INSANE MERCENARY EXPLOSIVE AOE DPS Build ｜ Path of Exile 2 BEST MERCENARY LVLING Build (Lvl 30+)

So I found this even better AoE explosive

shot build for the Mercenary in Path of

Exile 2.

Watch me blow these guys all up.

Oh my— oh, legendary thing, whatever that

is.

I don't have any room for it.

Hold on, look at this.

I can fire 2 explosive shots at the same

time.

Wait, I pressed the wrong button.

I hate it, you press U by accident, it

takes ages to get out of it.

What are these gears?

Anyway, I want to see my legendary first.

I got this.

Ooh, I can't use it, but my minions would

have a 21% increased maximum life and

minimum minions resistance equal to yours.

Boring, I don't want that.

Anyway, so this build, I got Explosive

Shot, I got Scattershot on Explosive Shot,

which gives you 2 additional projectiles.

So usually this shoots one like this, just

shoots one, but with Scattershot it

shoots, shoots 3, I think.

Yeah, it shoots 3.

Reloading.

1, 2, 3.

Jesus, it shoots 3.

It's like a grenade launcher and it shoots

3 of them, but you get 20, 20% less

damage, which is fine because you get 2

additional projectiles.

And I put Double Barrel so I can shoot 6

in a row before reloading.

Watch.

6.

It's pretty damn good.

So yeah, I guess you can't put damaging

buffs on it because then you'd lose these

2 things which really make it good.

Plus for the skills, I've got Pierce,

which goes through enemies and also

damages the enemy it went through.

I've got crossbow ammunition damage buffs.

And yeah, I don't know what skills would

be good for this build because I don't

have any extra skill points.

But anyway, it's really good just as it

is.

Look.

I can find a big group of enemies like

this.

Watch,

you just group them up and then just blow

them up at your feet like that.

Sometimes we don't have to reload because

we got a 15% chance to not reload because

of the passives.

I think this is even better than the

fragmentation shot build actually.

Clearing out large groups of enemies.

Don't know how it would do against a boss,

but it seems pretty good.

It sets things on fire too, which is

pretty cool.

So I guess you could use it in combination

with the explosive grenade.

Where is it?

Grenade.

Maybe I'll put this on it.

Explosive grenade, I'll put it here.

So what it does is the grenade takes quite

long to blow up, you see, but if you chuck

a grenade and then shoot at it, it would

explode instantly.

So the idea is you chuck a load of

grenades, then you do an explosive shot.

And you get more explosions.

Oh my God, I'm just destroying them.

This is pretty fun actually.

I just want more enemies.

Why is it not giving me more enemies?

Usually they swarm you.

Gotta stay quick on my

feet.

I still don't know how to open the minimap

so it's bigger.

M doesn't open a map, it opens like a

weird menu.

Now I gotta run around this stupid jungle.

Trying to find something to kill.

Oh wow, 2 enemies.

Thanks, game,

really helping me highlight how great this

build is.

Why is there nothing to kill?

Oh, the Venom Crypts.

Maybe I'll go in there.

I don't even know what I'm supposed to do.

There should be loads of enemies in here.

Watch.

Oh yeah, look at them all grouped up.

Oh, this is good.

Look at all the rats.

Oh my God, did you see that?

It'll be nice if I can get a 3rd gem on it

that increases the area of damage.

Make the explosion radius bigger, would be

cool.

Look, nothing to kill.

This is crazy.

And then when I stop recording, suddenly

all these enemies come out of nowhere.

Oh, it's so nice when you chuck a grenade

as well.

So this is a completely dead end.

God, I hate these maps in this game.

They're so annoying.

There's no clear way which way you're

supposed to go, so you just randomly go in

different directions until you find the

right way.

And then there's so many dead ends and

ways you can get trapped like this.

It's like playing Pac-Man.

I'm just destroying everything.

Look at

this.

Oh, level up!

What should I get?

Hmm, oh, this one could be good.

30% chance to pierce an enemy.

Projectiles have 10% chance to chain.

I don't know if the explosive shot pierces

though.

I think something else for explosive shot

would be better.

Knockback distance.

Um, 10% increased projectile damage.

Is there no explosive damage skill?

Uh, 12% increased grenade damage.

I don't know if Explosive Shot counts as a

grenade.

Oh wait, oh wait, where's Explosive Shot?

Flaming Bolt.

I don't think it's a grenade.

Converts physical damage to fire damage.

No,

it's not a grenade.

Hmm.