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Ranger Deadeye
Lightning Arrow Deadeye
Build overview
Clear maps with fast, chaining bow attacks. Fubgun’s route uses Elemental Hit of the Spectrum until Lightning Arrow has enough flat damage.
Start with Rain of Arrows and move into Elemental Hit of the Spectrum for early mapping. The later Lightning Arrow swap benefits from a strong elemental bow and Hyrri’s Ire.
Gear and skill requirements
- Rare elemental bowRequiredStart with strong flat elemental damage and attack speed, then add crit on the crit tree.
- Hyrri’s IreRecommendedAdds flat cold damage to bow attacks and supplies spell suppression.
- NimisUpgradeChanges projectile returns and how the build approaches close-range single-target damage.
Stat requirements and priorities
- AccuracyAbove maximum life before crit swapFubgun’s early setup uses Precise Technique.
- Trinity resonanceSustain full resonanceBalance damage types so at least two can alternate as the highest elemental hit.
- Spell suppressionAim for 100%Check suppression after changing your evasion gear.
- Dexterity212 for an Imperial BowThe level 20 Lightning Arrow gem itself requires 155 Dexterity.
Sources
3.30 starter guideCampaign walkthrough · Acts 1–10
Campaign walkthrough
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Act 1 Merveil
Gems, gear & play
- Take Galvanic Arrow after Hillock and Mirage Archer Support after Mercy Mission. Get Shrapnel Ballista after Breaking Some Eggs for bosses. Buy Added Cold Damage Support from Nessa after The Caged Brute.
- At level 12, take Rain of Arrows for The Siren’s Cadence and reuse your links. Buy Lightning Arrow from Nessa to level for the swap. Check vendors for movement-speed boots and a bow with flat damage.
Quests & route
- Kill Hillock for Enemy at the Gate. Take the Coast waypoint. For Mercy Mission, trade Nessa Tidal Island’s Medicine Chest for a Quicksilver Flask.
- For Breaking Some Eggs, put three Mud Flats nest glyphs in the Glyph Wall. Enter the Submerged Passage. Kill The Dweller of the Deep in the Flooded Depths. Claim Tarkleigh’s skill point.
- Cross the Ledge and the Climb. Do the Lower Prison trial on the way to Brutus for The Caged Brute.
- For The Marooned Mariner, bring Fairgraves the Allflame from the Ship Graveyard Cave. Kill him and claim Bestel’s skill point. Enter the Cavern of Wrath to unlock The Siren’s Cadence gems. Cross the Cavern of Anger and fight Merveil with cold resistance.
Act 2 Vaal Oversoul
Gems, gear & play
- Help Alira for +15% elemental resistances. Take Trinity Support after Sharp and Cruel. Four-link Rain of Arrows with Mirage Archer Support, Faster Attacks Support and Trinity Support. Use Added Cold Damage Support if any resonance bar stays empty.
- Use a fast rare bow with flat elemental damage and carry a mana flask. Buy low-level Precision from Nessa if attacks miss.
Quests & route
- From the Crossroads, do the Chamber of Sins Level 2 trial. Rescue Helena and take Fidelitas’s Baleful Gem for Intruders in Black.
- Find Kraityn at the Broken Bridge. Cross Fellshrine Ruins for the Crypt trial. For Through Sacred Ground, bring Yeena the Golden Hand from Crypt Level 2 for a skill point.
- From the Riverways, find Alira and Arteri in the Western Forest. Open the road with Arteri’s emblem for The Way Forward. Claim Bestel’s point in Act 1. Kill the Weaver for Maligaro’s Spike in Sharp and Cruel.
- Find Oak in the Wetlands for Deal with the Bandits. Use your build’s choice if listed. Alira grants +15% elemental resistances. Eramir grants one passive point for killing all three. Collect the amulets and claim the Apex.
