Path of Exile 2: Best Smith of Kitava Build

Discover everything you need to know about the best Smith of Kitava build in Path of Exile 2 and what makes this build stronger.

Smith of Kitava build in POE 2 emphasizes weapon mastery, fire damage conversion, and the summoning of weapons. This unique setup focuses on converting physical damage to fire damage, enhancing both damage output and survivability. Select the best powerful passive skills to become a power warrior in the game. Make sure that the support gem you choose can complement your skill gem and make it more effective. Choosing the best stats, ascendancy, gear, and passive skills are crucial for this build, as your gameplay mostly depends on them. In this guide, we’ll discuss the Best Smith of Kitava Build in Path of Exile 2, including the best gear and passive skills to use.

Smith of Kitava Build in Path of Exile 2 Explored

The Smith of Kitava build in Path of Exile 2 offers players the ability to blend martial prowess with blacksmithing craftsmanship. This Ascendancy allows warriors to enhance their weapons and armor. This infuses them with fiery attributes and summons manifestations of their weapons. Our build includes weapons like Marauding Mace and Feathered Fortress to deal with the enemies in combat. Sunder, resonating Shield, Flammability, Infernal Cry, Scavenged Plating, Overwhelming Presence, Shield Charge, Boneshatter, Seismic Cry, and Herald of Ash are the best skills to include for the Smith of Kitava build in POE. Dexterity, Strength, and Intelligence are the basic skills to focus on, improving your efficiency during combat or exploration. However, this build has low mobility and requires excellent gear in the endgame. You will have low mobility, so choose the gear and skills that increase your mobility.

Smith of Kitava Build Pros	Smith of Kitava Build Cons
High Burst Damage	Slow Playstyle
Crowd Control	Low Mobility
Solid AOR for Clears	Gear Dependent in Endgame

Best Smith of Kitava skills and support gems in Path of Exile 2

Here are all the best active skills and Support Gems for the Best Smith of Kitava build in Path of Exile 2.

• Sunder
  • Unbreakable (Support Gem)
  • Fist of War (Support Gem)
  • Super Critical (Support Gem)
  • Concentrated Effect (Support Gem)
• Resonating Shield
  • Armour Explosion (Support Gem)
  • Overpower (Support Gem)
  • Maim (Support Gem)
  • Break Endurance (Support Gem)
• Flammability
  • Heightened Curse (Support Gem)
  • Focused Curse (Support Gem)
• Infernal Cry
  • Premeditation (Support Gem)
  • Raging Cry (Support Gem)
  • Dazing Cry (Support Gem)
• Scavenged Plating
  • Persistence (Support Gem)
  • Physical Mastery (Support Gem)
• Overwhelming Presence
  • Precision (Support Gem)
• Shield Charge
  • Ingenuity (Support Gem)
  • Second Wind (Support Gem)
• Boneshatter
  • Impact Shockwave (Support Gem)
  • Magnified Effect (Support Gem)
  • Martial Tempo (Support Gem)
  • Ancestral Call (Support Gem)
• Seismic Cry
  • Battershout (Support Gem)
  • Elemental Focus (Support Gem)
• Herald of Ash
• Fire Spell on Hit
• Detonate Dead

Sunder

Slams the ground, creating a roiling fissure that damages enemies in a sequence of areas in front of you. Several enemies hit by the wave will release a shockwave, damaging other enemies.

• Consumes Fully Broken Armour on enemies to guarantee a Critical hit
• Cannot break armour
• 0.2M to Wave Length for each wave in sequence
• Wave causes shockwaves from up to 5 enemies in each area
• Wave length is 0.9M
• 100% increased critical Damage bonus
• While Dual Wielding
• Both weapons hit with 30% less damage. Consumes fully broken armor on enemies to guarantee a Critical Hit. Shockwave radius is 1.2M

Unbreakable (Support Gem)

Supports any skill that you can use, making you harder to Stun while using it.

• 200% more Stun threshold for light stuns while using supported skills
• 30% more Stun threshold for heavy stuns while using supported skills

Fist of War (Support Gem)

Supports Slams you use yourself, providing a powerful Ancestral Boost every few seconds.

• Attacks with Supported Skill are Ancestrally Boosted, no more than once every 6 seconds

Supercritical (Support Gem)

Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing it to deal more damage with Critical Hits but have less Critical Hit chance.

• 100% increased critical damage bonus
• Supported skills have 20% less critical hit chance

Concentrated Effect (Support Gem)

Supports any skill with an area of effect, causing that area to be smaller but any area damage it deals to be higher.

