PoE Smite Build, Links, Smite Aura Effect, Farming, Support Gems

Smite Smite is a melee attack skill where the user strikes an enemy or location. Every hit creates a circle as secondary effect that damages all enemies inside its area with damage (not only lightning damage but all sorts of damage) and grants a temporary aura that grants added lightning damage and shock chance.

The lightning damage area of effect caused by this skill does not count as a melee hit for purposes of effects like Fortify Fortify.

Performs a melee attack, and causes lightning to strike a targeted location or nearby enemy, dealing damage in an area. Each target can only be hit once by this skill. Hitting an enemy grants an aura, giving you and your allies additional lightning damage for a duration. Requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.

Lightning, Attack, AoE, Duration, Melee, Strike, Aura. Level: 1–20. Cost: 6 Mana. Attack Speed: 85% of base. Attack Damage: 196–273% of base. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 196–273%. AoE Radius: 15. Requires Level 1.

  • 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
  • Base duration is 4 seconds
  • +(0–6) to radius
  • (20–30)% less Area Damage
  • Aura grants (0–19)% chance to Shock
  • Aura grants (1–12) to (4–220) added Lightning Damage
  • Lightning strikes 1 target

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Smite(0–10)% increased Area of Effect50

PoE 3.20 Changes

Smite
Added
  • Lightning strikes 1 target

New: Performs a melee attack, and causes lightning to strike a targeted location or nearby enemy, dealing damage in an area. Each target can only be hit once by this skill. Hitting an enemy grants an aura, giving you and your allies additional lightning damage for a duration. Requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.

Old: Performs a melee attack, and causes lightning to strike a targeted location or nearby enemy, dealing damage in an area. If the melee strike hits a target, that enemy cannot also be hit by the area damage. If this skill hits an enemy, you gain an aura buff, granting you and your allies additional lightning damage for a duration. Requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.

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Related Gems

PoE Smite Build

The popularity of Smite Smite is 22%.

Character: 100 Guardian

Life: 1 Strength: 111
Energy Shield: 2546 Dexterity: 259
Mana: 997 Intelligence: 350
Evasion Rating: 2850 Charges: E: 3 / F: 3 / P: 3
Armour: 4680

Main Skills Build

Main skill: Smite Smite. DPS: 145k.

Damage types:

  • Cold: 81%
  • Chaos: 14%
  • Physical: 3%
  • Lightning: 3%
  • Fire: 3%

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These are the support skill gems for it:

Skill Gems Build

Boots: Herald of Thunder Herald of Thunder (Blue) (20 / 20), Aspect of the Avian (Aspect Skill) (20),

Body Armour: Smite Smite (Red) (20 / 20), Awakened Cold Penetration Cold Penetration Support (Green) (2 / 20), Multistrike Multistrike Support (Red) (20 / 20), Damage on Full Life Damage on Full Life Support (Red) (20 / 20), Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks Elemental Damage with Attacks Support (Red) (5 / 20), Energy Leech Energy Leech Support (Blue) (21 / 20),

Helmet: Wrath Wrath (Blue) (21), Discipline Discipline (Blue) (21), Vaal Haste Vaal Haste (Green) (21 / 6), Hatred Hatred (Green) (21),

Gloves: Purity of Fire Purity of Fire (Red) (20), Purity of Lightning Purity of Lightning (Blue) (20), Purity of Ice Purity of Ice (Green) (20), Vaal Grace Vaal Grace (Green) (20),

Offhand: Leap Slam Leap Slam (Red) (12 / 20), Clarity Clarity (Blue) (3), Blood and Sand Blood and Sand (Red) (6 / 7),

Weapon: Ancestral Protector Ancestral Protector (Red) (13), Herald of Ash Herald of Ash (Red) (20 / 20), Precision Precision (Green) (21),

