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This is a leveling build for the Ranger in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)'s Dawn of the Hunt Update that focuses on Lightning damage while fusing in Parries and Cold damage to finish Act 3. Check out this Ranger levelling build, including its progression, equipment, socketables, skills, playstyle, and recommended builds!
List of Contents
| Build Setup | |
|---|---|
 Lightning Ranger |   Herald of Thunder While active, killing Shocked enemies with Attack damage, will cause subsequent Attack hits to release lightning bolts which deals Attack damage to all surrounding enemies.  Barrage Ready a volley of arrows or spears, Empowering your next Bow or Projectile Spear Attack to repeat multiple times. Consumes your Frenzy Charges on use to add additional repeats.  Lightning Arrow Fires a charged arrow at the target. On hitting an enemy or wall, the arrow will fire Chaining Lightning beams at nearby enemies.  Lightning Rod Fire an arrow that drops from above, creating a Lightning burst. The arrow remains in the ground, and any Chaining Lightning beams can Chain to it. When Chained to, the arrows release another Lightning burst.  Stormcaller Arrow Fires an arrow that embeds where it lands for a short duration. At the end of the duration, a Lightning bolt strikes the arrow, disintegrating it and damaging enemies with a high chance to Shock.  Freezing Salvo Passively coalesces icy missiles from the air over time. Using the skill fires a missile, firing an additional missile for each that has been accumulated.  Disengage Jump back as you rupture the earth in front of you with spearpoints, damaging enemies. Consumes the Parried Debuff on Hitting enemies to release a shockwave and grant you a Frenzy Charge. This skill can be used while using other skills, and causes Strikes and Projectiles to miss you while jumping. This skill cannot be Ancestrally Boosted. |
 Easy to Play Ascendancy is Optional High Mobility and DPS Squishy Parry can be clunky | |
| Build Setup | |
|---|---|
| Lightning Ranger | Herald of Thunder While active, killing Shocked enemies with Attack damage, will cause subsequent Attack hits to release lightning bolts which deals Attack damage to all surrounding enemies. Barrage Ready a volley of arrows or spears, Empowering your next Bow or Projectile Spear Attack to repeat multiple times. Consumes your Frenzy Charges on use to add additional repeats. Lightning Arrow Fires a charged arrow at the target. On hitting an enemy or wall, the arrow will fire Chaining Lightning beams at nearby enemies. Lightning Rod Fire an arrow that drops from above, creating a Lightning burst. The arrow remains in the ground, and any Chaining Lightning beams can Chain to it. When Chained to, the arrows release another Lightning burst. Stormcaller Arrow Fires an arrow that embeds where it lands for a short duration. At the end of the duration, a Lightning bolt strikes the arrow, disintegrating it and damaging enemies with a high chance to Shock. Freezing Salvo Passively coalesces icy missiles from the air over time. Using the skill fires a missile, firing an additional missile for each that has been accumulated.  Voltaic Mark Marks a target, making them more susceptible to being Shocked. When the Marked target dies, a Lightning nova erupts from their corpse. This nova does not use your Weapon Damage, and instead uses its own base Attack Damage. Disengage Jump back as you rupture the earth in front of you with spearpoints, damaging enemies. Consumes the Parried Debuff on Hitting enemies to release a shockwave and grant you a Frenzy Charge. This skill can be used while using other skills, and causes Strikes and Projectiles to miss you while jumping. This skill cannot be Ancestrally Boosted. |
| Easy to Play Ascendancy is Optional High Mobility and DPS Squishy Parry can be clunky | |
| Build Setup | |
|---|---|
| Lightning Ranger | Herald of Thunder While active, killing Shocked enemies with Attack damage, will cause subsequent Attack hits to release lightning bolts which deals Attack damage to all surrounding enemies. Barrage Ready a volley of arrows or spears, Empowering your next Bow or Projectile Spear Attack to repeat multiple times. Consumes your Frenzy Charges on use to add additional repeats. Lightning Arrow Fires a charged arrow at the target. On hitting an enemy or wall, the arrow will fire Chaining Lightning beams at nearby enemies. Lightning Rod Fire an arrow that drops from above, creating a Lightning burst. The arrow remains in the ground, and any Chaining Lightning beams can Chain to it. When Chained to, the arrows release another Lightning burst. Stormcaller Arrow Fires an arrow that embeds where it lands for a short duration. At the end of the duration, a Lightning bolt strikes the arrow, disintegrating it and damaging enemies with a high chance to Shock. Freezing Salvo Passively coalesces icy missiles from the air over time. Using the skill fires a missile, firing an additional missile for each that has been accumulated. Voltaic Mark Marks a target, making them more susceptible to being Shocked. When the Marked target dies, a Lightning nova erupts from their corpse. This nova does not use your Weapon Damage, and instead uses its own base Attack Damage.  Combat Frenzy While active, grants you a Frenzy Charge when you Freeze, Electrocute, or Pin an enemy. This can only occur once every few seconds.  Wind Dancer Grants a buff that gives you more Evasion per stage. Being Hit by a Melee Attack while you have this buff consumes all stages to damage and Knock Back enemies around you. Disengage Jump back as you rupture the earth in front of you with spearpoints, damaging enemies. Consumes the Parried Debuff on Hitting enemies to release a shockwave and grant you a Frenzy Charge. This skill can be used while using other skills, and causes Strikes and Projectiles to miss you while jumping. This skill cannot be Ancestrally Boosted. |
| Easy to Play Ascendancy is Optional High Mobility and DPS Squishy Parry can be clunky | |
This Ranger leveling build is designed around Lightning Arrow's and Lightning Rod's ability to burst down bosses and Stormcaller Arrow's consistent AoE damage for mobbing to easily breeze through the early parts of game.
