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0.5 Lightning Crossbow deadeye imexile

presentationRanger
presentationDeadeye
End Game
0.5 RotA
Verified
Updated on May 26, 2026
May 26, 2026

Build Overview

Arjun's Medal took a hit but the build will still work in 0.5, just requires reloading more.

Hey guys, this is my Galvanic Shards/ Shockburst Rounds deadeye that I played in SC trade, I prefer Galvanic Shards clear over playing LA/LR so I swapped over to crossbow. Single target is definitely lower than the other build but I prefer this clearspeed more.

I would recommend leveling with LA/LR into a Ice shot/snipe setup as bows or using my grenade leveling. https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/ice-shot-snipe-ranger-leveling from GuyThatDies will work well.

Strengths and Weaknesses

  • High speed
  • Cheaper weapon than bows
  • Great clear w/ galvanic
  • Avg defense until good gear
  • Expensive non weapons items

Build Variants

I won't bother swapping to crit but this setup is where I would be happy to stop upgrading.

Equipment

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Equipment Priority
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Crossbow most important item: BIG phys dmg + flat lightning. For the suffixes get 6 mods and use Perfect essence of Battle and Perfect essence of haste to get both essence mods.

Gloves: HIgh flat damage + resist + evasion/es/int.

Boots: As high movement speed as possible, can look to make essence mod boots if rich. ES/Life/evasion + resists and dex or int.

Jewelry: HIgh flat damage + Resists + dex/int. 3rd prefix being rarity is ideal, if you can get around 100 total that would be perfect but its very hard to fit in rarity mods with this build.

Amulet: +3 Proj mandatory, rest of mods %EV %ES and resists.

Body armour: High EV and deflect mod + resists.

Helmet: HIGH Energy shield to make use of Subterfuge Mask and resist/attribute.

Belt: Headhunter eventually but until then just life + Resists and attribute, early survivability can be Shavronne's Satchel. THE ATTRIBUTE ROLLS ON THE HEADHUNTER WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE MUCH EASIER, REQUIRING LESS INT ON GEAR AND MORE ON THE PASSIVE TREE INSTEAD.

Attributes are insanely annoying to get on this build so you do need several suffixes with int/str/dex so you can get enough for both the offhand weapon/ES gear and gems.

**NEED OFFHAND BIG PHYS BOW/QUIVER FOR Stormcaller Arrow SHOCKS**


Skill Gems

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 40

Dex 65

Int 20

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Crossbow Shot

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Galvanic Shards

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Shockburst Rounds

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Stormcaller Arrow

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Herald of Thunder

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Emergency Reload

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Ghost Dance

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Flash Grenade

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Wind Dancer

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Gem Priority
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6 socket prio: Galvanic > Shockburst > Herald.


Passive Tree

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Jewels are just ms/crossbow damage/evasion.

One sapphire with mana on kill/ES/ailment threshold/stun threshold is good.

For the unique jewels you'll want damage as extra lightning or other damage as extra mods.

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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