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12.6%
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Witchhunter
1.1%

Lightning Rod

(Deadeye) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 105 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-28 19:43:54 UTC

The Lightning Rod is a highly effective skill for the Deadeye in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 105 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 Projectile Proximity Specialisation, Endless Munitions, 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
99%
└
Deliberation
64.8%
└
Concentrated Area
58.1%
└
Lightning Attunement
50.5%
└
Magnified Area II
32.4%
└
Close Combat II
30.5%
└
Lightning Penetration
29.5%
└
Elemental Focus
23.8%
└
Blindside
21.9%
└
Rapid Attacks II
20%
└
Multishot II
12.4%
└
Rigwald's Ferocity
11.4%
└
Stoicism II
7.6%
└
Durability
3.8%
└
Charged Shots II
3.8%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Lightning Arrow
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
99%
└
Rapid Attacks II
93.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
83.8%
└
Deliberation
66.7%
└
Fork
56.2%
└
Innervate
54.3%
└
Rakiata's Flow
47.6%
└
Charged Shots II
38.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
32.4%
└
Garukhan's Resolve
28.6%
└
Lightning Attunement
24.8%
└
Oisín's Oath
8.6%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
6.7%
└
Efficiency II
6.7%
└
Lightning Penetration
5.7%
Herald of Thunder
99%
└
Elemental Focus
90.4%
└
Elemental Armament II
89.4%
└
Longshot II
72.1%
└
Lightning Attunement
62.5%
└
Concentrated Area
61.5%
└
Lightning Penetration
27.9%
└
Magnified Area II
25%
└
Lightning Mastery
6.7%
└
Blind II
5.8%
└
Deadly Herald
4.8%
└
Armour Explosion
3.8%
└
Pinpoint Critical
3.8%
└
Culling Strike II
2.9%
└
Maim
2.9%
└
Cold Attunement
1.9%
Mirage Deadeye
95.2%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
82%
└
Elemental Armament II
76%
└
Rapid Attacks II
75%
└
Deliberation
62%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33%
└
Lightning Attunement
8%
└
Eonyr's Thunder
4%
└
Charged Shots II
4%
└
Projectile Acceleration II
3%
└
Rapid Attacks III
3%
└
Fork
3%
└
Electrocute
3%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
2%
└
Culling Strike II
2%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
2%
Wind Dancer
93.3%
└
Knockback
73.5%
└
Blind II
38.8%
└
Maim
28.6%
└
Magnified Area II
25.5%
└
Magnified Area I
14.3%
└
Blind I
13.3%
└
Cannibalism I
10.2%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
9.2%
└
Clarity I
8.2%
└
Life Leech III
7.1%
└
Clarity II
5.1%
└
Pin I
4.1%
└
Mana Leech
2%
└
Elemental Armament II
2%
└
Precision I
2%
Tornado Shot
81.9%
└
Overabundance II
75.6%
└
Durability
72.1%
└
Rapid Attacks II
70.9%
└
Blind II
65.1%
└
Efficiency II
37.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
31.4%
└
Overabundance I
23.3%
└
Concentrated Area
15.1%
└
Elemental Armament II
11.6%
└
Magnified Area II
4.7%
└
Physical Mastery
2.3%
└
Maim
2.3%
└
Blind I
1.2%
└
Prolonged Duration I
1.2%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
1.2%
Barrage
69.5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
82.2%
└
Rapid Casting II
69.9%
└
Prolonged Duration II
16.4%
└
Second Wind III
12.3%
└
Perpetual Charge
8.2%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
8.2%
└
Heightened Charges
6.8%
└
Efficiency II
6.8%
└
Rapid Casting I
5.5%
└
Second Wind II
4.1%
└
Rapid Casting III
2.7%
└
Deliberation
2.7%
└
Potent Exposure
1.4%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
1.4%
└
Slow Potency
1.4%
Ghost Dance
68.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
88.9%
└
Clarity I
8.3%
└
Precision I
4.2%
└
Second Wind III
4.2%
└
Clarity II
4.2%
└
Precision II
2.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
1.4%
└
Armour Demolisher I
1.4%
└
Cannibalism II
1.4%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
1.4%
└
Vitality I
1.4%
└
Cannibalism I
1.4%
└
Second Wind II
1.4%
└
Uhtred's Omen
1.4%
Mirage Archer
66.7%
└
Rapid Attacks II
94.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
88.6%
└
Elemental Armament II
87.1%
└
Deliberation
78.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
15.7%
└
Lightning Attunement
5.7%
└
Lightning Exposure
4.3%
└
Charged Shots II
2.9%
└
Arakaali's Lust
1.4%
└
Fork
1.4%
└
Elemental Armament III
1.4%
└
Rapid Attacks III
1.4%
└
Lightning Penetration
1.4%
└
Elemental Focus