Furthermore, the Parry and Disengage skills from the Spear and Buckler are included to assist the build with early Frenzy Charge economy, mobility, and some much needed survivability!
| Date | Changes Made |
|---|---|
| 03/28/25 | ・ Lightning Ranger Build Created. |
| Equipment | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dualstring Bow Stats: Damage - 16-31 Critical Chance - 5.00% Attacks Per Second - 1.10 Requirements: Level - 28 Dexterity - 65 Modifiers: ・Add Physical Damage ・Add Lightning Damage Weapon |
 Tribal Mask Stats: Evasion - 66 Energy Shield - 28 Requirements: Level - 33 Dexterity - 34 Intelligence - 34 Modifiers: ・Added Evasion Rating ・Increased Evasion Rating and Energy Shield ・Elemental Resistance Helmet |
 Broadhead Quiver Requirements: None Implicit: ・Adds Physical Damage to Attacks Modifiers: ・Adds X Physical Damage to Attacks ・Adds X Lightning Damage to Attacks ・% Increased Damage With Bow Skills Offhand |
 Pathfinder Coat Stats: Evasion - 78 Requirements: Level - 11 Dexterity - 24 Implicit: ・Increased Movement Speed Modifiers: ・Maximum Life ・Dexterity ・Elemental Resistance Body Armour |
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 Spined Bracers Stats: Evasion - 60 Requirements: Level - 33 Dexterity - 53 Modifiers: ・Added Evasion Rating ・Increased Evasion Rating and Energy Shield ・Elemental Resistance Gloves |
 Linen Belt Requirements: None Implicit: ・Flasks Gain Charges Per Second Modifier: ・Maximum Life ・Dexterity ・Intelligence ・Elemental Resistance Belt |
 Feathered Sandals Stats: Energy Shield - 38 Requirements: Level - 33 Intelligence - 57 Modifiers: ・Maximum Energy Shield ・Increased Energy Shield ・Increased Movement Speed Boots |
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 Colossal Life Flask Stats: Flask Type - Life Recovered Life - 450 Charge Per Use - 10 Total Charges - 75 Duration - 4 sec. Modifier: ・+% increased Amount Recovered ・+% increased Recovery Rate ・+% increased Charges Health Flask |
 Iron Ring Requirements: None Implicit: ・Adds Physical Damage to Attacks Modifier: ・Adds Physical Damage to Attacks ・All Attributes ・Any Element Resistance Ring 1 |
 Lunar Amulet Requirements: Level - 14 Implicit: ・+ Energy Shield Modifier: ・Spirit ・All Attributes ・Element Resistances Amulet |
Iron Ring Requirements: None Implicit: ・Adds Physical Damage to Attacks Modifier: ・Adds Physical Damage to Attacks ・All Attributes ・Element Resistances Ring 2 |
 Colossal Mana Flask Stats: Flask Type - Mana Recovered Mana - 165 Charge Per Use - 10 Total Charges - 75 Duration - 2.5 sec. Modifier: ・+% increased Amount Recovered ・+% increased Recovery Rate ・+% increased Charges Mana Flask |
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During the Act 1, try to get a solid Recurve Bow with additional modifiers that increase Physical and Lightning Damage. Prioritize having Physical Damage modifiers as Lightning Arrow and Lightning Rod heavily scale off of them.
As you progress through Acts 2 and 3, you will mainly be using the Dualstring Bow with the same modifiers so that all of your Bow attacks will receive an additional projectile.
The Ranger's main survivability revolves around heavy use of Evasion, so prioritize armor pieces that increase Evasion Rating. Additionally, Energy Shield as a means to increase survivability in the chance you do get hit. For the modifiers, take Maximum Life and try to cap 75% on Elemental Resistances if possible.
However, always prioritize boots with higher Movement Speed modifiers. Not only will this help you traverse the early acts better, but also increase your chances of evading enemy attacks!
Generally, the build will use Iron Rings for its increase to Physical Damage, further stacking the build's damage capabilities with Lightning Arrow and Lightning Rod.
However, if you are still lacking the necessary Elemental Resistances, opt to equip either the Ruby, Sapphire, or Topaz Rings!
As you are using Energy Shields as a secondary means of survival, having a Lunar Amulet to further increase it should help bolster your defenses. Aim to get more Elemental Resistances, increased attributes, and additional Spirit!
The belt you will be using up until Act 3 can be acquired very early on in Act 1, and that is the Linen Belt. As this build consumes a significant amount of Mana, having increased mana regeneration from your flasks will go a long way!
| Equipment | Sockets |
|---|---|
| Weapon | |
| Armor |
Naturally, the best rune for slotting into your weapon would be the Iron Rune, allowing the build to further scale the core skills with Physical Damage. As for armor runes, use the elemental runes to attempt capping out your elemental resistances!
| All Runes and Soul Cores | |
|---|---|
| List of Runes | List of Soul Cores |
 Sapphire Charm |
・Increased Duration
・Increased Charges ・Gain Charges Per Second |
|---|---|
 Topaz Charm |
・Increased Duration
・Increased Charges ・Gain Charges Per Second |
 Antidote Charm |
・Increased Duration
・Increased Charges ・Gain Charges Per Second |
We recommend equipping the Sapphire Charm to help you combat the cold attacks of Count Geonor at the end of the Act 1. Just make sure to keep dodging his attacks since they can still take a chunk of your health even with the resistance Charm equipped.
For Act 2, your main problem would be Jamanra, the Risen King so make sure to equip the Topaz Charm to help mitigate his attacks. Lastly, equip an Antidote Charm when you reach Act 3 since a lot of the bosses in this Act can deal large amounts of poison damage.
