Making this comment so ppl can copy paste Skills into a tex document! So here we go! Skills: 1: Lightning Arrow. Support It With - Pierce And Martial Tempo/Lightning Infusion. Until You Get Thingy So You Can Have All Three - "1" 2: Lighting Rod. Support It With - Scattershot And Primal Armament/Lighting Exposure Until You Get Thingy So You Can Have All Three - "2" 3: Escape shot. Support It With - Frost Nexus And Maim. 4: Freezing Salvo. Support It With - Cold Infusion And Cold Penetration/Hourglass. Comes Down To Player Preference. Experiment With all Three Idk? "Use On Bosses While Staggered, shock or stun" 4: Ones You Hit End Game Or Unlock It? Swap For "Magnetic Salvo. Support It With - Hourglass". You Can Prb Use Both Of These As shown in the Video! # Not Sure! Aka: Freezing Salvo. Support It With - Cold Infusion And Cold Penetration Magnetic Salvo. Support It With - Hourglass. 5: First Buff Is "Herald Of Thunder" Support It With - Execute and Precision. When You Have Enough Spirit Ofc. 6: Second Buff is "Wind Dancer" Support It With - Blind. THIS IS LATER ON IN THE GAME!!! My guess ACT 3-4 7: Voltaic Mark. Support It With - Conduction And Persistence. You Can Also Swap One Of These For "Cast On Shock" 8: Rain of arrows - I Do Not Know The Support Skills My Guess? He Doesn't Mention It Because He's Not Using The Skill! Note: That I Don't Know The Best Set Up For "Lightning Arrow" And "Lighting Rod" With Only Two Sockets! Great Video Raxx!!! Love you :3 ❤😘
Hey Rax, not sure if you'll actually see this but I want you to know that I look for your builds and content specifically when it come to POE and ARPG games. You're the man. Keep up the amazing work!!!
You look for his copy pasted builds from the internet ? I have news for you buddy, none of these people come up with builds. They are straight from google.
same brother. I played warrior for 3 days and almost quit poe2 then i played a variation of this build and got to the warrior level in like 5 hours. crazy dmg diff between classes
FYI - If you hold ALT with the gear tool-tip up, it'll let you mouse into the tool-tip without removing it, allowing you to scan the info. If you then click on an underlined piece of text, it'll lock that subsequent tool-tip for more reading. (Might be control key, pretty sure it's alt tho)
Got to lv 34 and hit a wall (new player so never really knew what I was doing) Respec’d and followed this and the improvement is tangible - superb work, thank you.
Would love to see a updated or extended guide for this build. Been using it for the past week and has been great! Lvl 54 Act 2 and still pumping out a lot of damage. I got a dualstring bow with an extra "bow attacks fire additional arrow" off trade for one exalted orb..so 3 arrow.. nothing for over 25 levels came close to that damage. You can even find "bow attacks fire an additional arrow" X3 too!
Thank you @Raxx! Thank you for taking the time to explain a build for us dummies. I hate watching videos of people explaining the Min Max of everything. Subscribed for sure!
Deadeye ranger is probably strongest or atleast one of the strongest endgame classes. You might need to make some adjustments to this for endgame, but it is super strong
Please rax, I’m level 75 and I have no idea what I’m doing using this as a base, new to Poe, but need some guidance for skills and passive points beyond your original guide . Thanks
Appreciate all the help to the community! Was playing SRS infernalist witch and got to cruelty difficulty but the fire animations was just frying my eyes out and blinding my buddy as well who plays warrior with me lmao this is definitely what I’m switching to
Yea visual clarity with the SRS Witch is definitely a problem currently. I had to build really tanky on my Witch just because seeing on death effects, projectiles and even some telegraphed attacks is really challenging when half my screen is fire. Doesn't help that Flame Wall's effect appears to overlay every other effect I've seen. Maybe if GGG made it have less priority it might be better.
TYSM Rax, just got back from holiday's and started playing poe2 been struggling with killing things this will solve the issue for me. I love how you explain everything very simply so that even if you don't follow the exact steps the general idea will still work.
Raxx, I love the build guides! I did the comet sorc till it got nerfed and now this one. One thing i noticed that I think is sneaking past you is; you recommend level 2 support gems when players won’t have access to them yet. It would be even more helpful if you gave early suggestions for the level 2 supports. Thanks for keeping this game fun for all of us!
Your guide is so good man.. but not just that you break it down in such a way it makes it easy to understand how to build, what to look for and what to prioritize. 10/10
i was struggling with my ranger and didn't know if i wanted to keep playing her but my buddy sent me your video and now i love her! defiantly my main now thanks for the video!
Thank you Raxx. I'm a first time PoE player and I was trying to make this build work on my own. Took a couple of simple tips from this video and have improved my character considerably. Thanks again!
thank you rax im new to arpgs and i picked monk first and used it for 40 hours and im about to pull my hair out im struggling so at this very moment i tried to switch to ranger and bam u just uploaded it thank you
Weird. Maybe your gear isn't too great. Monk kinda slaps the entire game from the looks of it. I played through Act 1 with it and it was great imo. UA-cam is also full of clips of different monk builds all destroying every stage of the game. I've seen Act 2 boss killed in a minute, Act 3 in like 30s and tons of even later content too just obliterated by the different Monk builds.
Awesome video, you said it best I was struggling with this game until I came across this guide. Thanks so much nice work and will follow you for more content!
Hey Raxx, just curious are you going to make a guide for an end game version of this build? I just got past the campaign (level 63) and don't have a very good idea of what I should be building into past what you put in the planner. Love your videos btw man, keep up the good work.
