Overview
This Mercenary build hands its damage to totems that cast Arc, so the player’s job is reduced to dropping totems at the edge of a pack and walking on while chained lightning clears the screen. The pitch is comfort above all: one main button, no rotation, and room to focus on movement and picking up loot rather than juggling a dozen skills.
The setup is adapted from a public Arc Gemling planner (linked in the source video description as the original build), so the Gemling Legionnaire ascendancy and its gem-focused passives are the backbone. The video positions it squarely as an endgame mapping build for players who want a relaxed farming character that still scales into Atlas content.
The source video is mostly a showcase of the build running maps and bosses, with a quick look at gear and progression, rather than a step-by-step levelling guide.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Effectively one-button play — place totems, keep moving
- Arc chains between enemies, which suits dense map packs
- Totems keep fighting while the player repositions, which makes it safer
- Aimed at comfortable divine farming in endgame maps
Cons
- Totem placement adds a small delay on fast map runs compared with self-cast clear builds
- Damage rests on totems, so boss mechanics that make you move a lot mean re-placing them
- Gear and passive specifics come from an external planner, so check them against the linked PoB before copying
Key Skills
- Arc — main chaining lightning spell, cast by the totems
- Totem setup — supports and passives that let the totems cast Arc for you
- Remaining utility and defensive skills: specifics to be confirmed against the source video’s PoB
Gear & Anointments
The source video covers equipment and how the build progresses in the endgame, but the description does not name specific uniques. Specific uniques to be confirmed against the source video and the linked PoB (poe.ninja) / original planner.
Endgame Notes
The creator shows the build clearing endgame maps quickly and taking down bosses in seconds, and frames it as a farming character for collecting currency rather than a pinnacle-only bosser.
Credits & Source
Build credited to Apollo Play. See the source video for the full build’s gameplay footage + voice commentary: ESSA BUILD JOGA SOZINHA?! ARC TOTEMS MERCENÁRIO DE 1 BOTÃO!.