※ The Support Gems' priority are arranged in a descending order. The first one being the most important and the last being the least crucial.
| Skill | Support Gems |
|---|---|
| Lightning Arrow Lightning Arrow Fires a charged arrow at the target. On hitting an enemy or wall, the arrow will fire Chaining Lightning beams at nearby enemies. |  Martial Tempo Martial Tempo Supports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.  Pierce Pierce Supports Projectile skills, making their Projectiles Pierce an enemy but deal less damage after doing so. |
| Lightning Rod Lightning Rod Fire an arrow that drops from above, creating a Lightning burst. The arrow remains in the ground, and any Chaining Lightning beams can Chain to it. When Chained to, the arrows release another Lightning burst. |  Scattershot Scattershot Supports Projectile skills, making them fire extra Projectiles. Also lowers Attack and Cast speed of supported skills, as well as lessening their damage.  Concentrated Effect Concentrated Effect Supports any skill with an area of effect, causing that area to be smaller but any area damage it deals to be higher. |
| Stormcaller Arrow Stormcaller Arrow Fires an arrow that embeds where it lands for a short duration. At the end of the duration, a Lightning bolt strikes the arrow, disintegrating it and damaging enemies with a high chance to Shock. | - |
| Freezing Salvo Freezing Salvo Passively coalesces icy missiles from the air over time. Using the skill fires a missile, firing an additional missile for each that has been accumulated. |  Hourglass Hourglass Supports any damaging skill that you use yourself, causing it to deal significantly more damage but gain a long cooldown. Cannot support skills which already have a cooldown. |
| Barrage Barrage Ready a volley of arrows or spears, Empowering your next Bow or Projectile Spear Attack to repeat multiple times. Consumes your Frenzy Charges on use to add additional repeats. |  Premeditation Premeditation Supports skills that can Empower skills other than themselves, causing skills they Empower to deal more damage.  Perpetual Charge Perpetual Charge Supports skills that consume Power, Frenzy, or Endurance Charges on use, giving them a chance not to remove each Charge while still gaining the benefits of Consuming them. |
| Herald of Thunder Herald of Thunder While active, killing Shocked enemies with Attack damage, will cause subsequent Attack hits to release lightning bolts which deals Attack damage to all surrounding enemies. |  Innervate Innervate Supports attacks you use yourself. Killing a Shocked enemy with supported skills infuses all of your attacks with Lightning damage for a short time. |
| Disengage Disengage Jump back as you rupture the earth in front of you with spearpoints, damaging enemies. Consumes the Parried Debuff on Hitting enemies to release a shockwave and grant you a Frenzy Charge. This skill can be used while using other skills, and causes Strikes and Projectiles to miss you while jumping. This skill cannot be Ancestrally Boosted. |  Profusion Profusion Supports skills that can generate Charges, giving them a chance to generate and additional Charge when they do so. |
| Parry | - |
| Skill | Support Gems |
|---|---|
| Lightning Arrow Lightning Arrow Fires a charged arrow at the target. On hitting an enemy or wall, the arrow will fire Chaining Lightning beams at nearby enemies. | Martial Tempo Martial Tempo Supports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster. Pierce Pierce Supports Projectile skills, making their Projectiles Pierce an enemy but deal less damage after doing so. |
| Lightning Rod Lightning Rod Fire an arrow that drops from above, creating a Lightning burst. The arrow remains in the ground, and any Chaining Lightning beams can Chain to it. When Chained to, the arrows release another Lightning burst. | Scattershot Scattershot Supports Projectile skills, making them fire extra Projectiles. Also lowers Attack and Cast speed of supported skills, as well as lessening their damage. Concentrated Effect Concentrated Effect Supports any skill with an area of effect, causing that area to be smaller but any area damage it deals to be higher. |
| Stormcaller Arrow Stormcaller Arrow Fires an arrow that embeds where it lands for a short duration. At the end of the duration, a Lightning bolt strikes the arrow, disintegrating it and damaging enemies with a high chance to Shock. | - |
| Freezing Salvo Freezing Salvo Passively coalesces icy missiles from the air over time. Using the skill fires a missile, firing an additional missile for each that has been accumulated. | Hourglass Hourglass Supports any damaging skill that you use yourself, causing it to deal significantly more damage but gain a long cooldown. Cannot support skills which already have a cooldown.  Glaciation Glaciation Supports any skill that hits enemies, makit it more effective at Freezing enemies. |
| Barrage Barrage Ready a volley of arrows or spears, Empowering your next Bow or Projectile Spear Attack to repeat multiple times. Consumes your Frenzy Charges on use to add additional repeats. | Premeditation Premeditation Supports skills that can Empower skills other than themselves, causing skills they Empower to deal more damage. Perpetual Charge Perpetual Charge Supports skills that consume Power, Frenzy, or Endurance Charges on use, giving them a chance not to remove each Charge while still gaining the benefits of Consuming them. |
| Herald of Thunder Herald of Thunder While active, killing Shocked enemies with Attack damage, will cause subsequent Attack hits to release lightning bolts which deals Attack damage to all surrounding enemies. | Innervate Innervate Supports attacks you use yourself. Killing a Shocked enemy with supported skills infuses all of your attacks with Lightning damage for a short time. |
| Disengage Disengage Jump back as you rupture the earth in front of you with spearpoints, damaging enemies. Consumes the Parried Debuff on Hitting enemies to release a shockwave and grant you a Frenzy Charge. This skill can be used while using other skills, and causes Strikes and Projectiles to miss you while jumping. This skill cannot be Ancestrally Boosted. | Profusion Profusion Supports skills that can generate Charges, giving them a chance to generate and additional Charge when they do so. |
| Parry | - |
| Voltaic Mark Voltaic Mark Marks a target, making them more susceptible to being Shocked. When the Marked target dies, a Lightning nova erupts from their corpse. This nova does not use your Weapon Damage, and instead uses its own base Attack Damage. |  Persistence Persistence Supports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer. |