• Supported skills deal 30% more area damage
• Supported skills have 50% less area of effect

Resonating Shield

Repeatedly strike your Shield with your weapon, causing damaging shockwaves in an area around you. Enemies hit by the shockwave lose Armour for a duration. While using Resonating Shield, your shield is raised, and you will block all incoming Blockable hits.

• Hits Break (2–1537) Armour
• (4–103) to (6–155) Base Off Hand Physical Damage
• 6 to 8 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on Shield
• Modifiers to Attack speed also affect this skill’s cost
• Cannot be Empowered by Warcries
• Shockwave radius is 2.3 metres
• Break (0–20)% increased Armour

Armour Explosion (Support Gem)

Supports attacks, causing them to trigger a Fiery explosion when they Fully Break an enemy’s Armour.

• Supported skills trigger an explosion when they Fully Break an enemy’s Armour

Overpower (Support Gem)

Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing it to build up Stun more quickly.

• Hits with Supported Skills cause 50% more Stun Buildup.

Maim (Support Gem)

Supports Attacks causing them to Maim enemies.

• Supported attacks always Maim on hit

Break Endurance (Support Gem)

Supports any skill that hits enemies, giving it a chance to gain an Endurance Charge when it fully breaks an enemy’s armor.

• 40% Chance to gain an Endurance Charge when supported skills fully break enemy armour

Flammability

Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Fire Resistance.

• Curse applies after a 1.5-second delay
• Curse radius is 1.7 metres
• Cursed enemies have – (-29-23) to Fire resistance
• Curse duration is 6-7.4 seconds
• (0-10)% increased curse magnitudes

Heightened Curse (Support Gem)

Supports curse skills, magnifying their power.

• 25% increased effect of supported curses

Focused Curse (Support Gem)

Supports Curse skills, causing them to Curse enemies more quickly after being cast.

• Curse Zones from supported skills erupt after 30% reduced delay.

Infernal Cry

Performs a warcry, empowering subsequent Attacks. Consumes all Endurance Charges to Empower additional attacks. Enemies in the warcry’s area are destabilized and will combust on death.

• 4% increased Warcry speed
• Empowers the next melee attack you perform, plus an additional attack per endurance charge consumed
• Empowered attacks gain 25% of damage as fire damage per 5 Power of enemies in range, up to 100%
• Warcry radius is 4 metres
• Destabilises enemies for 8 seconds

Premeditation (Support Gem)

Support skills can empower skills other than themselves, causing skills they empower to deal more damage.

• Skills empowered by Supported Skills deal 15% more damage

Raging Cry (Support Gem)

Supports Warcry skills, causing them to grant you Rage on use depending on counted monster Power.

• Supported skills grant 4 Rage per Power of Counted Enemies in Range

Dazing Cry (Support Gem)

Supports Warcries, causing them to Daze enemies on use.

• Supported skills Daze enemies
• Daze lasts for 4.0s

Scavenged Plating

Uses fragments of armour scavenged from enemies to bolster your own. Fully breaking an enemy’s Armour grants you a stack of Scavenged plates for a duration, and you gain Armour and Thorns per stack.

• Scavenged Plating duration is 8 seconds
• 3% more Armour per Scavenged Plating
• Maximum 10 Scavenged Plating
• 4 to 6 Thorns per Scavenged Plating

Persistence (Support Gem)

Supports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.

• Supported Skills have 40% more skill effect duration

Physical Mastery (Support Gem)

Supports Physical skills, granting them an additional level.

• 1 to level of supported Physical skills

Overwhelming Presence

While active, it emits an Aura that makes enemies in your Presence easier to stun and inflict Elemental Ailments upon.

• Enemies in your Presence have (15–24)% reduced Elemental Ailment Threshold
• Enemies in your Presence have (15–25)% reduced Stun Threshold
• Enemies in your Presence have (0–5)% reduced Elemental Ailment Threshold
• Enemies in your Presence have (0–5)% reduced Stun Threshold

Precision (Support Gem)

Supports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Accuracy while the skill is active.

• 30% increased accuracy rating while a supported sill is active

Shield Charge

Channel to charge in the target direction. You will crash into enemies on your path, stopping your charge and dealing damage to enemies in an area, and extra damage to the enemies you collide with. While charging, your Shield is raised, and you will block all incoming Blockable hits.

