Fast Leveling with Mercenary Lightning Build in PoE 2

Presents a lightning Mercenary build centered on Galvanic Shards, adding Lightning Infusion, Primal Armament, and shock-triggered damage. Spreads passives across Mercenary and Warrior trees for lightning, shock, critical-hit, critical- damage, and crossbow bonuses, skipping grenades and defenses. Reports 381 DPS rising to 485 with buffs; Plasma Blast handles bosses, while Electrocute replaces shock with stuns and Leverage crits.

Detailed optimization is repeatedly interrupted by improvised gem searches and live combat tests.