| Skill | Support Gems |
|---|---|
| Lightning Arrow Lightning Arrow Fires a charged arrow at the target. On hitting an enemy or wall, the arrow will fire Chaining Lightning beams at nearby enemies. | Martial Tempo Martial Tempo Supports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.  Primal Armament Primal Armament Supports Attacks that use a weapon, causing them to deal more weapon Elemental Damage.  Close Combat Close Combat Supports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you. |
| Lightning Rod Lightning Rod Fire an arrow that drops from above, creating a Lightning burst. The arrow remains in the ground, and any Chaining Lightning beams can Chain to it. When Chained to, the arrows release another Lightning burst. | Scattershot Scattershot Supports Projectile skills, making them fire extra Projectiles. Also lowers Attack and Cast speed of supported skills, as well as lessening their damage. Concentrated Effect Concentrated Effect Supports any skill with an area of effect, causing that area to be smaller but any area damage it deals to be higher. |
| Stormcaller Arrow Stormcaller Arrow Fires an arrow that embeds where it lands for a short duration. At the end of the duration, a Lightning bolt strikes the arrow, disintegrating it and damaging enemies with a high chance to Shock. | - |
| Freezing Salvo Freezing Salvo Passively coalesces icy missiles from the air over time. Using the skill fires a missile, firing an additional missile for each that has been accumulated. | Hourglass Hourglass Supports any damaging skill that you use yourself, causing it to deal significantly more damage but gain a long cooldown. Cannot support skills which already have a cooldown. Glaciation Glaciation Supports any skill that hits enemies, makit it more effective at Freezing enemies. |
| Barrage Barrage Ready a volley of arrows or spears, Empowering your next Bow or Projectile Spear Attack to repeat multiple times. Consumes your Frenzy Charges on use to add additional repeats. | Premeditation Premeditation Supports skills that can Empower skills other than themselves, causing skills they Empower to deal more damage. Perpetual Charge Perpetual Charge Supports skills that consume Power, Frenzy, or Endurance Charges on use, giving them a chance not to remove each Charge while still gaining the benefits of Consuming them. |
| Herald of Thunder Herald of Thunder While active, killing Shocked enemies with Attack damage, will cause subsequent Attack hits to release lightning bolts which deals Attack damage to all surrounding enemies. |  Longshot Longshot Supports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage from farther away. Innervate Innervate Supports attacks you use yourself. Killing a Shocked enemy with supported skills infuses all of your attacks with Lightning damage for a short time. |
| Disengage Disengage Jump back as you rupture the earth in front of you with spearpoints, damaging enemies. Consumes the Parried Debuff on Hitting enemies to release a shockwave and grant you a Frenzy Charge. This skill can be used while using other skills, and causes Strikes and Projectiles to miss you while jumping. This skill cannot be Ancestrally Boosted. | Profusion Profusion Supports skills that can generate Charges, giving them a chance to generate and additional Charge when they do so. |
| Parry | - |
| Voltaic Mark Voltaic Mark Marks a target, making them more susceptible to being Shocked. When the Marked target dies, a Lightning nova erupts from their corpse. This nova does not use your Weapon Damage, and instead uses its own base Attack Damage. | Persistence Persistence Supports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer. |
| Wind Dancer Wind Dancer Grants a buff that gives you more Evasion per stage. Being Hit by a Melee Attack while you have this buff consumes all stages to damage and Knock Back enemies around you. |  Clarity Clarity Supports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased mana Regeneration while the skill is active.  Blind Blind Support any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to Blind on hit. |
| Combat Frenzy Combat Frenzy While active, grants you a Frenzy Charge when you Freeze, Electrocute, or Pin an enemy. This can only occur once every few seconds. | - |
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The leveling passive tree for the Ranger focuses on providing Projectile Damage, Elemental Damage, and Movement Speed to help you progress through the campaign as fast as possible. For your first few passives, make your way Honed Instincts to Vile Wounds for additional damage then quickly rush to get Catalysis and Frazzled for a massive boost to your Lightning and Cold damage.
As you stack up on Dexterity and the occasional Strength investment, head straight for Coming Calamity to increase your Lightning Damage as long as you have Herald of Thunder equipped. After settling your damage boosts, grab Escape Velocity and Acceleration for both mobility and survivability. If you would prefer more damage, replace Acceleration with Stand and Deliver.
This build will utilize Weapon Set passives, where Set 1 is directly correlated to your damaging bow skills, while Set 2 aims to strengthen your Buckler parries.
Passive Skill Tree Guide and List of Passives
| Jump to an Act! | ||
|---|---|---|
| Act 1 | Act 2 | Act 3 |
To progress through Act 1 and beat Count Geonor using the Lightning Ranger leveling build, follow these steps:
| # | Steps |
|---|---|
| 1 | After beating the
 The Bloated Miller
, talk to Renly and equip the
Lightning Rod
Gem. |
| 2 | Head for the Mysterious Campsite at Clearfell to get an extra Level 1
 Uncut Skill Gem
.
|
| 3 | |
| 4 | Defeat
 Beira of the Rotten Pack
to obtain
 Head of the Winter Wolf
for the Cold Resistance to prepare against Count Geonor.
|
| 5 | Find and defeat
 Areagne, Forgotten Witch
to level up your
Lightning Arrow
and get the
Scattershot
Support Gem for
Lightning Rod
.Note: Make sure to loot the Witch Hut to get Medium Flasks. |
| 6 | Defeat
 The Brambleghast
to get a Level 2 Uncut Skill Gem and use it to get
Disengage
.Note: By now, if you have not gotten a Spear and Buckler drop, you should have enough Gold to buy or gamble for both to access Parry and Disengage! |
| 7 | Progress to The Grim Tangle and defeat
 The Rotten Druid
to obtain another Level 1 Uncut Support Gem and slot in
Pierce
to Lightning Arrow.
