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0.9%
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6%
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2.4%
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10.3%
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12%
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1.1%
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13.9%
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12.4%
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3.9%
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1.4%
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0.4%
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12.6%
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Witchhunter
1.1%

Lightning Bolt

(Druid) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 67 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-28 19:43:54 UTC

The Lightning Bolt is a highly effective skill for the Druid in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 67 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Spell Cascade, Concentrated Area, Deliberation. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Controlling Magic, Turn the Clock Forward, Critical Overload on the skill tree.

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

★ Selected Main Skills

Lightning Bolt
100%
└
Spell Cascade
74.6%
└
Concentrated Area
73.1%
└
Deliberation
53.7%
└
Esh's Prowess
35.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
34.3%
└
Mana Flare
29.9%
└
Zenith II
28.4%
└
Execute III
26.9%
└
Lightning Mastery
22.4%
└
Elemental Focus
19.4%
└
Pinpoint Critical
16.4%
└
Arbiter's Ignition
9%
└
Efficiency II
9%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
7.5%
└
Runic Extraction
7.5%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Spark
95.5%
└
Pierce III
71.9%
└
Vilenta's Propulsion
64.1%
└
Efficiency II
57.8%
└
Rapid Casting II
39.1%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
35.9%
└
Sione's Temper
31.2%
└
Pinpoint Critical
29.7%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
18.8%
└
Trickster's Shard
18.8%
└
Zenith II
15.6%
└
Lifetap
12.5%
└
Considered Casting
12.5%
└
Rakiata's Flow
10.9%
└
Lightning Mastery
7.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
7.8%
Mana Remnants
67.2%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Remnant Potency I
62.2%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
37.8%
└
Remnant Potency III
31.1%
└
Clarity II
8.9%
└
Clarity I
8.9%
└
Armour Demolisher II
6.7%
└
Uhtred's Augury
4.4%
└
Cannibalism I
4.4%
└
Vitality I
2.2%
└
Remnant Potency II
2.2%
└
Atziri's Communion
2.2%
└
Mysticism I
2.2%
└
Vitality II
2.2%
└
Warm Blooded
2.2%
Cast on Critical
61.2%
└
Boundless Energy II
80.5%
└
Efficiency II
53.7%
└
Energy Retention
36.6%
└
Spell Cascade
29.3%
└
Pinpoint Critical
19.5%
└
Lifetap
14.6%
└
Sione's Temper
14.6%
└
Concentrated Area
12.2%
└
Zenith II
12.2%
└
Vorana's Siege
7.3%
└
Rakiata's Flow
7.3%
└
Atziri's Communion
4.9%
└
Ixchel's Torment
4.9%
└
Uhtred's Omen
4.9%
└
Execute III
4.9%
Sigil of Power
53.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
94.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
58.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Efficiency II
41.7%
└
Second Wind III
13.9%
└
Lifetap
11.1%
└
Armour Demolisher II
5.6%
└
Arcane Surge
2.8%
└
Mobility
2.8%
└
Uhtred's Rite
2.8%
└
Second Wind II
2.8%
└
Overabundance II
2.8%
Life Remnants
49.3%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
97%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
72.7%
└
Remnant Potency I
51.5%
└
Remnant Potency III
42.4%
└
Mysticism II
9.1%
└
Selfless Remnants
6.1%
└
Cannibalism I
6.1%
└
Clarity I
3%
└
Harmonic Remnants I
3%
└
Vitality I
3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
3%
Blink
44.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
96.7%
└
Uhtred's Augury
66.7%
└
Dialla's Desire
43.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
40%
└