- Use the Baleful Gem and Maligaro’s Spike at the Vaal Ruins for The Root of the Problem. Cross the Northern Forest and the Caverns. Use the Apex atop the Ancient Pyramid to summon the Vaal Oversoul for Shadow of the Vaal.
Act 3 Dominus
Gems, gear & play
- After Sever the Right Hand, take Artillery Ballista at level 28. Add Elemental Damage with Attacks Support from Yeena and Focused Ballista Support from A Fixture of Fate at level 31. Place ballistas for bosses and fire Rain of Arrows to make them attack.
- Take Gathering Winds in Normal Lab. Get Sniper’s Mark for rares and bosses if you skipped it earlier.
Quests & route
- Rescue Clarissa in the City of Sarn. Do the Crematorium trial and defeat Piety. For Lost in Love, trade Tolman’s Bracelet to Clarissa for the Sewer Keys.
- Find three Sewer busts for Victario’s Secrets. Claim Hargan’s skill point. Do the Catacombs trial off the Marketplace.
- Get The Ribbon Spool in the Battlefront and Thaumetic Sulphite in the Docks for Fiery Dust. Bring both to Dialla in Solaris Temple Level 2. Use the Infernal Talc to clear the Sewers.
- Kill Gravicius in the Ebony Barracks for Sever the Right Hand and level 28 gems. Kill Piety in Lunaris Temple Level 2 for Piety’s Pets. Take the Tower Key and claim Grigor’s point.
- Do the Imperial Gardens trial. For A Fixture of Fate, bring Siosa four Archives pages in the Library. Carry currency for off-class gems. Run Normal Lab when ready. Use the Tower Key to climb The Sceptre of God and kill Dominus.
Act 4 Malachai
Gems, gear & play
- Get Mark On Hit Support from Petarus and Vanja after The Eternal Nightmare. Cast Sniper’s Mark manually if the trigger costs too much mana.
Quests & route
- Kill Voll in the Dried Lake. Use Deshret’s Banner to open the Mines for Breaking the Seal. Free Deshret in Mines Level 2 for An Indomitable Spirit. Claim Tasuni’s skill point.
- From the Crystal Veins, beat Kaom and Daresso. Bring their eyes to Dialla and check Petarus and Vanja for support gems.
- Cross the Belly of the Beast. Take the three Harvest guardians’ organs to Piety for Corpus Malachus. Kill Malachai in the Black Core. Claim Dialla’s support for The Eternal Nightmare.
Act 5 Kitava
Gems, gear & play
- Prioritize life and fire resistance before Kitava. Place Artillery Ballista beside the heart and shoot while it is exposed.
Quests & route
- Take the Ascent to the Slave Pens. Kill Krow for Return to Oriath. Bring Vilenta the Control Blocks Miasmeter for the In Service to Science skill point.
- Cross Oriath Square and the Templar Courts. Defeat Innocence for Death to Purity. From the Ruined Square, get the Sign of Purity in the Ossuary. Find three Reliquary relics for Kitava’s Torments and claim Lani’s skill point.
- Check life flasks and save resistance gear. Fight Kitava on the Cathedral Rooftop for The Ravenous God. All resistances drop by 30 points permanently.
Act 6 The Brine King
Gems, gear & play
- Buy missing supports from Lilly. Recheck Trinity after bow or aura changes. With Precise Technique, keep accuracy above maximum life.
Quests & route
- Clear the Twilight Strand and talk to Lilly Roth for Fallen from Grace. She now sells regular gems to all classes. Use rings or bench crafts to restore elemental resistances toward 75%.
- Kill Tukohama in the Karui Fortress for The Father of War. Do the Lower Prison Cruel Lab trial. Defeat Brutus and Shavronne in the tower.
- Kill Abberath off the Prisoner’s Gate for The Cloven One. Kill Ryslatha in the Wetlands for The Puppet Mistress. Claim all three skill points in town.
- Take the Black Flag from the Cavern of Anger. Escort and ignite the Beacon fuel carts. Signal Weylam and sail for The Brine King. Stay inside the storm boundary and dodge lightning.