|
| 8 | Look for the Haunted Treasure Inside the Tomb of the Consort and defeat the rare enemy to acquire a Level 1 Uncut Support Gem and slot in
Concentrated Effect
to Lightning Rod.Note: Once you find a Level 3 Uncut Skill Gem, use it to equip Stormcaller Arrow
. Rotate the Support Gems allotted to Lightning Arrow when mobbing.
|
| 9 | Defeat
 The Crowbell
to get a
 Book of Specialisation
for free passive points.
|
| 10 | Search and complete your first Ritual in the same area to get a Level 4 Uncut Support Gem and use this to upgrade your Lightning Arrow.
|
| 11 | Start looking for the Dryadic Ritual in the same area to get an extra Level 1 Uncut Support Gem (to be used later).
|
| 12 | Defeat the
 The King in the Mists
to get +30 Spirit and a Level 4
 Uncut Spirit Gem
. Use this to equip
Herald of Thunder
Spirit Gem, then slot in
Innervate
from the Support Gem you got earlier.
|
| 13 | Complete The Lost Lute at the Ogham Farmlands to obtain a Book of Specialisation for more passive points.
|
| 14 | Search for the Crop Circle in the same area to defeat
 Vargir the Feral Mutt
and obtain a Level 4 Uncut Skill Gem and use it to upgrade Lightning Arrow.
|
| 15 | Proceed to Ogham Village and defeat
 The Executioner
to free Leitis and acquire a Level 5 Uncut Skill Gem. Note: Use the Uncut Skill Gem to get Freezing Salvo
, then slot in the
Hourglass
support gem after getting a gem from the corpse hanging from a noose in The Gallows.
|
| 16 | As soon as you get another Lv.5 Uncut Skill Gem, grab
Barrage
. If you have extra Support Gems, slot in
Premeditation
first, then
Perpetual Charge
|
| 17 | Search and defeat the
 Candlemass, the Living Rite
at Ogham Manor to get the
 Candlemass' Essence
for the free +20 Maximum Life.
|
| 18 | Continue and defeat
 Count Geonor
to complete Act 1.Note: Make sure you have Medium Flasks since this boss fight has 2 Phases so you will be spending a good amount of time learning and surviving the mechanics. |
To progress through Act 2 and beat Jamanra, the Abomination using the Lightning leveling build, follow these steps:
| # | Steps |
|---|---|
| 1 | Complete the Earning Passage quest for an
Uncut Skill Gem
Level 5. Use this to upgrade
Stormcaller Arrow
.
|
| 2 | Defeat
 Balbala, The Traitor
to gain access to The Trial of Sekhemas.Ascendancy: You can attempt to finish the Sekhema's Trial to get your first Ascendancy Skill: ┣
 Deadeye
: Get nodes up until Point Blank to transition to one of our Deadeye builds.┗
 Pathfinder
: Get nodes up until Traveller's Wisdome to transition to one of our Pathfinder builds. |
| 3 | Clear Mobs in Keth until you get the
 Kabala Clan Relic
(To be used later).
|
| 4 | Defeat
 Kabala, Constrictor Queen
to get a
Book of Specialisation
for more passive points.
|
| 5 | Defeat
 The Ninth Treasure of Keth
in the Galleria for a random Jewel.Note: Make sure to slot in this Jewel in your passive tree as you progress. |
| 6 | Open the Guarded Sarcophagus for an
 Uncut Support Gem
Level 1 and slot in
Glaciation
on
Freezing Salvo
.
|
| 7 | Three Elemental Offering Ring choices: Ruby Ring, Sapphire Ring, and Topaz Ring for flame, cold, and lightning resistance respectively. It is recommended to choose the Topaz Ring to prepare for
 Jamanra, the Abomination
.
|
| 8 | Clear The City of Seven Waters for an Uncut Support Gem and slot in
on
Herald of Thunder
.
|
| 9 | Destroy the Effigy located in the Shrine of Bones for an Uncut Support Gem Level 1. Note: If you find an Uncut Skill Gem Level 7, use this to equip Voltaic Mark
and use this extra Uncut Support Gem to slot in
Persistence
.
|
| 10 | Clear Mobs in The Bone Pits until you get the
 Sun Clan Relic
(To be used later).
|
| 11 | Complete A Theft of Ivory quest for an Uncut Support Gem Level 1 and slot in
Profusion
on
Disengage
.
|
| 12 | Place both Relics in the Valley of Titans to complete the Ancient Vows quest. Choose the Sun Clan Relic for more Mana Flask Recovery.
|
| 13 | Complete A Crown of Stone quest for an Uncut Support Gem Level 1 (To be used later).
|
| 14 | Complete the Tradition's Toll quest to get a
Book of Specialisation
.
|
| 15 | Defeat the
 Watchful Twins
for an additional
 Djinn Barya
.
