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Soaring Midnight Shield Wall Bear Smith Of Kitava (+4 Melee Skills)

Smith of Kitava·WarriorPatch 0.5.1·byPublic Ladder
Version 1·Updated Jun 9, 2026
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Run Gear Check

Passive Tree

153
Nodes
42
Notables
1
Keystones

Key Passives

Greatest DefenceNotable
4% increased Attack Damage per 75 Item Armour and Evasion on Equipped Shield
Armour
Cruel MethodsNotable
Break 40% increased Armour
25% increased Global Physical Damage
ArmourPhysical Damage
Projectile BulwarkNotable
Defend with 120% of Armour against Projectile Attacks
30% increased Armour
Armour
Guided HandNotable
Ancestrally Boosted Attacks deal 30% increased Damage
The next Attack you use within 4 seconds after Heavy Stunning a Rare or Unique Enemy is Ancestrally Boosted
DamageAttack
Lay SiegeNotable
1% increased Damage per 1% Chance to Block
Block
Impact AreaNotable
12% increased Area of Effect if you have Stunned an Enemy Recently
12% increased Area of Effect for Attacks
Area
MomentumNotable
Ignore all Movement Penalties from Armour
Movement Speed
Dedication to KitavaNotable
base physical damage reduction rating no display: 200
Body Armour grants +100% of Armour also applies to Chaos Damage
Physical DamageArmour

Effect Profile

EffectStats
Armour
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Armour12175%
  • of Armour also applies to Elemental Damage560%
  • break # % increased Armour5100%
  • increased effect of Fully Broken Armour465%
Attribute
PassiveCountTotal
  • to any Attribute36+180
  • to Strength7+89
  • body Armour grants # % increased Strength120%
  • increased Damage per # Strength11%
Attack Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Area Damage14155%
  • increased Melee Damage566%
  • increased Attack Damage486%
  • increased Melee Damage with Hits at Close Range255%
Speed
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Speed723%
  • increased Warcry Speed464%
  • allies in your Presence have # % increased Attack Speed16%
  • increased Attack Speed if you've been Hit Recently115%
Area
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Area of Effect for Attacks965%
  • increased Area of Effect of Ancestrally Boosted Attacks234%
  • increased Area of Effect if you have Stunned an Enemy Recently112%
Physical Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • base physical damage reduction rating no display: #8+1600
  • increased Global Physical Damage343%
Life
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Life Regeneration rate335%
  • body Armour grants # % increased maximum Life115%
  • body Armour grants regenerate # % of maximum Life per second1180%
  • enemies you Fully Armour Break cannot Regenerate Life1+1
Stun
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Stun Buildup7100%

Gear

Weapon 1

Empyrean Brand

Structured Hammer

Item Level 81
Rare
Properties
Range13
Physical Damage49-60
Quality0
SocketsS
Attacks per Second1.62
Critical Hit Chance5%
Total DPS88.3
Physical DPS88.3
Requirements
Level62
Rune
  • 40% increased effect of Fully Broken Armour
Bonded
  • Bonded: Break 50% increased Armour
Desecrated
  • 57% increased Damage against Enemies with Fully Broken Armour
Implicit
  • 40% chance to Daze on Hit
Explicit
  • 36% increased Elemental Damage with Attacks
  • 16% increased Attack Speed
  • +4 to Level of all Melee Skills
  • Leeches 8.01% of Physical Damage as Mana
Crafted
  • Gain 18% of Damage as Extra Physical Damage
Weapon 2 / Offhand

Gloom Sanctuary

Tawhoan Tower Shield

Item Level 81
Rare
Properties
Armour1881
Movement Speed-3%
Block26
Quality23
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level80
Rune
  • 40% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • 42% increased Armour
  • +104 to Stun Threshold
Explicit
  • +267 to Armour
  • 106% increased Armour
  • +32 to Strength
  • +32% to Fire Resistance
  • +40% of Armour also applies to Elemental Damage
  • Corrupted
Helmet

