Recording summary · December 2024
BEST MERCENARY LIGHTNING AOE DPS Build ｜ Path of Exile 2 MERCENARY LVLING Build
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Overview
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Daniel uses a lightning area-of-effect build focused on Galvanic Shards, Voltaic Grenades, and passive investments in lightning, elemental damage, and two-handed weapon multipliers to clear enemy packs and level up.
Because Galvanic Shards performs poorly against single targets, Daniel tests fragmentation rounds modified with physical or lightning damage during boss encounters, resulting in repeated deaths.
Themes
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Lightning area-of-effect skill combinations, including Galvanic Shards and Voltaic Grenade setups.
Passive tree allocations targeting lightning damage, projectile scaling, elemental bonuses, and critical strike chance.
Single-target boss performance testing and skill alterations using fragmentation rounds.
Developments
Daniel switches to fragmentation rounds and tests damage variations against a boss.
Daniel suffers repeated deaths while facing boss mechanics.
Uncertainties & gaps
Daniel is unsure what caused an unexpected one-shot death during combat.
Daniel is unsure why cluster grenades were unequipped.
Daniel is uncertain whether damage output slows down against the boss.
Daniel is uncertain whether physical damage perks are optimal given that elemental bonuses would not apply.
Daniel is uncertain whether elemental damage can be applied effectively to fragmentation shots.
Daniel does not know whether overall damage increased or decreased after changing the fragmentation round setup.
Daniel suspects the previous configuration may have dealt more damage.