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Best Class for Crossbows

Crossbow passives near each class start · Path of Exile 2✓ Checked against game files · 0.5.5
Makeshift Crossbow
Mercenary
Mercenary
20 crossbow passives within 20 points
Mercenary starts with one in hand

Mercenary reaches the most crossbow passives: 20 within 20 points of the class start and 20 within 30 (the tree has 20). Next: Warrior (8), Ranger (6). The nearest crossbow notable for Mercenary is Specialised Shots, 15 points away. No ascendancy node names crossbows. Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.

All 8 classes for crossbows

Passives whose text names Crossbow, Bolt, Ammunition or Reload, within 15, 20, 30 points of each class start; sorted by the 20-point count.

  1. Mercenary#1
    Mercenary
    6 within 1520 within 2020 within 30+15 Two Handed Weapons within 20
    starts withMakeshift Crossbow
    Nearest crossbow notablesSpecialised Shots15 ptsRapid Reload16 ptsReusable Ammunition18 pts
  2. Warrior#2
    Warrior
    3 within 158 within 2020 within 30+15 Two Handed Weapons within 20
    starts withWooden Club
    Nearest crossbow notablesSpecialised Shots15 ptsRapid Reload20 ptsReusable Ammunition22 pts
  3. Ranger#3
    Ranger
    1 within 156 within 2020 within 30+6 Two Handed Weapons within 20
    starts withCrude Bow· same tree start as Huntress
    Nearest crossbow notablesRapid Reload17 ptsReusable Ammunition22 ptsSpecialised Shots22 pts
  4. Huntress#4
    Huntress
    1 within 156 within 2020 within 30+6 Two Handed Weapons within 20
    starts withHardwood Spear· same tree start as Ranger
    Nearest crossbow notablesRapid Reload17 ptsReusable Ammunition22 ptsSpecialised Shots22 pts
  5. Druid#5
    Druid
    0 within 151 within 2011 within 30+9 Two Handed Weapons within 20
    starts withVoltaic Staff
    Nearest crossbow notablesSpecialised Shots22 ptsRapid Reload28 ptsReusable Ammunition30 pts
  6. Monk#6
    Monk
    0 within 150 within 2016 within 30
    starts withWrapped Quarterstaff
    Nearest crossbow notablesRapid Reload24 ptsReusable Ammunition29 ptsEfficient Loading30 pts
  7. Witch#7
    Witch
    0 within 150 within 204 within 30
    starts withWithered Wand· same tree start as Sorceress
    Nearest crossbow notablesSpecialised Shots30 ptsRapid Reload32 ptsReusable Ammunition37 pts
  8. Sorceress#8
    Sorceress
    0 within 150 within 204 within 30
    starts withAshen Staff· same tree start as Witch
    Nearest crossbow notablesSpecialised Shots30 ptsRapid Reload32 ptsReusable Ammunition37 pts

6 crossbow notables on the tree

  • Specialised Shotsnearest: Warrior, 15 pts
    15% increased Bolt Speed
    20% increased Damage with Crossbows
  • Rapid Reloadnearest: Mercenary, 16 pts
    40% increased Crossbow Reload Speed
  • Reusable Ammunitionnearest: Mercenary, 18 pts
    Bolts fired by Crossbow Attacks have 30% chance to not
    expend Ammunition if you've Reloaded Recently
  • Efficient Loadingnearest: Mercenary, 19 pts
    30% chance when you Reload a Crossbow to be immediate
  • Full Salvonearest: Mercenary, 19 pts
    25% increased Damage with Crossbows for each type of Ammunition fired in the past 10 seconds
  • Power Shotsnearest: Mercenary, 19 pts
    15% reduced Attack Speed with Crossbows
    80% increased Critical Damage Bonus with Crossbows

How this is counted

Read from the passive tree in the game files (20 passives name Crossbow, Bolt, Ammunition or Reload; 15 more apply to Two Handed Weapons). For each class we count the passives you can allocate with 15, 20 and 30 points from its start: every passive on the shortest path costs a point, and another class's start can't be walked through. Two Handed Weapons passives also work with crossbows but are shared with other weapons, so they only break ties. Ascendancy nodes count the points from the ascendancy start (8 points in total). Ranger and Huntress, and Witch and Sorceress, share a start, so their tree numbers are equal. Plan the path yourself in the passive tree planner.

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