• 7 to 10 Base Off Hand Physical damage
• 2 to 3 added Physical Damage per Armour on Shield
• Impact Radius is 2.4 metres
• 10% increased cooldown recovery rate

Ingenuity (Support Gem)

Supports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns recover.

• Supported skills have a 30% increased cooldown recovery rate

Second Wind (Support Gem)

Supports skills with cooldowns, giving them extra uses of that cooldown. It cannot support instant or triggered skills.

• Supported skills have 50% less Cooldown Recovery Rate
• Supported skills have twice as many cooldown uses.

Boneshatter

Attacks enemies with a melee Strike. The Strike will cause a Heavy Stun on enemies that are primed for Stun. Upon causing a Heavy Stun, it will also create a Shockwave, dealing a large amount of damage in an area.

• +2 Melee strike range
• While Dual Wielding, both weapons hit with 30% less damage
• Cannot cause Stun Buildup

Impact Shockwave (Support Gem)

Supports Melee Strike skills, causing them to create an Aftershock that damages enemies around the target when they Heavy Stun an enemy.

• Supported skills create an Aftershock when they Heavy Stun an enemy, dealing the same damage to enemies within 1.4 metres

Magnified Effect (Support Gem)

Supports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.

• Supported Skills have 30% more area of effect.

Martial Tempo (Support Gem)

Supports attacks, causing them to attack faster

• Supported skills have 20% more attack speed

Ancestral Call (Support Gem)

Supports Strikes you use yourself, providing a powerful Ancestral Boost every few seconds. Cannot support Channelled Skills.

• Supported Strike skills are Ancestrally Boosted once every 6 seconds

Seismic Cry

Performs a damaging Warcry, knocking back enemies. If a Heavy Stunned enemy is hit, your next Slam is empowered to perform an additional aftershock. If not, this skill’s cooldown is reset. Only counts Heavily Stunned enemies for the purpose of counting Power gained.

• Deals 50-75 Physical Damage
• 200% increased Knockback distancel400% more Stun Buildup
• Knockback enemies on hit
• Hits ignore enemy Physical Damage Reduction
• Empowers the next Melee Slam Attack
• Additional Attack per Endurance Charge consumed
• Warcry radius is 4M

Battershout (Support Gem)

Supports Warcry Skills. Supported Skills Consume Fully Broken Armour to trigger Physical Damage explosions on Enemies within their range but cannot themselves Break Armour.

• Supported Skills cannot Break Armour
• Supported Skills Consume Fully Broken Armour on enemies within range to trigger Battershout

Elemental Focus (Support Gem)

Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing it to deal more Elemental Damage but be unable to inflict Elemental Ailments.

• Supported Skills deal 25% more Elemental Damage
• Supported Skills cannot inflict Elemental Ailments

Herald of Ash

While active, enemies you sufficiently overkill with attacks will cause an explosion that ignites nearby enemies based on the Overkill damage dealt.

• Ignite surrounding enemies if Overkill damage is at least 20% of the enemy’s maximum Life

Fire Spell on Hit

While active, gains energy when you hit enemies with Melee Attacks and triggers socketed Fire spells on reaching maximum Energy.

• Gains 3 Energy per Power of enemies you Hit with Melee Attacks, modified by the percentage of the enemy’s Ailment Threshold the Hit will deal
• (0–57)% increased Energy gained
• Triggers all Socketed Spells and loses all Energy on reaching maximum Energy
• (0–15)% increased Energy gained
• Has 10 maximum Energy per 0.1 seconds of base cast time of Socketed Spells

Detonate Dead (Support Gem)

Causes a Corpse to violently explode, damaging surrounding enemies.

• 2.6 metres to explosion radius
• Deals physical damage equal to (5-10.7)% of Corpse’s maximum Life.
• Deals  (19-139) to (28-208) fire damage.

Best Smith of Kitava Stat Priorities

There are certain aspects and new mechanics that you must consider for the Smith of Kitava Warrior build in Path of Exile 2.

Regular Stats

• Strength
• Intelligence
• Dexterity

Focusing on strength allows you to increase melee damage and allows for the use of heavier armor and weapons. Intelligence enhances the mana pool and regeneration, supporting sustained skill usage. Dexterity, on the other hand, grants accuracy and evasion, improving combat effectiveness. You can also find Strength on items like amulets, rings, belts, and armor, as well as through passive skill tree nodes. Investing in passive skill tree nodes that grant Dexterity points increases the Dexterity of your character. Stack base Intelligence and All Attributes, and find modifiers to increase the Intelligence.

