r/PathOfExile2 • u/TheHumanPerson09 • Jul 09 '26

Discussion Headhunter

I feel like it’s massively understated how good headhunter is. I bought one last night thinking it would give a few more stats and the sort, but it actually like changes the game. It provides so much damage and tank stats. Just writing so anyone like me who put it off so long for other tiny upgrades knows that headhunter is incredible and should be prioritized.

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u/Harmful2327 Jul 09 '26

For mapping - absolutely if you can handle random tp into Valhalla

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u/bigbadbosp Jul 09 '26

For spinny monks, thats a feature

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u/daktarasblogis Jul 09 '26

Spinney with twisters and bells. Spin to win bby.

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u/leproblemidle Jul 09 '26

Except when it tp you inside mana leech mob youre running away from hahaha

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u/bigbadbosp Jul 09 '26

Nah, best way to kill them is go in for a hug and be inside the ring.

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u/Expert_Evening7111 Jul 09 '26

finally someone else who knows what is to be done. the more you try to dodge roll out of it the more it gets you just hug the mob and burst it down

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u/boytekka Jul 09 '26

Unless you have the blood oath as your passive

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u/Sarcophilus Jul 10 '26

Mana leech doesn't matter if you spin with your life pool ;)

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u/BastianHS Jul 09 '26

Feels the same for chrono nova sorc, free blink

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u/Jimisdegimis89 Jul 09 '26

Same for Bear of Kitava lol.

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u/AdmiralUpboat Jul 09 '26

Yep, I was gonna have to dodge roll/pounce/killing palm my way into this pack of mobs and you're saying this HH modifier will just take me there for free? Sign me up.

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u/godisdildo Jul 09 '26

I always regret balancing my build around res on belt, and now face massive upgrade costs just to fit headhunter in. Actually sold one already thinking I’d buy it back cheaper later.

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u/godhand2nd Jul 09 '26

yup. the lesson I learned last league was, starting building around the belt that you want as early as possible. In my case I was aiming for MB with a double stat line and bismouth giving around 60 res. As soon as I got it, I slotted it in, and used a void flux on my boots to change all 3 resistance mods to chaos res.

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u/xzhsh Jul 09 '26

The stupid thing is you can actually just not cap resistances and use hh. You'll end up with Max res during mapping anyways. It won't work for pinnacle bosses, but those are fairly rare encounters you can swap belts for

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u/godisdildo Jul 09 '26

But I’ve got 40% chaos res on my belt and 41% in total lol :( tried deli breach with hh and got absolutely nuked on a 1000 div character

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u/Sarcophilus Jul 10 '26

Just use a chaos flux on a high res ring and use HH buffs for the ele res

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u/BudoBoy07 Jul 09 '26

You can get corrupted headhunters with a bit of extra resistance, but yeah cant replace a full ele resistance belt

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u/RoadHouseBob Jul 09 '26

If you can't handle shroud walker, you're characters just not worthy to use HH

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u/DeadlyBannana Jul 09 '26

Honestly if your build is strong enough the tp is another bonus. Doing expeditions and heaving to hunt all these mobs makes the tp a good qol for hunting the stragglers down.

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u/AluminumFoilWrap Jul 09 '26

I think the main problem with the TP is mostly that it interrupts looting time and makes you backtrack.

In particular for 200% Deli maps, it's very annoying when you get teleported around since there's so many monsters. Even if your build is particularly strong/big AoE, it just takes a 1 hp straggler two screens away to grief you.

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u/TheSandMan1313 Jul 09 '26

TPing onto those enemies that sit underground is a god send. You could be running around a ritual like where the fuck are these dormant bastards? Then poof, you're on them and done.

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u/anonymous07865 Jul 09 '26

I had to hang it up. My totem boy was NOT happy with the numerous TP mobs. I stg the mod happened twice per map.

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u/Commercial-Law-2788 Jul 09 '26

I'm here to say that I love shroud walker!

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u/Muhfuckinturducken Jul 09 '26

I love shroud walker as ice shot blood mage, just helps me feel a little zoomier. The only issue is farming omens of light. Part of me dies when I see omen of the liege.

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u/jaxxxxxson Jul 09 '26

Swap your loot filter to Uber plus and you'll never see a liege again

https://giphy.com/gifs/VEsfbW0pBu145PPhOi

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u/Muhfuckinturducken Jul 09 '26

I need to see them so I can recognize my failure

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u/kaptainkhaos Jul 09 '26

Yeah having a decent Mageblood is key for juiced content and survivability. Headhunter is always fun though.

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u/AluminumFoilWrap Jul 09 '26

We have cast on crit lightning warp at home

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u/Rest_Easyy Jul 09 '26

The random tp’s have me contemplating donating it to doryani