[Path of Exile 2] Stormweaver's Lightning conduit one-hit build | 200% shock effect

[@heartemperor4616]

Upon further understanding and much to my horror, i realize the allocated passive "Lightning rod" on my amulet does not work as i understood it to be, I initially believed the node worked to reroll for a chance to crit again if crit didn't occur, but instead if crit didn't occur, it would then reroll the non-crit damage and then applies the better value of non-crit damage. Don't get me wrong, it's still a good allocation since it means if crit didn't occur, there's still a high chance to one shot any boss since lightning damage values has a wide range but i think there's better alternatives specifically for this build. & I forgot to mention in the video, unset ring is needed for that extra skill slot for blink Update : the support skill gem "Concentrated Effect" does not work for lightning conduit, use "Elemental Focus / Rising tempest" instead for way more damage. i'll be regularly updating the build on the maxroll planner as i find improvements! - [Lightning conduit] swapped out hourglass for excise (almost a guaranteed crit this way 83% crit chance) : imgur.com/nTsyuct - [Amulet] Changed allocation 'Lightning Rod' to 'Deadly Force' Update 2: at a certain point of progression, the flat damage conversion gotten from brotherhood unique ring loses much of its benefit because at higher mana pool, bulk of our skill damage comes from Archmage which is already lightning by nature and applies to all non-channeling spells which includes comet and frost wall and thus the brotherhood ring can be swapped out for a second unset ring. When theres a second unset ring, mana tempest can then be swapped out for 'Soul Offering' + 'Skeleton warrior / cleric ' skill gem as mana tempest has a sort of diminishing return the stronger archmage is since most of the scaling damage is already 'Added Lightning damage'. In order to swap mana tempest for 'soul offering' + 'skeleton', you'd need at least of 40 spirit from helmet / chest / both in order to smoothly use them on weapon set 2. -Swapped out Elemental Focus support gem for Minion pact for additional damage on lightning conduit since running with minions for lightning conduit now. Updated planner to reflect soul offering + skeletal cleric set-up. Able to 1 hit zarokh with desperate alliance buff as well (75% damage reduction) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXzMmHmFgM57mKM

[@cyial8738]

Isn't "frazzled" way better value?

[@heartemperor4616]

@@cyial8738 theres no value in frazzled for me because the cap for shock effect is 100, and i'm already at the cap. Its good though for players still gearing.

[@airzoom-1978]

@@heartemperor4616 thank u for updating the support gems info. I spent sometime crafting the gems to realize is not for lightning conduit.

[@pinkyisforpleasure]

why do you use spell physical on wand? couldn't figure it out thanks

[@heartemperor4616]

@@pinkyisforpleasure no reason, the wand just came with that affix, it serves 0 purpose and i jus didn't care to upgrade my wand as most monsters in mapping already dies within 1-2 warps / comets. Staff is more important.

[@christianpark8140]

Insane build. Great explanation and your unique usage is very original. Haven’t seen anyone do that helmet and ring combo.

[@leo4729]

you just got a sub, sir. Nicely done

[@shengz4167]

interesting build! will work towards this build and see how it works!

[@hcthiagow]

Thanks for the build, i having a lot of fun. After changing the WotB for a rare ring, what are you using to freeze bosses?

[@heartemperor4616]

Still freezing wall, when mana pool gets high, most of the damage is already lightning due to archmage hence no longer requiring WotB to do sufficient lightning damage to freeze. At lower mana pool (say maybe 2k~3kish), the ratio of cold vs lightning (base cold dmg from freezing wall/comet vs added lightning dmg from archmage) on freezing wall would be close to even, about 50:50, and WotB would be useful since there are more cold damage being converted. But at higher mana settings, due to archmage scaling, the ratio of cold vs lightning becomes much wider, more like 25:75 or wider depending on how much max mana, hence WotB losing value.

[@neodjr]

It's so nice to see a thumbnail that shows 100% shocks and the build can actually do it! Thank you for that. Question though, how do you achieve this? by my calculations you need 500% increase magnitude to get it, 75% from support gem, and the rest from passives and jewels?

