Overview
This is the creator’s personal league-starter pick for Patch 0.5 — a Witch Hunter Mercenary built around Grenades. The pitch is that the build is both hard-hitting and durable enough to carry through the campaign without needing premium gear, leaning on the Mercenary’s crossbow-and-grenade kit and the Witch Hunter’s offensive toolkit to handle the early acts smoothly.
The video walks through the build act-by-act, from the Act 1 leveling kit through the Act 3 power spike and into early endgame, which is a useful shape for a starter guide since the player can pause at each chapter and check that their gear and gem links match the on-screen reference.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Real-time act-by-act walkthrough from Act 1 through endgame, so leveling is paced rather than just summarized
- Witch Hunter Mercenary is one of the more durable league-starter shells available in 0.5
- Grenade-based clear gives strong AoE pacing through campaign maps without depending on uniques
Cons
- Grenades have a learning curve compared to point-and-click skills — fuse timing matters for both clear and survivability
- Endgame coverage in the source video is brief — for deep mapping or pinnacle scaling, the linked PoB is the source of truth
Key Skills
- Grenade skill suite — the primary clear and single-target tools; specific grenade selection is detailed in the source video’s mechanic section
- Witch Hunter ascendancy nodes — provide the defensive layering and offensive scaling that lets the grenade kit hold up through the campaign
Gear & Anointments
A Path of Building import is linked in the source video description (pobb.in/fmmyHKNyRpQc) — that is the authoritative reference for tree, gem links, and gear targets. Specific weapon and armour bases to be confirmed against the source video.
Endgame Notes
Endgame is covered briefly near the end of the source video. For deeper mapping or pinnacle progression, follow up on the linked PoB.
Credits & Source
Build credited to SoNice. See the source video for the full build’s gameplay footage and voice commentary: อธิบาย Build League Starter 0.5 ของผม ที่ทั้งแรงและถึก Witch Hunter Grenades.