Galvanic Shards Witchhunter is still pretty good as it doesn’t rely on a particular unique item to pull off.

There is an alternate version of this build that utilizes the Stormcaller Arrow to inflict Shock. This is mainly used for bosses, so you don’t have to actually switch to a bow and quiver every so often. The meta skill Cast on Shock is also an option, though you will have to get enough INT on your gear for it to work.

If you are interested to try the Galvanic Shards Witchhunter, here are the skills that you need:

  • Galvanic Shards
    • Primal Armament
    • Conduction
    • Martial Tempo
    • Innervate
    • Close Combat
  • Shockburst Rounds
    • Lightning Infusion
    • Elemental Focus
    • Heft
    • Fresh Clip
    • Concentrated Effect or Ammo Conservation
  • Voltaic Mark
    • Persistence
    • Lightning Exposure
    • Lightning Mastery
  • Herald of Thunder
    • Coursing Current
    • Overcharge
    • Lightning Penetration
    • Magnified Effect
  • Herald of Ash
    • Precision
    • Herbalism
    • Cannibalism
  • Wind Dancer
    • Blind
    • Optional: Vitality and Pin
  • Emergency Reload
    • Premeditation
    • Ingenuity
  • Overwhelming Presence
  • Stormcaller Arrow
    • Conduction
    • Lightning Exposure
    • Strip Away
    • Fast Forward
    • Note: This is an optional setup that requires you to use a bow and quiver on weapon swap. Replace Conduction on Galvanic Shards with Fork if you are going this route.
    • Stormcaller Arrow is one of the most reliable ways to inflict Shock on the enemy, but it does need a different weapon to use.

Gemling Grenadier

While Path of Exile 2 Early Access is riddled with Witchhunters, there are some that prefer the Gemling Legionnaire for its uniqueness and overall utility. The Gemling Grenadier is a good example of that. This build caters to people who don’t mind slow and tactical gameplay if it means that they’re able to obliterate anything in the game.

The Gemling Grenadier disposes of its enemies by effectively utilizing the Gas Grenade and the Explosive Grenade. The Gas Grenade creates a poison cloud that covers a pretty wide area, and the Explosive Grenade ignites it, causing a huge fiery explosion that can instantly kill map monsters.

To supplement those two, you will use Oil Grenade as well. Oil Grenade applies a debuff called Fire Exposure that makes affected enemies take increased fire damage until it wears off.

As if that’s not convincing enough, the Oil Grenade slows affected monsters by 30%. This works perfectly well with Explosive Grenade because you want the enemies to be in the said skill’s area of effect before the explosion occurs.

Ignite is an elemental ailment in Path of Exile 2 that causes monsters to suffer from fire damage over time. Did you know that the Gemling Legionnaire can consistently inflict Ignite using its primary skills? That’s right, that is possible with the help of Flame Wall, of course!

With Flame Wall active, any projectile that passes through it gains additional fire damage. And yes, grenades are also considered projectiles, so they can benefit from Flame Wall’s special effect for sure. 

In addition, grenades empowered by Flame Wall can inflict Ignite when they detonate, thus improving killing efficiency when dealing with map monsters and bosses.

Keep in mind that although the damage output of this build is bursty, there is a delay before the enemies get hit due to how grenades work in PoE 2. Fortunately, taking “Volatile Grenades” on the passive tree reduces the fuse duration of grenades by 25%, making them explode a bit faster than normal.

Now, because there is a delay in dealing damage, the Gemling Grenadier has to survive before the grenades explode. So, where does this build get its survivability from anyway? The Gemling Grenadier takes full advantage of the boost to maximum elemental resistance provided by the Thaumaturgical Infusion ascendancy node.

This build uses plenty of red support gems, which increases its maximum fire resistance considerably. Every 1% increase in elemental resistance beyond 75% in Path of Exile 2 is quite substantial, in case you were unaware.

In addition, the Gemling Grenadier uses the Cloak of Flame to mitigate the physical damage it receives significantly. Socketing a couple of Soul Cores of Puhuarte for an additional 2% to maximum fire resistance is also great for improving defense.

With the variety of support gems being used here, you might think that the Gemling Grenadier has a hard time satisfying attribute requirements. That’s not the case at all because the Adaptive Capability and Enhanced Effectiveness ascendancy nodes, which are available to the Gemling Legionnaire ascendancy class, will take care of that.