[@heartemperor4616]

it's actually 400%, because 100% shock magnitude = 40% shock effect 200% shock magnitude = 60% 300% shock magnitude = 80% 400% shock magnitude = 100% Yup, 75 from support gem, 10 from quality on lightning warp, and the rest from nodes and jewels! Jewels are mostly double dipped using Magnitude of shock AND magnitude of ailment to achieve 100% shock effect. It should be fairly attainable for others too since they could opt to use frazzled for allocation which i'm not using.

[@neodjr]

@@heartemperor4616 So the math then is .2 (20% base) * (1 + (increase magnitude))?

[@heartemperor4616]

@@neodjr yes, addition to shock effect via magnitude calculations works similarly to critical damage bonus where it is not a direct multiplier of the base but multiplier and then addition to base.

[@danyb.6447]

Amazing build ! Fantastic work ! I'm trying this myself and I was wondering something about the jewels. Do we HAVE to go for double magnitude or can we mainly stick to shock ? Cause the prices go so high with the double magnitude.

[@heartemperor4616]

when i was still working on the build, i just used single affix (magnitude of shock) on my jewels (as you can see my trialmaster and zarokh run was only 85% shock effect then), and i was using "Frazzled" as allocation for my amulet. I just kept improving piece by piece slowly whenever i had currency to spare til i got to this point. Hope that helps you and good luck!

[@theammar]

cool build. feel ike im missing something in your explanation. how are you shocking if you're using 3 dragons and converting all cold to lightning? your maxroll build doesnt take shaper of storms as well edit: ah shocked ground. missed that part.

[@manueler321]

That silk robe on the Zarokh kill, is the Temporalis? I thought only drops with the relic 1 honor

[@heartemperor4616]

it isn't

[@Bduffy428]

Well done, subbed. Once pob is released could you please enshrine this build on path of building?

[@heartemperor4616]

will do! Thanks for the sub!

[@LastAphelion]

This is just inspiring me even harder to finish building my bow stormweaver, I know it probably won't be good but I just want to spam Stormcaller arrows with max magnitude shock and freeze/chill on everything (I'm tired of Spark and LA). Also want to see if I can make Shockchain arrow good on stormweaver too I haven't seen anyone talk about the skill so I'm assuming its bad or clunky or slept on. Also Shockburst rounds Stormweaver sound potentially hype?

[@mariuszel759]

I do have a spark with cast on shock lightning conduit. Is it work resoecing into this build? I like how comfy and basically a 1 button build it is.

[@heartemperor4616]

spark archmage ( intel stacking ) has a higher peak than this build, if you enjoy the one button gameplay, then i'd recommend sticking with it. I enjoy this build because of the multitude of skills i get to use and see and the feeling of executing a combo well is what makes it fun for me.

[@Singeaninja]

I have similar gear but for somereason my walls dont freeze like yours?

[@heartemperor4616]

Did you attach the right support gems? Freeze build up is reliant on damage dealt too, so you'd want double shocks applied to the boss before you start trying to freeze. Also, ensure that your frost walls is leveled as well, and archmage being active for the added lightning damage.

[@Jnmperr]

Nice video! How you have Lightning Rod?

[@heartemperor4616]

Allocation on amulet, i'm not using Lightning rod anymore, using 'Deadly Force' instead which is better for this build.

[@Jnmperr]

@ that’s a skill?

[@heartemperor4616]

@@Jnmperr It's an 'enchantment'. You'll need distilled emotions depending on what passive node you'd like to apply to your amulet. The list can be seen here : poe2db.tw/us/Distilled_Emotions#DistilledEmotionsPassives Right click any distilled emotion to open up the distill emotion enchanting menu and insert the emotions according to what node you'd like to apply to your amulet and then apply and once that's done, you'll have that passive node from your skill tree applied to your character despite not pathing towards it.

[@LinaLina-tu2pg]

hey, great variation of the build man! but why don't u take MoM with CI? Not enough mana reg? Does it affect ur survivability?

[@LinaLina-tu2pg]

also why don't u use soul offering+clerics? it's far stronger than mana tempest + it's somehow doesn't consume ur life even with "Ablation" Support.

