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Shield Wall Fire Staker Smith
Warrior
Smith of KitavaBuild Overview
This
For map clear, we combine the
Defensively, this version uses
Our second weapon set also uses
We also use
Strengths and Weaknesses
- • Strong single-target damage.
- • Huge chain explosions with little investment into AoE.
- • Strong physical and elemental defences.
- • Excellent sustain through Life Leech and recovery on kill.
- • Easy resistance scaling through Smith of Kitava.
- Less SSF-friendly, as the build relies on specific unique items and jewels that can be difficult to obtain without trading.
Build Variants
Imported
Level 91 Lightng coil swap
Nebuloch consumes Endurance Charges for guaranteed critical hits. Use 
Greater Rune of Alacrityfor 8% increased Skill Speed, which also benefits Shield Wall, and 
Farrul's Rune of the Hunt for damage against Rare and Unique enemies. On your shield, prioritise the highest Armour value possible — this directly scales Shield Wall’s base damage.
Amor Mandragora Grants a stack of Druidic Prowess per 20 Rage spent, up to three stacks for 30% increased Skill Speed. Our Bear warcry setup builds this buff while generating Endurance Charges. 
Soul Core of Zalatl provides 4% Mana recovered on kill, while 
Soul Core of Jiquani provides 5% Life recovered on kill for extra mapping sustain.
Constricting Command Look for “Requires 4 fewer Enemies to be Surrounded”, allowing one nearby enemy to activate its powerful bonuses. Prioritise two sockets; a two-socket version with a +30 Spirit corruption is a luxury upgrade.
Lightning Coil Replaces Cloak of Flame, shifting part of incoming Physical Hit Damage to Lightning instead of Fire. It also provides Life, Dexterity, Armour and Evasion, with Iron Reflexes converting the Evasion into Armour. Make sure you compensate for its negative Lightning Resistance.
Ruby Ring Prioritise Fire Resistance, Life and Strength, followed by added Physical and Lightning Damage to Attacks. Smith’s resistance scaling makes Fire Resistance valuable for all three elemental resistances; Fluxes can help convert resistance modifiers to Fire. Added Lightning Damage helps with Shock application.
Amulet
Aim for +3 to Melee Skills, 40+ Spirit, Life and Strength, plus any missing resistances.
Gloves & Boots
Both should provide Life, Strength and Armour, ideally with Armour applying to Elemental Damage. +2 to Melee Skills is a priority on gloves, while boots should also have good Movement Speed.
Flask & Charms
The 
Lavianga's Spirits provides passive Mana recovery. Improve it with increased Mana Flask Recovery, including the permanent reward available in Act 4’s Abandoned Prison. Use 
Thawing Charm for Freeze, 
Sanguis Heroum for Bleeding and 
Arakaali's Gift for Poison protection.
Against the Darkness Look for Notables granting 4% Extra Lightning Damage and +1% Maximum Fire Resistance. Our placement covers seven allocated Notables, providing 28% Extra Lightning Damage and +7% Maximum Fire Resistance.
Heart of the Well Prioritise +1% Maximum Fire Resistances and 15% Extra Lightning Damage. Skill Speed, other Extra Damage bonuses and Critical Damage Bonus are useful additional rolls.
Undying Hate (amanamu) Placed next to Blood Magic, changing that part of our setup so we use Mana for skill costs. It prevents 20% of immediate Life loss from Hits, then applies 150% of the prevented amount over four seconds. This increases total Life loss but softens the initial spike, giving our Life Leech more time to recover.
Skill Gems
Imported
Level 91 Lightng coil swap
Support Gem Requirements:
Str 50
Dex 35
Int 45
1
Fire Spell on Hit
2
Raise Shield
3
Valako's Charge
Level 18
4
Herald of Ash
Level 20
5
Ferocious Roar
Level 18
6
Scavenged Plating
Level 18
7
Charge Regulation
Level 18
8
Shield Wall
Level 19
9
Herald of Blood
Level 19
Gem Priority
+28
Shield Wall is our main source of damage, but its supports also help keep the rest of the build running.Life Leech III turns our Physical Damage into recovery. Because the leech continues at full Life, it can help recover subsequent damage and the delayed Life loss from Undying Hate (amanamu).Supercritical takes advantage of Nebuloch: while we have Endurance Charges for guaranteed crits, we benefit from its Critical Damage Bonus without relying on normal Critical Hit Chance.Rapid Attacks II makes placing walls quicker and the build more responsive.Bleed III contributes damage against bosses, but its main purpose here is to enable 
Herald of Blood when we kill bleeding enemies.Armour Break III connects our attacks to our defensive setup: breaking Armour helps build 
Scavenged Plating, while the additional Endurance Charge generation during mapping supports Nebuloch and 
Charge Regulation.
Ferocious Roar supplies the resources and buffs that make Shield Wall work. We use 
Infernal Cry for extra Fire Damage, while spending Rage generates Endurance Charges and builds Druidic Prowess from our talisman. Enraged Warcry II lets us spend Rage to bypass the cooldown, making the warcry available more frequently while activating those Rage-spending benefits. Raging Cryhelps replenish Rage so we can keep the cycle going. Efficiency II makes repeated use cheaper, and Lifetap takes the cost off our Mana, leaving more available for Shield Wall. Our Life recovery helps cover that cost.