Love you so much for this Raxx. I had got my Sorc to Act 3 and was having heaps of fun but lightning was becoming slow going, with the nerf to cast on freeze I couldn’t do that. Found this and I’m having an amazing experience. Thank you!!!
Skills: 1. Lightning Arrow w/ Pierce, Martial Tempo, and Lightning Infusion 2. Lightning Rod w/ Scattershot, Primal Armament and Lightning Exposure 3. Escape Shot w/ Frost Nexus and Maim 4.A. Freezing Salvo w/ Cold Infusion and Cold Penetration or Hourglass (Hourglass does more burst damage on bosses while staggered, shocked, or stunned) 4.B. Once unlocked swap *Freezing Salvo* FOR *Magnetic Salvo* (Magnetic Salvo w/ Hourglass) 5. First Buff is "Herald of Thunder" w/ Execute and Precision 6. Second Buff is "Wind Dancer" w/ Blind 7. Voltaic Mark w/ Conduction and Persistence (can swap one for "Cast on Shock") 8. Rain of Arrows w/ NOT KNOWN ATM Gear: Bow (Dualstring) - % Increased Physical Damage Quiver - % increased attack peed Hands - Adds x to x Physical Damage ADDS x to x Physical Damage Adds x to x Physical Damage adds x to x Fire Damage + to Accuracy Rating Adds x to x Lightning Damage adds x to x Lightning Damage % Increased Attack Speed % increased attack speed + to level of ALL projectile skills + Level to of ALL projectile skills Bow attacks fire an additional arrow Helm - + to maximum life Chest - + to maximum life Boots - % Increased Movement Speed + to maximum mana + to maximum mana + to Maximum Life % to fire resistance % to Fire resistance % to Fire Resistance % to cold resistance % to cold resistance % to Cold Resistance % to lightning resistance % to lightning resistance % to Lightning Resistance Neck - + to all Attributes Ring 1 - % to ALL Elemental Resistances Ring 2 - % to ALL Elemental Resistances + to Maximum Life adds x to x Physical Damage adds x to x Physical Damage + to Maximum Mana adds x to x Cold Damage adds x to x Fire Damage + to level of all Projectile Skills adds x to x Lightning Damage adds x to x Lightning Damage % to ALL Elemental resistances % to ALL Elemental Resistances % to ALL elemental resistances Belt - + to Armor + to Maximum Life % to Fire Resistance % to Cold Resistance % to Lightning Resistance
You’re already beating it, bud. I can’t even get to Act 2-got killed by the freaking wolf like 100 times as a Sorcerer (FYI, Still cant kill the wolfs)
@amhowaye1605 I had same issue with witch and sorc . But keep trying that boss isn't too hard once you've got his pattern down also get some cold res will help
I was stuck against the Act 1 boss with a poison Ranger/Hunter and couldn't kill him at all, been hard stopped there for a few days and was getting frustrated with the game. Going to respec my character with this guide this afternoon
I've been playing mostly relying on lightning rod for dmg and scaling lightning dmg. I also went to 43 int to grab orb of storms, so now I put it down and then when I cast lightning rod I immediately chain it, it's pretty nice. I'm new to the game so discovering these things felt rly good. I don't think my variant is stronger than yours. Another thing to mention is how strong life on hit is with ranger, as you have sooo many instances of hits with rod and light arrow that you fully heal on each cast almost, that will be enough survival for non boss fights.
Rax ty! This build rips! I switched off my merc cuz I wasn't having fun and I used ur build guide and now I'm in act 3 cruel and still rippin! Been following u for a while much love!
For those asking me how, there is literally a rune under "all runes" not class specific to ranger that is cast on shock. Its a spirit gem. Thats how. I run cast on shock and have Voltaic Mark, Conductivity, and precision slotted in it. Works pretty well.
Complete noob to poe2 world. Tried to avoid guides but felt like I might be missing something so checked your video out. No joke, I'm now melting things in Act 2. Just in general your video helped me a lot with understanding the game and game sense. Thanks dude!
Love the guide and this bould is fun until I got to the forst trial and I only have like 495 honor. I get to the boss worh full honor but doe halfway through the fight. Should I invest in more strength to get more life to get more honour??
@adamiveson295 You just need to dodge a lot and movement speed boots. Once the first trial is beat it becomes easier. Because after that you can farm honor resistance and maximum honor and life relics. The main thing is to avoid the slam from the boss. But yeah couldn't hurt to have at least 600 honor.
I modified this this quite a bit to fit this build to my playstyle (poison is super fun), but I wouldn't have made it without you. I took your 'if it's dead, it cant't kill you' to extreme. I'm blasting through campaign on negative res and it's so much fun. Thanks for the content, man.
Raxx. You're a lifesaver!. Was struggling to keep a witch infernalist alive throughout act 1 and this pathfinder has made everything silky smooth. Thanks for another great and informative guide.
I hope he updates this build for end game. This is perfect leveling guide. I’d like to see what rax does with end game build guide. I like this setup make leveling guide. Then make end game build guide for maps etc.
I'm close to level 80 with this build, and it absolutely flies through the campaign until Act 6 (Act 3 Cruel), but that's where survivability becomes a real problem. Once you're in maps, it feels like everything just insta-kills you. The fix? Start picking up evasion nodes. The DPS you've been using since Act 4-5 is still more than enough for endgame maps, so you can skip offensive nodes from here on. By now, you should have a decent bow and quiver, so the focus shifts to grabbing gear with evasion and stacking evasion nodes. The real game-changer is the 'Acrobatics' node-it makes you dodgy against everything except DoTs. It does come with a big evasion penalty, but you can counter that with evasive gear and nodes. Once you’ve got that set up, you’re basically unkillable and can shred through everything.
