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Lightning Rod

(Deadeye) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 28 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-09-04 12:01:30 UTC

The Lightning Rod is a highly effective skill for the Deadeye in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 28 top players in the 75-89 bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Elemental Armament II, Deliberation, Magnified Area II. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Coming Calamity, Honed Instincts, Mirage Deadeye on the skill tree.

Below data represents gem links within this cohort. Selected main skills are strictly isolated.

★ Selected Main Skills

Lightning Rod
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
96.4%
└
Deliberation
64.3%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Lightning Attunement
46.4%
└
Concentrated Area
28.6%
└
Close Combat II
28.6%
└
Multishot II
17.9%
└
Elemental Focus
17.9%
└
Lightning Penetration
17.9%
└
Magnified Area I
14.3%
└
Rapid Attacks II
10.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
10.7%
└
Blindside
10.7%
└
Lightning Mastery
7.1%
└
Pinpoint Critical
7.1%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Lightning Arrow
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
85.7%
└
Rapid Attacks II
75%
└
Innervate
53.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Charged Shots II
50%
└
Deliberation
42.9%
└
Fork
35.7%
└
Lightning Attunement
25%
└
Prolonged Duration II
21.4%
└
Lightning Penetration
21.4%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
17.9%
└
Lightning Mastery
14.3%
└
Stoicism II
10.7%
└
Oisín's Oath
10.7%
└
Efficiency II
7.1%
Herald of Thunder
96.4%
└
Elemental Armament II
85.2%
└
Elemental Focus
77.8%
└
Longshot II
59.3%
└
Concentrated Area
51.9%
└
Lightning Attunement
51.9%
└
Magnified Area II
29.6%
└
Lightning Penetration
14.8%
└
Lightning Mastery
11.1%
└
Electrocute
7.4%
└
Elemental Armament I
7.4%
└
Elemental Armament III
3.7%
└
Deadly Herald
3.7%
└
Pinpoint Critical
3.7%
└
Blind II
3.7%
└
Freeze
3.7%
Wind Dancer
89.3%
└
Knockback
48%
└
Blind II
40%
└
Maim
28%
└
Magnified Area I
16%
└
Clarity II
12%
└
Magnified Area II
12%
└
Blind I
12%
└
Cannibalism I
12%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
8%
└
Heightened Accuracy II
4%
└
Overreach
4%
└
Precision II
4%
└
Elemental Focus
4%
└
Lightning Penetration
4%
└
Life Leech III
4%
Mirage Deadeye
85.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
58.3%
└
Rapid Attacks II
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
45.8%
└
Deliberation
33.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
25%
└
Lightning Attunement
12.5%
└
Lightning Mastery
8.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
4.2%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
4.2%
└
Pinpoint Critical
4.2%
└
Charged Shots II
4.2%
└
Culling Strike II
4.2%
└
Rapid Attacks I
4.2%
└
Overcharge
4.2%
└
Electrocute
4.2%
Barrage
75%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
95.2%
└
Rapid Casting II
47.6%
└
Perpetual Charge
28.6%
└
Heightened Charges
23.8%
└
Second Wind III
23.8%
└
Efficiency II
14.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
14.3%
└
Prolonged Duration I
9.5%
└
Rapid Casting I
9.5%
└
Second Wind II
4.8%
└
Lifetap
4.8%
└
Rapid Casting III
4.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
4.8%
Tornado Shot
67.9%
└
Overabundance II
68.4%
└
Rapid Attacks II
63.2%
└
Durability
57.9%
└
Blind II
42.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
36.8%
└
Efficiency II
21.1%
└
Elemental Armament II
15.8%
└
Overabundance I
15.8%
└
Magnified Area II
10.5%
└
Concentrated Area
10.5%
└
Cold Attunement
5.3%
└
Prolonged Duration I
5.3%
└
Maim
5.3%
Voltaic Mark
60.7%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
58.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
58.8%
└
Charged Mark
41.2%
└
Lightning Mastery
41.2%
└
Efficiency II
23.5%
└
Mark for Death
17.6%
└
Mark for Death II
11.8%
└
Mark of Siphoning
11.8%
└
Prolonged Duration I
11.8%
└
Armour Demolisher II
5.9%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
5.9%
└
Efficiency I
5.9%
└
Elemental Focus
5.9%
└
Rapid Casting II
5.9%
└
Lifetap
5.9%
Mirage Archer
60.7%
└
Rapid Attacks II
82.4%
└
Elemental Armament II
70.6%
└
Deliberation
52.9%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
52.9%
└
Prolonged Duration II
23.5%
└
Blind II
11.8%
└
Elemental Armament III
5.9%
└
Lightning Attunement
5.9%
└
Lightning Exposure
5.9%
└
Concentrated Area
5.9%
└
Multishot II
5.9%
Bow Shot
57.1%
└
Blind II
37.5%
└
Charged Shots II
18.8%
└
Chain I