Act 7 Arakaali
Gems, gear & play
- Take Far Shot in Cruel Lab. Test volley mana sustain whenever you change auras.
Quests & route
- From the Crossroads, cross Fellshrine Ruins. Get Maligaro’s Map and do the Crypt trial. Open the map in Chamber of Sins Level 1 and kill Maligaro for Essence of the Artist. Trade the Black Venom to Silk for the Obsidian Key in Web of Secrets.
- Finish the Chamber of Sins Level 2 trial. Run Cruel Lab when ready. Kill Greust for The Master of a Million Faces. In the Dread Thicket, kill Gruthkul for Queen of Despair and collect seven Fireflies for Lighting the Way.
- Take Kishara’s Star near the end of the Causeway. Claim all three skill points. Give Yeena the Fireflies in the Vaal City. Descend through the Temple of Decay and kill Arakaali for The Mother of Spiders. Dodge her beam and purple ground.
Act 8 Solaris and Lunaris
Gems, gear & play
- Clear temple packs with Rain of Arrows. Replace a weak bow with a fast base and flat elemental damage.
Quests & route
- Clear Doedre’s Cesspool for Essence of the Hag. Find the Ankh and defeat Tolman in the Quay for Love is Dead. Kill The Gemling Legion in the Grain Gate. Claim both skill points in town.
- Cross the Imperial Fields and kill Dawn in Solaris Temple for the Sun Orb in Solar Eclipse. On the other route, cross the Grand Promenade and do the Bath House trial. Kill Yugul in the High Gardens for the Reflection of Terror skill point.
- Kill Dusk in Lunaris Temple for the Moon Orb in Lunar Eclipse. Use both orbs on the Harbour Bridge. Keep moving when the inactive boss attacks.
Act 9 The Depraved Trinity
Gems, gear & play
- Compare bows on Blood Aqueduct packs and test Artillery Ballista on a rare for single-target damage.
Quests & route
- Cross the Blood Aqueduct to Highgate. Get The Storm Blade in the Vastiri Desert. Inspect the Oasis sandstorm. Speak to Sin, then open the Oasis with Petarus and Vanja’s Bottled Storm. Kill Shakari for Queen of the Sands. Claim Irasha’s point.
- Take Basilisk Acid from the Boiling Lake. Do the Tunnel Merciless trial. From the Quarry, take Trarthan Powder in the Refinery. Kill Garukhan at the Shrine of the Winds for The Ruler of Highgate. Hand in her feather for a skill point.
- For Recurring Nightmare, give the acid and powder to Sin at the Quarry waypoint. Enter the Belly of the Beast. Kill all three Rotting Core guardians. Speak to Sin there to summon the Depraved Trinity.
Act 10 Final Kitava
Gems, gear & play
- Take Endless Munitions in Merciless Lab. If Lightning Arrow lacks damage or links, finish with Rain of Arrows and swap in maps.
Quests & route
- Rescue Bannon in the Cathedral Apex for Safe Passage. From the Ravaged Square, kill Vilenta in the Control Blocks for Vilenta’s Vengeance. Claim Lani’s point. Do the Ossuary trial. Run Merciless Lab before Kitava if ready.
- For Death and Rebirth, kill Avarius in the Desecrated Chambers. Bring the Staff of Purity to Bannon. Speak to Innocence in town, then meet him in the Ravaged Square to open the Canals.
- Kill Kitava in the Feeding Trough for An End to Hunger. Dodge fire and slams. Attack the exposed heart. Follow Lilly to the Karui Shores. Claim two skill points from Lani. Use /passives in chat to find missed quests. All resistances drop another 30 points. Check them before mapping.
Ready for maps
Clear Kitava with Rain of Arrows and Artillery Ballista. Swap to Lightning Arrow after Merciless Lab if your bow and links are ready. Elemental Hit of the Spectrum is another early-map option.