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1.8%
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0.9%
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0.5%
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3.5%
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0.9%
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7.8%
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3%
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Gemling Legionnaire
17.5%
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Infernalist
5.2%
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0.1%
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1.5%
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24.4%
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Oracle
5.4%
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1.7%
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Ritualist
1.3%
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2%
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0.6%
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Spirit Walker
11.3%
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5.1%
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1%
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2.8%
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0.3%
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Witchhunter
1.3%

Lightning Rod

(Deadeye) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 81 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 81 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Elemental Armament II, Deliberation, Concentrated Area. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Honed Instincts, Projectile Proximity Specialisation, Gathering Winds 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
93.8%
└
Deliberation
69.1%
└
Concentrated Area
53.1%
└
Lightning Attunement
45.7%
└
Magnified Area II
29.6%
└
Lightning Penetration
27.2%
└
Elemental Focus
22.2%
└
Close Combat II
21%
└
Blindside
17.3%
└
Multishot II
16%
└
Stoicism II
14.8%
└
Rapid Attacks II
14.8%
└
Rigwald's Ferocity
12.3%
└
Innervate
4.9%
└
Durability
4.9%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Lightning Arrow
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
96.3%
└
Rapid Attacks II
91.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
87.7%
└
Deliberation
54.3%
└
Rakiata's Flow
51.9%
└
Fork
48.1%
└
Innervate
43.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
37%
└
Lightning Attunement
34.6%
└
Charged Shots II
32.1%
└
Garukhan's Resolve
27.2%
└
Stoicism II
12.3%
└
Oisín's Oath
9.9%
└
Rigwald's Ferocity
9.9%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
8.6%
Herald of Thunder
98.8%
└
Elemental Focus
91.2%
└
Elemental Armament II
90%
└
Lightning Attunement
61.3%
└
Longshot II
58.8%
└
Concentrated Area
51.2%
└
Magnified Area II
25%
└
Lightning Penetration
25%
└
Pinpoint Critical
8.8%
└
Deadly Herald
7.5%
└
Living Lightning II
6.2%
└
Overreach
6.2%
└
Magnified Area I
5%
└
Lightning Mastery
5%
└
Armour Explosion
3.8%
└
Maim
3.8%
Mirage Deadeye
96.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
88.5%
└
Rapid Attacks II
75.6%
└
Elemental Armament II
70.5%
└
Deliberation
51.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
39.7%
└
Eonyr's Thunder
5.1%
└
Lightning Attunement
5.1%
└
Overcharge
3.8%
└
Projectile Acceleration II
2.6%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
2.6%
└
Electrocute
2.6%
└
Chain III
2.6%
└
Lightning Exposure
2.6%
└
Culling Strike II
2.6%
└
Lightning Mastery
1.3%
Wind Dancer
84%
└
Knockback
67.6%
└
Blind II
42.6%
└
Magnified Area II
35.3%
└
Maim
25%
└
Blind I
20.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
8.8%
└
Magnified Area I
8.8%
└
Life Leech III
7.4%
└
Cannibalism II