|
To progress through Act 3 and beat Doryani using the Lightning Ranger leveling build, follow these steps:
| # | Step by Step Guide to Act 3 Leveling |
|---|---|
| 1 | |
| 2 |
Loot the basket found in the Orok Campfire at Sandswept Marsh to get a
 Lesser Jeweller's Orb
.Note: Use this on your Lightning Arrow and use your extra Uncut Support Gem to slot in Primal Armament
. |
| 3 | |
| 4 |
Complete The Slithering Dead to get the
 Venom Draught of the Sky
for provide you with +5 to All Attributes. |
| 5 |
Look for the Jungle Grave and interact with the Ravaged Corpse to summon Servi and get a rare Belt. We recommend taking Rawhide Belt for better survivability. |
| 6 |
Defeat
 Ignagduk, the Bog Witch
for 30 Spirit and an
Uncut Spirit Gem
Level 10. Use this to equip
Wind Dancer
for better survivability |
| 7 |
Submit the Tribal Vengeance to get a charm. Choose the Antidote Charm for increased defenses against Poison. |
| 8 |
Defeat
 Blackjaw, the Remnant
to get The Flame Core for +10% Fire Resistance. |
| 9 |
Use the Paquate's Mechanism to Corrupt gear. We suggest corrupting the
Stormcaller Arrow
skill gem for a chance of an additional Support Gem slot.Note: Along the way you may pick up an Uncut Support Gem Level 2, use this to swap out Pierce with Close Combat
on your Lightning Arrow for more damage. |
| 10 |
Obtain an
Uncut Spirit Gem
Level 10 from Treasures of Utzaal. Use this to equip
Combat Frenzy
for increased Frenzy Charges. |
| 11 | |
| 12 |
Ascendancy: By this time, you can complete the Trial of Chaos to get your third and fourth Ascendancy Point.
┣
Deadeye
: Get the nodes to reach Endless Munitions and transition to one of our Deadeye builds.┗
Pathfinder
: Get the nodes to reach Brew Concoction and transition to one of our Pathfinder builds. |
| 13 |
Use the
 Sacrificial Heart
that you can pick up in Utzaal to acquire Weapon Set Skill Points. |
※ Press on what type you are fighting for a more detailed explanation on the playstyle and skill rotation.
| Type | Skill Rotation |
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| Mobbing | Stormcaller Arrow Fires an arrow that embeds where it lands for a short duration. At the end of the duration, a Lightning bolt strikes the arrow, disintegrating it and damaging enemies with a high chance to Shock.
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Freezing Salvo Passively coalesces icy missiles from the air over time. Using the skill fires a missile, firing an additional missile for each that has been accumulated.
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Herald of Thunder While active, killing Shocked enemies with Attack damage, will cause subsequent Attack hits to release lightning bolts which deals Attack damage to all surrounding enemies.
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| Bossing | Lightning Rod Fire an arrow that drops from above, creating a Lightning burst. The arrow remains in the ground, and any Chaining Lightning beams can Chain to it. When Chained to, the arrows release another Lightning burst.
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Voltaic Mark Marks a target, making them more susceptible to being Shocked. When the Marked target dies, a Lightning nova erupts from their corpse. This nova does not use your Weapon Damage, and instead uses its own base Attack Damage.
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Barrage Ready a volley of arrows or spears, Empowering your next Bow or Projectile Spear Attack to repeat multiple times. Consumes your Frenzy Charges on use to add additional repeats.
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Lightning Arrow Fires a charged arrow at the target. On hitting an enemy or wall, the arrow will fire Chaining Lightning beams at nearby enemies.
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Freezing Salvo Passively coalesces icy missiles from the air over time. Using the skill fires a missile, firing an additional missile for each that has been accumulated.
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Disengage Jump back as you rupture the earth in front of you with spearpoints, damaging enemies. Consumes the Parried Debuff on Hitting enemies to release a shockwave and grant you a Frenzy Charge. This skill can be used while using other skills, and causes Strikes and Projectiles to miss you while jumping. This skill cannot be Ancestrally Boosted.
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For general mobbing, you will adopt a kiting playstyle that mainly uses Stormcaller Arrow to clear hordes of enemies. The rotation is as follows:
For bossing, you will adopt a set-up playstyle that focuses on sequencing your attacks while being mindful of free parries for Frenzy Charges. The rotation is as follows:
After completing Act 3, these are the recommended build options that will allow you to progress through the Cruel Mode and clear the Endgame pinnacle content:
| Glacial Lance Deadeye
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 Herald of Ice While active, Shattering an enemy with an Attack Hit will cause an icy explosion that deals Attack damage to surrounding enemies.
Combat Frenzy While active, grants you a Frenzy Charge when you Freeze, Electrocute, or Pin an enemy. This can only occur once every few seconds.
Wind Dancer Grants a buff that gives you more Evasion per stage. Being Hit by a Melee Attack while you have this buff consumes all stages to damage and Knock Back enemies around you.
 Cast on Critical While active, gains energy when you Critically Hit enemies and triggers socketed spells on reaching maximum energy.
Disengage Jump back as you rupture the earth in front of you with spearpoints, damaging enemies. Consumes the Parried Debuff on Hitting enemies to release a shockwave and grant you a Frenzy Charge. This skill can be used while using other skills, and causes Strikes and Projectiles to miss you while jumping. This skill cannot be Ancestrally Boosted.
 Glacial Lance Throw a single lance that leaves icy fragments in its wake. The fragments Chill nearby enemies. Consumes a Frenzy Charge if possible to cause the ice fragments created by the first Projectile to explode outwards after a short duration, peppering enemies with shrapnel.
Focus: Mobbing, Single Target, DPS, AoE, Bossing |
If you chose the Deadeye ascension and would like to fully don the new Spear weapon and exploit charge gain, you can transition over to the fast Glacial Lance Deadeye to paint the snowfield you leave in your wake red with blood.
| Poison Pathfinder
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 Poisonburst Arrow Fires a virulent arrow that creates a burst of Poison on hit, affecting all enemies in an area.
 Vine Arrow Fire an arrow into the air that lands after a short delay, causing a plant to spring up at the impact location. The plants sprouts vines that latch onto nearby enemies, Slowing their movement speed and dealing Chaos Damage over time. The plant can be Poisoned, causing it to deal more damage.
 Ghost Dance Periodically Gain Ghost Shrouds. If you are Hit while you have a Ghost Shroud, it is immediately consumed to recover Energy Shield based on your Evasion.