[@TheSignalrunner]

good question I'd like to know that too

[@heartemperor4616]

@@LinaLina-tu2pg I am indeed using soul offering + clerics currently, and i do take MoM with CI + eldritch battery! I think getting soul offering + clerics to work would be challenging for newer players since there's 40 spirit requirement to make it to work meaning it's either more expensive (high tier affix ES + spirit chest are pricey) or getting the spirit at the cost of lesser def/mana due to lower level ES affix on chest sacrificed for the spirit. You are most definitely right that it is far superior than mana tempest, but i think it would just be easier for new players to start with mana tempest first since it already is capable of doing the t4 pinnacle bosses and it is simpler to gear towards it as a starter since no spirit needed for helm/chest then work their way into getting a solid chest with spirit to get offering + clerics to work. I also do it specifically only on weapon set two (staff), because its the set i cast my frostwalls, conductivity and lightning conduit, making the combo of using soul offering just before lightning conduit more seamless as i don't want any weapon swap happening between soul offering and lightning conduit hence why my insistence on spirit on chest for endgame. *edit - oh jeez i realized i didn't put MoM in the planner, sorry ! such a mess -_-, i've updated the planner properly now and i've added the soul offering + skeletal cleric variant setup (the one im using rn)

[@myst0ne]

You have lightning rod anoint here but in the written you have deadly force. Which one?

[@heartemperor4616]

Deadly force is better for this build! I update the planner regularly as i find improvements to this build so follow that!

[@Scotty9292]

This looks soo fun way better than what I’m doing now haha. How do you map with it? Like what do you do exactly? I’m new to lightning but looks pretty easy to map with. Basically just blink around and cast ball lightning? What is the giant lightning circle?

[@heartemperor4616]

you cast balll lightning and then you cast lightning warp onto those balls and everything around you dies to either your lightning warp or comet that procs from cast on freeze. The giant circle is the lightning warp. Majority of the damage comes from the high amplification from shock effect and penetration by lightning exposure, so lightning warp / comet all do a ton of damage.

[@Scotty9292]

One more question!! Been trying to set this up all day haha. For the passive tree. Is the red lines for weapon set one (mapping) and green lines for weapon set two (bossing)? Never did a weapon swap before haha

[@heartemperor4616]

yeah something like that. If you set the weapon sets for skill gems as well, then there isn't a need to use the weapon swap hotkey at all, the game function does it for you. Remember to make sure archmage is running on both sets as sometimes when you do not have enough spirit on the alternating set, the other spirit skills might take precedence over archmage instead and archmage wouldn't be working. Be sure to check!

[@rahul-3827]

I have an almost identical build and I think you improved it! THANKS :) Can you share your filter please?

[@heartemperor4616]

Currently using ment's lootfilter! It can be found here in his reddit post - www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/comments/1hjwiht/ments_final_loot_filter_release_for_path_of_exile/

[@rahul-3827]

@@heartemperor4616 thx a lot !

[@airzoom-1978]

UPDATE: I am loving the build though I am dying alot. Bought Three Dragons helmet & the ring) can't afford the rest). Switched to the build without changing my sparks passive (all skills limited to 3 sockets atm) and losing alot of mana fast but I am LOVING the build style & satisfaction. I know the one shots are gonna come soon and I will grind on! Thank you so much for putting up your work EMPEROR 🙌. Looks very good! At 71 now probably lacking a lot of the gear. Any tips to get this build up faster? Great content superb build!

[@heartemperor4616]

You'd wanna get your skill gems to have 5 sockets fast, if you wanna map first, focus on lightning warp and cast on freeze first. Lightning conduit is mainly for bossing. As a placeholder, you can corrupt skill gems for a chance at a extra socket, but it's quality/ sockets can't be increased after that (level can still be increased). So you can get really cheap 4 support sockets skillgems (5 is the max) without investing in greater jeweller orbs and make a better one later. Lesser jeweller orbs are cheap and easy to find. Scepter pretty much solves most of the spirit problems for mapping, and spirit on chest / helmet is optional since it's just QOL to have cast on freeze active on weapon set 2, so you can get the helmet and chest without spirit first since they're dirt cheap. Map your way til the 80s or 90s even and then you can start your progression towards bossing. Be sure you have done the all campaign quests that would given you permanent bonus (total of 24 weapon set passive skills + 100 spirit).

[@airzoom-1978]

@heartemperor4616 that is the first time a youtuber answered my query in such detailed explanation THANK YOU! Could you make a video on how to get to 5 sockets the casual gamer's way? I am sure it will be a popular one cos most are just mentioning it casually it very hard to casual gamers with limited play time to get there! Great 2025 to u and ur fam!