Atziri's Communion
13.3%
└
Mysticism I
13.3%
└
Cool Headed
10%
└
Clarity I
10%
└
Mobility
10%
└
Clarity II
3.3%
└
Rapid Casting III
3.3%
Orb of Storms
43.3%
└
Unleash
69%
└
Overabundance II
62.1%
└
Efficiency II
44.8%
└
Considered Casting
27.6%
└
Dominus' Grasp
27.6%
└
Pinpoint Critical
24.1%
└
Rapid Casting II
24.1%
└
Overabundance I
20.7%
└
Lightning Mastery
20.7%
└
Lifetap
17.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
13.8%
└
Magnified Area II
10.3%
└
Living Lightning II
10.3%
└
Execute III
10.3%
└
Stun III
6.9%
Comet
41.8%
└
Boundless Energy II
78.6%
└
Efficiency II
60.7%
└
Spell Cascade
50%
└
Pinpoint Critical
25%
└
Energy Retention
25%
└
Zenith II
21.4%
└
Concentrated Area
14.3%
└
Vorana's Siege
10.7%
└
Ixchel's Torment
10.7%
└
Uhtred's Omen
7.1%
└
Rakiata's Flow
7.1%
└
Cold Mastery
7.1%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
7.1%
└
Lifetap
7.1%
└
Dialla's Desire
7.1%
Siphon Elements
40.3%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Remnant Potency I
44.4%
└
Cold Mastery
37%
└
Remnant Potency III
25.9%
└
Fire Mastery
18.5%
└
Uhtred's Omen
7.4%
└
Mysticism I
3.7%
└
Lightning Mastery
3.7%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
3.7%
└
Clarity I
3.7%
└
Armour Demolisher II
3.7%
Frost Bomb
37.3%
└
Short Fuse II
64%
└
Potent Exposure
52%
└
Spell Echo
52%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
32%
└
Overabundance II
32%
└
Overabundance I
28%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
28%
└
Spell Cascade
24%
└
Efficiency II
16%
└
Magnified Area II
12%
└
Second Wind III
8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
8%
└
Lifetap
8%
└
Concentrated Area
4%
└
Stun II
4%
Explosive Transmutation
31.3%
└
Spell Cascade
95.2%
└
Arbiter's Ignition
61.9%
└
Efficiency II
38.1%
└
Vorana's Siege
38.1%
└
Magnified Area II
38.1%
└
Execute III
33.3%
└
Runic Extraction
28.6%
└
Ignite III
23.8%
└
Fiery Death
19%
└
Physical Mastery
14.3%
└
Freeze
9.5%
└
Zenith II
9.5%
└
Practical Magic II
4.8%
└
Cold Mastery
4.8%
└
Fire Mastery
4.8%
Remnants of Kalguur
28.4%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Remnant Potency I
78.9%
└
Remnant Potency III
15.8%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
10.5%
└
Uhtred's Omen
5.3%
└
Mysticism I
5.3%
The Stars Answer
28.4%
└
Concentrated Area
10.5%
└
Ignite III
10.5%
└
Rapid Casting II
5.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
5.3%
└
Execute III
5.3%
└
Fire Penetration II
5.3%
└
Searing Flame II
5.3%
Arctic Armour
26.9%
└
Cold Mastery
94.4%
└
Freeze
61.1%
└
Knockback
55.6%
└
Execute III
44.4%
└
Cold Penetration
27.8%
└
Bounty II
22.2%
└
Embitter
22.2%
└
Elemental Focus
22.2%
└
Deep Freeze
16.7%
└
Pinpoint Critical
16.7%
└
Zenith II
16.7%
└
Tul's Stillness
11.1%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
11.1%
└
Execute II
5.6%
└
Cold Attunement
5.6%
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26.9%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
83.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Boundless Energy II
16.7%
└
Energy Retention
11.1%
└
Rapid Casting I
11.1%
└
Second Wind II
11.1%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
5.6%
└
Armour Demolisher II
5.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
5.6%
└
Rapid Casting III
5.6%
└
Uhtred's Rite
5.6%
└
Vorana's Siege
5.6%
└
Spell Cascade
5.6%
└
Profanity II
5.6%
Frost Wall
26.9%
└
Spell Cascade
83.3%
└
Magnified Area II
44.4%
└
Fortress II
38.9%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
27.8%
└
Verglas
27.8%
└
Fortress I
22.2%
└
Boundless Energy II
22.2%
└
Lifetap
22.2%
└
Freeze
11.1%
└
Zenith II
11.1%
└
Pinpoint Critical
11.1%
└
Glacier
11.1%
└
Cold Exposure
5.6%
└
Considered Casting
5.6%
Elemental Weakness
25.4%
└
Heightened Curse
70.6%
└
Magnified Area II
58.8%
└
Efficiency II
47.1%
└
Cursed Ground
35.3%
└
Lifetap
35.3%
└
Focused Curse
29.4%
└
Prolonged Duration II
23.5%
└
Doedre's Undoing
17.6%
└
Hayoxi's Fulmination
11.8%
└
Ritualistic Curse
11.8%
└
Fire Mastery
5.9%
└
