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Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)

PoE 2 0.4 Ranger Build - Mirage Arrow Deadeye

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PoE 2 - Mirage Arrow Deadeye Ranger

This is a Mirage Arrow Deadeye Ranger build for endgame in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)'s The Last of the Druids Update. Check out the Lightning Arrow Deadeye Ranger build, including its gear, socketables, skills, and playstyle!

Mirage Arrow Deadeye Build Summary

Eravin's Mirage Arrow Deadeye Build

This Mirage Arrow Deadeye build is based on a build by Eravin over at Eravin (Youtube). The video includes details on how to gear up to get the build online. Check out Eravin's YouTube channel for more Path of Exile 2 content and ask questions about the build!

Mirage Arrow Deadeye Build

Build Setup
Path of Exile 2 PoE 2 Deadeye PortraitMirage Arrow Deadeye Build
Mirage Deadeye Icon Herald of Thunder Icon Lightning Arrow Icon Lightning Rod Icon Electrocuting Arrow Icon Voltaic Mark Icon Wind Dancer Icon Mirage Archer Icon
Path of Exile 2 Build ProFast Mapping

Path of Exile 2 Build ProBudget Friendly

Path of Exile 2 Build ConSquishy Early Game

Path of Exile 2 Build ConRequires Combos for Best DPS

The Mirage Arrow Deadeye build remains one of the best builds to start a season, scaling all the way to the late game. This budget endgame build utilizes the best bow skill in the game, Lightning Arrow, together with Lightning Rod to swiftly eliminate mobs and clear endgame content.

Date Changes
01-07-2026 Updated for Patch 0.4, The Last of the Druids update.
・Updated Equipment Section.
・Updated Jewels.
・Adjusted Skill Gems
09-06-2025 Created Mirage Arrow Deadeye build for endgame and Pinnacle content.

Mirage Arrow Deadeye Equipment

Gear Affixes
Gemini Bow IconGemini Bow ・Increased Physical Damage
・Adds Physical Damage
・Adds Lightning Damage
・Increased Critical Hit Chance
・Increased Critical Damage Bonus
Visceral Quiver IconVisceral Quiver ・Increased Critical Hit Chance
・Adds Physical Damage
・Increased Damage with Bow Skills
・Increased Projectile Speed
・Level of All Projectile Skills
・Increased Critical Damage Bonus
・Increased Attack Speed
Desert Cap IconDesert Cap ・Evasion Rating
・Maximum Life
・Increased Evasion Rating
・Increased Critical Hit Chance
・Gain Deflection Rating equal to % of Evasion Rating
Slipstrike Vest IconSlipstrike Vest
・Evasion Rating
・Increased Evasion Rating
・Maximum Life
・Dexterity
・Elemental Resistance
LeopoldLeopold's Applause Embroidered Gloves
・Increased Energy Shield
・Maximum Mana
・Increased Rarity of Items Found
・Damage Penetrates Elemental Resistances
・Your Hits can Penetrate Elemental Resistances down to a minimum of -50%
Serpentscale Boots IconSerpentscale Boots
・Increased Movement Speed
・Maximum Mana
・Increased Evasion Rating
・Stun Threshold
・Elemental Resistance
Azure Amulet IconAzure Amulet
・+ Level to Projectile Skills
・Spirit
・Maximum Life
・Increased Critical Hit Chance
・Increased Critical Damage
Ruby Ring IconRuby Ring
・Elemental Resistance
・Dexterity
・Increased Lightning Damage
Pearl Ring IconPearl Ring
・Adds Physical Damage
・Adds Fire Damage
・Increased Lightning Damage
・Fire Resistance
・Cold Resistance
・Lightning Resistance
Ultimate Life Flask IconUltimate Life Flask
・Increased Recovery Rate
・Chance to Gain a Charge when you Kill an Enemy
Ultimate Mana Flask IconUltimate Mana Flask
・Increased Mana Recovered
・Removes Mana Recovered from Life when used
・Reduced Charges per Use

Weapons

We highly recommend getting a Gemini Bow to make use of the Bow Fires an Additional Projectile implicit and maximize your damage output with using Physical Damage and Critical modifiers.

On the other hand, your Quiver should have the increased Critical Hit Chance for Attacks implicit to make your critical attacks more consistent while also having a bunch of damage modifiers such as Physical Damage, Level of All Projectile Skills,

List of Weapons

Armor and Accessories

The Mirage Arrow Deadeye build survives through the use of high Evasion Rating and maximum life. Stack as much Evasion as you can on your Helm, Body Armor, and Boots to reach a comfortable Evasion Rating to take on high tier maps.

Make sure to get the Leopold's Applause unique gloves for more damage, as it allows your lightning damage skills to penetrate elemental resistances.

List of Armors List of Accessories

Runes and Soul Cores

Equipment Sockets
Weapon
Armor

You will be utilizing Thane Leld's Rune of Spring, used in conjunction with a Greater Storm Rune for your weapon, to further increase your lightning damage.

