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PoE 2 Build

Amazon Lightning Arrow/Rod Tank

Huntress

0.3 TTE

Amazon

Verified

By Onemanaleft

Updated on Nov 20, 2025

Nov 20, 2025

Build Overview

While this will play virtually identical to all other bow builds, a key difference with amazon is the ascendancy point Stalking Panther which can let amazon double up on evasion rating while still using a pure ES body armour for ES scaling. This results in a character with much higher evasion rating than any other ascendancy (exceeding 60k in end game) while still being able to reach 3k+ ES to use Ghost Dance in order to be virtually invincible. the setup became even stronger in patch 0.3 thanks to the addition of the deflection mechanic, which causes you to take less damage from hits based on a conversion from your evasion rating. All of this means your evasion scales you 3x defensively that are multiplicative with each other. 1.) your initial evade chance that now works on all damage 2.) your deflection chance if evasion doesnt work 3.) your amount of recovered ES from Ghost Dance. Many players so far in 0.3 have found deflection and evasion both underwhelming with the new formula because frankly with "regular" amounts of around 20k having only 65% evade and maybe 45% deflection the combination isnt that good, but a higher amounts from Stalking Panther the defensive triple dip really starts to work. the rest of the ascendancy squares up pretty even with a deadeye so you are essentially trading the Tailwind 4 pointer for this setup if comparing to a deadeye.

Check out my initial progress video on about a 1 divine budget

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD4Xn-ipPkQ

Then my 1 week update is around 70d budget

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFuihRzn24w

Finally my latest update is 350-400d budget

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGUHt11qpfA

Strengths and Weaknesses

Many players so far in 0.3 have found deflection and evasion both underwhelming with the new formula because frankly with "regular" amounts of around 20k having only 65% evade and maybe 45% deflection the combination isnt that good, but a higher amounts from Stalking Panther the defensive triple dip really starts to work. the rest of the ascendancy squares up pretty even with a deadeye so you are essentially trading the Tailwind 4 pointer for this setup if comparing to a deadeye.

Vs a Deadeye you roughly lose out on the tailwind 4 pointer of value for this defence, which is quite a strong overall 4 pointer.

Build Variants

The Mid game variant uses a rare bow with a high accuracy roll and the ascendancy point Penetrate to mimic a high end phys bow for cheap. later the setup will use 2 or 3 Countess Seske's Rune of Archery with a Widowhail and a quiver that can be mostly deterministically crafted for a weapon setup that can beat a mirror bow/quiver when combined from the flat crit from Critical Strike

Before swapping to Widowhail I reccomend staying non-crit then making the crit swap once you have 200-300% increased crit chance from the quiver scaling

A full evasion stack Queen of the Forest can be made that with high min maxing could break 100% increased movement speed however some of the new movement tools added in patch 0.3 make the threshold needed to reach queen superiority much higher than 0.2

Equipment

Set 1

Set 2

Equipment Priority

Off Hand

Visceral Quiver

Belt

Linen Belt

Body

Feathered Raiment

Boots

Drakeskin Boots

Gloves

Polished Bracers

Amulet

Solar Amulet

Left Ring

Breach Ring

Right Ring

Breach Ring

Helmet

Freebooter Cap

Main Hand

Widowhail

deflection is a good suffix on gear but just the amount you can take on tree is enough to a good base amount

For the end game chest I grab the Feathered Raiment base and then try to get the abyssal suffix for an additional 20% damage taken from mana before life, which gets me 30% of damage taken from mana before life which is a huge tankiness boost against damage over time that can bypass your healing from Ghost Dance

I will add crafting guides for every base in an update video soon.

I have a quiver video out already

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3X0ejq_wpo

Skill Gems

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 25

Dex 55

Int 35

Expand all

Wind Dancer

Tornado

Barrage

Ghost Dance

Rhoa Mount

Lightning Arrow

Lightning Rod

Blasphemy

Gem Priority

+16

for the Widowhail version you add Projectile Acceleration III into the gem links shown at the bottom. I use Rakiata's Flow in lightning arrow for clearspeed and swap it with a Stoicism II thats in the lightning rod links also at the bottom if im about to fight a really juiced boss such as a citadel or pinnacle

Brutus' Brain has been patched to not work with Loyalty

i would consider a Herald of Thundera good option for clear speed if you have extra spirit on your aumlet otherwise it does not fit by default

add Precision II (or 1 depending on spirit) wherever needed, but its cheaper on the rhoa since the added on spirit inherits the rhoa points for res efficiency

Passive Tree

main:

123

set 1:

set 2:

The Tree has been updated to the version for widowhail and crit. See the initial video PoB for the lower level version

How it Plays

it plays like any poe 2 bow character except can be much more agressive and carefree about positioning or mechanics. feel free to dive into the middle of packs once youre geared up