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UncleJay's Smith Warrior - Rake + Stomping Ground Strength Stack

0.2 DotH
presentationWarrior
presentationSmith of Kitava
Starter
Creator
Updated on Aug 24, 2025
Aug 24, 2025

Build Overview

Final Updated: added a Str stacking variant for End-game Pusher. I have not played this myself, but this is based on other players setup - Morgan - who shared with me via Discord, and the footage looks solid in T15-16


My leveling tree and brief setup. Sorry I didn't have time to polish this, priority is to write this as quickly as possible as you need it asap xD

Build Variants

Core concept is the interaction between Rake - a new Spear skill, and Stomping Ground, a Support gem almost nobody used before this update. TLDR, it's a lot of dmg for early leveling.

Equipment

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Equipment Priority
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Main Hand
Broad Spear

- Spear: As much physical damage as you can, try to upgrade your weapon when you see a higher tier base to be usable. Try to get decent % increased dmg roll of 75% or more should always be enough on the highest level base you can wear on your character. Flat phys and & % phys is godly.

- Boots: Movement speed, the more the marrier

- Rings: Attribute, flat damage

- Charm: Sapphire charm to help with act 1 boss

- Flasks: Upgrade to higher base asap


Skill Gems

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 30

Dex 25

Int 20

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Rake

Rake
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2

Disengage

Disengage
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3

Herald of Blood

Herald of Blood
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4

Bloodhound's Mark

Bloodhound's Mark
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5

Companion: {0}

Companion: {0}
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6

Blood Hunt

Blood Hunt
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Gem Priority
+15

So later on we can't just spam Rake anymore, need to use Blood hunt in between 4-5 attacks to maximize single target dmg. The clear is insane for first 2 acts, good for a3 and early a4, falls off gradually the later you progress sadly. Well after all it's a leveling build as I expected :(. End game seems lack of scaling methods for this setup.

Passive Tree

main:
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123
set 1:
20
20
set 2:
20
20

For Ascendancy, I'm taking 5% regen and 75% fire resist for now, next 2 points probably will be more resist. This is just for easy leveling, will respec later

I took some block nodes by the end of this progression for more survivability.


How it Plays

Spam Rake, use Disengage for extra movement and dodging, pretty much that's it.

Changelog

BUILD IS KILLED FROM PATCH 0.3.0 onward

Video Guide

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