@@vorhandklaus I just copied the setup from the video, only added in the Heft gem for LA. This build is so brain-dead easy I never even thought, “What else does it need?” The bow is literally 50% of the build. Get a decent one, and you’re chilling. But the real carry is the damage rings. That’s the secret sauce that makes it pop, plus the evasion thing. :D
@@Nevernyi Would be really helpful if you could help us in the endgame, any way you can provide us with a detailed breakdown of all your gears and skills?
I was nodding my head many times in this build guide. I struggled a lot with my minion witch in act 1 and 2, spent several farming runs changing out my build trying to be more survivable and my take away was: damage, damage, damage. I never felt like I was doing enough damage. Having like 1k shield at level 25 meant you might survive 1 more hit you otherwise wouldn't, but bosses pretty much still 1 shot you with certain moves anyway. I always felt like the less time you spent in the boss fight(your damage), the more likely you are to survive anyway.
Raxx saving the ARPG genre again! I rolled a sorc, witch, and mercenary, having difficulty with each and every one of those classes until I tried this build and now I'm just having a blast. Thanks Raxx!
haven’t even played the game yet & stoked to see this. Crazy how lightning pans out to be far better for Ranger long term than Sorc, & Sorc meta is all about being ice queen. We love that
hey rax, gotta say, huge props for dropping the guide. been following your deadeye ranger run from the streams step by step, and while it’s been fun trying to keep up with the live decisions, it’s clear the official guide is way more polished. i made it to act 3 just rewatching the streams, and i could tell some of the passive choices were more experimental in the moment. feels like the build is way more focused and efficient with this version. really appreciate the effort you put into making it beginner-friendly too! great work, man, this is very helpful. cheers!
Full damage on the passive tree is the way to go right now. I've done this on my Merc and dude is melting the campaign bosses. I've not even been following a guide, DPS just trumps everything.
Your comments on building damage have helped me so much. Stuck in Act 2 first ascendency, swapped my passives over and doubled my damage without changing my gear. Flew through the trial.
Funniest character i've played so far. Thank you so much for this awesome guide. Keep up the good work. Your videos are very fun to watch. Everything is clean and easy to understand.
While I enjoyed a couple other builds more than this one, frost spells and minion builds clutter/discolor the ground so much it's impossible to know if you're standing in bad. This feels really smooth, doesn't require skill or spell juggling, and the effects are crisp and on the less-is-more side. I appreciate this a lot. Thanks!
Raxx turned me onto PoE (although I never played it) and thus PoE 2 and can’t thank you enough. I get it’s a different pace from the usual D4 or other comps but I enjoy it and it’s great to be apart of a game community where feedback and criticism is requested with a developer that actually listens. Ready to ride this wave for years to come
I don't like that rangers can use quivers for extra stats buffs and mercenaries can't. This makes absolutely no sense to me feels bad every time i see a quiver with good stats
@@Matt-lp1xp I'm having a "blast" playing merc. It's very fun and effective so far. I just don't understand why having skills be ammunition can't just represent ammunition types and have a quiver of bolts to equip.
It's 100% logical crossbows use bolts not arrows and thier base stat is just higher. It's kinda logical that weapon that don't use arrows don't have bonuses from quiver full of arrows.
@EGOISTA99 no sorry you're way off. Arrows are the same as bolts, both used quivers. I would rather have a unique quivers added mods than a slightly higher base damage. The game they copied the most from (d2) had bolt quivers for crossbows. No reason not to have them in poe 2.
I just started yesterday with sorc and seen everybody complaining. I went to the best UA-cam channel for advice . I switch to this I haven’t died yet ,I’m loving this ranger
I'm weird I guess, but people were raving about PoE, and I was really looking forward to my first experience with it in this EA of PoE2, but I got to say I'm kind of disappointed. Its fun, don't get me wrong, but people were chanting D4 bad and that PoE was just so much better. Which really doesn't feel honest. I think they're both pretty cool, but I think they're just different experiences, I personally feel like D4 has a some areas where it feels better.
This is me thanking you later ! Just got done making your monk build and have it in maps it is a blast. I love seeing how fast and efficiently I can bring online the builds you create. 🎉
Thank you Raxx!! I had a pretty similar build as yours but not quite, especially with the support gems was I struggling. But thanks to your video I could optimize it & now my Ranger plays like magic ❤
My Ranger is only lvl 12, but just following the first couple of skill/support recommendations has boosted my DPS by 5-6x (based on kill time, I didn't check the numbers). Always appreciated the build guides you & Rhykker did for Diablo - glad you're around for POE2.
I was level 34. Roughed it thru the final boss of act 2. Decided to switch my spec up to this. My DPS quadrupled. Went back to kill the act 2 final boss again. Took like 2 minutes instead of 6-8. Awesome guide!!!! Super new ARPG player too lol.. coming from WoW
Super casual player here, and if you’re in that boat, this is a great build/starting class for getting into the game. I had a ton of trouble starting with the Monk, and then tried this class. Progression has been so much smoother since.
I literally stopped playing and went to bed early last night so I could animation cancel into todays morning to watch your video and re-build my ranger, thanks for the help Raxx
Level 40 and this build is really coming together now with the level 2 skill gems. Still need some jeweler orbs which seem to never drop but man, great build dude! Thanks!
