16 January 2025
Path of Exile 2 Mercenary Lightning AoE: Endgame Leveling Mastery Build Guide!
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Summary
Mercenary Lightning build reaches 1,441 Galvanic Shards DPS and 10,500 Plasma Blast DPS, killing ordinary enemies in roughly two shots. He uses Lightning Infusion, Primal Armament, Close Combat, and Heft, prioritising lightning, critical, elemental, and projectile damage over defenses. He completes a Tier 2 map after nearly dying frozen; the orange loot is a duplicate, inferior robe.
Insight
Damage dominates, while his glass-cannon strategy continues sacrificing survivability and useful upgrades.