18.8%
└
Rapid Attacks II
18.8%
└
Elemental Armament II
18.8%
└
Rapid Attacks I
18.8%
└
Bleed III
18.8%
└
Deliberation
12.5%
└
Bounty II
12.5%
└
Poison III
12.5%
└
Ambush
6.2%
└
Rapid Attacks III
6.2%
└
Multishot I
6.2%
└
Close Combat II
6.2%
└
Bleed I
6.2%
Ghost Dance
35.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
80%
└
Clarity II
20%
└
Clarity I
20%
└
Precision II
10%
└
Strong Hearted
10%
└
Precision I
10%
└
Direstrike II
10%
Electrocuting Arrow
25%
└
Rapid Attacks II
42.9%
└
Prolonged Duration II
28.6%
└
Elemental Armament II
28.6%
└
Blind II
28.6%
└
Heightened Accuracy I
14.3%
└
Projectile Acceleration I
14.3%
└
Living Lightning II
14.3%
└
Charged Shots I
14.3%
└
Maim
14.3%
└
Rapid Attacks I
14.3%
└
Multishot I
14.3%
└
Innervate
14.3%
└
Magnified Area I
14.3%
└
Rapid Attacks III
14.3%
Called Shots
14.3%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
50%
└
Mark for Death II
25%
└
Armour Demolisher II
25%
└
Efficiency I
25%
└
Charged Mark
25%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
25%
└
Charge Profusion II
25%
└
Mark for Death
25%
└
Efficiency II
25%
Herald of Ice
10.7%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Cold Attunement
66.7%
└
Breachlord's Rift
33.3%
└
Pinpoint Critical
33.3%
└
Uruk's Smelting
33.3%
└
Armour Explosion
33.3%
└
Longshot II
33.3%
Rhoa Mount
10.7%
└
Minion Mastery
100%
└
Elemental Army
33.3%
└
Blind II
33.3%
Shockchain Arrow
7.1%
└
Lightning Attunement
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
50%
└
Rapid Attacks II
50%
└
Blind II
50%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
Elemental Weakness
7.1%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Hex Bloom
50%
└
Heightened Curse
50%
└
Cursed Ground
50%
└
Burning Inscription
50%
Mana Remnants
7.1%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
50%
Pounce
7.1%
Wolf Pack
7.1%
└
Rage III
50%
└
Rapid Attacks II
50%
└
Impale
50%
└
Poison III
50%
└
Romira's Requital
50%
└
Tecrod's Revenge
50%
└
Catha's Brilliance
50%
Freezing Mark
7.1%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
Snipe
7.1%
└
Concentrated Area
50%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Window of Opportunity I
50%
└
Perfected Endurance
50%
└
Rapid Attacks III
50%
└
Hit and Run
50%
Herald of Ash
7.1%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Precision I
50%
└
Fire Mastery
50%
└
Swift Affliction II
50%
└
Acrimony
50%
└
Cannibalism II
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
Escape Shot
7.1%
└
Chain I
50%
└
Cold Penetration
50%
└
Close Combat II
50%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Frost Nexus
50%
Cast on Elemental Ailment
3.6%
└
Clarity I
100%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Lightning Mastery
100%
Ball Lightning
3.6%
└
Clarity I
100%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Lightning Mastery
100%
Cast on Critical
3.6%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Lightning Mastery
100%
Blasphemy
3.6%
└
Hex Bloom
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Heightened Curse
100%
Flame Wall
3.6%
└
Rising Tempest
100%
└
Considered Casting
100%
Ice-Tipped Arrows
3.6%
└
Short Fuse II
100%
└
Cold Attunement
100%
└
Culling Strike II
100%
└
Frozen Spite
100%
Frost Bomb
3.6%
└
Potent Exposure
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
Frostflame Nova
3.6%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Expand
100%
Spirit Vessel
3.6%
Punch
3.6%
└
Armour Demolisher I
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Stoicism II
100%
Rain of Blades
3.6%
└
Heft
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
Ferocious Roar
3.6%
└
Exposing Cry
100%
└
Raging Cry
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
Cackling Companions
3.6%
Lightning Warp
3.6%
└
Thrill of the Kill II
100%
└
Living Lightning II
100%
└
Static Shocks
100%
Spiral Volley
3.6%
└
Enduring Impact II
100%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
└
Ice Bite II
100%
└
Armour Break III
100%
└
Ambrosia
100%
Sniper's Mark
3.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
└
Mark for Death
100%
Charge Regulation
3.6%
└
Precision I
100%
Ice Shot
3.6%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
Phantasmal Arrow
3.6%
└
Spectral Volley
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
100%
└
Fire Penetration II
100%
Spear of Solaris
3.6%
└
Searing Flame II
100%
└
Fire Exposure
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Fire Penetration II
100%
Stormcaller Arrow
3.6%
└
Fire Attunement
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Ignite III
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%