Made a new character after Sorc got super nerfed. Decided to try this because youre my favorite ARPG creator, and I have to say your reputation is safe. Im having a blast with this build. As a sorc i was getting frustrated with the long long boss fight. This build actually give you a proper fight making it about properly avoiding attacks, and not death by 1000 cuts. I got to Act 2 almost twice as fast as on my sorc, and took way less deaths because I didn't have to slap the enemy to death. Great guide!
please dont forget to add "Permanent Buff Section which best to pick for this build" seems others content creator doesnt add the section. much appreciated for ur content raxx, keep up the good work
I feel exactly the same, stuff running mechanics over and over, spec into the damage and nuke on everything. I've done all my characters like this because I'm never satisfied unless the screen is blowing up enemies 😅 thanks for the guide bro really helped where to put my support gems 🤙🏻
Great video as usual. Just wanted to let you know, @10:04 when you said you couldnt move your mouse while hovering the bow, if you hold alt, then it locks the tooltip in place and you can hover over it to read what everything does! (or point at things for the viewers)
Thanks man :D Been leveling my new ranger and it feels so much better than my merc. I gave up on my merc at lvl 7. Now I'm lvl 10 and did it in 1/3 of the time. (getting lucky with a craft on bow...got 45% phy really helped too)
I thought I was being smart going evasion so I don’t get hit, and I cruised through for the most part but him stating the whole long boss fights dodging, I felt that!!! Good video!!❤🎉
Just to throw this out there for a few people that might want to add some high damage during leveling, you can add orb of storms on top of the lightning rod and put (unleash, chain, overbundance! Also keep the orb of storms at a low level to keep the intellect requirement low. :) does massive damage!
Making this comment so ppl can copy paste Skills into a tex document! So here we go!
Skills:
1: Lightning Arrow. Support It With - Pierce And Martial Tempo/Lightning Infusion. Until You Get Thingy So You Can Have All Three - "1"
2: Lighting Rod. Support It With - Scattershot And Primal Armament/Lighting Exposure Until You Get Thingy So You Can Have All Three - "2"
3: Escape shot. Support It With - Frost Nexus And Maim.
4: Freezing Salvo. Support It With - Cold Infusion And Cold Penetration/Hourglass. Comes Down To Player Preference. Experiment With all Three Idk? "Use On Bosses While Staggered, shock or stun"
4: Ones You Hit End Game Or Unlock It? Swap For "Magnetic Salvo. Support It With - Hourglass". You Can Prb Use Both Of These As shown in the Video! # Not Sure!
Aka: Freezing Salvo. Support It With - Cold Infusion And Cold Penetration
Magnetic Salvo. Support It With - Hourglass.
5: First Buff Is "Herald Of Thunder" Support It With - Execute and Precision. When You Have Enough Spirit Ofc.
6: Second Buff is "Wind Dancer" Support It With - Blind. THIS IS LATER ON IN THE GAME!!! My guess ACT 3-4
7: Voltaic Mark. Support It With - Conduction And Persistence. You Can Also Swap One Of These For "Cast On Shock"
8: Rain of arrows - I Do Not Know The Support Skills My Guess? He Doesn't Mention It Because He's Not Using The Skill!
Note: That I Don't Know The Best Set Up For "Lightning Arrow" And "Lighting Rod" With Only Two Sockets!
Great Video Raxx!!! Love you :3 ❤😘
Oh my GOD you are my freaking hero thank you
Not all heros wear capes. Gfg ❤
Your single advice to choose only damage in the passive tree, got my dud character moving again in the campaign.
your doing God's work fam, thx
@aephix73 same lol almost nearly doubled my dps
Hey Rax, not sure if you'll actually see this but I want you to know that I look for your builds and content specifically when it come to POE and ARPG games. You're the man. Keep up the amazing work!!!
I see you buddy, appreciate it ❤
You look for his copy pasted builds from the internet ? I have news for you buddy, none of these people come up with builds. They are straight from google.
With a user name like xzxxx-km4vy, I’m sure you know exactly what you’re talking about /s
I concur, you just never disappoint with thorough explanations and unlimited creativity. Thank you.
Stop. He's never made a build where he actively plays them. And they usually fail
Lightning Arrow
- Pierce
- Marcial Tempo
- Lighting Infusion (3rd slot in act 3)
Lightning Rhod
- Scattershot
- Primal Armament
- Lightning Exposure (3rd slot in act 3)
Herald Of Thunder
- Execute
- Precision
Escape Shot
- Frost Nexus
- Maim
Freezing Salvo
- Cold Infusion
- Cold Penetration
OR
- Hourglass (more dmg and more cd)
Voltaic Mark
- Conduction
- Persistence
Bro… you’re the best. 🥹🩷
3th spot?
holy moly, what a champion of the light!
I wish there was a way to buy you a beer over the comments section 😂 thank you bro lol
Thirth
I started this build I don’t think I can go back to anything else. Raxx you are the man. Love your content, it keeps getting better and better.
same brother. I played warrior for 3 days and almost quit poe2 then i played a variation of this build and got to the warrior level in like 5 hours. crazy dmg diff between classes
seems like I choose easiest classes 1st , mercenary and roque, but damn I wanna try melee as well :)
Is it that good? Been building poison one and so far gotten me to mid act2 easily
dude me too, just tried it out and im absolutely fkin melting everything. I cant believe I went this long without it lol
Going to try this today, hope they don't nerf it into ground like my sorc
I just started my ranger and followed your guide and I’ve completely obliterated act 1 without a single death. Holy F dude, I love it! Thanks!