 Plague Bearer Stores all Poison Damage you deal. Using the Plague Nova skill unleashes the stored Poison.
Wind Dancer Grants a buff that gives you more Evasion per stage. Being Hit by a Melee Attack while you have this buff consumes all stages to damage and Knock Back enemies around you.
 Despair Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Chaos Resistance.
 Withering Presence While active, periodically Withers enemies in your Presence.
 Blink Replaces your dodge roll with a short-cooldown Spell that allows you to tunnel through space, instantly reappearing a medium distance away.
Focus: Mobbing, DoT, Curse Damage |
On the other hand, if you opted to choose the Pathfinder ascension for its emphasis on Poison, the newly updated Poison Pathfinder will overturn the Corruption with its contamination!
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| Poison Pathfinder
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Poisonburst Arrow Fires a virulent arrow that creates a burst of Poison on hit, affecting all enemies in an area.
Vine Arrow Fire an arrow into the air that lands after a short delay, causing a plant to spring up at the impact location. The plants sprouts vines that latch onto nearby enemies, Slowing their movement speed and dealing Chaos Damage over time. The plant can be Poisoned, causing it to deal more damage.
Ghost Dance Periodically Gain Ghost Shrouds. If you are Hit while you have a Ghost Shroud, it is immediately consumed to recover Energy Shield based on your Evasion.
Plague Bearer Stores all Poison Damage you deal. Using the Plague Nova skill unleashes the stored Poison.
Wind Dancer Grants a buff that gives you more Evasion per stage. Being Hit by a Melee Attack while you have this buff consumes all stages to damage and Knock Back enemies around you.
Despair Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Chaos Resistance.
Withering Presence While active, periodically Withers enemies in your Presence.
Blink Replaces your dodge roll with a short-cooldown Spell that allows you to tunnel through space, instantly reappearing a medium distance away.
Focus: Mobbing, DoT, Curse Damage |
| Grenade Deadeye
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 Explosive Grenade Fires a bouncing Grenade that unleashes a devastating fiery blast when its fuse expires.
 Flash Grenade Fires a bouncing Grenade that unleashes a Blinding, Stunning explosion when its fuse expires. This explosion can Blind both Allies and Enemies.
 Gas Grenade Fires a bouncing Grenade that causes a burst of Poison gas when its fuse expires, damaging enemies and leaving behind a growing Poison cloud. Burning effects or Detonator skills will cause the cloud to explode in a fiery blast.
Wind Dancer Grants a buff that gives you more Evasion per stage. Being Hit by a Melee Attack while you have this buff consumes all stages to damage and Knock Back enemies around you.
 Oil Grenade Fires a bouncing Grenade that bursts in a spray of Oil when the fuse expires or when it impacts an Enemy, dealing minimal damage but covering the ground and nearby enemies in Oil. Oil created this way can be Ignited by Detonator Skills or Ignited Ground.
 Voltaic Grenade Fires a bouncing Grenade that discharges an Electrocuting Lightning blasts when its fuse expires
Focus: AoE, Grenades, Burst |
| Lightning Salvo Deadeye
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 Conductivity Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Lightning Resistance.
 Grim Feast Feeds on corpses to bolster your Energy Shield. While active, enemies and Reviving Minions that die in your Presence have a chance to drop Grim Remnants. Picking up a Grim Remnant grants you Energy Shield which can Overflow maximum Energy Shield.
Herald of Ice While active, Shattering an enemy with an Attack Hit will cause an icy explosion that deals Attack damage to surrounding enemies.
Herald of Thunder While active, killing Shocked enemies with Attack damage, will cause subsequent Attack hits to release lightning bolts which deals Attack damage to all surrounding enemies.
 Bonestorm Channel to conjure a swarm of bone spikes in the air, then release to fire at the enemies and explode. Shrapnel Impales enemies Hit, causing subsequent Attack Hits against those targets to deal Extra Damage. Consumes your Power Charge to cause much larger explosions.
 Cast on Shock While active, gains Energy when you Shock enemies and triggers socketed spells on reaching maximum Energy.
Lightning Arrow Fires a charged arrow at the target. On hitting an enemy or wall, the arrow will fire Chaining Lightning beams at nearby enemies.
Lightning Rod Fire an arrow that drops from above, creating a Lightning burst. The arrow remains in the ground, and any Chaining Lightning beams can Chain to it. When Chained to, the arrows release another Lightning burst.
 Magnetic Salvo Aims skyward and fires energy missiles at lingering arrows or bolts created by other Lightning Attacks in front of you. The missiles explode if they land close to a lingering bolt or arrow, dealing more damage in a larger area but destroying that bolt or arrow in the process.
Wind Dancer Grants a buff that gives you more Evasion per stage. Being Hit by a Melee Attack while you have this buff consumes all stages to damage and Knock Back enemies around you.
Focus: Burst Damage, Lightning, Energy Shield |
| Shattering Concoction Pathfinder
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 Hypothermia Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Cold Resistance.
 Lightning Warp Teleports you inside the target's body, causing it to violently explode. Highlights enemies that can be culled, and can only be used on these enemies or Ball Lightning projectiles. The target is destroyed, and the explosion deals Lightning Damage to surrounding enemies and creates Shocked Ground.
 Ball Lightning Fires a slow-moving projectile that repeatedly shoots bolts of lightning at nearby enemies.
 Eye of Winter Fires a single Eye Projectile which does not hit enemies. The Eye constantly releases damaging shard Projectiles in a spiral as it flies, plus an extra burst of Shards at the end of its flight. If the Eye passes over an Elemental ground surface, it will take on that surface effect, applying it to nearby enemies and causing shards to deal more damage of the corresponding type.