1.4%
└
Overcharge
1.4%
Voltaic Mark
46.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
61.2%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
59.2%
└
Lightning Mastery
49%
└
Charged Mark
32.7%
└
Efficiency II
22.4%
└
Prolonged Duration I
18.4%
└
Mark of Siphoning
10.2%
└
Mark for Death
8.2%
└
Lifetap
8.2%
└
Mark for Death II
4.1%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
4.1%
└
Eternal Mark
4.1%
└
Efficiency I
2%
└
Magnified Area II
2%
└
Oisín's Oath
2%
Bow Shot
36.2%
└
Rapid Attacks II
21.1%
└
Rapid Attacks I
21.1%
└
Innervate
18.4%
└
Lightning Attunement
10.5%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
10.5%
└
Deliberation
10.5%
└
Bleed III
10.5%
└
Mana Leech
7.9%
└
Blind II
7.9%
└
Elemental Armament II
7.9%
└
Stoicism II
7.9%
└
Multishot I
7.9%
└
Multishot II
7.9%
└
Projectile Acceleration II
5.3%
└
Charged Shots I
5.3%
Electrocuting Arrow
14.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
46.7%
└
Maim
40%
└
Rapid Attacks III
33.3%
└
Blind II
26.7%
└
Rapid Attacks II
20%
└
Lightning Mastery
13.3%
└
Prolonged Duration I
13.3%
└
Lightning Attunement
6.7%
└
Culling Strike II
6.7%
└
Elemental Armament I
6.7%
└
Living Lightning II
6.7%
└
Efficiency II
6.7%
└
Potent Exposure
6.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
6.7%
Rhoa Mount
14.3%
└
Minion Mastery
80%
└
Brutus' Brain
60%
└
Romira's Requital
33.3%
└
Elemental Army
33.3%
└
Blind II
20%
└
Loyalty
20%
└
Meat Shield II
20%
└
Culling Strike I
13.3%
└
Blind I
13.3%
└
Last Gasp
13.3%
└
Clarity I
6.7%
Herald of Ice
13.3%
└
Magnified Area II
85.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
64.3%
└
Cold Attunement
50%
└
Freeze
28.6%
└
Cold Mastery
28.6%
└
Elemental Focus
28.6%
└
Armour Explosion
21.4%
└
Armour Demolisher II
14.3%
└
Longshot II
14.3%
└
Poison III
7.1%
└
Uruk's Smelting
7.1%
└
Frozen Spite
7.1%
└
Elemental Armament I
7.1%
└
Pinpoint Critical
7.1%
└
Cold Penetration
7.1%
Mana Remnants
12.4%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
92.3%
└
Remnant Potency III
61.5%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
30.8%
└
Remnant Potency I
23.1%
└
Remnant Potency II
7.7%
└
Precision I
7.7%
└
Clarity I
7.7%
└
Dialla's Desire
7.7%
Herald of Ash
10.5%
└
Magnified Area II
81.8%
└
Fire Mastery
54.5%
└
Swift Affliction II
36.4%
└
Acrimony
36.4%
└
Armour Demolisher II
27.3%
└
Magnified Area I
18.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
18.2%
└
Concentrated Area
9.1%
└
Deadly Herald
9.1%
└
Swift Affliction III
9.1%
└
Armour Demolisher I
9.1%
└
Clarity I
9.1%
Escape Shot
7.6%
└
Freeze
37.5%
└
Holy Descent
25%
└
Magnified Area II
25%
└
Elemental Armament I
12.5%
└
Frost Nexus
12.5%
└
Rapid Attacks I
12.5%
└
Culling Strike I
12.5%
└
Charged Shots I
12.5%
└
Longshot II
12.5%
└
Rapid Attacks II
12.5%
└
Deep Freeze
12.5%
└
Efficiency II
12.5%
Called Shots
6.7%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
85.7%
└
Charged Mark
71.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
57.1%
└
Lifetap
42.9%
└
Charge Profusion II
14.3%
└
Eternal Mark
14.3%
└
Efficiency II
14.3%
Eternal Rage
5.7%
└
Armour Demolisher II
16.7%
└
Precision I
16.7%
└
Cannibalism I
16.7%
└
Clarity I
16.7%
Ice Shot
5.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
66.7%
└
Rapid Attacks II
50%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
33.3%
└
Fork
33.3%
└
Ice Bite II
33.3%
└
Rigwald's Ferocity
16.7%
└
Efficiency II
16.7%
└
Frozen Spite
16.7%
└
Rapid Attacks I
16.7%
└
Stoicism II
16.7%
└
Cold Attunement
16.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
16.7%
└
Deliberation
16.7%
Freezing Mark
4.8%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
100%
└
Charged Mark
80%
└
Lifetap
60%
└
Prolonged Duration II
40%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
40%
└
Eternal Mark
20%
Sniper's Mark
3.8%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
100%
└
Charged Mark
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Eternal Mark
50%
└
Charge Profusion II
25%
└
Prolonged Duration II
25%
└
Mark for Death
25%
└
Efficiency II
25%
Spear Throw
3.8%
Trinity
3.8%
└
Precision II
50%
└
Lightning Mastery
50%
└
Cold Mastery
50%
└
Cannibalism II
25%
└
Warm Blooded
25%
└
Uhtred's Omen
25%
Attrition
2.9%
└
Clarity II
33.3%
└
Precision I
33.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
33.3%
Elemental Conflux
2.9%
└
Lightning Mastery
100%
└
Clarity II
33.3%
└
Compressed Duration II
33.3%