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Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)

Smith of Kitava Ascendancy Overview and Skills

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Smith of Kitava Ascendancy Overview and Skills
The Smith of Kitava is an ascendancy class under the Warrior class in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2), specializing in buffing their equipment to increase their attack and defense. Check out the Smith of Kitava's mechanics, confirmed skills, and base class in this guide!

Latest Smith of Kitava Updates

0.3.0 Patch Notes

The Flowing Metal notable now grants 50% of Armour to apply to Elemental Hits, and the maximum Life regeneration from Leather Bindings has been lowered from 5% to 3%. The Fire Resistance small passive node has been lowered to 8%, and the Minion Damage small passive node before the Living Weapon node has been changed to give increased Strength.

0.3.0 Full Patch Notes

Smith of Kitava Ascendancy Skills

Confirmed Smith of Kitava Ascendancy Skills

# Skill Effect
1 Heat of the Forge ・Grants Skill: Fire Spell on Hit
2 Coal Stoker ・Modifiers to Fire Resistance also grant Cold and Lightning Resistance at 50% of their value
3 Forged in Flame ・Modifiers to Maximum Fire Resistance also grant Maximum Cold and Lightning Resistance
4 Against the Anvil ・Grants Skill: Temper Weapon
5 Living Weapon ・Grants Skill: Manifest Weapon
6 Smith's Masterwork ・Can only use a Normal Body Armor
・This Passive Skill is free to allocate
In exchange, you gain access to the following skills for your Body Armor:
Dedication to Kitava: Grants Armor also applies to Chaos damage taken from Hits.
Heavy Bracing: 100% increased Stun Threshold.
Padded Plates: +75% to Cold Resistance.
Heatproofing: Grants Unaffected by Ignite.
Tantalum Alloy: +75% to Fire Resistance.
Kitavan Engraving: 15% increased maximum Life.
Support Straps: 20% increased Strength.
Lead Lining: 75% to Lightning Resistance.
Leather Bindings: Regenerate 3% of Life per second.
Internal Layer: Hits against you have 50% reduced Critical Damage Bonus.
Flowing Metal: Body Armour to grant 50% of Armour to also apply to Elemental Damage from Hits.
Molten Symbol: Grants 25% of Physical Damage from Hits taken as Fire Damage

Best Smith of Kitava Ascendancy Skills

Skill Effect
Forged in Flame ・Modifiers to Maximum Fire Resistance also grant Maximum Cold and Lightning Resistance
Smith's Masterwork ・Can only use a Normal Body Armor
・This Passive Skill is free to allocate

Forged in Flame is one of Smith of Kitava's highlights, as it can allow you to easily max out elemental resistances.

Additionally, Smith's Masterwork also provides various bonus stats to your Body Armor that can greatly benefit your survivability against endgame content.

Smith of Kitava Ascendancy Mechanics

Smith of Kitava Ascendancy Mechanics


Buff Weapons for Added Damage and Effects

The Smith of Kitava ascendancy makes the Warrior's playstyle focus on self-enhancement, able to buff their weapons to match the challenges they face.

Smiths of Kitava can use the Temper Weapon skill before you dive into a pack of mobs to make quick work of them, as the skill allows you to trigger fiery exposions for every attack.

Alters the Properties of Armor

The Smith of Kitava can also build upon a normal armor, adding their favored modifiers from their Ascendancy tree to add as an armor modifier.

Keep in mind that this skill comes with an extremely painful tradeoff, as you will have to spend Ascendancy points to build the perfect armor for your build. To fully maximize this system you will need a lot of ascendancy points as you can either lose out in damage or resistances.

Summons A Weapon Copy

With the Manifest Weapon skill, Smiths of Kitava can summon an animated copy of their weapon to fight alongside them. This is extremely useful for Boss fights or against Elite mobs, as you essentially gain double damage with your summon active.

List of Smith of Kitava Builds

All Smith of Kitava Builds

※ Select the latest patch for the latest builds, but click on the earlier versions if you want to see Legacy builds!

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Build Patch
Focus: Endgame, Shield, Single-Target Burst, Physical Damage
Infernal Cry Icon Herald of Ash Icon Perfect Strike Icon Shield Charge Icon Resonating Shield Icon Shield Wall Icon Sunder Icon Berserk Icon Fortifying Cry Icon
0.3
Focus: Endgame, AoE, High Single Target Damage, Physical, Tank
Rolling Slam Icon Boneshatter Icon Herald of Ash Icon Perfect Strike Icon Leap Slam Icon Time of Need Icon Fire Spell on Hit Icon
0.2
Focus: Endgame, Thorns, Critical Hit, Physical Damage
Ancestral Warrior Totem Icon Scavenged Plating Icon Enfeeble Icon Leap Slam Icon Armour Breaker Icon Attrition Icon Shield Charge Icon Herald of Blood Icon
0.2

Warrior Builds

Smith of Kitava Base Class

Ascends from the Warrior

Warrior Class Base

To become a Smith of Kitava, players must choose the Warrior as their starting class and complete his Ascension Trials. The other ascended options of the Warrior are the Titan and the Warbringer.

Warrior Class Overview and Ascendancies

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