Ghost Dance Periodically Gain Ghost Shrouds. If you are Hit while you have a Ghost Shroud, it is immediately consumed to recover Energy Shield based on your Evasion.
Grim Feast Feeds on corpses to bolster your Energy Shield. While active, enemies and Reviving Minions that die in your Presence have a chance to drop Grim Remnants. Picking up a Grim Remnant grants you Energy Shield which can Overflow maximum Energy Shield.
Herald of Ice While active, Shattering an enemy with an Attack Hit will cause an icy explosion that deals Attack damage to surrounding enemies.
Herald of Thunder While active, killing Shocked enemies with Attack damage, will cause subsequent Attack hits to release lightning bolts which deals Attack damage to all surrounding enemies.
Wind Dancer Grants a buff that gives you more Evasion per stage. Being Hit by a Melee Attack while you have this buff consumes all stages to damage and Knock Back enemies around you.
 Cast on Freeze While active, gains Energy when you Freeze enemies and triggers socketed spells on reaching maximum Energy.
Blink Replaces your dodge roll with a short-cooldown Spell that allows you to tunnel through space, instantly reappearing a medium distance away.
 Alchemist's Boon While active, grants you Flask Charges passively and causes Life and Mana recovery from your Flasks to also apply to Allies in your presence.
 Shattering Concoction X Added Cold Damage;+7% to Critical Hit Chance;Consumes 5 Charges from your Mana Flask;Inflicts Cold Exposure on Hit;Explosion radius is 1.5 metres
Focus: Burst Damage, Cold, Concoction |
| Glacial Lance Deadeye
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Herald of Ice While active, Shattering an enemy with an Attack Hit will cause an icy explosion that deals Attack damage to surrounding enemies.
Combat Frenzy While active, grants you a Frenzy Charge when you Freeze, Electrocute, or Pin an enemy. This can only occur once every few seconds.
Wind Dancer Grants a buff that gives you more Evasion per stage. Being Hit by a Melee Attack while you have this buff consumes all stages to damage and Knock Back enemies around you.
Cast on Critical While active, gains energy when you Critically Hit enemies and triggers socketed spells on reaching maximum energy.
Disengage Jump back as you rupture the earth in front of you with spearpoints, damaging enemies. Consumes the Parried Debuff on Hitting enemies to release a shockwave and grant you a Frenzy Charge. This skill can be used while using other skills, and causes Strikes and Projectiles to miss you while jumping. This skill cannot be Ancestrally Boosted.
Glacial Lance Throw a single lance that leaves icy fragments in its wake. The fragments Chill nearby enemies. Consumes a Frenzy Charge if possible to cause the ice fragments created by the first Projectile to explode outwards after a short duration, peppering enemies with shrapnel.
Focus: Mobbing, Single Target, DPS, AoE, Bossing |
| Bleed Bow Deadeye
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Ghost Dance Periodically Gain Ghost Shrouds. If you are Hit while you have a Ghost Shroud, it is immediately consumed to recover Energy Shield based on your Evasion.
Barrage Ready a volley of arrows or spears, Empowering your next Bow or Projectile Spear Attack to repeat multiple times. Consumes your Frenzy Charges on use to add additional repeats.
 Snipe Channel to charge up your bow before releasing a powerful shot. Releasing the moment you fully charge causes the arrow to explode on impact for a guaranteed Critical Hit.
 Sniper's Mark Marks a target. The next Critical Hit the target receives consumes the Mark to deal extra damage and grant you a Frenzy Charge.
 Spiral Volley Loads your Bow with a volley of enchanted arrows and fires them in a circle as you spin forward, firing directly at targets if possible. Consumes Frenzy Charges to cause the arrows to deal more damage and Chain to other targets. Each target can only be Hit once.
Wind Dancer Grants a buff that gives you more Evasion per stage. Being Hit by a Melee Attack while you have this buff consumes all stages to damage and Knock Back enemies around you.
 Bloodhound's Mark Mark a target, making them suffer Heavy Stun build up from Blood Loss. If they suffer enough Blood Loss while Marked, the Mark is consumed and they will release an explosion of blood when killed or Heavy Stunned.The duration doesn't tick while the target is suffering Blood Loss.
 Herald of Blood While active, killing an enemy with Blood Loss will cause a bloody explosion that deals Physical Attack damage to surrounding enemies based off the life of the exploded enemy, destroying their Corpse in the process. The explosion also has a chance to aggravate Bleeding.
Focus: Bleed, Burst, Charges |
| Lightning Arrow Deadeye
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Herald of Thunder While active, killing Shocked enemies with Attack damage, will cause subsequent Attack hits to release lightning bolts which deals Attack damage to all surrounding enemies.
Lightning Arrow Fires a charged arrow at the target. On hitting an enemy or wall, the arrow will fire Chaining Lightning beams at nearby enemies.
Lightning Rod Fire an arrow that drops from above, creating a Lightning burst. The arrow remains in the ground, and any Chaining Lightning beams can Chain to it. When Chained to, the arrows release another Lightning burst.
Voltaic Mark Marks a target, making them more susceptible to being Shocked. When the Marked target dies, a Lightning nova erupts from their corpse. This nova does not use your Weapon Damage, and instead uses its own base Attack Damage.
Wind Dancer Grants a buff that gives you more Evasion per stage. Being Hit by a Melee Attack while you have this buff consumes all stages to damage and Knock Back enemies around you.
 Rhoa Mount Harnesses a Companion Rhoa that you can ride. While you're mounted on the Rhoa, you can only use Bow, thrown Spear and Mark Skills, you run at full speed when attackin, and Hits against you cause Heavy Stun buildup. While you aren't mounted, the Rhoa attacks your enemies alongside you with its beak, but can be damaged.
Focus: Lightning, Burst, Mobile |
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