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The Mercenary class inPath Of Exile 2fights with all sorts of weapons, with their main one being the crossbow. While they mostly focus on ranged attacks with this weapon, they have access to many different types of ammo that give you unique options to use in different situations,catering your attacksto counter whatever you’re fighting.
Maximizing the potential of the Mercenary will require you to use multiple ammo types, and learn powerful combinations that can come from switching between them quickly in combat. Here’s how to equip and switch between ammo types as the Mercenary.
How Do Ammo Types Work In Path Of Exile 2
When using a Crossbow, thevarious ammo typesare the different skillsyou can equip on your hotbar, though they don’t function like regular skills from other classes. Your basic attack will shoot whatever ammo type you currently have equipped, and once you’re through a magazine your character will reload with the same ammo type and keep going until you reload.
Various amounts of Mana are needed depending on the ammo type you are loading, with it being spent whenever you load that ammo type. Ammo types can be loaded anytime, with you also being able to switch back to that ammo typelater and have access to the fully loaded magazine, with your Mana being drained at an earlier point. You can see the current number of shots in an ammo type in the top right corner of that ammo type in your hotbar. Pressing that bound key with the ammo type equipped will have you spend the Mana to reload.
It’s highly recommended that youreload all ammo types outside of battleto maximize options in battle and also using your Mana outside of combat, letting it regenerate before the next fight.
How To Switch Ammo Types With Crossbows In Path Of Exile 2
To switch ammo types, simply press the corresponding button on your hotbar that links to the ammo type you want. This will load the crossbow with that ammo type, andyour basic attack will fire that ammo type. Here’s how to set this all up:
Ammo types only take about one second to switch between, no matter the type. You will have tobe standing up and it will keep your character from doing any other action during that time. Outside of the Mana it costs to reload, there are no limitations or penalties to switching ammo as often as you’d like, much likeequipping skins.
