Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 16 hours ago
Build Link
https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/12d2a
Clear on Weapon Set 1 (Lunar Assault & Lunar Blessing) and Single Target on Weapon Set 2 (Shred)
poe2wiki.net/wiki/Weapon_set
Streaming sometimes on
twitch.tv/tuadh
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00:00 - Intro
00:43 - Gems
06:01 - Gear
10:00 - Passive Tree
14:14 - Playstyle
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Build Link
https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/12d2a
Clear on Weapon Set 1 (Lunar Assault & Lunar Blessing) and Single Target on Weapon Set 2 (Shred)
poe2wiki.net/wiki/Weapon_set
Streaming sometimes on
twitch.tv/tuadh
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00:00 - Intro
00:43 - Gems
06:01 - Gear
10:00 - Passive Tree
14:14 - Playstyle
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![Grenade Mercenary Acts 1-3 | Leveling Walkthrough [Patch 0.1]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VfujmonEbTE/mqdefault.jpg "Grenade Mercenary Acts 1-3 | Leveling Walkthrough [Patch 0.1]
*Support Gems*
Fragmentation Rounds - Martial Tempo - Brutality
After you get Explosive Shot you drop Fragementation Rounds.
Explosive Shot - Martial Tempo
Explosive Grenade - Scattershot - Magnified Effect (before 3 sockets)
Explosive Grenade - Scattershot - Inspiration - Primal Armament (Tier 2)
Flash Grenade - Overpower
If you have really good damage you can clear with Flash Grenade and move your damage support gems over to that gem. It has a way lower fuse duration.
Gas Grenade - Fire Infusion - Inspiration (before 3 Sockets Explosive Grenade)
Gas Grenade - Fire Infusion - Execute (Tier 1)/Ingenuity (Tier 2)
Oil Grenade
*Gear Progression*
You want to check the vendor for Crossbows with Increased Physical Damage and/or Adds to Physical/Fire Damage. Salvage weapons with quality to get Blacksmith Whetstones. Runes can give 20% increased Physical Damage. At the Orok Campfire (Act 3) you can get a Lesser Jewelers Orb. I would use it on Explosive or Gas Grenade. If you clear with Gas Grenade you will need Flame Wall to ignite the gas clouds.
At level 33 you get the *Bombard Crossbow* . With it you will fire an additional Grenade. I would use most of currency (Artificers Orb, Blacksmith Whethstone, Regal Orb, Runes and Exalted Orb) on a Bombard Crossbow that has a good Increased Physical Damage and/or Adds to Physical Damage affix. This weapon should carry you till the next tier of the Bombard Crossbow (Level 59).
*Spirit Gem*
Herald of Ash
After the second Spirit Quest
Herald of Ash - Precision - Clarity
*Resistances*
For Act 1 you want Cold Resistance. In Act 2 you want Lightning Resistance for the final Act 2 Boss. If you do the Elemental Offering (Act 2, Buried Shrines) you can choose a Topaz/Ruby/Sapphire Ring. Vendors can also sell Resistance Rings. If you do not have enough Resistance Rings I would consider gambling for one at the Vendor (Risu at Act 2, Alva at Act 3) if you have sufficient Gold. The Act 3 Boss will cause all 3 Elemental Damage types. You can socket Glacial/Desert/Storm to get 12% Cold/Fire/Lightning Resistance.
*Passive Tree*
https://imgur.com/a/hus6RXU
0:00 - Intro
1:08:52 - Act 1 Boss
3:10:00 - Trial of Sekhema
3:39:45 - Act 2 Boss
5:43:26 - Act 3 Boss
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![[Nerfed] Lvl 1 to Exarch & Eater | Fire Trap Elementalist Leaguestart](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WT6sUi9vQx8/mqdefault.jpg "[Nerfed] Lvl 1 to Exarch & Eater | Fire Trap Elementalist Leaguestart
3.26 Damage NERF
The Shaper of Flames Ascendancy Passive Skill no longer has 25% more Damage with Ignites you inflict with Hits for which the highest Damage Type is Fire. Instead, it now causes Enemies Ignited by you to convert 40% of their Physical Damage to Fire.
Fire Trap: Now deals 27.7-2566 Base Fire Damage per second at gem levels 1-20 (previously 32.5-3018.8).
*Path of Building*
https://pobb.in/mp53OahgsVAp
*Act 1 Regex*
b-b-g|b-[bg]-b|g-b-b|nne|rint|Flam|Earn
*Gems*
Act 1 - Rolling Magma - Elemental Proliferation - Combustion
Act 1 - Holy Flame Totem - Infused Channeling (remove after mid Act 2)
Act 2 - Fire Trap - Trap and Mine Damage/Combustion - Elemental Proliferation
Act 4 - Fire Trap - Ignite Proliferation - Trap and Mine Damage - Burning Damage
Frostblink - Combustion - Cold To Fire - Ignite Proliferation
Utility Gems
Shield Charge - Faster Attacks - (Momentum)
Flammability
Wave of Conviction
Once you have Whispers of Doom: Elemental Weakness
Smite - Additional Accuracy - More Duration (Optional, for Single Target)
You can link your Curses and Wave of Conviction to Arcanist Brand.
Aura Gems
Act 2 - Skitterbots - Herald of Thunder
After Library Quest: Skitterbots - Flesh and Stone
Once you have the Templar mana reservation efficiency nodes and the reservation node before Verdant:
Determination - Skitterbots - Malevolence
or Determination - Skitterbots - Flesh and Stone - Tempest Shield
*Gear Progression*
I recommend going for armour bases in maps as Physical Damage was shredding me in early maps which is why I pivoted away from my original plan to not go Determination. A %increased chance to block shield will help a lot too. There are two tiers that you can craft. Their recipes are found in maps. This patch it was Atoll and Haunted Mansion in the next one its going to be in different maps.
You can do Jun Missions to get the Fire Damage over Time Multiplier unveil (in 3.26 this recipe will be available in maps). You can also do the +1 Fire Spell Skill recipe by selling a sceptre/wand/runic dagger and 2 or more gems with the Fire tag totaling 40% gem quality. The +1 sceptre should show in the vendor window if you got the right items. As a suffix you can then craft Fire DoT multi.
https://www.twitch.tv/tuadh
00:00 - Intro
4:28:20 - Mapping Starts
7:39:06 - Mostly Red Maps
8:19:10 - Eater
8:24:08 - Exarch")
