Smite
Lightning, Attack, AoE, Duration, Melee, Strike, Aura
Level: (1–20)
Cost: (7–12) Mana
Attack Speed: 85% of base
Attack Damage: (225–489)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (225–489)%
AoE Radius: 15
Requires Level (1–70), (6–98) Str, (4–68) Int
Requires One Hand Swords, Thrusting One Hand Swords, Two Hand Swords, One Hand Axes, Two Hand Axes, One Hand Maces, Sceptres, Two Hand Maces, Staves, Unarmed, Warstaves
Performs a melee attack, and causes lightning to strike a nearby enemy, dealing damage in an area. Each target can only be hit once by this skill. Hitting an enemy grants an aura for a duration. Requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.
50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
Base duration is 4 seconds
(20–30)% less Area Damage
Base radius is (1.5–2.1) metres
Base Aura radius is (3.6–4.2) metres
Lightning strikes 1 target within 5 metres
Aura grants (1–12) to (4–220) added Lightning Damage
Aura grants (10–19)% chance to Shock
(Shock increases Damage taken by up to 50%, depending on the amount of Lightning Damage in the hit, for 2 seconds)

Additional Effects From Quality:
(-10–0)% less Area Damage
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Quest /2
ActQuestNPCCharacter
1Enemy at the GateQuest RewardTemplar
1Enemy at the GateNessaMarauder · Scion · Templar
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Smite /6
A melee attack that causes lightning to strike a targeted location or nearby enemy, dealing area of effect damage. Smite also grants an aura on hit which provides additional lightning damage to you and your allies for a short duration.
NameShow Full Descriptions
Ancestral Call SupportAllows Smite to target two additional nearby enemies. As Smite is an area of effect attack, this support can result in areas where damage overlaps, greatly increasing damage.
Melee Physical Damage SupportGrants more melee physical damage for Smite. Because 50% of physical damage is converted to lightning damage, this support will also increase the lightning damage done by Smite.
Physical to Lightning SupportConverts 50% of Smite's physical damage to lightning damage, as well as providing extra lightning damage based on your physical damage. Because 50% of physical damage is already converted to lightning from the skill gem this causes all physical damage with Smite to deal lightning damage instead.
Elemental Damage with Attacks SupportMultiplies the elemental damage done by Smite. Converting all physical damage from Smite to elemental damage maximizes the benefit this support provides.
Multistrike SupportCauses Smite to repeat an additional two times, as well as providing a large bonus to attack speed.
Elemental Focus SupportRemoves the ability for Smite to inflict elemental ailments, such as shock, on enemies. However, it significantly boosts the amount of elemental damage Smite does. Converting all physical damage from Smite to elemental damage maximizes the benefit this support provides.
Level Effect /40
Implicit
(Shock increases Damage taken by up to 50%, depending on the amount of Lightning Damage in the hit, for 2 seconds)
LevelRequires LevelStrIntCostBase DamageAura grants 1 to 4 added Lightning DamageAura grants 10% chance to ShockBase radius is # metresBase secondary radius is # metres+30% less Area DamageExperience
11647225.4%1, 4103070
22757233.7%1, 51029308
341077242.8%1, 6110.10.1291,554
4714107252.7%1, 8110.10.1286,667
51119137263.5%1, 11120.10.12826,047
61626188275.1%1, 16120.20.22749,725
72031228286.8%1, 21130.20.22795,714
82437258299%1, 26130.20.226169,595
92842299311.6%2, 33140.30.326283,759
103247339324.8%2, 40140.30.325453,996
113653369338.5%3, 49150.30.325703,128
1240584010352.8%3, 60150.40.4241,061,223
1344634410367.7%4, 72160.40.4242,065,870
1448684810383.1%5, 87160.40.4232,507,110
1552745110399.3%5, 104170.50.5235,798,936
1656795511416%6, 123170.50.52215,083,919
1760845911433.5%8, 146180.50.52227,792,735
1864906211451.6%9, 173180.60.62143,869,739
1967946512469.8%10, 195190.60.621242,081,556
2070986812488.6%12, 220190.60.620
217212507.4%13, 239200.70.720
227412526.9%14, 258200.70.719
237612547.1%15, 280210.70.719
247812568.1%16, 302210.80.818
258013589.9%17, 327220.80.818
268213612.5%19, 353220.80.817
278413636%20, 381230.80.817
288613660.3%22, 411230.90.916
298813685.7%23, 444240.90.916
309013712%25, 479240.90.915
319113750.9%26, 497241115
329214765.3%27, 516251115
339314779.9%28, 536251115
349414794.8%29, 556251114
359514810%30, 577251114
369614825.5%32, 599261114
379714841.2%33, 621261.11.114
389814857.2%34, 645261.11.113
399914873.7%35, 669261.11.113
4010014890.3%37, 694271.11.113
Attribute /9

Smite

KeyValue
CostiLvl 1: Normal: 1xScroll of Wisdom
AcronymAura, Shock
BaseType Smite
Class Skill Gems
WeaponOne Hand Swords, Thrusting One Hand Swords, One Hand Axes, One Hand Maces, Staves, Two Hand Swords, Two Hand Axes, Two Hand Maces, Sceptres, Unarmed, Warstaves
TargetTypesGround, Enemy
TypeMelee, Attack, Area, Duration, Multistrikeable, Damage, MeleeSingleTarget, Aura, Buff, Lightning
ItemTypeMetadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemSmite
Referencepoe.ninja, Community Wiki
Crucible Weapon /1
WeightDesc
500 (T5)Killing Blows from Smite and Static Strike Consume corpses to Recover 5% of Life
Smite
Lightning, Attack, AoE, Duration, Melee, Strike, Aura
Level: (1–20)
Cost: (7–12) Mana
Attack Speed: 85% of base
Attack Damage: (225–489)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (225–489)%
AoE Radius: 15
Requires Level (1–70), (6–98) Str, (4–68) Int
Requires One Hand Swords, Thrusting One Hand Swords, Two Hand Swords, One Hand Axes, Two Hand Axes, One Hand Maces, Sceptres, Two Hand Maces, Staves, Unarmed, Warstaves
Performs a melee attack, and causes lightning to strike a nearby enemy, dealing damage in an area. Each target can only be hit once by this skill. Hitting an enemy grants an aura for a duration. Requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.
50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
Base duration is 4 seconds
(20–30)% less Area Damage
Base radius is (1.5–2.1) metres
Base Aura radius is (3.6–4.2) metres
Lightning strikes 1 target within 5 metres
Aura grants (1–12) to (4–220) added Lightning Damage
Aura grants (10–19)% chance to Shock
console skill dont chase [1]
visual hit effect elemental is holy [1]
(Shock increases Damage taken by up to 50%, depending on the amount of Lightning Damage in the hit, for 2 seconds)

Additional Effects From Quality:
(-10–0)% less Area Damage
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Microtransactions /2
Valkyrie Smite Effect
Your Smite becomes a Valkyrie Effect.
Annihilation Smite Effect
Your Smite becomes an Annihilation Effect.
Supported By /114
  • Active Type: Melee, Attack, Area, Duration, Multistrikeable, Damage, MeleeSingleTarget, Aura, Buff, Lightning
    • Added Fire Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Faster Attacks Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Added Cold Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Additional Accuracy Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Increased Area of Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect.
    Added Lightning Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Increased Critical Strikes Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Increased Critical Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Knockback Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Life Leech Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech life based on damage dealt.
    Mana Leech Support
    Supports attack skills that hit enemies, causing those hits to leech mana based on damage dealt.
    Added Chaos Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Stun Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.
    Melee Physical Damage Support
    Supports melee attack skills.
    Item Rarity Support
    Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
    Concentrated Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
    More Duration Support
    Supports any skill with a duration.
    Cold to Fire Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Combustion Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Elemental Damage with Attacks Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Bloodlust Support
    Supports melee attack skills, causing them to deal more damage against bleeding enemies, but preventing those skills from inflicting bleeding on enemies in any way.
    Life Gain on Hit Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Elemental Proliferation Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
    Culling Strike Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies. If enemies are left below 10% of maximum life after being hit by these skills, they will be killed.
    Iron Will Support
    Supports spell skills, making the increase to physical melee damage from strength also increase their spell damage.
    Damage on Full Life Support
    Supports attack skills, providing a bonus to all damage dealt by those skills while your life is full.
    Chance to Flee Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Blind Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Fire Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
    Cold Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
    Lightning Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
    Elemental Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy elemental resistances.
    Multistrike Support
    Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat twice when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, channelling skills, travel skills, retaliation skills or triggered skills.
    Melee Splash Support
    Supports melee strike skills, causing their melee strike to deal splash damage around each target hit.
    Power Charge On Critical Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Burning Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
    Hextouch Support
    Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.