[@heartemperor4616]

@@airzoom-1978 If you're having difficulty surviving, be sure to use and activate grim feast on weapon set 1, it's one of the best defensive spirit skills in the game, basically doubling your ES. You should not have issues getting it activated on weapon set 1 with a decent scepter, and the good thing about grim feast on weapon set 1 is that the ES you build up on weapon set 1 will carry over to weapon set 2 despite grim feast not being active on set 2!

[@airzoom-1978]

@@heartemperor4616 thanks the suggestion will put grim on and try. Finally got the Maligaro gloves(friend loan 1D to me),still dying since not able to one shot the mobs. Most of the time is due to getting mobbed by crowd when I can't activate the warp when I was getting stunned and can't get the ball lightning out. Would u be able to do a video to showcase how u attack for example, hit ball lightning once every 2-3 warp to keep the lighting strike on? My mates are doubtful of my build but I am loving it I tell u. Level 76 atm

[@heartemperor4616]

@@airzoom-1978 most likely your ES isn't high enough or you have not pathed towards the passive node Eldritch Will yet for that ”Gain % Energy shield as additional stun threshold". As soon as your es gets to a decent amount, animation interruptions goes down a lot. For ball lightning -> warp, i usually ball lightning and i just hold down my lightning warp instead of pressing them one at a time.

[@O_RLY]

I counted 208% magnitude of shock/ailments from your jewels, 105% from your passives, 85% from lightning warp and it's supports for 398% total. That's roughly 4x shock magnitude, which is 4x 20%=80%. You're getting 100% though. What did I miss?

[@heartemperor4616]

if 100% = 40% shock effect (twice as effective), then 200% = 60% (three times as effective) 300% = 80% (four times) and finally 400% = 100% (5 times).

[@RickBomhof]

for mapping you could switch comet with lightning conduit its much faster

[@heartemperor4616]

i actually played with lightning conduit before comet, and my personal preference is comet, its just awesome.

[@RickBomhof]

@@heartemperor4616 alright i'll give it a go! thank you so much for this guide man, i was really struggling trying to get this build to work and you've given me a lot of good ideas. subbed! One question, since you are wearing a 20 div belt, that is something 99% of the players can't use. what are some other options? Do i need to use Midnight Braid?

[@heartemperor4616]

@@RickBomhof i was using a rare belt with high mana + res and str before i got the ingenuity drop. There's value in having str on the belt as scepter requires some str to wield, so in that sense, str = int since there's lesser passive points wasted on str. Not to dissuade you off lightning conduit from cast on freeze, as i think lightning conduit is really strong too, just that personally i think it's abit of an overkill for mapping in general as most mobs in maps are squishy. There's more value in having the bigger AOE from comets due to expanse and spell echo. Spell echo is also amazing especially for breaches because most of the time after you clear a pack, more mobs would run to you and the follow up comet from spell echo would clear them.

[@RickBomhof]

@@heartemperor4616 ah i see. Awesome, i'll go for that then! Today i found an audience with the king and just sold it so i can make some upgrades :)

[@LuckyZozo]

Is freeze buildup on wand important for this build?

[@heartemperor4616]

Nope, on the wand it isn't important, the freeze buildup on my wand only affects my lightning warp since my frost wall is designated to weapon set two (staff) and it helps a little for proccing cast on freeze comets while mapping but it wouldn't have a noticeable improvement for mapping imo. It might be good for pinnacle bosses as the faster you freeze, the faster you can finish off the boss.

[@babelnaut]

concentrated effect does not work on lightning conduit reduces size, does not increase damage LC hits per enemy in an area, it does not do area damage

[@heartemperor4616]

Thanks for the heads-up! I've swapped out concentrated effect now for rising tempest and it seems to have doubled the damage on tooltip since this build required cast a bunch of prep skills before lightning conduit! imgur.com/1sTbeWk

[@babelnaut]

nice i'm running controlled destruction bc i'm running triggers instead of crit but running cos frostwall [w +allspells and lightning as extra damage wand scaling a base for area and trigger scaling, mana font ofc, and spamming shock siphon w cascade+echo. bosswap concentrated effect] and cos condi so that's a solid viable option for me, too think the 6% more gonna stay better for me than 10% base crit, but I like it

[@Akashahmed-hz5lr]

i am having issues with freezing bosses i got the passive point and support gems

[@heartemperor4616]

It could be because your frost wall isn't doing enough damage, its the reason why i have frost wall designated to weapon set 2 instead of 1. The rate of ailment build up / application has a direct correlation to damage dealt. It's the same reason why ball lightning is bad at shocking despite having 750% more chance to shock as the damage is too low. Try using frost wall on weapon set 2 (crits and more lightning damage and stuff).

