Ultimate Lightning Mercenary Build – Melt Bosses in PoE2

Build uses Plasma Blast with Scattershot, Primal Armament, Close Combat, and lightning/ elemental/projectile/crit nodes, accepting close-range exposure. Tests reached 40,000 damage in three shots and 120,000 once; Cruel Act 2’s Jamanra died first try, yielding two skill points. Four-second charging leaves him vulnerable to missed shots, interruptions, overhead slams, and insufficient defenses; Galvanic Shards remains his mob-clearing tool.

Experimentation produces dramatic power, but setup friction and survivability remain limiting.