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12.6%
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Witchhunter
1.1%

Lightning Rod

(Monk) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 10 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-28 19:43:54 UTC

The Lightning Rod is a highly effective skill for the Monk in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 10 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 Heartbreaking, Honed Instincts, Heartstopping 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
80%
└
Deliberation
70%
└
Concentrated Area
50%
└
Elemental Focus
50%
└
Close Combat II
40%
└
Lightning Attunement
40%
└
Rapid Attacks II
20%
└
Lightning Penetration
20%
└
Magnified Area II
20%
└
Multishot II
20%
└
Embitter
10%
└
Multishot I
10%
└
Vorana's Siege
10%
└
Eonyr's Thunder
10%
└
Stoicism II
10%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Lightning Arrow
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
90%
└
Rapid Attacks II
80%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
70%
└
Deliberation
50%
└
Innervate
40%
└
Prolonged Duration II
40%
└
Charged Shots II
40%
└
Rakiata's Flow
40%
└
Oisín's Oath
30%
└
Fork
30%
└
Stoicism II
20%
└
Lightning Penetration
20%
└
Embitter
10%
└
Esh's Prowess
10%
└
Mobility
10%
Herald of Thunder
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
90%
└
Elemental Focus
80%
└
Magnified Area II
60%
└
Longshot II
60%
└
Concentrated Area
50%
└
Lightning Attunement
50%
└
Lightning Penetration
20%
└
Culling Strike II
10%
└
Cold Attunement
10%
└
Embitter
10%
└
Freeze
10%
└
Bounty II
10%
└
Blind II
10%
Tornado Shot
80%
└
Blind II
87.5%
└
Overabundance II
75%
└
Rapid Attacks II
62.5%
└
Durability
62.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
37.5%
└
Efficiency II
25%
└
Embitter
12.5%
└
Close Combat II
12.5%
└
Rigwald's Ferocity
12.5%
└
Concentrated Area
12.5%
Wind Dancer
80%
└
Blind II
87.5%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Knockback
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
25%
└
Magnified Area I
12.5%
└
Embitter
12.5%
└
Olroth's Hubris
12.5%
└
Punch Through
12.5%
└
Direstrike I
12.5%
└
Maim
12.5%
└
Life Leech II
12.5%
└
Clarity I
12.5%
Ghost Dance
70%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Clarity II
28.6%
└
Clarity I
28.6%
└
Uhtred's Omen
14.3%
└
Herbalism I
14.3%
└
Cannibalism II
14.3%
└
Precision II
14.3%
└
Dialla's Desire
14.3%
└
Direstrike II
14.3%
Mirage Deadeye
60%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
83.3%
└
Elemental Armament II
83.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Deliberation
33.3%
└
Charged Shots II
16.7%
└
Close Combat II
16.7%
Voltaic Mark
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
60%
└
Lightning Mastery
60%
└
Charged Mark
60%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
40%
└
Magnified Area II
20%
└
Mark of Siphoning
20%
└
Efficiency II
20%
Rhoa Mount
40%
└
Brutus' Brain
100%
└
Romira's Requital
50%
└
Loyalty
25%
└
Minion Mastery
25%
Mirage Archer
40%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
75%
└
Rapid Attacks II
75%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Deliberation
25%
└
Lightning Penetration
25%
Barrage
40%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
Herald of Ice
30%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Cold Penetration
66.7%
└
Freeze
33.3%
└
Frozen Spite
33.3%
└
Execute III
33.3%
└
Cold Mastery
33.3%
└
Armour Explosion
33.3%
└
Uruk's Smelting
33.3%
Bow Shot
30%
└
Charged Shots II
33.3%
└
Ambush
33.3%
└
Ice Bite II
33.3%
└
Chain I
33.3%
└
Multishot I
33.3%
└
Mobility
33.3%
Charge Regulation
20%
└
Precision I
50%
Sniper's Mark
20%
└
Prolonged Duration I
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Charge Profusion II
50%
└
Empowered Sparks II
50%
Called Shots
20%
└
Prolonged Duration I
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Charge Profusion II
50%
└
Empowered Sparks II
50%
└
Charged Mark
50%
└
Eternal Mark
50%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
50%
Trinity
20%
└
Atziri's Communion
50%
└
Precision I
50%
└
Uhtred's Augury
50%
Electrocuting Arrow
20%
└
Prolonged Duration I
50%
└
Slow Potency
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Blind II
50%
└
Maim
50%
└
Rapid Attacks II
50%
Ice Shot
10%
└
Stoicism II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Rigwald's Ferocity
100%
└
Embitter
100%
└
Minion Pact II
100%
Ritual Sacrifice
10%
Blood Boil
10%
Shred
10%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Deliberation
100%
└
Rapid Attacks I
100%
Blink
10%
└
Deliberation
100%
Rain of Blades
10%
Punch
10%
└
Projectile Acceleration II
100%
└
Culling Strike II
100%
└
Longshot II
100%
Mana Remnants
10%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
Refutation
10%
Freezing Mark
10%
└
Charged Mark
100%
└
Eternal Mark
100%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
100%
Herald of Ash
10%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Fire Mastery
100%
└
Swift Affliction II
100%
└
Acrimony
100%
Combat Frenzy
10%
└
Empowered Sparks II
100%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
Eternal Rage
10%
Elemental Surge
10%
└
Elemental Focus
100%