[@Akashahmed-hz5lr]

@heartemperor4616 got it

[@vervyc]

does the + spirit from corrupting your helmet is a must?

[@heartemperor4616]

If you plan to spec into the even endgame variant (replacing mana tempest with soul offering + skeletal cleric), then it would help because for that version, minimum of 40 spirit is required from chest / helm / both. Planner is updated to reflect that. If mana tempest is enough for you, then i'd say its not required. I have it because i wanted to get 160 spirit on weapon set 2 so i could use cast on freeze on weapon set 2 as well (meaning while freezing the boss, good chance my comets would be proc as well), it's not really needed tbh, just a bit of additional damage.

[@vervyc]

@@heartemperor4616 ah i see. thx for the reply

[@FedDonovan]

Can you play that on With everything on slot 1 .. i dont like the swaps

[@heartemperor4616]

Why not? POE2 swap system is intuitive in a way that if you set it via your skill gem panel (just open up the detailed tooltip and you should see two boxes indicating the two weapon sets at the bottom right of the tooltip), if you set a skill to be weapon set 2 and if you're currently at weapon set 1, you can just press the skill and the game will automatically swap and use the skill on weapon set 2. It's not a hassle at all and it's really huge at optimizing builds, game changing even so i strongly recommend players make full use of it.

[@FedDonovan]

@heartemperor4616 thank you for prompt response.. subscribing

[@faiz697]

Your loghtning dmg will deal cold due to helmet. Then that cold dmg will trigger lightning dmg again due to ring. This keeps on chaining ???

[@neechan5213]

The helm doesn't convert the damage type, It converts the ailment type

[@TalionJoga]

I Will never be going tô make this build, i cant find thesss itens on ssf

[@invaderjpq]

I heard the glove tooltip is wrong. It says 300% but it actually only gives 200%. I dont have the glove so i cant tell if that is true or not.

[@heartemperor4616]

The tooltip is correct, it's a special affix, it isn't "300% Increased Critical Damage bonus" but "Your Critical Damage Bonus is 300%". What this means is, on default, every character's critical damage bonus is set to 100%, which is 2x non-crit damage. Maligaro's Virtuosity changes that default critical damage bonus to a fixed 300% damage bonus and it is hard fixed, meaning it can't be altered regardless of any reduction or addition of other critical damage bonus from other gear or nodes from passive tree. So with this gloves, if i compared the original default value (100%) to the new unalterable value (300%), my crit damage goes from originally 2x to now 4x my non-crit damage. Which is also why i've taken the passive node "Careful Assassin" and since that node gives 50% increased crit chance at the cost of 20% reduction to critical damage bonus, it works really well with this glove as i don't suffer the critical damage bonus penalty as the new "default" which is the 300% critical damage bonus is unalterable. I did checked the detailed in-game spreadsheet from my lightning conduit skill and have confirmed that maligaro's virtuosity does indeed set the crit damage value listed on the spreadsheet at 300% critical damage bonus regardless of any addition / reduction to crit damage bonus from other sources.

[@ngaiyinli1147]

Is lightning damage itself good enough for freezing? Does Ice wall and the ring necessary?

[@heartemperor4616]

For normal / map bosses it's enough, but it isn't enough for pinnacle bosses. From my testing, frost wall is possibly the strongest skill for the purpose of freezing, i couldn't get pinnacle bosses to freeze fast enough on other skills as i think pinnacle bosses have extremely high ailment resistance but i could get the pinnacle boss to freeze relatively easy on frost wall. Converting cold damage to lightning damage via the ring ensures my frost wall does high damage too since it benefits from my high lightning exposure that way, and in this game, damage plays a significant role in the calculation of ailment build ups.