Defensive Stats

• Armour
• Energy shield
• Regenerate life per second
• Maximum life
• Movement speed
• Evasion

Evasion is not a priority of Warrior, so armour and Energy Shield are the best defensive stats. The armour reduces the physical and magic damage you take, and the Energy shield grants a regenerating shield that can tank some initial hits. Improve your movement speed to get more flexibility to evade attacks. The movement speed boost depends on the gear you equip and also on passive skills. Focus on improving health regeneration and maximum life. These stats are crucial to staying alive and being confident to jump into battle.

Offensive Stats

• Physical damage
• Critical hit chance
• Stun Threshold
• AOE Damage

Prioritize physical damage and critical hit chance for the massive damage output. These stats will improve automatically when you get better weapons and armor. Boost your stun threshold, as this is the key to this build. Slam attacks benefit heavily from increased area and AOE damage. Attack speed is also vital because it directly influences how fast you can apply bleeds and stack them on enemies. Faster attacks allow you to trigger bleeds more quickly. Physical damage is essential for increasing your bleed damage, including base physical damage and added flat physical damage from gear or passive trees. Use the passive nodes or ascendancy bouses to amplify your overall physical damage.

Best Smith of Kitava Passive Skills

Path of Exile 2 offers passive skill nodes that we recommend grabbing when you can because they’re highly effective. They have more substantial early options for passive skills, enhancing initial survivability. However, if you want to min-max more, they are easily respec-ed. You will get a massive boost to attack power and rate without depending on flasks. Consider picking notable passives in the star-shaped cluster from your starting point.

• Radial Force- You gain a 10% increased area of effect and a 10% increase in area damage
• Burn Away- It provides 15% increased fire damage and 10% increased magnitude of ignite you inflict. Damage penetrates 10% fire damage.
• Barbaric Strength- You gain +10 Strength along with a 45% increased critical damage bonus and 10% increased mana cost of skills.
• Impact Force- You gain 25% increased attack area damage and 20% increased stun buildup.
• Breakage- Break 60% increased armor and 10% chance to defend with 200% of Armour.
• Sigil of Fire- You gain 30% increased damage with hits against ignited enemies.
• Blood Magic- You have no mana skill mana cost is converted to Life costs.
• Avatar of Fire- 75% of damage converted to fire damage deal no non-fire damage.
• Crushing Verdict- You gain 50% increased attack damage along with 30% increased stun buildup and 5% reduced attack speed.
• Adrenaline Rush- It provides 4% increased movement speed if you’ve killed recently and 8% increased attack speed if you’ve killed recently

Best Ascendancy for Smith of Kitava Build

Smith of Kitava is the best ascendancy to choose for the Smith of Kitava Warrior build in Path of Exile 2. Due to the Smith’s Masterwork node, players can enhance their normal (white) armor to something extraordinary with all the modifiers. There are 12 exclusive modifiers available for the armor that you can apply if you get the Smith’s Masterwork. Moreover, it does not require any point as it is free to allocate. However, the 12 different modifiers the node offers require points. So, for you to make a strong defensive armor will require you to spend points carefully. Modifiers like Flowing Metal, Kitavan Engraving, and Support Straps are some of the strongest modifiers that a player should prioritize getting.

Smith of Kitava mainly focuses on defense to be the strongest tank, and the Forged in Flame node gives the best resistances. It alters the maximum resistances, applying your maximum Fire Resistance to both Cold and Lightning Resistances. Activating this node will help you greatly in the fights against the Elite mobs and bosses. With high defense stats, you will be able to tank most of the hits easily and work your way around to eliminate the enemies. Smith of Kitava also has a few nodes to enhance the potential of your weapon. The strongest node out of them is the Living Weapon node. It grants the Manifest Weapon skill, allowing you to make a copy of your equipped weapon.

How Skill Tree is Set in POE2

For most new players, the passive skill tree is extremely daunting, but actually, it’s quite simple. A character is granted one passive skill point every time they level up and are sometimes even granted more from completing certain quests. In extremely simple terms, we have the intelligence section, which focuses on spell damage, summoning, and elemental damage.

Next, we have the Dexterity section, which is more focused on ranged combat, evasion, and speed. At the bottom left, we have the Strength section, which is more melee and defense-oriented. Next, we’ve passive nodes, and they are split into two categories. The small passives grant minor bonuses, such as a small increase in attack speed, spell damage, melee damage, or attributes.