FYI - If you hold ALT with the gear tool-tip up, it'll let you mouse into the tool-tip without removing it, allowing you to scan the info. If you then click on an underlined piece of text, it'll lock that subsequent tool-tip for more reading. (Might be control key, pretty sure it's alt tho)
Got to lv 34 and hit a wall (new player so never really knew what I was doing)
Respec’d and followed this and the improvement is tangible - superb work, thank you.
Would love to see a updated or extended guide for this build. Been using it for the past week and has been great! Lvl 54 Act 2 and still pumping out a lot of damage. I got a dualstring bow with an extra "bow attacks fire additional arrow" off trade for one exalted orb..so 3 arrow.. nothing for over 25 levels came close to that damage. You can even find "bow attacks fire an additional arrow" X3 too!
Thank you @Raxx! Thank you for taking the time to explain a build for us dummies. I hate watching videos of people explaining the Min Max of everything. Subscribed for sure!
Can we please get an endgame updated version of this build guide?? Would love to see how far this build can go :)
i would love to see it to
Deadeye ranger is probably strongest or atleast one of the strongest endgame classes. You might need to make some adjustments to this for endgame, but it is super strong
Please rax, I’m level 75 and I have no idea what I’m doing using this as a base, new to Poe, but need some guidance for skills and passive points beyond your original guide . Thanks
+1
Yes PLEASE!!!!
Appreciate all the help to the community! Was playing SRS infernalist witch and got to cruelty difficulty but the fire animations was just frying my eyes out and blinding my buddy as well who plays warrior with me lmao this is definitely what I’m switching to
Yea visual clarity with the SRS Witch is definitely a problem currently. I had to build really tanky on my Witch just because seeing on death effects, projectiles and even some telegraphed attacks is really challenging when half my screen is fire. Doesn't help that Flame Wall's effect appears to overlay every other effect I've seen. Maybe if GGG made it have less priority it might be better.
TYSM Rax, just got back from holiday's and started playing poe2 been struggling with killing things this will solve the issue for me. I love how you explain everything very simply so that even if you don't follow the exact steps the general idea will still work.
Raxx, I love the build guides! I did the comet sorc till it got nerfed and now this one. One thing i noticed that I think is sneaking past you is; you recommend level 2 support gems when players won’t have access to them yet. It would be even more helpful if you gave early suggestions for the level 2 supports. Thanks for keeping this game fun for all of us!
Your guide is so good man.. but not just that you break it down in such a way it makes it easy to understand how to build, what to look for and what to prioritize. 10/10
i was struggling with my ranger and didn't know if i wanted to keep playing her but my buddy sent me your video and now i love her! defiantly my main now thanks for the video!
While leveling, yes there is a Dualstring Bow also has additional arrow (level 28ish)
Thank you Raxx. I'm a first time PoE player and I was trying to make this build work on my own. Took a couple of simple tips from this video and have improved my character considerably. Thanks again!
thank you rax im new to arpgs and i picked monk first and used it for 40 hours and im about to pull my hair out im struggling so at this very moment i tried to switch to ranger and bam u just uploaded it thank you
frost monk is an absolute god. teleport around the map freeze everything with giga damage. Bosses are frozen like 75% of the time lol
Yeah fronst monk is destroying for me. clearing giga fast.
I'm playing lightning monk and it's insane
Weird. Maybe your gear isn't too great. Monk kinda slaps the entire game from the looks of it. I played through Act 1 with it and it was great imo. UA-cam is also full of clips of different monk builds all destroying every stage of the game. I've seen Act 2 boss killed in a minute, Act 3 in like 30s and tons of even later content too just obliterated by the different Monk builds.
I’m going monk today (blind, didn’t look at any builds). We’re gonna cook up something that crushes everything
Awesome video, you said it best I was struggling with this game until I came across this guide.
Thanks so much nice work and will follow you for more content!
Hey Raxx, just curious are you going to make a guide for an end game version of this build? I just got past the campaign (level 63) and don't have a very good idea of what I should be building into past what you put in the planner. Love your videos btw man, keep up the good work.
Yes!! I was anticipating this video. Was watching and creeping through all your live stream recordings to see what you did, so this is a godsend 🤣
Would be awesome of we get also an Endgame build of it. I love playing with this Rangr build thanks a lot!
Love you so much for this Raxx. I had got my Sorc to Act 3 and was having heaps of fun but lightning was becoming slow going, with the nerf to cast on freeze I couldn’t do that. Found this and I’m having an amazing experience. Thank you!!!
Skills:
1. Lightning Arrow w/ Pierce, Martial Tempo, and Lightning Infusion
2. Lightning Rod w/ Scattershot, Primal Armament and Lightning Exposure
3. Escape Shot w/ Frost Nexus and Maim
4.A. Freezing Salvo w/ Cold Infusion and Cold Penetration or Hourglass
(Hourglass does more burst damage on bosses while staggered, shocked, or stunned)
4.B. Once unlocked swap *Freezing Salvo* FOR *Magnetic Salvo*
(Magnetic Salvo w/ Hourglass)
5. First Buff is "Herald of Thunder" w/ Execute and Precision
6. Second Buff is "Wind Dancer" w/ Blind
7. Voltaic Mark w/ Conduction and Persistence (can swap one for "Cast on Shock")
8. Rain of Arrows w/ NOT KNOWN ATM
Gear:
Bow (Dualstring) - % Increased Physical Damage Quiver - % increased attack peed Hands - Adds x to x Physical Damage
ADDS x to x Physical Damage Adds x to x Physical Damage adds x to x Fire Damage
+ to Accuracy Rating Adds x to x Lightning Damage adds x to x Lightning Damage
% Increased Attack Speed % increased attack speed
+ to level of ALL projectile skills + Level to of ALL projectile skills
Bow attacks fire an additional arrow
Helm - + to maximum life Chest - + to maximum life Boots - % Increased Movement Speed
+ to maximum mana + to maximum mana + to Maximum Life
% to fire resistance % to Fire resistance % to Fire Resistance
% to cold resistance % to cold resistance % to Cold Resistance
% to lightning resistance % to lightning resistance % to Lightning Resistance
Neck - + to all Attributes Ring 1 - % to ALL Elemental Resistances Ring 2 - % to ALL Elemental Resistances
+ to Maximum Life adds x to x Physical Damage adds x to x Physical Damage
+ to Maximum Mana adds x to x Cold Damage adds x to x Fire Damage
+ to level of all Projectile Skills adds x to x Lightning Damage adds x to x Lightning Damage
% to ALL Elemental resistances % to ALL Elemental Resistances % to ALL elemental resistances
Belt - + to Armor
+ to Maximum Life
% to Fire Resistance
% to Cold Resistance
% to Lightning Resistance
Great guide ! I was building my lightning arrow deadeye myself, your guides gonna help a lot.