Rapid Casting II
5.9%
└
Zarokh's Refrain
5.9%
└
Magnified Area I
5.9%
└
Kalisa's Crescendo
5.9%
Arc
22.4%
└
Boundless Energy II
66.7%
└
Sione's Temper
60%
└
Energy Retention
40%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Lifetap
26.7%
└
Dominus' Grasp
20%
└
Pinpoint Critical
20%
└
Deliberation
20%
└
Lightning Mastery
13.3%
└
Rakiata's Flow
6.7%
└
Boundless Energy I
6.7%
└
Overabundance II
6.7%
└
Commiserate
6.7%
└
Overcharge
6.7%
└
Mysticism I
6.7%
Blasphemy
20.9%
└
Ritualistic Curse
71.4%
└
Magnified Area II
64.3%
└
Atziri's Communion
35.7%
└
Slow Potency
21.4%
└
Heightened Curse
21.4%
└
Pinpoint Critical
21.4%
└
Hex Bloom
14.3%
└
Living Lightning II
14.3%
└
Clarity II
7.1%
└
Blind II
7.1%
└
Fire Mastery
7.1%
└
Burning Inscription
7.1%
└
Living Lightning
7.1%
└
Culling Strike II
7.1%
Elemental Conflux
19.4%
└
Lightning Mastery
46.2%
└
Uhtred's Omen
38.5%
└
Fire Mastery
38.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
15.4%
└
Cold Mastery
15.4%
└
Mysticism I
7.7%
└
Compressed Duration II
7.7%
└
Armour Demolisher II
7.7%
Convalescence
17.9%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
91.7%
└
Second Wind III
41.7%
└
Rapid Casting III
25%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
16.7%
└
Lifetap
16.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
16.7%
└
Uhtred's Rite
8.3%
└
Vitality I
8.3%
└
Warm Blooded
8.3%
└
Atziri's Communion
8.3%
└
Seraph's Heart
8.3%
└
Mysticism I
8.3%
└
Second Wind II
8.3%
Trinity
17.9%
└
Lightning Mastery
50%
└
Atziri's Communion
50%
└
Uhtred's Omen
33.3%
└
Cannibalism I
25%
└
Cold Mastery
8.3%
└
Dialla's Desire
8.3%
└
Vitality I
8.3%
└
Fire Mastery
8.3%
Mana Tempest
16.4%
└
Lightning Mastery
90.9%
└
Efficiency II
81.8%
└
Rapid Casting II
63.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
54.5%
└
Arcane Surge
18.2%
└
Uhtred's Rite
18.2%
└
Mobility
18.2%
└
Morgana's Tempest
9.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
9.1%
└
Deliberation
9.1%
└
Lifetap
9.1%
Spellslinger
16.4%
└
Efficiency II
27.3%
└
Boundless Energy II
27.3%
└
Energy Retention
18.2%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
18.2%
└
Fire Exposure
9.1%
└
Fortress II
9.1%
└
Fire Mastery
9.1%
└
Rapid Casting I
9.1%
└
Ignite III
9.1%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
9.1%
└
Execute II
9.1%
└
Lightning Mastery
9.1%
└
Pierce III
9.1%
└
Chain III
9.1%
└
Lifetap
9.1%
Archmage
16.4%
└
Lightning Mastery
72.7%
└
Clarity II
27.3%
└
Atziri's Communion
9.1%
└
Esh's Prowess
9.1%
└
Dialla's Desire
9.1%
└
Mysticism II
9.1%
└
Uhtred's Exodus
9.1%
└
Cannibalism I
9.1%
└
Clarity I
9.1%
└
Uhtred's Augury
9.1%
└
Uhtred's Omen
9.1%
Temporal Chains
16.4%
└
Magnified Area II
54.5%
└
Ritualistic Curse
54.5%
└
Heightened Curse
36.4%
└
Slow Potency
27.3%
└
Atziri's Communion
27.3%
└
Doedre's Undoing
18.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
18.2%
└
Clarity II
9.1%
└
Pinpoint Critical
9.1%
└
Hex Bloom
9.1%
└
Expanse
9.1%
└
Focused Curse
9.1%
└
Efficiency II
9.1%
└
Burning Inscription
9.1%
└
Living Lightning II
9.1%
Refutation
16.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
90.9%
└
Uhtred's Rite
63.6%
└
Efficiency II
54.5%
└
Rapid Casting II
54.5%
└
Rapid Casting III
27.3%
└
Mobility
18.2%
└
Second Wind III
9.1%
└
Second Wind II
9.1%
Impurity
14.9%
└
Mysticism II
70%
└
Her Declaration
70%
└
Cannibalism II
60%
└
Seraph's Heart
40%
└
Clarity II
40%
└
Vitality II
30%
└
Chaos Mastery
10%
└
Herbalism II
10%
└
Cool Headed
10%
Purity of Fire
13.4%
└
Clarity II
77.8%
└
Vitality II
55.6%
└
Cannibalism II
55.6%
└
Herbalism II
44.4%
└
Mysticism II
33.3%
└
Warm Blooded
22.2%
└
Cool Headed
22.2%
└
Fire Mastery
11.1%
└
Seraph's Heart
11.1%
└
Her Declaration
11.1%
Cast on Elemental Ailment
13.4%
└
Boundless Energy II
44.4%
└
Spell Cascade
33.3%
└
Zenith II
22.2%
└
Efficiency II
22.2%
└
Pinpoint Critical
22.2%
└
Sione's Temper
22.2%
└
Cold Mastery
11.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
11.1%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
11.1%
└
