Patch 0.5.5 ·

Skill Gems

Lightning Rod

Lightning Rod is a Skill Gem (Dexterity) in Path of Exile 2. Tags: Attack, AoE, Projectile, Sustained, Lightning, Duration, Repeatable. 258 Support Gems can support it.

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Lightning Rod
Attack, AoE, Projectile, Sustained, Lightning, Duration, Repeatable
Level: 1
Cost: 4 Mana
Use Time: 1 sec
Attack Speed: 120% of base
Maximum active Arrows: 10
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 charge up for a brief period before releasing another Lightning burst. The Lightning Arrow Skill reduces this delay, causing bursts to happen more quickly.
Burst radius is 2 metres
Maximum Arrow duration is 20 seconds
Converts 100% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage
Arrow disappears after being Chained to 8 times
Type
Skill Gems
Attribute
Dexterity
Tags
Attack, AoE, Projectile, Sustained, Lightning, Duration, Repeatable
Gemcutting
Uncut Gem level 1 or higher
Gemcutting category
Bow
Levels
1–40

Quality

At 20% quality

  • Chance for an additional Burst on impact: 20%

Additionally with Advanced Thaumaturgy (Gemling Legionnaire)

  • 20% more Attack Speed

Used in builds

Values per level

Only values that change with the level – fixed values are in the tooltip. Click a row to show that level in the tooltip.

Level Character levelCost
1 –4 Mana
2 35 Mana
3 66 Mana
4 106 Mana
5 147 Mana
6 188 Mana
7 229 Mana
8 2610 Mana
9 3111 Mana
10 3613 Mana
11 4114 Mana
12 4615 Mana
13 5217 Mana
14 5818 Mana
15 6420 Mana
16 6622 Mana
17 7224 Mana
18 7826 Mana
19 8428 Mana
20 9030 Mana
Levels 21–40 (from additional gem levels)
Level Character levelCost
21 –33 Mana
22 –35 Mana
23 –38 Mana
24 –41 Mana
25 –44 Mana
26 –47 Mana
27 –51 Mana
28 –54 Mana
29 –58 Mana
30 –62 Mana
31 –67 Mana
32 –71 Mana
33 –76 Mana
34 –81 Mana
35 –87 Mana
36 –93 Mana
37 –99 Mana
38 –105 Mana
39 –112 Mana
40 –119 Mana

Matching supports 258

258 Support Gems can support this skill.

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