Without Raxx ... I'd still be stuck in act 2 or rage quitted. Much love Raxx
That’s sad lol
You’re already beating it, bud. I can’t even get to Act 2-got killed by the freaking wolf like 100 times as a Sorcerer (FYI, Still cant kill the wolfs)
@amhowaye1605 I had same issue with witch and sorc . But keep trying that boss isn't too hard once you've got his pattern down also get some cold res will help
@ Fresh update. Leveled up a fresh ranger and get that MFer down in one attempt no sweat. 🥹🥹🥹🥹
I was stuck against the Act 1 boss with a poison Ranger/Hunter and couldn't kill him at all, been hard stopped there for a few days and was getting frustrated with the game. Going to respec my character with this guide this afternoon
I had just been looking for this build this morning after I saw it from your stream. Very timely posting Rax!
I've been playing mostly relying on lightning rod for dmg and scaling lightning dmg. I also went to 43 int to grab orb of storms, so now I put it down and then when I cast lightning rod I immediately chain it, it's pretty nice. I'm new to the game so discovering these things felt rly good. I don't think my variant is stronger than yours.
Another thing to mention is how strong life on hit is with ranger, as you have sooo many instances of hits with rod and light arrow that you fully heal on each cast almost, that will be enough survival for non boss fights.
lightning rod and orb. Awesome idea. This is what POE is all about.
Wait, does each orb of storms hit trigger the lightning rods? That's nuts
@InfiniteMonkeysSA it looks like it yes, I'm not sure how many times it chains, I have to check, but with the chain support I think it's about 6 times
What supports you using for orb of storms?
Rax ty! This build rips! I switched off my merc cuz I wasn't having fun and I used ur build guide and now I'm in act 3 cruel and still rippin! Been following u for a while much love!
Change Voltaic Mark to "Cast on shock" and add mark there. Its great.
Wait how do you do that? Im making this build today and will take any tip u can give
How?
For those asking me how, there is literally a rune under "all runes" not class specific to ranger that is cast on shock. Its a spirit gem. Thats how. I run cast on shock and have Voltaic Mark, Conductivity, and precision slotted in it. Works pretty well.
wouldnt that make this build a lot more mana intensive? Would probably need to grab some mp regen stuff for comfort, right?
Or mana mods on some items
Complete noob to poe2 world. Tried to avoid guides but felt like I might be missing something so checked your video out. No joke, I'm now melting things in Act 2. Just in general your video helped me a lot with understanding the game and game sense. Thanks dude!
GGG please don't nerf this, i made a new char just because you guys nerfed the shit out of cold sorc
Oh it’s coming. GGG doesn’t want easy 1 button builds
Love the guide and this bould is fun until I got to the forst trial and I only have like 495 honor. I get to the boss worh full honor but doe halfway through the fight. Should I invest in more strength to get more life to get more honour??
Same!
@adamiveson295 You just need to dodge a lot and movement speed boots. Once the first trial is beat it becomes easier. Because after that you can farm honor resistance and maximum honor and life relics. The main thing is to avoid the slam from the boss. But yeah couldn't hurt to have at least 600 honor.
Come to the Warrior side
You are the only one with explaining whole process from skill gems and skill tree.. Thank You👍 Keep it up. Best Of Wishes For The Fuuture
Can we get an update please sir?
I modified this this quite a bit to fit this build to my playstyle (poison is super fun), but I wouldn't have made it without you. I took your 'if it's dead, it cant't kill you' to extreme. I'm blasting through campaign on negative res and it's so much fun. Thanks for the content, man.
Would you update the build for doing end game content?
thanks
This. I dont know where to spend my passive skills after his guide ends. Please update Raxx!
@@sherwintomas4458 I'm just started to watch this person Moxsy, he is playing dead-eye too. He do t15+ maps
Raxx. You're a lifesaver!. Was struggling to keep a witch infernalist alive throughout act 1 and this pathfinder has made everything silky smooth. Thanks for another great and informative guide.
I hope he updates this build for end game. This is perfect leveling guide. I’d like to see what rax does with end game build guide.
I like this setup make leveling guide. Then make end game build guide for maps etc.
I'm close to level 80 with this build, and it absolutely flies through the campaign until Act 6 (Act 3 Cruel), but that's where survivability becomes a real problem. Once you're in maps, it feels like everything just insta-kills you. The fix? Start picking up evasion nodes. The DPS you've been using since Act 4-5 is still more than enough for endgame maps, so you can skip offensive nodes from here on.