Passive Skill Build

Smite Build

Equipment Build

Body Armour: Saqawal’s Nest Saqawal’s Nest Blood Raiment

Weapon: Ichimonji Ichimonji Corsair Sword

Offhand Weapon: Ichimonji Ichimonji Corsair Sword

Helmet: Alpha’s Howl Alpha’s Howl Sinner Tricorne

Gloves: Maligaro’s Virtuosity Maligaro’s Virtuosity Deerskin Gloves

Boots: Oblivion Spur Conjurer Boots

Belt: Bated Breath Bated Breath Chain Chain Belt

Amulet: Torment Heart Citrine Amulet

Ring: Call of the Brotherhood Call of the Brotherhood Two-Stone Ring x2

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelStrengthIntelligenceBase DamageAura grants 1 to 4 added Lightning DamageAura grants 0% chance to Shock# to radius30% less Area DamageExperience
1164196%1, 4003070
2275200.1%1, 51029308
34107204.1%1, 621291,554
471410208.2%1, 831286,667
5111913212.2%1, 11412826,047
6162618216.3%1, 16522749,725
7203122220.3%1, 21622795,714
8243725224.4%1, 267226169,595
9284229228.4%2, 338326283,759
10324733232.5%2, 409325453,996
11365336236.5%3, 4910325703,128
12405840240.6%3, 60114241,061,223
13446344244.6%4, 72124242,065,870
14486848248.7%5, 87134232,507,110
15527451252.7%5, 104145235,798,936
16567955256.8%6, 1231552215,083,919
17608459260.8%8, 1461652227,792,735
18649062264.9%9, 1731762143,869,739
19679465268.9%10, 19518621242,081,556
20709868273%12, 22019620
2172277.1%13, 23920720
2274281.1%14, 25821719
2376285.2%15, 28022719
2478289.2%16, 30223818
2580293.3%17, 32724818
2682297.3%19, 35325817
2784301.4%20, 38126817
2886305.4%22, 41127916
2988309.5%23, 44428916
3090313.5%25, 47929915
3191315.6%26, 497301015
3292317.6%27, 516301015
3393319.6%28, 536311015
3494321.6%29, 556311014
3595323.7%30, 577321014
3696325.7%32, 599321014
3797327.7%33, 621331114
3898329.7%34, 645331113
3999331.8%35, 669341113
40100333.8%37, 694341113

Smite is a melee attack skill where the user strikes an enemy or location. Every hit creates a circle as secondary effect that damages all enemies inside its area with damage (not only lightning damage but all sorts of damage) and grants a temporary aura that grants added lightning damage and shock chance.

Skill functions and interactions

  • The lightning damage area of effect caused by this skill does not count as a melee hit for purposes of effects like Fortify.
  • Ancestral Call Support causes this skill to create multiple AoEs if there are multiple enemies in range.
  • Hits while using Ancestral Call Support or any other form of Strike Skills target an additional nearby Enemy allow for both the melee hit portion of the skill to hit as well as the area damage to hit, area damage dealing 30-20% less damage effectively dealing 170%-180% damage if positioned correctly.

Item acquisition

Smite can drop anywhere. Drop level: 5.

Recipes

Smite can be created from the following recipes:

Amount Part Description
7 The Wilted Rose Random corrupted level 21 Aura gem
6 The Fox Random level 20 gem
8 Dying Anguish Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality
8 The Hook Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality
3 Gemcutter's Promise Random gem with 20% quality
1 Gemcutter's Incubator Random gem with 1–20% quality
1 The Void Random divination card set exchange

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class → Witch Shadow Ranger Duelist Marauder Templar Scion
Quest ↓
Enemy at the Gate
Act 1		 ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class → Witch Shadow Ranger Duelist Marauder Templar Scion
Quest ↓
Enemy at the Gate
Act 1
Nessa		 ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa		 ✓
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth		 ✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Smite:

Item Limit Radius Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Smite.

Name Level Labyrinth Stats Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Smite Additional Target Chance 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Smite has a 10% chance for lightning to strike another target helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Smite Additional Target Chance 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Smite has a 15% chance for lightning to strike another target helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Smite Aura Effect 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Smite has 20% increased Aura Effect helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Smite Aura Effect 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Smite has 30% increased Aura Effect helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Smite Damage 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Smite deals 25% increased Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Smite Damage 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Smite deals 40% increased Damage helmet 100
default 0

Related unique items

The following unique items are related to Smite:

Item Base Item Level Stats
Megalomaniac Medium Cluster Jewel 1 Adds 4 Passive Skills
Added Small Passive Skills grant Nothing
<3 Random notable mods>
Corrupted
Sign of the Sin Eater Tyrant's Sekhem 58 26% increased Elemental Damage+(10-30) to Strength and Intelligence
Grants Level 30 Smite Skill
Enemies inflict Elemental Ailments on you instead of nearby Allies

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