Recording summary · January 2025
Path of Exile 2 Mercenary Fire Explosive Shot： AoE Leveling Mastery Build Guide!
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Overview
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Daniel details a Path of Exile 2 mercenary Explosive Shot build that incorporates physical damage conversion, Scattershot, Heft, Fire Infusion, Oil Grenade, and Warrior skill tree allocations for fire and critical strike buffs.
During gameplay encounters including a fight against Priest of the Sun, Daniel suffers multiple deaths, loses map loot, XP, gold, and a tier 2 waystone, and voices frustration over item identification, dead ends, sell values, and death penalties.
Daniel uses a Divine Orb on a crossbow, which inadvertently decreases its output by about 300 DPS.
Themes
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Mercenary Explosive Shot build mechanics, support skills, and skill tree node choices.
Combat demonstration, boss fight with Priest of the Sun, and character deaths.
Frustrations regarding death penalties, map dead ends, identify scrolls, item sell values, and waystones.
Using a Divine Orb to modify a crossbow, resulting in reduced DPS.
Developments
Daniel runs out of potions, gets cornered by a boss, dies, and loses a tier 2 waystone.
Daniel acquires an Elite Great Helm needing an identify scroll, granting increased armor war cry speed and exploding corpses.
Daniel applies a Divine Orb to a crossbow, reducing its damage by around 300 DPS.
Daniel dies again, resulting in the loss of gold collected during the map run.
Uncertainties & gaps
Daniel is unsure why the character takes heavy damage during combat.
Daniel is uncertain why the enemies take an extended amount of time to kill until realizing one is a boss.
Daniel is uncertain whether loot is lost alongside XP upon death.
Daniel questions whether Emergency Reload qualifies as a war cry skill before concluding it is a buff requiring a warrior character.