By now, you should have a decent bow and quiver, so the focus shifts to grabbing gear with evasion and stacking evasion nodes. The real game-changer is the 'Acrobatics' node-it makes you dodgy against everything except DoTs. It does come with a big evasion penalty, but you can counter that with evasive gear and nodes. Once you’ve got that set up, you’re basically unkillable and can shred through everything.
@@Nevernyi thanks for the tips, u have discord?
@@Nevernyi what are your links for lightning arrow and rod ? struggeling to get a decent 5 link running i swap all the time :D
@@vorhandklaus I just copied the setup from the video, only added in the Heft gem for LA. This build is so brain-dead easy I never even thought, “What else does it need?” The bow is literally 50% of the build. Get a decent one, and you’re chilling. But the real carry is the damage rings. That’s the secret sauce that makes it pop, plus the evasion thing. :D
@@Nevernyi Would be really helpful if you could help us in the endgame, any way you can provide us with a detailed breakdown of all your gears and skills?
Thanks!
POE 2 looks really good both visually and gameplay.
Thank you for making this
How do you see what attributes were chosen on the passive tree or any passive in general in the maxroll guide?
On the Maxroll website, you can hover over the nodes on the passive tree tab. Works on PC can’t verify if works on mobile
Man I appreciate you dude. I'm super casual and your guides save me so much frustration and get right into having fun which is perfect for my life.
I was nodding my head many times in this build guide. I struggled a lot with my minion witch in act 1 and 2, spent several farming runs changing out my build trying to be more survivable and my take away was: damage, damage, damage. I never felt like I was doing enough damage. Having like 1k shield at level 25 meant you might survive 1 more hit you otherwise wouldn't, but bosses pretty much still 1 shot you with certain moves anyway. I always felt like the less time you spent in the boss fight(your damage), the more likely you are to survive anyway.
Raxx saving the ARPG genre again! I rolled a sorc, witch, and mercenary, having difficulty with each and every one of those classes until I tried this build and now I'm just having a blast. Thanks Raxx!
Please finish the guide
Thanks for the tips, I was struggling a little bit, now i'm doing way better. Thank you!
Lightning Arrow Gang 👊
hows ur mana doing?
Great guide Raxx! Starting playing this one today, absolutely blasting. Fantastic fun.
What venom choice? mana or elemental thresh?
haven’t even played the game yet & stoked to see this. Crazy how lightning pans out to be far better for Ranger long term than Sorc, & Sorc meta is all about being ice queen. We love that
hey rax, gotta say, huge props for dropping the guide. been following your deadeye ranger run from the streams step by step, and while it’s been fun trying to keep up with the live decisions, it’s clear the official guide is way more polished. i made it to act 3 just rewatching the streams, and i could tell some of the passive choices were more experimental in the moment. feels like the build is way more focused and efficient with this version. really appreciate the effort you put into making it beginner-friendly too! great work, man, this is very helpful. cheers!
Full damage on the passive tree is the way to go right now. I've done this on my Merc and dude is melting the campaign bosses. I've not even been following a guide, DPS just trumps everything.
Grenade build i take it? I wanted something that was not grenade build, and bosses are melting me
I like how you always explain things in a very clear way
Please update the build for end game content.
Your comments on building damage have helped me so much. Stuck in Act 2 first ascendency, swapped my passives over and doubled my damage without changing my gear. Flew through the trial.
Raxx - any chance you can create a lightning arrow leveling guide? I'm level 18 right now ready for the final Act 1 boss so I could sure use one :)
This is it though...?
Are you high?
Funniest character i've played so far. Thank you so much for this awesome guide. Keep up the good work. Your videos are very fun to watch. Everything is clean and easy to understand.
Hello. Is this build going to be completed? What after lvl60/79 points? what last ascendencies?
Bounced around a few different builds, this one just hits different. Thanks for the video.
I started monk, got to the ascension trials, laughed. Rerolled a Ranger, ROFL. Easy mode engaged.
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I finished them as a monk, it was torture. Now I just add bow in second slow and now it's easyyyy xD
Frost strike on monk makes everything easy mode when combined with bell
@@yournamethere123I don't agree being in melee range of everything sucks
@@Siddy641 well you don’t have much of a choice as a monk.
While I enjoyed a couple other builds more than this one, frost spells and minion builds clutter/discolor the ground so much it's impossible to know if you're standing in bad. This feels really smooth, doesn't require skill or spell juggling, and the effects are crisp and on the less-is-more side. I appreciate this a lot. Thanks!
Update pls 🙏
Hey..Raxx thank..!I been blasting the campaign with your build , It feel amazing so far I been unstoppable.
This build is next btw. Im not even going to bother rerolling a ranger. 😂
Yuuup
Raxx turned me onto PoE (although I never played it) and thus PoE 2 and can’t thank you enough. I get it’s a different pace from the usual D4 or other comps but I enjoy it and it’s great to be apart of a game community where feedback and criticism is requested with a developer that actually listens. Ready to ride this wave for years to come
I don't like that rangers can use quivers for extra stats buffs and mercenaries can't. This makes absolutely no sense to me feels bad every time i see a quiver with good stats
Sell it!
Mercs just straight up aren't as fun as Ranger
@@Matt-lp1xp I'm having a "blast" playing merc. It's very fun and effective so far. I just don't understand why having skills be ammunition can't just represent ammunition types and have a quiver of bolts to equip.
It's 100% logical crossbows use bolts not arrows and thier base stat is just higher. It's kinda logical that weapon that don't use arrows don't have bonuses from quiver full of arrows.
