Use your favourite features in-game with our Desktop AppElectrocute is a Lightning-aligned Non-Damaging Elemental Ailment in Path of Exile 2. You can find Electrocute-related stats on Lightning clusters, typically on the right side of the passive skill tree.
Tip: check out our guide on the more common Non-Damaging Ailment: Shock!
Electrocute is a Non-Damaging Elemental Ailment that interrupts any current action of the target and prevents actions while it persists.
Importantly, Electrocute cannot be inflicted by default and must be enabled by a Skill or Equipment modifier. For example 
Kitoko's Current allows the wearer's Lightning Damage from Hits to Contribute to Electrocute Buildup. Another example is 
Electrocuting Arrow which causes all Lightning Damage that the target takes from Hits to cause Electrocute Buildup.
Note: a character with no modifiers to enable Electrocute Buildup will not inflict Electrocute with their Lightning Damage Hits.
Any Lightning Damage that can inflict Electrocute is able to cause Electrocute Buildup. The chance to inflict Electrocute is based on the total Lightning Damage of a Hit relative to the target's Ailment Threshold. For the majority of monsters, their Ailment Threshold is equal to their maximum Life, with the exception of stronger monsters such as some Rares and all Unique bosses. Stronger monsters have their Ailment Threshold adjusted to allow players to inflict Ailments on them. A character will typically be able to Electrocute weaker Monsters very quickly, but will require many more Hits to build towards an Electrocute on stronger Monsters such as map bosses.
Modifiers that grant 'increased Electrocute Buildup', such as 
Thunderstruck do not apply a base chance to inflict Electrocute. Instead they directly scale the Buildup of Electrocute based on the Lightning Damage relative to the target's Ailment Threshold.
Since Electrocute Buildup is calculated post-mitigation, any modifiers that affect how much Damage a target takes, such as Shock or Exposure, can help to improve your chance to inflict Electrocute by improving the Damage dealt by the Hit.
Note: Shock is particularly useful to aid in Electrocute Buildup, as it's already inflicted by Lightning Damage Hits by default.
The default Duration of Electrocute is 5 seconds. The effective Duration of Electrocute can be increased with modifiers that slow down the expiry rate of effects on the target, such as 
Temporal Chains.
Electrocute is a Support Gem that will allow the supported Skill to inflict Electrocute with Lightning Damage from Hits. However, in trade-off the Lightning Damage from Hits with the supported Skill can no longer inflict Shock.
The 
Brain Rattler Unique Mace has the special modifier 'All Damage with this Weapon causes Electrocution Buildup'. Any Damage dealt by Hits with this weapon will have the Electrocute calculation altered to include all types of Damage, allowing non-Lightning Damage to inflict Electrocute.
Beyond Reach is a Unique Quiver that enables the Chaos Damage dealt by Hits to inflict Electrocute.
Note: the modifier 'Chaos Damage from Hits also Contributes to Electrocute Buildup' will not enable Lightning Damage to inflict Electrocute.