Heat of the Forge with 
Detonate Dead adds corpse explosions to our melee gameplay, helping clear enemies beyond those directly hit by Shield Wall. Boundless Energy II and Energy Retention help generate more energy so Detonate Dead can contribute more consistently while we attack. Magnified Area II lets each corpse explosion reach more enemies. Bleed III allows those explosions to apply Bleeding too, extending our Herald of Blood interaction beyond Shield Wall own hits.
Herald of Blood helps turn the first kills in a pack into a spreading chain of explosions. Bleed III allows its hits to apply Bleeding to more enemies, helping continue that interaction, while Magnified Area II increases how far the explosions reach. Poison III and Bursting Plague adding another layer of damage overtime
Herald of Ash adds ignite overkill damage around our kills, helping finish enemies left around the edges of the other explosions. Magnified Area II improves that coverage, while Fire Mastery add +1 level scaling its % overkill damage a bit more
Scavenged Plating and Charge Regulation These turn mechanics we already use into additional defence. Scavenged Plating rewards the Armour Break III from Shield Wall. Charge Regulation uses an Endurance Charge for another Armour bonus..
Passive Tree
Imported
Level 91 Lightng coil swap
main:
123
123
set 1:
20
20
set 2:
20
20
Quest Rewards
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Clearfell — Beira of the Rotten Pack
+10% to Cold Resistance
Hunting Grounds — The Crowbell
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Freythorn — The King in the Mists
+30 to Spirit
Ogham Farmlands — Una's Hut
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Ogham Manor — Candlemass, the Living Rite
+20 to maximum Life
Keth — Kabala, Constrictor Queen
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Valley of the Titans — Medallion
30% increased Charm Charges gained
+1 Charm Slot
Deshar — Final Letter
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
The Spires of Deshar — Sisters of Garukhan
+10% to Lightning Resistance
Jungle Ruins — Mighty Silverfist
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
The Venom Crypts — Venom Draught
25% increased Stun Threshold
Jiquani's Machinarium — Blackjaw, the Remnant
+10% to Fire Resistance
The Azak Bog — Ignagduk, the Bog Witch
+30 to Spirit
The Molten Vault — The Molten Vault
Reforging Bench
Aggorat — Blood Sacrifice
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Journey's End — Captain Hartlin
Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Skill Gem(Lv 13)
Delirium Drop
Whakapanu Island — Great White One
+30% increased Global Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Eye of Hinekora — Navali's Rest
5% increased Maximum Mana
Halls of the Dead — Yama The White
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Halls of the Dead — Tawhoa's Test
+5% to Lightning Resistance
Abandoned Prison — Goddess of Justice
30% increased Mana Recovery from Flasks
Halls of the Dead — Tasalio's Test
+5% to Cold Resistance
Halls of the Dead — Ngamahu's Test
+5% to Fire Resistance
Halls of the Dead — Tribal Medicine
+30% increased Global Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Wolvenhold — Oswin, the Dread Warden
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
The Khari Crossing — Akthi and Anundr
Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
The Khari Crossing — Molten Shrine
5% increased Maximum Life
Qimah — Tabana's Pillar
15% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Kriar Village — Lythara, the Wayward Spear
+40 to Spirit
Howling Caves — The Abominable Yeti
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
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Table of Contents
1. Build Overview This Smith of Kitava combines hard-hitting critical strikes, large chain explosions and strong recovery. My current setup has around 40,000 Armour and 85% Fire, Cold and Lightning Resistance, with the aim of feeling comfortable in both maps and boss fights. gets its base damage from the Armour on your shield, which makes a high-Armour shield one of our most important damage upgrades. This also lets us use for its special effect rather than its weapon damage: it consumes an Endurance charge to guarantee a critical hit on the next attack. To supply those charges, we switch into Bear form and use our warcry setup, where spending 15 Rage generates an Endurance Charge, then return to using . Generating charges is therefore part of how we play the build, rather than something we only do before a boss. For map clear, we combine the with , which explodes corpses as we use our melee skills. Our Bleed setup allows to contribute further explosions, while adds burning overkill damage around enemies we kill. Together, these interactions help our damage spread through packs instead of relying on to hit every enemy individually. This is how we get such wide clear without spending many passive points on Area of Effect. Defensively, this version uses to take part of incoming Physical Hit Damage as Lightning Damage, which our high Lightning Resistance helps reduce. It also provides Armour and Evasion, and converts that Evasion into additional Armour. The Smith’s resistance scaling makes Fire Resistance particularly valuable, as it also helps us build our Cold and Lightning Resistance. Our second weapon set also uses , a talisman that grants a stack of Druidic Prowess for every 20 Rage spent, up to three stacks. Each stack provides 10% increased Skill Speed, giving us up to 30% increased Skill Speed. This means spending Rage supports both our Endurance Charge generation and faster Shield Wall placement. We also use for 4% of maximum Mana recovered on kill and for 5% of maximum Life recovered on kill. These provide extra recovery as we clear packs, helping replenish our Life and Mana while mapping. Since they require kills, they do not provide the same recovery against a boss with no additional enemies.2. Strengths and Weaknesses3. Build Variants4. Equipment5. Skill Gems6. Passive Tree7. Quest Rewards8. Comments
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