Hussar's Abyssal Amazon CI Lightning Arrow / Rod

⚡Hussar's Abyssal Amazon CI Lightning Arrow / Rod

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Overview

• Class / Ascendancy: Huntress → Amazon
• Main skills: Lightning Arrow (clear), Lightning Rod (single-target / bossing)
• Defence: Energy Shield Base using Chaos Inoculation (CI) with Evasion/Deflection layering
• Playstyle: Mobile, projectile-based lightning crit build

T3 Simulacrum wave 13-15

Build References:
• PoE.Ninja Build Page
• Mobalytics Build Page
• Path of Building through PoE.Ninja

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Cost

• 300 Divine gets you going for end game
• 1000 Divine for all content - comparable to what I have
• Mirror build potential

The build dynamically swaps between two gear sets:
Set 1 (Headhunter & MF Helmet/Rings/Amulet) for mapping speed, Magic Find, and rare buff chaining.
Set 2 (Ingenuity Belt & Evasion Helmet/Rings/Amulet) for bossing, maximizing DPS and survivability with ring amplification.

Passive Synergies
Stalking Panther: Utilized via hybrid ES/Evasion gear without downside.
Mystic Harvest: Elemental leech converted into Energy Shield sustain.
Walker of the Wilds: Leeching Mana from Elemental damage.
Walker of the Wilds From Nothing Jewel opening up for Time-Lost jewel

Energy Shield Body Armour and Evasion Helmet/Boots
By combining Evasion-based Helmet and Boots with a pure Energy Shield Body Armour, you gain all the benefits of the Stalking Panther without losing evasion or recovery efficiency.

The defensive layering includes:
Essentia Sanguis + Mystic Harvest (ES leech)
Walker of the Wilds (mana leech).
Heart of the Well and Ancient Aegis: Increase Energy Shield gained from the body armour.
Amulet Abyssal Mod (“Increased Energy Shield from Equipped Body Armour”)
Deflection on both helmet and boots, reaching over 80% Evasion and Deflection Chance.

Elemental and Resistance Synergies
Helm, Body, Gloves → Fire + Cold Resistances
Rings stack all Lightning mods to utilize Lightning Quality (40%) which scales:
Added Lightning to Attacks
% Lightning Damage
% Lightning Resistance
% All Elemental Resistance

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Increased Rarity Gear
Ideally, we are aiming for about 130-135% IIR

• Amulet Implicit+Prefix 25% + 20% for up to 45%
• Helmet Prefix 25%
• 2x Rings Prefix 25% Each for 50%
• Rite of Passage (Spirit of the Cat) for 15%

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📈 Why Share This Build
What inspired me to share this build is its standing on PoE Ninja:

• Of 104k characters on PoE Ninja, ~26% (≈27k) use Lightning Arrow / Lightning Rod.
• Of those, 1,754 are Amazon (6% of LA/LR builds).
• Of those, roughly two-thirds (1,151) use Essentia Sanguis for ES leech.
• Among them, this build ranks with the highest Effective Hit Pool while maintaining superior DPS compared to similar setups.

Amazon’s natural tankiness compensates for slightly lower raw damage than Deadeye — and with only one portal per map now, that durability is far more valuable.

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Path of Building Stats

Set 1 — Headhunter / MF Helmet/Rings
Effective hit pool: 120,425
Energy Shield: 6,118
Evasion: 26,547
Evade Chance: 80%
Deflection Rating: 23,361
Deflection Chance: 78%
Movement Speed Modifier: 46.5%
Full DPS (Arrow + Rod): 592,396
Increased Rarity: 73% (Will increase with new amulet to ~120%)

Set 2 — Ingenuity / Evasion Helmet/Rings
Effective hit pool: 145,195
Energy Shield: 6,118
Evasion: 32,349
Evade Chance: 83%
Deflection Rating: 28,791
Deflection Chance: 81%
Movement Speed Modifier: 46.5%
Full DPS (Arrow + Rod): 694,416

Configuration notes used in PoB:
Wind Dancer stacks 3
Always Moving; Have ES
have dealt crit/non-crit recently
have been hit recently
enemy is dazed/maimed/blinded/shocked

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Skill & Gem Setup
All gems 20% quality. Levels as provided.

Lightning Arrow — Lv 21
Rapid Attacks II / Deliberation / Lightning Attunement / Rakiata’s Flow / Elemental Armament II

Lightning Rod — Lv 21
Concentrated Area / Blindside / Lightning Attunement / Lightning Penetration / Elemental Armament II

Tornado Shot — Lv 20
Slow Potency / Durability / Overabundance II / Prolonged Duration II / Efficiency II

Barrage — Lv 21
Second Wind II / Cooldown Recovery II / Rapid Casting II / Efficiency II

Freezing Salvo for Culling Strike — Lv 19
Culling Strike II / Charged Shots II / Projectile Acceleration II / Hourglass / Magnified Area II

Herald of Thunder — Lv 20
Elemental Focus / Longshot II / Lightning Penetration / Lightning Attunement / ElementalArmamentII

Wind Dancer — Lv 21
Culling Strike II / Blind II / Punch Through / Knockback

Ghost Dance — Lv 21
Precision I / Compressed Duration II / Efficiency II

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Amulet Crafting — Belton / Empyrian Method (Full Steps)
Cost is about 30 to 40 Divine plus fractured base
The next one I make will be a rarity base and chaos spam for prefix rarity
Many would prefer Spirit for use with a companion
1. ilvl 82 base with fractured +3 Projectile Skills.
2. Annul to 1 unfractured mod
3. Spam Greater Chaos for T1 ES/%ES, spirit, or Rarity.
4. Dextral Exaltation + Exalt → random suffix.
5. Dextral Crystallization + Perfect Essence of Enhancement → Global Defenses.
6. Liege + Sinistral Necromancy + Preserved Collarbone → Minion Damage if hit.
7. Homogenizing Exaltation + Perfect Exalted Orbs → Crit mod.
8. Again Homogenizing Exaltation + Perfect Exalted Orbs → Second Crit mod.
9. Remove Abyssal mod → Omen of Light + Annulment.
10. Black Blooded + Ancient Collarbone → % ES from Body Armour (retry with Abyssal Echoes if fail).
11. Carapace Catalysts for defenses quality.
12. Anoint whichever is missing from your Megalomaniac:
  • Wrapped Quiver
  • Ancient Aegis
  • Blinding Strike or Sand in the Eyes