For your armor pieces, Thane Grannell's Rune of Mastery provides an increase to your Elemental Magnitude, increasing the chance to shock. The rest of your armor pieces should be slotted with Greater Iron Runes, but you can slot in any elemental runes to cap out your resistances as needed.

All Runes and Soul Cores
List of Runes List of Soul Cores

Belts and Charms

Belt Modifiers
Heavy Belt IconHeavy Belt ・Increased Stun Threshold
・Increased Flask Life Recovery
・Maximum Life
・Reduced Flask Charges Used
・Cold Resistance
・Fire Resistance
Charm Options
PoE 2 NgamahuNgamahu's Chosen PoE 2 Thawing Charm Thawing Charm -

This Mirage Arrow Deadeye build makes use of the Ngamahu's Chosen unique charm to enable maxmimum range stacks Equip a Thawing Charm as well since there will be a ton of enemies that can infict Freeze to ruin your run.

As for belts, we recommend getting the Heavy Belt belt for the added Stun Threshold.

List of All Charms

Mirage Arrow Deadeye Skills

※ The Support Gems' priority are arranged in a descending order. The first one being the most important and the last being the least crucial.

All Active and Persistent Skills

Skill Support Gems
Lightning Arrow IconLightning Arrow
Lightning Rod IconLightning Rod
Herald of Thunder IconHerald of Thunder
Mirage Archer IconMirage Archer
Electrocuting Arrow IconElectrocuting Arrow
Voltaic Mark IconVoltaic Mark
Mirage Deadeye IconMirage Deadeye
Wind Dancer IconWind Dancer

Your main skills consist of using Lightning Arrow together with Lightning Rod to completely demolish all types of content until Pinnacle. Use Electrocuting Arrow to enable Electrocution buildup against bosses to stunlock and defeat them with ease.

Both the Mirage Archer and the Mirage Deadeye are socketed with Lightning Arrow to trigger Lightning Rod procs for full damage. However, if you socket them with Lightning Rod, it despawns when the either Mirage expires. Therefore, it is more beneficial to have them trigger Lightning Rod via Lightning Arrow.

As for your Persistent skill, equip Herald of Thunder as soon as possible for more lightning bolts whenever you kill Shocked enemies. Wind Dancer provides additional evasion and triggers a knockback once its charge has been expended, giving you enough time to create distance between yourself and your target.

List of Skills

Mirage Arrow Deadeye Passive Tree

Passive Tree Progression

Ascendency Passive Nodes
Gathering Winds, Wind Ward and Endless Munitions
Passive Nodes
Screenshots and footage taken from Path of Building.

To increase our damage output, we will be taking on passives that direcly buff our projectiles and ability to inflict status ailments, so we will be taking passives such as Honed Instincts, Vile Wounds, and Master Fletching.

We will be commiting some of the nodes to enhance survivability. To that end, we will be acquiring defensive passives such as The Wild Cat, Beastial Skin, and Enhanced Reflexes. To enhance the effectiveness of critical modifiers on your gear, pair it with passives such as True Strike, Deadly Force, and Struck Through.

Passive Skill Tree Guide and List of Passives

Jewels

Emerald Icon Emerald Prefixes
・Companion Damage
・Increased Evasion Rating
・Increased Bow Damage
・Increased Attack Damage
・Increased Lightning Damage
Suffixes:
・Critical Chance With Attacks
・Critical Damage for Attacks
・Attack Speed
・Attack Speed with Bows
・Movement Speed

It is recommended to focus on getting Emeralds to gain more damage using increased Lightning Damage, Critical Hit Chance and Damage Bonus, and Attack Speed. Take note that this build does not rely on Jewels so make sure to set this as your least priority when crafting the build.

List of Jewels

Mirage Arrow Deadeye Playstyle

Mobbing Rotation

For most encounters, casting Lightning Arrow is an efficient enough way to handle most enemies. Thanks to Herald of Thunder, no other skills need to be cast, as the combination of Lightning Arrow and Herald of Thunder is enough to clear maps.

  1. Cast Lightning Arrow on a grouo of mobs, triggering Herald of Thunder on slain targets.
  2. Rinse and repeat.

Bossing Rotation

When facing bosses, you'll need to use Lightning Rod to multiply your Lightning Damage, Electrocuting Arrow to stun the target, and Voltaic Mark for higher shock chance and magnitude.
Additionally, you will also want to squeeze in your Mirage skills for additional Lightning Rod Triggers. The rotation is as follows:

  1. Dodge to trigger Deadye Mirage.
  2. Stack instances of Lightning Rod on the boss.
  3. Use Voltaic Mark on target s to increase shock chance and shock magnitude.
  4. Cast Electrocuting Arrow to make targets susceptible to electrecution.
  5. Cast Lightning Arrow to start triggering procs.
  6. Cast Mirage Arrow to for more Lightning Arrow casts.
  7. Cast Lightning Arrow as much as you can, and repeat the rotation as needed.

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