After the “decoration” of patch 0.2.0, the new POE 2 is waiting for you to experience and develop! Among them, the combat test of the new class Huntress, as well as the trial and exploration of her available builds, are the most attractive to you. After all, most people want to create a new character to experience the new class.
Considering that one of the available weapons for Huntress is a spear, and Dawn Of The Hunt has launched 20 available spear skill gems for Huntress around this feature, it is obvious that the creation and use of builds for this class should focus on spear skills, such as Lightning Spear Build.
As the name suggests, this build allows you to throw a spear at the enemy while using lightning power to further damage the enemy, giving you an advantage in battle. The reason this build is so effective is also inseparable from its complex construction and crafting methods, but don’t worry, we will introduce you to how to craft it next.

How To Choose And Match Passive Tree?
In general, Lightning Spear Build can adjust the damage output according to different dimensions, such as attack damage, projectile damage and penetration, etc., but if you want to fully demonstrate the advantages of this build, it is better to match your passive tree around attack speed and critical damage.
However, while increasing the attack power, in order to ensure that you can survive to the end, the choice of dodge nodes is also essential, such as the deceleration effect that can reduce the debuff or the ailment node represented by Shedding Skin. Or if you want to be a more defensive Huntress, you can also get both of the above defensive gains at the same time by sacrificing some attack speed or accuracy. If you feel a little difficult in the process, you can also adjust in time to focus on damage or defense according to your needs.
How To Match Gems?
Regarding the choice of skill gems, it is recommended that you replace and use them in the order of Explosive Spear, Lightning Spear, Storm Lance, and Primal Strikes. In addition, when you first get Storm Lance, you can replace Lightning Spear with it until you get Primal Strikes. If you want to shorten the campaign time through skills, it is also a good idea to use travel skills, such as Disengage and Thunderous Leap.
Here are the recommended skill gems and support gems for reference:
- Explosive Spear: Overabundance, Fire Infusion, Magnified Effect
- Spear Stab: Martial Infusion, Lightning Infusion, Rage
- Disengage: Rage
- Lightning Spear: Martial Tempo, Lightning Infusion, Conduction
- Storm Lance: Martial Tempo, Lightning Infusion
- Primal Strikes: Concentrated Effect, Pursuit, Primal Armament
- Thunderous Leap: Fist of War
- Wind Dancer: Clarity
- Combat Frenzy: Profusion
- Sniper’s Mark: Inspiration, Arcane Tempo, Ingenuity
- Ghost Dance: Precision, Fast Forward
- Herald of Thunder: Innervate, Persistence, Magnified Effect
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Gear & Affixes
In this regard, there is no doubt that in addition to obtaining gear, you also need to buy POE 2 Currency to adjust their affixes in time. For Lightning Spear Huntress, affixes that increase physical or elemental damage percentage, as well as additional attributes such as accuracy, attack speed and critical damage bonus are the best. If possible, it is also recommended that you strive for a fixed damage increase for your rings and gloves, and give the gloves a random attack speed bonus.
- Weapon: Physical damage, Lightning damage, increased damage, accuracy, attack speed, critical damage bonus
- Chest: Spirit, Life, Resistance, Evasion
- Helmet: Life, Resistance, Evasion
- Gloves: Attack speed, critical damage bonus, flat damage added to attacks, Life, Resistance, Evasion
- Boots: Movement speed, Life, Resistance, Evasion
- Rings: Attributes, Resistances, Life, Evasion, flat damage added to attacks
- Amulet: Spirit, Life, Attributes
- Belt: Life, Resistance, charm slots
The choice of bases is not important for Lightning Spear, but you can also use Utility Belt and Emerald Ring bases if conditions permit, or use Resistance ring bases instead of the latter - this can improve your endgame combat experience.
Which Ascendancy Class Is Better?
As you know, this 0.2.0 patch brings two Ascendancy classes to Huntress, namely Ritualist and Amazon. The latter is more suitable for Lightning Spear Build because it is easier to get high critical hit rate through passive tree and gear. In addition, you can also get strong attack power and good recovery ability based on the selection of Predatory Instinct, Infused Avatar, Critical Strike and Elemental Infusion nodes.
How To Use This Build In Battle?
In terms of combat style, Lightning Spear Build will be more suitable for players who like streamlined builds without a lot of skill rotation, so if you are one of them, don’t miss it. In actual combat, you can first use the most important field clearing skill, Lightning Spear to apply a shock effect to the enemy to cause 20% additional damage. If you are facing a stronger boss-like enemy like Arbiter of Ash, you need to cast Primal Strikes three times in melee range and replace Lightning Spear with Lightning Exposure to increase your attack power.
As for the endgame events that are best suited for this build, those that require quick monster clearing should be good, such as Breach, Delirium, or Expedition.
The above is all the relevant information about Lightning Spear Huntress Build. If you find them useful, you might as well enter POE 2 and give it a try!

