The Hollow Mask

Hewn Mask

Item Level 81
Unique
Properties
Energy Shield16
Evasion24
Quality20
SocketsS S S
Requirements
Level78
Enchant
  • 22% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
Rune
  • +75 to maximum Life
  • +11% to Chaos Resistance
  • +4 to Maximum Rage
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Explicit
  • +75 to maximum Life
  • 15% additional Physical Damage Reduction
  • -10% to all Elemental Resistances
  • +13% to Chaos Resistance
  • Remnants you create affect Allies in your Presence as well as you when collected
  • 81% increased Reservation Efficiency of Remnant Skills
  • Corrupted
Body Armour

Exceptional Ornate Plate

Item Level 82
Normal
Properties
Armour595
Quality20
SocketsS S S S
Requirements
Level70
Enchant
  • 3% additional Physical Damage Reduction
Rune
  • +150 to maximum Life
  • 3% increased maximum Life
  • Regenerate 1.5% of maximum Life per second
Bonded
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Mana
Implicit
  • Regenerate 2.42% of maximum Life per second
Explicit
  • Corrupted
Gloves

Torment Knuckle

Massive Mitts

Item Level 80
Rare
Properties
Armour433
Quality20
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level80
Rune
  • 12% increased Attack Speed
  • +28% to Lightning Resistance
Bonded
  • Bonded: +32 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +32 to maximum Mana
  • Bonded: 32% reduced Slowing Potency of Debuffs on You
Desecrated
  • +116 to maximum Life
Explicit
  • +2 to Level of all Melee Skills
  • 93% increased Armour
  • Adds 19 to 25 Physical Damage to Attacks
  • 16% increased Attack Speed
Crafted
  • 60% increased effect of Socketed Augment Items
Boots

Onslaught Dash

Runeforged Tasalian Greaves

Item Level 80
Rare
Properties
Armour262
Quality20
SocketsS S
Ward216
Requirements
Level80
Rune
  • 8% increased Movement Speed
  • 24% reduced Slowing Potency of Debuffs on You
Bonded
  • Bonded: 16% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
Desecrated
  • +139 to maximum Life
Explicit
  • 30% increased Movement Speed
  • +133 to Armour
  • +39% to Fire Resistance
  • +38% to Cold Resistance
Crafted
  • 60% increased effect of Socketed Augment Items
Belt

Blight Snare

Plate Belt

Item Level 84
Rare
Properties
Charm Slots3
Requirements
Level24
Implicit
  • +156 to Armour
  • Has 3 Charm Slots
Explicit
  • +215 to Armour
  • +174 to maximum Life
  • 39% increased Flask Life Recovery rate
  • +35 to Strength
  • +43% to Cold Resistance
Crafted
  • +31% to Fire Resistance
Amulet

Carrion Pendant

Amber Amulet

Item Level 80
Rare
Requirements
Level8
Enchant
  • Allocates Bestial Rage
Desecrated
  • +13% to Lightning and Chaos Resistances
Implicit
  • +13 to Strength
Explicit
  • +3 to Level of all Melee Skills
  • +109 to maximum Life
  • 7% increased maximum Life
  • +50 to Spirit
Crafted
  • 10% increased Strength
Ring 1

Plague Grip

Prismatic Ring

Item Level 82
Rare
Requirements
Level35
Desecrated
  • +16% to Cold and Chaos Resistances
Implicit
  • +10% to all Elemental Resistances
Explicit
  • 28% increased Chaos Damage
  • +147 to Evasion Rating
  • +118 to maximum Life
  • +51% to Lightning Resistance
Crafted
  • +25 to Strength
Ring 2

Plague Twirl

Prismatic Ring

Item Level 81
Rare
Requirements
Level35
Desecrated
  • +19% to Cold and Chaos Resistances
Implicit
  • +12% to all Elemental Resistances
Explicit
  • Adds 13 to 24 Cold damage to Attacks
  • +118 to maximum Life
  • +85 to maximum Mana
  • +14% to all Elemental Resistances
Crafted
  • +32% to Fire Resistance
Charm 1