Second, we’ve got notable passives. These are larger passive points that grant greater bonuses than the smaller ones, but they have stats on them that are often closely related to the small passives leading up to them. Think of these as checkpoints to work towards. On top of this, we have a third passive point, but it is not entirely comparable to the other two. For the third one, we have the keystones, which are build-changing and character-defining and often provide a massive amount of power with a downside. However, these downsides can be reduced or worked towards.

Following a specific setup is extremely useful, and understanding the passive skill tree can make or break your character. Investing more time in this specific section will upgrade your knowledge of the game.

Best Smith of Kitava Gear

Here is the gear for the Smith of Kitava build in Path of Exile 2, including their unique effects and requirements.

Gear Slot	Gear	Requirement	Effect
Main Hand Weapon	Marauding Mace	77 level, 212 str.	Adds (23-35) to (39-59) physical damage (85-109)% increased physical damage +3 to level of all melee skills
Off-Hand Weapon	Feathered Fortress	26 level, 27 str, 27 dex.	Grants Skill: Raise Shield +(20-30) to Strength +(20-30) to Dexterity +(20-30)% go fire resistance +(20-30) to cold resistance No movement speed penalty while shield is raised
Helmet	The Hollow Mask	5 level, 7 int, 7 dex.	+(60-80) to maximum Life 15% additional physical damage reduction -10% to all elemental resistances +13% to Chaos resistance
Body Armour	Ornate Plate	70 level, 157 str.	Armour: Regenerate (1,5-2,5)% of maximum Life per second
Gloves	Vaal Mitts	75 level, 122 str.	+(139-168) to Armour (39-42)% increases Armour +(42-49) to maximum Life +(120-149) to maximum Life +1 to level of all melee skills
Boots	Vaal Greaves	75 level, 131 str.	(39-42)% increased Armour +(42-49) to maximum Life 30% increased movement speed +(100-119) to maximum Life
Ring 1	Amethyst Ring	20 level	Armour: +(7-13)% to Chaos Reistance +(100-119) to maximum Life +(237-346) to accuracy rating
Ring 2	Emerald Ring	26 level	+(120-160) to accuracy rating +(100-119) to maximum Life +(168-236) to accuracy rating
Amulet	Stellar Amulet	25 level	+(5-7) to all attributes +(175-189) to maximum Life +(237-346) to accuracy rating +2 to level of all melee skills

How to Play Smith of Kitava in Path of Exile 2

The Smith of Kitava Warrior is a melee-focused class that emphasizes heavy attacks, stuns, and area-of-effect skills. Hammer of the Gods, Earthquake, Leap Slam, and Ancestral Warrior Totem are the core skills for this Ascendancy. You need to invest heavily in Strength to boost melee damage and survivability. Prefer the nodes that enhance melee damage and increase the area of effect for your attacks. Allocate passives that increase stun duration and reduce the stun threshold. Equip gear that enhances armor and elemental resistances to improve your survivability.

Equip maces to take advantage of the Warrior’s passive skills. Consider using shields for additional defense, especially when incorporating skills like Shield Charge. If you want the extra socket, then replace Herald of Ash with Cannibalism and Warm Blooded instead. Replace Overpower with Demolisher, or Break Endurance with Demolisher if you are stunning too quickly or breaking armour too slowly with Resonating Shield. Combine skills that complement each other, such as using Infernal Cry. Balancing offensive skills with defensive skills allows you to control the battlefield.

Best Smith of Kitava build in Path of Exile 2 Summary

FAQs about Best Smith of Kitava build in Path of Exile 2 (POE 2)?

How important is gear for my Smith of Kitava build?

Gear in Path of Exile 2 is crucial for any build, including your Smith of Kitava build. The Gears determine how strong and survivable your build will be in combat. Gear in the Smith of Kitava build allows you to handle the tougher battles in Path of Exile 2, so always focus on improving gear through crafting, buying, or farming.

How do I acquire Smith of Kitava’s new skills?

Yes, you can respec your Smith of Kitava build by refunding passive skill points through The Hooded One, an NPC located in the Clearfell Encampment. Complete the “Sorrow Among Stones” quest in Act 1 to unlock this feature. However, it will take you 2 to 5 hours, depending on your pace.

Can I re-spec my Smith of Kitava build if I make a mistake?

The Warrior class in Path of Exile 2 has a wide variety of skills, primarily centered around physical damage and AOE damage. Getting new skills involves obtaining skill gems that you can socket into the equipment to grant corresponding abilities. You can obtain the skill gems while progressing through the campaign, or you can purchase the skill gems from the vendors.

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