Smite

SmiteLightning, Attack, AoE, Duration, Melee, Strike, Aura
Mana Cost: 6
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Attack Speed: 85% of Base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (196%-218%)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.Per 1% Quality:
0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (195.5-218)% of Base Damage
50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
Base duration is 4 seconds
Aura grants (1-12) to (4-220) added Lightning Damage
(30-20)% less Area Damage
Aura grants (0-19)% chance to Shock
+(0-6) to radius
+(0-2) to Melee rangePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 5Purchase Costs

Normal

1x Scroll of Wisdom

Sell Price
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemSmite

Smite is a melee attack skill where the user strikes an enemy or ground and deal lightning damage that hits multiple enemy targets. Afterwards, it grants a temporary aura that grants added lightning damage and shock chance.

Skill functions and interactions

The lightning AoE 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.

Gem level progression

Level				Damage Effectiveness	Damage Multiplier	Lightning Damage	Area Damage	Shock Chance	Radius	Melee Range	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	0	196%	195.5%	1 to 4	-30%	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	0
2	2	0	0	197%	196.7%	1 to 5	-29%	1%	N/A	N/A	70	70
3	4	0	0	198%	197.9%	1 to 6	-29%	2%	+1	N/A	308	378
4	7	14	0	199%	199.1%	1 to 8	-28%	3%	+1	N/A	1,554	1,932
5	11	19	0	200%	200.3%	1 to 11	-28%	4%	+1	N/A	6,667	8,599
6	16	26	18	201%	201.5%	1 to 16	-27%	5%	+2	N/A	26,047	34,646
7	20	31	22	203%	202.6%	1 to 21	-27%	6%	+2	+1	49,725	84,371
8	24	37	25	204%	203.8%	1 to 26	-26%	7%	+2	+1	95,714	180,085
9	28	42	29	205%	205%	2 to 33	-26%	8%	+3	+1	169,595	349,680
10	32	47	33	206%	206.2%	2 to 40	-25%	9%	+3	+1	283,759	633,439
11	36	52	36	207%	207.4%	3 to 49	-25%	10%	+3	+1	453,996	1,087,435
12	40	58	40	209%	208.5%	3 to 60	-24%	11%	+4	+1	703,128	1,790,563
13	44	63	44	210%	209.7%	4 to 72	-24%	12%	+4	+1	1,061,223	2,851,786
14	48	68	48	211%	210.9%	5 to 87	-23%	13%	+4	+2	2,065,870	4,917,656
15	52	74	51	212%	212.1%	5 to 104	-23%	14%	+5	+2	2,507,110	7,424,766
16	56	79	55	213%	213.3%	6 to 123	-22%	15%	+5	+2	5,798,936	13,223,702
17	60	84	59	214%	214.5%	8 to 146	-22%	16%	+5	+2	15,083,919	28,307,621
18	64	90	62	216%	215.6%	9 to 173	-21%	17%	+6	+2	27,792,735	56,100,356
19	67	94	65	217%	216.8%	10 to 195	-21%	18%	+6	+2	43,869,739	99,970,095
20	70	98	68	218%	218%	12 to 220	-20%	19%	+6	+2	242,081,556	342,051,651
21	72	100	70	219%	219.2%	13 to 239	-20%	20%	+7	+3	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	220%	220.4%	14 to 258	-19%	21%	+7	+3	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	222%	221.5%	15 to 280	-19%	22%	+7	+3	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	223%	222.7%	16 to 302	-18%	23%	+8	+3	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	224%	223.9%	17 to 327	-18%	24%	+8	+3	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	225%	225.1%	19 to 353	-17%	25%	+8	+3	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	226%	226.3%	20 to 381	-17%	26%	+8	+3	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	227%	227.5%	22 to 411	-16%	27%	+9	+4	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	229%	228.6%	23 to 444	-16%	28%	+9	+4	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	230%	229.8%	25 to 479	-15%	29%	+9	+4	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	230%	230.4%	26 to 497	-15%	30%	+10	+4	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	231%	231%	27 to 516	-15%	30%	+10	+4	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	232%	231.6%	28 to 536	-15%	31%	+10	+4	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	232%	232.2%	29 to 556	-14%	31%	+10	+4	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	233%	232.8%	30 to 577	-14%	32%	+10	+5	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	233%	233.4%	32 to 599	-14%	32%	+10	+5	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	234%	234%	33 to 621	-14%	33%	+11	+5	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	235%	234.5%	34 to 645	-13%	33%	+11	+5	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	235%	235.1%	35 to 669	-13%	34%	+11	+5	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	236%	235.7%	37 to 694	-13%	34%	+11	+5	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	random level 20 gem	Automatic
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Superior Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	random superior gem (Q20)	Automatic

Quest reward

This item is given as 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		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Smite Additional Target Chance 1	66	Smite has a 10% chance for lightning to strike another target	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Smite Additional Target Chance 2	75	Smite has a 15% chance for lightning to strike another target	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Smite Aura Effect 1	66	Smite has 20% increased Aura Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Smite Aura Effect 2	75	Smite has 30% increased Aura Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Smite Damage 1	66	Smite deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Smite Damage 2	75	Smite deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100 default 0

Related unique items

The following unique items are related to Smite:

Item	Base Item		Stats
Sign of the Sin EaterSign of the Sin Eater Tyrant's SekhemSceptre Quality: +20% Physical Damage: 51.6–96 Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Attacks per Second: 1.25 Weapon Range: 11Requires Level 58, 99 Str, 99 Int26% increased Elemental Damage+(10-30) to Strength and Intelligence Grants Level 30 Smite Skill Enemies inflict Elemental Ailments on you instead of nearby AlliesA secret few among the Templars grant absolution by bearing the guilt of others.	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

Version history

Version	Changes
3.7.0	Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 196% at gem level 1 (from 135%), up to 218% at gem level 20 (from 165%). The base skill radius is now 2 units larger. Now gains up to +4 to radius at gem level 20 (from +6). Now has an attack speed multiplier of 85%.
3.4.0	Smite has been added to the game.