Are you interested in trying the Gemling Grenadier out? If so, here is the ideal skill gems setup:

  • Gas Grenade
    • Scattershot
    • Immolate
    • Primal Armament
    • Fire Infusion
    • Elemental Focus
  • Explosive Grenade
    • Fast Forward
    • Martial Tempo
    • Inspiration
    • Mobility
    • Execute
  • Oil Grenade
    • Strip Away
    • Despoiler
    • Encumbrance
    • Maim
  • Flash Grenade
    • Ruthless
    • Overpower
    • Heft
    • Brutality
  • Cluster Grenade
    • Magnified Effect
    • Ingenuity
    • Payload
    • Bludgeon
  • Flame Wall
    • Expanse
    • Spell Cascade
    • Fire Mastery
  • Flammability
    • Heightened Curse
    • Persistence
    • Arcane Surge
  • Attrition
    • Clarity
    • Vitality
    • Precision
  • Herald of Ash
    • Cannibalism
  • Extra Skills(Use these in the endgame when you have all of the notable ascendancy passives unlocked)
    • Wind Dancer
    • Leap Slam
    • Note: The support gems that you use on these skills will also contribute to increasing your maximum elemental resistance through Thaumaturgical Infusion.
  • Ascendancy Nodes
    • Integrated Efficiency
    • Thaumaturgical Infusion
    • Adaptive Capability
    • Enhanced Effectiveness

Tips

Are you convinced to play the Mercenary class in Path of Exile 2? Before you head out and create a new character, be sure to read these tips first. Trust us, you will need the information presented here to have a great experience playing the said class. Here are some handy tips for playing the Mercenary:

  • Reload First Before Dodge Rolling: The Dodge Roll is an effective way to get out of harm’s way in PoE 2. The problem with the said mechanic is that if you do a Dodge Roll before reloading, you will suffer from a short delay before the clip is replaced with a new one. If you had to perform a Dodge Roll, run around for a bit and then reload so that you don’t get killed by surrounding enemies while you’re in a vulnerable state.

  • Attack Speed Influences Reload Speed as Well: Although it’s not explicitly stated in the game, attack speed does affect crossbow reload speed too. If you don’t believe us, you can see this for yourself by socketing “Martial Tempo” into your preferred crossbow skill.

  • Improve Evasion Rather Than Armor: The PoE 2 Merc is one of the hybrid classes in the game that can utilize both armor- and evasion-based gear really well. The problem with Armor in the current iteration of the game, however, is that it is not effective in mitigating physical damage. Until GGG rectifies that, you should improve evasion for the time being. Certain notable passive skills like Freedom of Movement, Escape Velocity, and Enhanced Reflexes can help you with that as well.

  • Use a Hybrid Approach to Leveling: By this, we mean that you utilize direct damage skills like Galvanic Shards and Fragmentation Rounds with grenades. This can help you with the bosses that you will encounter early on. Once you’ve obtained your first two ascendancy points, you can then refund the passive points and spend them according to the PoE 2 build you’ve envisioned for your character.

  • Flash Grenade is a Lifesaver: The Dodge Roll is just one of the mechanics that you can employ if you wish to survive in Path of Exile 2. Do not forget to use Flash Grenade to get out of sticky situations while playing the Merc, though. This particular grenade skill activates after a split second, blinding nearby enemies, and stunning them in the process. This gives you enough time to get away and recuperate.

  • Prioritize Physical Damage: When shopping for gear from NPC vendors or people on the trade website, make sure to prioritize physical damage over anything else. That’s because most of your skills convert physical damage to a particular elemental damage type. Some of these skills include Galvanic Shards, Shockburst Rounds, and Explosive Shot, to name a few.

  • Added Elemental Damage Also Helps: Another modifier that you want on your weapon is added elemental damage depending on the damage type of your primary skill. For instance, if you’re going to play the Galvanic Shards Witchhunter, having added lightning damage on your crossbow enables you to deal significantly more damage.

  • Untick ‘Show Recommended Gems’: The best PoE 2 Merc Builds we’ve outlined above require support gems that are not part of the “recommended” list for each active skill. Therefore, to gain access to them, make sure to uncheck “Show Recommended Gems” at the lower-left side of the Gemcutting UI.

  • Ideal Jewel Mods: All of the best PoE 2 Merc builds mentioned in this article have access to at least a couple of jewel sockets. This allows you to use jewels with any of the following modifiers:

    • Increased Crossbow Reload Speed
    • Increased Projectile Damage
    • Increased Chance to Shock
    • Increased Duration of Shock
    • Increased Magnitude of Shock You Inflict
    • Increased Elemental Damage
    • Increased Lightning (or Fire) Damage
    • Increased Attack Damage

Final Thoughts

The Mercenary is one of the most unique classes in the game, offering unique skills that cater to a variety of playstyles. Things get really awesome when you’re able to ascend to the Witchhunter or the Gemling Legionnaire.

Although the PoE 2 Merc is not the most high-damaging class out there, it is still quite fun to play due to its incredible utility and relatively good damage output.

Now, if you want to try any of the best Path of Exile 2 Mercenary builds mentioned in this article but don’t have any PoE 2 currency to acquire the necessary gear, don’t worry! Our PoE 2 store is open 24/7 to get you what you need!

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