    Cast On Critical Strike Support
    Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
    Cast on Melee Kill Support
    Must support both a melee attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it kills an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
    Endurance Charge on Melee Stun Support
    Supports melee attack skills.
    Less Duration Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration.
    Block Chance Reduction Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Generosity Support
    Supports aura skills that affect you and allies, increasing the aura's effect on allies, but preventing it from affecting you at all. Cannot support curse auras, or other auras that only affect enemies. Cannot support skills used by totems. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
    Physical to Lightning Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Fortify Support
    Supports melee attack skills that are not triggered.
    Ice Bite Support
    Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
    Hypothermia Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    Innervate Support
    Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
    Critical Strike Affliction Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Void Manipulation Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    Controlled Destruction Support
    Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
    Swift Affliction Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
    Elemental Focus Support
    Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
    Ignite Proliferation Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Chance to Bleed Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Chance to Poison Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Deadly Ailments Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Decay Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Efficacy Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
    Vile Toxins Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Maim Support
    Supports attack skills, or other skills that can maim enemies.
    Immolate Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Unbound Ailments Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
    Brutality Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    Ruthless Support
    Supports melee strike or slam skills. Every third time you use a supported attack, that use of the skill will be more powerful.
    Momentum Support
    Supports attack skills that aren't triggered.
    Ancestral Call Support
    Supports melee strike skills, causing them to also strike at extra targets simultaneously. The extra targets must be a minimum distance from the user. If supporting a minion attack skill, the minion's skills will not also strike extra targets. Cannot support Vaal skills or triggered skills.
    Summon Phantasm Support
    Supports skills that can hit enemies, or create minions. When those skills or minions kill enemies, or hit rare or unique enemies they will have a chance to summon a Phantasm minion, which uses a piercing projectile spell that deals physical damage.
    Withering Touch Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Bonechill Support
    Supports any skill that can chill enemies or create chilling areas.
    Energy Leech Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech energy shield based on damage dealt.
    Close Combat Support
    Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
    Shockwave Support
    Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support triggered attacks, attacks used by things other than you, or skills which create minions.
    Impale Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Pulverise Support
    Supports melee attack skills.
    Rage Support
    Supports melee attack skills. Minions cannot gain rage.
    Nightblade Support
    Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
    Awakened Added Fire Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Awakened Ancestral Call Support
    Supports melee strike skills, causing them to also strike at extra targets simultaneously. The extra targets must be a minimum distance from the user. If supporting a minion attack skill, the minion's skills will not also strike extra targets. Cannot support Vaal skills or triggered skills.
    Awakened Brutality Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    Awakened Burning Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
    Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Awakened Fire Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
    Awakened Generosity Support
    Supports aura skills that affect you and allies, increasing the aura's effect on allies, but preventing it from affecting you at all. Cannot support curse auras, or other auras that only affect enemies. Cannot support skills used by totems. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
    Awakened Melee Physical Damage Support
    Supports melee attack skills.
    Awakened Melee Splash Support
    Supports melee strike skills, causing their melee strike to deal splash damage around each target hit.
    Awakened Multistrike Support
    Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat three times when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, channelling skills, travel skills, retaliation skills or triggered skills.
    Awakened Added Cold Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Awakened Cast On Critical Strike Support
    Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
    Awakened Cold Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
    Awakened Deadly Ailments Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Awakened Swift Affliction Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
    Awakened Void Manipulation Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Awakened Controlled Destruction Support
    Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
    Awakened Hextouch Support
    Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.
    Awakened Elemental Focus Support
    Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
    Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect.
    Awakened Lightning Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
    Awakened Unbound Ailments Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
    Trinity Support
    Supports skills that hit enemies, causing them to gain bonuses while you have resonance of all three elements, and to grant resonance of elements other than the highest one in a hit. There is a maximum of 50 Resonance for each Element. Cannot support triggered skills, instant skills, orb skills, brands, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
    Bloodthirst Support
    Supports attack skills. Cannot support triggered skills, skills which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps or mines.
    Cruelty Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.
    Behead Support
    Supports strike skills.
    Overcharge Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Prismatic Burst Support
    Supports attacks, causing them to trigger the Prismatic Burst spell. Cannot support triggered attacks or attacks used by things other than you. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
    Trauma Support
    Supports melee strike skills that do not inherently apply Trauma. Cannot support triggered skills, Vaal skills, or skills used by things other than you. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
    Devour Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Sadism Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Controlled Blaze Support
    Supports melee attack skills.
    Volatility Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Overexertion Support
    Supports melee attack skills which can be exerted. