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PoE 2 Build

0.4 Lightning arrow deadeye leveling

Updated on Dec 11, 2025
Dec 11, 2025

Build Overview

This leveling setup still works perfectly fine for 0.4 however it will be quite a bit weaker with the chain and lightning rod prestack nerfs, and for endgame you can look into fubguns guide here: https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/lightning-arrow-farmer-fubgun

vendor regex:

"(10|15)% i.+mov|ph.*da|\d cfl.+da|ck spe|s: bow"

Strengths and Weaknesses

  • High damage with proper setup
  • High movement speed after lab
  • Strongest starter ascendancy in the game
  • Squishy early
  • Lightning rod can be annoying to play with

Build Variants

For clear you just mix Lightning Arrow for white mobs and Lightning Rod for more tanky mobs, depending on how good your weapon is might mean you have to cast rod more often.

While bossing with this build, you want to prestack Lightning Rodx10 where the bosses will spawn and try to keep them on your rods while you shoot Lightning Arrow into the boss. Some bosses move frequently so this can be annoying

Equipment

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Equipment Priority
+6

In act one you REALLY want to look for items with FLAT damage to attacks. This mod exists on:

  • Gloves
  • Rings
  • Quiver
  • Weapons

Also MOVEMENT SPEED BOOTS very required.

Check vendors everytime you enter town, vendor items for gold so you can buy the items listed above.

Save socketed items and quality items to use with the SALVAGE BENCH.

Bow base order, you want to upgrade fairly often unless your previous base is ridiculously good with 3 damage prefixes or something along those lines.

Crude Bow

Shortbow

Warden Bow (invest a bit of currency and runes here)

Recurve Bow(skip if your warden is very good)

Dualstring Bow (invest all currency here)



Skill Gems

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 5

Dex 20

Int 5

1

Bow Shot

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2

Lightning Arrow

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3

Lightning Rod

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Contagion

5

Herald of Thunder

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6

Frost Bomb

Gem Priority
+6

HEAVILY SUGGESTING killing optional bosses for gems/support gems.

Devourer -> Beira, cold witch -> Hut witch in Grelwood > Grim Tangle side boss

Make sure to remove Chain when clearing normally as it significantly hurts your damage, it is only used for procing Lightning Rod on single target.

Chain gets put on Lightning Arrow on single target, early on it will replace Lightning Infusion which will go on your Lightning Rod for single target only.

Contagion gets dropped after cemetery as it no longer deals damage.

Frost Bomb is for the additional exposure on single target.

Passive Tree

main:
123
123
set 1:
20
20
set 2:
20
20

Quest Rewards

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Clearfell — Beira of the Rotten Pack
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Hunting Grounds — The Crowbell
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Freythorn — The King in the Mists
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Ogham Farmlands — Una's Hut
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Ogham Manor — Candlemass, the Living Rite
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Keth — Kabala, Constrictor Queen
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Valley of the Titans — Medallion
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Deshar — Final Letter
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The Spires of Deshar — Sisters of Garukhan
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Jungle Ruins — Mighty Silverfist
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The Venom Crypts — Venom Draught
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Jiquani's Machinarium — Blackjaw, the Remnant
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The Azak Bog — Ignagduk, the Bog Witch
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The Molten Vault — The Molten Vault
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Aggorat — Blood Sacrifice
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Journey's End — Captain Hartlin
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Eye of Hinekora — Navali's Rest
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Halls of the Dead — Yama The White
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Halls of the Dead — Tawhoa's Test
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Abandoned Prison — Goddess of Justice
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Halls of the Dead — Tasalio's Test
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Halls of the Dead — Ngamahu's Test
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Wolvenhold — Oswin, the Dread Warden
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The Khari Crossing — Akthi and Anundr
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The Khari Crossing — Molten Shrine
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Qimah — Tabana's Pillar
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Kriar Village — Lythara, the Wayward Spear
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Howling Caves — The Abominable Yeti
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