@EGOISTA99 no sorry you're way off. Arrows are the same as bolts, both used quivers. I would rather have a unique quivers added mods than a slightly higher base damage. The game they copied the most from (d2) had bolt quivers for crossbows. No reason not to have them in poe 2.
I just started yesterday with sorc and seen everybody complaining. I went to the best UA-cam channel for advice . I switch to this I haven’t died yet ,I’m loving this ranger
I'm weird I guess, but people were raving about PoE, and I was really looking forward to my first experience with it in this EA of PoE2, but I got to say I'm kind of disappointed. Its fun, don't get me wrong, but people were chanting D4 bad and that PoE was just so much better. Which really doesn't feel honest. I think they're both pretty cool, but I think they're just different experiences, I personally feel like D4 has a some areas where it feels better.
I would agree. Imagine a game with the best of both worlds 🤯
Why you letting it all out on a poe2 yt build video man leave a review or sum😂
Tbh Poe 2 is like elden ring while d4 is a arcade game
I agree, I just can't get into the game
@@complex3297 It does feel like different games which i don't mind !
Ranger and Merc absolutely blasting EA, Im gonna try this ranger build. Always appreciate your work Rax!
This is me thanking you later ! Just got done making your monk build and have it in maps it is a blast. I love seeing how fast and efficiently I can bring online the builds you create. 🎉
Thank you Raxx!! I had a pretty similar build as yours but not quite, especially with the support gems was I struggling. But thanks to your video I could optimize it & now my Ranger plays like magic ❤
I've played all of the classes except for Warrior and this has by far been the smoothest leveling experience, great build.
The passive tree advice was a lifesaver Raxx, thanks for putting this together.
My Ranger is only lvl 12, but just following the first couple of skill/support recommendations has boosted my DPS by 5-6x (based on kill time, I didn't check the numbers). Always appreciated the build guides you & Rhykker did for Diablo - glad you're around for POE2.
I was level 34. Roughed it thru the final boss of act 2. Decided to switch my spec up to this. My DPS quadrupled. Went back to kill the act 2 final boss again. Took like 2 minutes instead of 6-8. Awesome guide!!!! Super new ARPG player too lol.. coming from WoW
I love that you go down to the Marauder starting nodes, going to try this build out as a Gemling.
Oh my God! This is an amazing build! Thanks for the guide and explanations! Amazing damage. Thank you for your hard work and efforts!
Thanks for this guide! I was a bit worried after bouncing off my monk starter, but switching to this feels very comfortable for a first build.
Super casual player here, and if you’re in that boat, this is a great build/starting class for getting into the game. I had a ton of trouble starting with the Monk, and then tried this class. Progression has been so much smoother since.
I literally stopped playing and went to bed early last night so I could animation cancel into todays morning to watch your video and re-build my ranger, thanks for the help Raxx
Level 40 and this build is really coming together now with the level 2 skill gems. Still need some jeweler orbs which seem to never drop but man, great build dude! Thanks!
Man this is way better than Fubgun’s starter LA build. I have to give you props where props are due.
yeah his build is for more end game
Made a new character after Sorc got super nerfed. Decided to try this because youre my favorite ARPG creator, and I have to say your reputation is safe. Im having a blast with this build. As a sorc i was getting frustrated with the long long boss fight. This build actually give you a proper fight making it about properly avoiding attacks, and not death by 1000 cuts. I got to Act 2 almost twice as fast as on my sorc, and took way less deaths because I didn't have to slap the enemy to death. Great guide!
You are pushing out that content so fast man, i love it!
Yo Raxx - your build guide got me to maps. Appreciate it.
Thanks for the clarity and effort! Any plans for an endgame lightning build? Thanks in advance!
please dont forget to add "Permanent Buff Section which best to pick for this build" seems others content creator doesnt add the section. much appreciated for ur content raxx, keep up the good work
I feel exactly the same, stuff running mechanics over and over, spec into the damage and nuke on everything. I've done all my characters like this because I'm never satisfied unless the screen is blowing up enemies 😅 thanks for the guide bro really helped where to put my support gems 🤙🏻
ty Raxx :) ranger is insanely fun so far, also mercenary, other's haven't tried yet, but I'm sure I'll enjoy them all, such an amazing game!
I’m having so much fun with this build. Everything dies so fast. A bit low on life and defence but that’s what gear is for. Thanx Raxx!😎
Great video as usual. Just wanted to let you know, @10:04 when you said you couldnt move your mouse while hovering the bow, if you hold alt, then it locks the tooltip in place and you can hover over it to read what everything does! (or point at things for the viewers)
theres a setting under "game" that is titled "always highlight" toggle it on
I didn't understand why my LA Ranger was struggling so bad. This helped so much! I'm back into the game!
Amazing build guides, they help so much. Keep up the good work
Thanks man :D Been leveling my new ranger and it feels so much better than my merc. I gave up on my merc at lvl 7. Now I'm lvl 10 and did it in 1/3 of the time. (getting lucky with a craft on bow...got 45% phy really helped too)
Man having lots of fun with this. Thanks Rax!
I thought I was being smart going evasion so I don’t get hit, and I cruised through for the most part but him stating the whole long boss fights dodging, I felt that!!! Good video!!❤🎉
can't wait to see the monk guide, have been running my own ice strike version but curious to see how much will be similar. keep up the good work ✌
Rax explains so well that even I, with my poor English, understand him perfectly 😎
Just to throw this out there for a few people that might want to add some high damage during leveling, you can add orb of storms on top of the lightning rod and put (unleash, chain, overbundance! Also keep the orb of storms at a low level to keep the intellect requirement low. :) does massive damage!