The Fall of the Axe

Silver Charm

Item Level 80
Unique
Properties
Charges Max40
Charges Per Use20
Duration30
Quality0
Requirements
Level10
Implicit
  • Used when you are affected by a Slow
Explicit
  • Grants Onslaught during effect
Charm 2

Analyst's Thawing Charm of the Plentiful

Item Level 75
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level12
Implicit
  • Used when you become Frozen
Explicit
  • 21% increased Duration
  • 42% increased Charges
Charm 3

Rite of Passage

Golden Charm

Item Level 81
Unique
Properties
Charges Max80
Charges Per Use80
Duration10
Quality0
Requirements
Level50
Implicit
  • Used when you kill a Rare or Unique enemy
Explicit
  • Possessed by Spirit Of The Bear for 18 seconds on use
Life Flask

Potent Ultimate Life Flask of the Bottomless

Item Level 81
Magic
Properties
Quality16
Requirements
Level60
Implicit
  • 75% increased Amount Recovered
  • 47% increased Charges gained
  • Corrupted

Skills & Gems

Soaring Midnight(Lv20)5 gems

Hurl your Shield as a Projectile which Returns to you at the end of its flight. While the Shield is in flight, this skill is replaced with Embrace the Fall. This skill's cooldown is skipped if you catch the Shield as it Returns, or destroy an Ice Crystal with the Embrace the Fall.

6 to 10 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on Shield
2 to 5 Base Off Hand Physical Damage
12 to 20 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on Shield
6 to 9 Base Off Hand Physical Damage
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
RageforgedSupports any damaging skill that you use or Trigger yourself, causing it to spend Rage to deal more damage. If you don't have enough Rage to spend, the damage bonus will not apply.Lv1
Cold InfusionSupports any skill that deals damage, causing them to Gain Cold Damage but deal less Fire and Lightning Damage.Lv1
Heavy SwingSupports Melee Attacks, boosting their Physical damage at the cost of Attack Speed.Lv1
Fist Of WarSupports Slams you use yourself, providing a powerful Ancestral Boost every few seconds.Lv1
Shield Wall(Lv21)5 gems

Ram your Shield into the ground, throwing up a wall of earth. Enemies can attack your wall segments, and your Slams, Warcries, and Shield Charge will instantly shatter them all. The segments explode when shattered, damaging enemies in front of and around them.

4 to 6 Base Off Hand Physical Damage
Wall Segments have 36 maximum Life
BrutalitySupports any skill that deals damage, boosting its Physical damage at the expense of all other Damage Types.Lv1
Heavy SwingSupports Melee Attacks, boosting their Physical damage at the cost of Attack Speed.Lv1
HeftSupports Skills which deal Damage, increasing the maximum Physical Damage of their Hits.Lv1
Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1
Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Lv1
Resonating Shield(Lv21)5 gems

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

Hits Break 2 Armour
4 to 6 Base Off Hand Physical Damage
Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1
Uruks SmeltingSupports any skill, causing Armour Break it inflicts to be stronger. Fully Breaking Armour with Supported Skills permanently increases the Physical Damage taken by those affected, up to a cap.Lv1
Heavy SwingSupports Melee Attacks, boosting their Physical damage at the cost of Attack Speed.Lv1
Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Lv1
BrutalitySupports any skill that deals damage, boosting its Physical damage at the expense of all other Damage Types.Lv1
Sunder(Lv19)4 gems

Slam the ground, creating a roiling fissure that damages enemies in a sequence of areas in front of you. A number of enemies hit by the wave will release a shockwave, damaging other enemies. Hitting an enemy with Fully Broken Armour applies Sundered Armour, making it take additional increased Physical damage.

