All Bow (Ranger) skills in Path of Exile 2, explained

Ranger skills in Path of Exile 2 allow you to deliver incredible damage at a safe distance. You can dump poison clouds on foes, electric arrows, or simply a barrage of attacks at one time. It’s a class with some truly terrific abilities - and in an online game where enemies are aggressive and often swift, you want to be able to keep one step ahead of them. That’s where the Ranger comes into play.

The Ranger's skills in Path of Exile 2 make it an exciting class to play, alongside its excellent Ascension options that we currently know about. While any character class can use these Bow skills, you do have to actually be wielding a bow to activate them, so do keep that in mind.

All Ranger skills available in Path of Exile 2

The Ranger skills in Path of Exile 2 focus on your arrows, changing their typing and giving you a wide assortment of possibilities. Some offer elemental damage, while others let you get out of danger - it’s a very flexible class. Lightning, Ice, and Poison attacks are all calling cards of the Ranger class.

Sometimes, you just need to get out of dangerous situations in Path of Exile 2 - Rangers have that covered (Image via Grinding Gear Games)

As you go through the main story acts in Path of Exile 2, you’ll start accruing a variety of Uncut Skill Gems. These are used to unlock the Bow/Ranger skills in Path of Exile 2. The higher level the gem, the more powerful skill options you have to pick from.

All skills unlocked with Uncut Gem Level 1

Poisonburst Arrow: Fires a virulent arrow that creates a burst of Poison on hit, affecting all enemies in an area. (Tags: AoE, Projectile, Chaos, Duration)
Escape Shot: Leap backwards and fire an arrow which can Chill or Freeze enemies around the location you escaped from. (Tags: AoE, Projectile, Cold)
Lightning Arrow: Fires a charged arrow at the target. On hitting an enemy or wall, the arrow will fire Chaining Lightning beams at nearby enemies. (Tags: AoE, Projectile, Lightning, Chaining)
Lightning Rod: 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 release another Lightning burst. (Tags: AoE, Projectile, Sustained, Lightning, Duration)

All skills unlocked with Uncut Gem Level 3

Snipe: Channel to charge up your bow before releasing a powerful shot. Releasing the moment you fully charge causes the arrow to explode on impact for a guaranteed Critical Hit. (Tags: AoE, Projectile, Channelling)
Vine Arrow: Fire an arrow into the air that lands after a short delay, causing a plant to spring up at the impact location. The plant sprouts vines that latch onto nearby enemies, Slowing their movement speed and dealing Chaos damage over time. The plant can be Poisoned, causing it to deal more damage. (Tags: AoE, Projectile, Chaos, Duration)
Stormcaller Arrow: Fires an arrow that embeds where it lands for a short duration. At the end of the duration, a LIghtning bolt strikes the arrow, disintegrating it and damaging enemies with a high chance to Shock. (Tags: AoE, Projectile, Lightning, Duration)

All skills unlocked with Uncut Gem Level 5

Barrage: Ready a volley of arrows, Empowering your next Bow Attack to repeat multiple times. Consumes your Frenzy Charges on use to add additional repeats. (Tags: Buff, Duration)
Toxic Growth: Leap into the air and fire a volley of arrows which cause toxic pustules to sprout from the ground on impact. The pustules explode after a delay and can be Poisoned, causing them to explode faster and more violently. (Tags: AoE, Projectile, Chaos, Duration).
Freezing Salvo: Passively coalesces icy missiles from the air over time. Using the skill fires a missile, firing an additional missile for each that has been accumulated. (Tags: AoE, Projectile, Cold)
Electrocuting Arrow: Leap forward into the air and fire downward. Hitting an enemy will attach an Electrocuting Rod to them, causing all incoming Lightning damage to build up Electrocution. This rod is removed when the enemy is next Electrocuted. (Tags: Projectile, LIghtning, Duration)

All skills unlocked with Uncut Gem Level 7

Gas Arrow: Fires a noxious arrow at the ground, creating a cloud of flammable poisonous gas at the end of its flight. The cloud will detonate if hit by a Detonator skill or if an ignited enemy touches it, creating a fiery explosion. (Tags: AoE, Projectile, Fire, Chaos, Duration)
Sniper’s Mark: Marks a target. The next Critical Hit the target receives consumes the Mark to deal extra damage and grant you a Frenzy Charge. (Tags: Mark, Duration)
Voltaic Mark: Marks a target, making them more susceptible to being Shocked. When the Marked target dies, a Lightning nova erupts from their corpse. This nova does not use your Weapon Damage, and instead uses its own base Attack Damage. (Tags: Attack, AoE, Mark, LIghtning, Duration, Nova)

All skills unlocked with Uncut Gem Level 9

Detonating Arrow: Channel to build up power before firing off a burning arrow. At maximum charge, the arrow will detonate at the end of its flight, causing an explosion in an area around it. (Tags: AoE, Projectile, Fire, Channelling, Detonator)
Ice Shot: Fires an icy arrow that sprays a cone of ice shards when it hits a target. (Tags: Projectile, Cold)
Rain of Arrows: Fire arrows into the air, causing them to rain from above. Consumes your Frenzy Charges to fire more arrows. (Tags: AoE, Projectile, Sustained)

All skills unlocked with Uncut Gem Level 11

Tornado Shot: Fires a skyward shot that whips up a Tornado where it lands, dealing Physical damage over time and Hindering enemies standing in it. Arrows and Crossbow bolts fired at the Tornado are sucked into it, causing the Tornado to spit out a nova of copied Projectiles. Copied Projectiles cannot be copied again, even by further Tornados. (Tags: AoE, Physical, Duration)
Shockchain Arrow: Fires a Lightning-infused arrow that homes in on Shocked enemies. Hitting a Shocked enemy will Consume the Shock to charge the arrow, causing it to release a damaging shockwave and split beams towards up to two nearby targets, prioritizing ones which are Shocked. If the beam hits a Shocked target, it will release another damaging shockwave and continue to Chain.

All skills unlocked with Uncut Gem Level 13

Spiral Volley: Loads your Bow with a volley of enchanted arrows and fires them in a circle as you spin forward, firing directly at targets if possible. Consumes Frenzy Charges to cause arrows to deal more damage and Chain to other targets. Each target can only be Hit once. (Tags: Projectile, Sustained)
Magnetic Salvo: Aims skyward and fires energy missiles at lingering arrows or bolts created by other Lightning Attacks in front of you. The missiles explode if they land close to a lingering bolt or arrow, dealing more damage in a larger area but destroying that bolt or arrow in the process. (Tags: AoE, Projectile, Lightning)

Ranger skills in Path of Exile 2 have the opportunity to do some monstrous damage (Image via Grinding Gear Games)

Those other Uncut Skill Gems you accrue in your time in Path of Exile 2 won’t go to waste - you can use them to upgrade your Ranger skills. If you have a Level 2 Uncut Skill Gem, it can level up a Level 1 skill. Further, Skill Gems can improve any skill at that level or lower - so Level 4 gems can improve a Level 1, 2, or 3 skill, and so forth.

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Edited by Abu Amjad Khan