[@213374u425]

@@heartemperor4616 Conversion in PoE 2 is only of the base skill damage, which if you are using archmage is only about 10% of the damage of the frostwall. The frostwall will already be doing 90% lightning damage due to archmage. The ring is likely unnecessary

[@heartemperor4616]

@@213374u425 oh my. you are right, haha. well now its awkward. thank you though for the info.

[@213374u425]

@@heartemperor4616 I used this ring for the exact same purpose until I realized for my frostwall setup as well, it's a new game and we are all learning together. You've made a very cool build

[@Akashahmed-hz5lr]

is soul offering better than mana tempest

[@heartemperor4616]

it depends on your max mana, the higher mana pool you have, the lesser impact mana tempest would have due to archmage stacking the same affix 'Gain % damage as lightning damage', hence the diminishing return. But yes generally, soul offering is stronger than mana tempest. Its just more tricky to get it to work since there's additional skill slot required for both soul offering and a summon minion skill and minimum of 40 spirit either from chest/helm or both for two summons (soul offering on two targets).

[@Akashahmed-hz5lr]

@@heartemperor4616 tysm also another question i bought jewels with 20 percent shock magnitude 5 of em my shock is 73 will i still one shot bosses all other stuff is good to go just need ingenuity

[@heartemperor4616]

@@Akashahmed-hz5lr 73 is strong enough to one shot most bosses and even those from sanctum and trial of chaos (probably not t4 pinnacle bosses though).

[@Akashahmed-hz5lr]

@@heartemperor4616 hope this helps but i am using a sceptre with 218 spirit which allows me to use blink feast 4 to 5 skeletal clerics on weapon set 1 so if a rare appears i simply use soul offering cause i have alot of clerics 2 of em give me a boost all the time whenever i need my rotation is freeze > warp > soul offering > conductivity > sigil > conduit !

[@heartemperor4616]

@@Akashahmed-hz5lr Ahh i see! For me i don't like using soul offering on weapon set 1 because my freezing wall, conductivity, soul offering and lightning conduit is set to weapon set 2 (all my crit nodes are here), so the way i combo the boss is , i cast frost walls and i lightning warp to burst the walls, once the boss is frozen : - i'd cast conductivity which would prompt my character to weapon set two and would give some time for the minions to spawn (my minions and soul offerin on weapon set 2) - Then i'd cast soul offering - and finish off with lightning conduit So no weapon swap involved from the moment i cast conductivity. personally, I think there's really no need for the additional damage from soul offering on weapon set 1 because most monsters rare and magic always dies in 1-2 comets due to the amount of shock effect and lightning exposure.

[@Aka_daka]

I can't even get my Stormweaver online as I started late & the economy is so stuffed.

[@heartemperor4616]

this build is definitely way cheaper than spark :)

[@Aka_daka]

@@heartemperor4616 ye but i feel like it could or prob will get nerfed anyway.

[@officialakise6401]

I made everything on the video nearly same items my Conduit has 1k damage yours 32k... i didnot get it...

[@heartemperor4616]

check if you have archmage active, archmage adds lightning damage based on your maximum mana and its one of the biggest source of damage. Make sure you attach the correct support gems to lightning conduit too and level the skill gem.

[@8eck]

Holy cow! How such gloves even exist? 😅

[@lemonhead2205]

Damnn +4000% on lightning conduit is insane😂 which is propogated by another 200% dmg increase from shock.. and then there is conductivity, lightning exposure, mana tempest, power sigil... and lightning conduit can crit... I am wet 28milion dmg oneshots 💀😱

[@heartemperor4616]

not to mention 300% crit bonus and the bonus multipliers from mana tempest, sigil of power and support skill gems... its a lot , i did a one shot against zarakh with the desperate alliance buff on him (75% damage reduction).

[@lemonhead2205]

​​@@heartemperor4616 damnnn I gotta try this build after failing my arbiter of ash thanks ma heart

[@Eskoxo]

hmm think my cast on shock conduit still kills bosses faster:D and its more simple to use but im also over 8k mana… now go do simulacrum for 8/8 i think thats actually the hardest content where you will have to tank some hits as well.

[@TheArc37]

the only time I don't like and subscribe to new poe content is when there's an AI narrator

[@trustfire]

haha ZOT

[@16011160]

too bad its gonna make you go blind...