5.9%
└
Elemental Armament II
5.9%
└
Clarity II
5.9%
└
Cannibalism I
5.9%
└
Armour Demolisher II
4.4%
└
Quill Burst
2.9%
└
Pin I
2.9%
Tornado Shot
79%
└
Overabundance II
84.4%
└
Durability
67.2%
└
Rapid Attacks II
62.5%
└
Blind II
53.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
35.9%
└
Efficiency II
35.9%
└
Concentrated Area
18.8%
└
Overabundance I
15.6%
└
Elemental Armament II
14.1%
└
Magnified Area II
14.1%
└
Maim
3.1%
└
Ice Bite II
1.6%
└
Searing Flame II
1.6%
└
Cold Attunement
1.6%
└
Longshot II
1.6%
Barrage
70.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
86%
└
Rapid Casting II
61.4%
└
Second Wind III
22.8%
└
Perpetual Charge
21.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
19.3%
└
Heightened Charges
15.8%
└
Efficiency II
12.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
12.3%
└
Deliberation
8.8%
└
Rapid Casting III
7%
└
Second Wind II
5.3%
└
Rapid Casting I
5.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
1.8%
└
Mobility
1.8%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
1.8%
Mirage Archer
60.5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
93.9%
└
Rapid Attacks II
87.8%
└
Elemental Armament II
79.6%
└
Deliberation
65.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
28.6%
└
Lightning Attunement
10.2%
└
Lightning Exposure
4.1%
└
Overcharge
4.1%
└
Clarity I
2%
└
Electrocute
2%
└
Fork
2%
└
Rapid Attacks III
2%
└
Heft
2%
└
Magnified Area II
2%
└
Charged Shots II
2%
Ghost Dance
60.5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
91.8%
└
Clarity I
14.3%
└
Clarity II
10.2%
└
Precision II
8.2%
└
Uhtred's Omen
6.1%
└
Second Wind III
6.1%
└
Precision I
4.1%
└
Armour Demolisher II
4.1%
└
Mysticism II
2%
└
Dialla's Desire
2%
└
Strong Hearted
2%
└
Warm Blooded
2%
└
Uruk's Smelting
2%
Voltaic Mark
55.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
71.1%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
64.4%
└
Lightning Mastery
55.6%
└
Charged Mark
46.7%
└
Eternal Mark
15.6%
└
Prolonged Duration I
15.6%
└
Efficiency II
13.3%
└
Mark for Death II
11.1%
└
Lifetap
11.1%
└
Mark of Siphoning
8.9%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
4.4%
└
Mark for Death
4.4%
└
Second Wind II
2.2%
└
Overabundance II
2.2%
└
Magnified Area II
2.2%
Bow Shot
42%
└
Rapid Attacks II
29.4%
└
Rapid Attacks I
26.5%
└
Innervate
17.6%
└
Lightning Attunement
14.7%
└
Blind II
11.8%
└
Bleed III
8.8%
└
Elemental Armament II
8.8%
└
Deliberation
8.8%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
8.8%
└
Bleed I
8.8%
└
Pinpoint Critical
5.9%
└
Culling Strike II
5.9%
└
Maim
5.9%
└
Rageforged II
2.9%
└
Fork
2.9%
Mana Remnants
25.9%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Remnant Potency III
66.7%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
19%
└
Dialla's Desire
9.5%
└
Armour Demolisher II
9.5%
└
Remnant Potency I
9.5%
└
Clarity II
9.5%
└
Precision I
4.8%
└
Cannibalism II
4.8%
└
Clarity I
4.8%
└
Vitality I
4.8%
Rhoa Mount
21%
└
Minion Mastery
64.7%
└
Brutus' Brain
47.1%
└
Elemental Army
41.2%
└
Meat Shield II
29.4%
└
Romira's Requital
23.5%
└
Loyalty
23.5%
└
Clarity II
11.8%
└
Blind II
11.8%
└
Blind I
11.8%
└
Last Gasp
5.9%
└
Life Leech III
5.9%
└
Mana Leech
5.9%
└
Dialla's Desire
5.9%
└
Elemental Armament I
5.9%
Electrocuting Arrow
14.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
58.3%
└
Blind II
41.7%
└
Maim
25%
└
Living Lightning II
25%
└
Prolonged Duration I
16.7%
└
Rapid Attacks III
16.7%
└
Rapid Attacks II
16.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
8.3%
└
Potent Exposure
8.3%
└
Elemental Armament I
8.3%
└
Efficiency II
8.3%
└
Rapid Attacks I
8.3%
└
Charged Shots II
8.3%
└
Shock Conduction
8.3%
└
Culling Strike II
8.3%
Herald of Ice
13.6%
└
Magnified Area II
45.5%
└
Elemental Armament II
36.4%
└
Cold Mastery
36.4%
└