Fist Of WarSupports Slams you use yourself, providing a powerful Ancestral Boost every few seconds.Lv1
Heavy SwingSupports Melee Attacks, boosting their Physical damage at the cost of Attack Speed.Lv1
Lightning InfusionSupports any skill that deals damage, causing them to Gain Lightning Damage but deal less Cold and Fire Damage.Lv1
ConductionSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making it more likely to Shock.Lv1
Fortifying Cry(Lv19)4 gems

Perform a Warcry that grants Guard and Triggers Shield Wave when subsequent Shield Attacks deal damage. This Skill's cooldown can be bypassed by expending an Endurance Charge.

Grants 2 Guard for every 5 enemy Power in range, counting up to 20 Power
3 to 5 Base Off Hand Physical Damage
Enraged WarcrySupports Warcries, causing them to spend Rage to bypass their usual Cooldown.Lv1
BrutalitySupports any skill that deals damage, boosting its Physical damage at the expense of all other Damage Types.Lv1
Raging CrySupports Warcry skills, causing them to grant you Rage on use depending on counted monster Power.Lv1
Heavy SwingSupports Melee Attacks, boosting their Physical damage at the cost of Attack Speed.Lv1
Leap Slam(Lv16)3 gems

Jump into the air, damaging and Knocking Back enemies with your mace where you land. Enemies you would land on are pushed out of the way.

50% more Stun buildup
Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1
Holy DescentSupports Skills that leap into the air, causing them to create Consecrated Ground when you land.Lv1
RageSupports Melee Attacks, causing them to grant Rage on Hit.Lv1
Scavenged Plating(Lv18)3 gems

While active, uses fragments of armour scavenged from enemies to bolster your own. Fully Breaking an enemy's Armour grants you stacks of Scavenged Plating for a duration based on the enemy's Rarity, and you gain Armour and Thorns per stack. Normal enemies grant 1 stack, Magic enemies grant 2 stacks, Rare enemies grant 5 stacks and Unique enemies grant 10 stacks.

2 to 2 Thorns per Scavenged Plating
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
CannibalismSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to recover Life on kill while the Skill is active.Lv1
VitalitySupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the Skill is active.Lv1
Refutation(Lv20)3 gems

Spends all your Ward to gain a short-duration Buff that causes you to Block all Blockable Hits and apply Parried to enemies from which you've Blocked a Hit. This Buff is removed if you are Heavy Stunned. While this Buff is active, you cannot be Light Stunned, but Blocking too much damage may Heavy Stun you.

Parried Debuff duration is 2 seconds
Arcane TempoSupports Spells, causing them to cast faster.Lv1
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
Second WindSupports Skills which have a cooldown, giving them extra uses of that cooldown. Cannot support Meta, instant, or Triggered Skills, and cannot modify the Skills of Minions.Lv1
Shield Charge(Lv5)1 gem

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 collided with. While charging, your Shield is raised and you will Block all incoming Blockable hits.

3 to 5 Base Off Hand Physical Damage
Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1
Berserk(Lv18)1 gem

While active, strengthens your Rage, but causes you to lose Life while not losing Rage.

Grants 40% increased Rage effect
PrecisionSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Accuracy while the Skill is active.Lv1
Raise Shield(Lv1)No supports

Raise your Shield to Block all incoming Blockable hits. Release immediately after Blocking when an enemy is close to perform a Shield Bash, damaging and Stunning enemies. While your Shield is raised you cannot be Light Stunned by hits you Block, but Blocking too much damage may Heavy Stun you. You cannot Evade while your Shield is raised, but Evasion instead grants an equal chance to avoid this Heavy Stun buildup.

No support gems detected for this skill.

Wildwood's Gifts(Lv18)No supports

You are chosen by Azmerian spirits who provide guidance, allowing you to see nearby Ancient Blooms.

An Ancient Bloom manifests within 8.5m of you every 1.4 seconds
Ancient Blooms have 5% increased effect

No support gems detected for this skill.

Thorns Player(Lv1)No supports

No support gems detected for this skill.

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