Lightning Mastery
11.1%
└
Deliberation
11.1%
└
Ixchel's Torment
11.1%
└
Commiserate
11.1%
└
Overcharge
11.1%
Pinnacle of Power
13.4%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Heightened Charges
100%
└
Fire Mastery
55.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
33.3%
└
Lifetap
33.3%
└
Perpetual Charge
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
22.2%
└
Cold Mastery
22.2%
Firestorm
13.4%
└
Rapid Casting II
77.8%
└
Spell Cascade
77.8%
└
Spell Echo
44.4%
└
Efficiency II
22.2%
└
Heft
11.1%
└
Armour Break III
11.1%
└
Execute III
11.1%
└
Overabundance I
11.1%
└
Freeze
11.1%
└
Magnified Area II
11.1%
└
Overabundance II
11.1%
└
Cold Penetration
11.1%
Power Siphon
13.4%
└
Rapid Casting II
22.2%
└
Efficiency II
11.1%
└
Knockback
11.1%
└
Enduring Impact II
11.1%
└
Execute III
11.1%
└
Bounty II
11.1%
└
Charge Profusion II
11.1%
└
Mobility
11.1%
└
Charge Profusion I
11.1%
Repulsion
11.9%
└
Magnified Area II
75%
└
Ritualistic Curse
75%
└
Atziri's Communion
50%
└
Pinpoint Critical
37.5%
└
Heightened Curse
25%
└
Living Lightning II
25%
└
Blind II
12.5%
└
Hex Bloom
12.5%
└
Burning Inscription
12.5%
└
Living Lightning
12.5%
└
Culling Strike II
12.5%
Time of Need
10.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Uhtred's Omen
42.9%
└
Armour Demolisher II
28.6%
└
Vitality I
14.3%
└
Clarity I
14.3%
Consecrate
9%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Lifetap
33.3%
└
Expanse
16.7%
└
Efficiency II
16.7%
└
Encroaching Ground
16.7%
└
Persistent Ground II
16.7%
└
Spell Cascade
16.7%
Flame Wall
9%
└
Prolonged Duration II
66.7%
└
Fortress II
50%
└
Spell Cascade
33.3%
└
Fire Mastery
33.3%
└
Fire Exposure
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
16.7%
└
Ignite III
16.7%
└
Prolonged Duration I
16.7%
└
Fortress I
16.7%
└
Efficiency II
16.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
16.7%
└
Expand
16.7%
└
Searing Flame II
16.7%
└
Execute II
16.7%
└
Pinpoint Critical
16.7%
Discipline
6%
Frostbolt
4.5%
└
Sione's Temper
100%
└
Vilenta's Propulsion
66.7%
└
Efficiency II
66.7%
└
Unleash
33.3%
└
Pinpoint Critical
33.3%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
33.3%
└
Pierce III
33.3%
└
Trickster's Shard
33.3%
└
Cold Penetration
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
Ball Lightning
4.5%
└
Boundless Energy II
66.7%
└
Energy Retention
66.7%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
33.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
└
Derange
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Pinpoint Critical
33.3%
└
Sione's Temper
33.3%
Demon Form
4.5%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Armour Demolisher II
66.7%
└
Lifetap
66.7%
└
Second Wind III
66.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
33.3%
Wolf Pack
4.5%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
100%
└
Infernal Legion II
100%
└
Loyalty
66.7%
└
Feeding Frenzy I
66.7%
└
Minion Instability
66.7%
└
Rapid Attacks III
33.3%
└
Essence Harvest
33.3%
Snap
4.5%
└
Boundless Energy II
66.7%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Spell Cascade
33.3%
└
Zenith II
33.3%
└
Lifetap
33.3%
Living Bomb
4.5%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Overabundance II
33.3%
└
Sione's Temper
33.3%
└
Overabundance I
33.3%
└
Harmonic Remnants I
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Spell Cascade
33.3%
Enervating Nova
4.5%
└
Zenith II
33.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
33.3%
└
Astral Projection
33.3%
└
Concentrated Area
33.3%
Charge Regulation
3%
└
Mysticism I
100%
Into the Breach
3%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
100%
└
Remnant Potency I
50%
└
Remnant Potency III
50%
Entangle
3%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Branching Fissures II
100%
└
Accelerated Growth II
50%
└
Heft
50%
└
Uruk's Smelting
50%
└
Mana Flare
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Pinpoint Critical
50%
Punch
3%
└
Short Fuse II
50%
└
Armour Break III
50%
└
Armour Demolisher II
50%
└
Bleed III
50%