Uruk's Smelting
18.2%
└
Overreach
18.2%
└
Cold Attunement
18.2%
└
Cold Penetration
18.2%
└
Freeze
18.2%
└
Breachlord's Rift
9.1%
└
Vorana's Siege
9.1%
└
Deadly Herald
9.1%
└
Poison III
9.1%
└
Precision I
9.1%
└
Pinpoint Critical
9.1%
└
Elemental Armament I
9.1%
Eternal Rage
9.9%
└
Clarity II
25%
└
Vitality II
12.5%
└
Herbalism II
12.5%
└
Clarity I
12.5%
└
Armour Demolisher II
12.5%
Herald of Ash
8.6%
└
Magnified Area II
85.7%
└
Armour Demolisher II
71.4%
└
Fire Mastery
71.4%
└
Swift Affliction III
42.9%
└
Compressed Duration II
28.6%
└
Acrimony
28.6%
└
Swift Affliction II
28.6%
└
Vitality II
14.3%
Called Shots
7.4%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
83.3%
└
Charged Mark
66.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Charge Profusion II
33.3%
└
Eternal Mark
16.7%
└
Lightning Mastery
16.7%
└
Deliberation
16.7%
└
Precision I
16.7%
└
Direstrike II
16.7%
└
Efficiency II
16.7%
Escape Shot
7.4%
└
Frost Nexus
16.7%
└
Magnified Area II
16.7%
└
Freeze
16.7%
└
Deep Freeze
16.7%
└
Rapid Attacks II
16.7%
└
Rapid Attacks III
16.7%
Trinity
6.2%
└
Cannibalism II
40%
└
Lightning Mastery
40%
└
Cold Mastery
40%
└
Warm Blooded
20%
└
Precision II
20%
└
Atziri's Communion
20%
└
Dialla's Desire
20%
└
Precision I
20%
Snipe
4.9%
└
Window of Opportunity II
75%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Concentrated Area
25%
└
Close Combat II
25%
└
Elemental Focus
25%
└
Projectile Acceleration I
25%
└
Heightened Accuracy I
25%
└
Rapid Attacks II
25%
└
Charged Shots I
25%
└
Magnified Area II
25%
└
Tasalio's Rhythm
25%
└
Heft
25%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
25%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
25%
└
Prolonged Duration II
25%
Punch
4.9%
└
Bleed I
50%
└
Rapid Attacks II
25%
└
Longshot I
25%
└
Pin I
25%
└
Rapid Attacks I
25%
Sniper's Mark
4.9%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
75%
└
Charged Mark
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Charge Profusion II
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Eternal Mark
25%
Shockchain Arrow
4.9%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Deliberation
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
25%
└
Rapid Attacks II
25%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
25%
└
Lightning Mastery
25%
└
Bounty II
25%
Freezing Salvo
3.7%
└
Concentrated Area
33.3%
└
Close Combat II
33.3%
└
Cold Mastery
33.3%
└
Ice Bite I
33.3%
└
Alignment II
33.3%
└
Cold Penetration
33.3%
└
Elemental Armament II
33.3%
└
Freeze
33.3%
└
Projectile Acceleration I
33.3%
└
Innervate
33.3%
└
Hourglass
33.3%
Elemental Conflux
2.5%
└
Armour Demolisher II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Lightning Mastery
50%
└
Compressed Duration II
50%
└
Cold Mastery
50%
Ice Shot
2.5%
└
Pierce I
50%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
50%
└
Fork
50%
└
Rapid Attacks I
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
Blasphemy
2.5%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Decaying Hex
50%
└
Focused Curse
50%
└
Slow Potency
50%
└
Ritualistic Curse
50%
└
Kalisa's Crescendo
50%
Temporal Chains
2.5%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Decaying Hex
50%
└
Focused Curse
50%
└
Slow Potency
50%
└
Ritualistic Curse
50%
└
Kalisa's Crescendo
50%
Freezing Mark
2.5%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Eternal Mark
50%
└
Cold Mastery
50%
└
Deliberation
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Charged Mark
50%
Ice-Tipped Arrows
2.5%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Heightened Charges
50%
└
Freeze
50%
└
Perpetual Charge
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Short Fuse I
50%
Stormcaller Arrow
2.5%
└
Shock
100%
└
Deliberation
50%
└
Lightning Attunement
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%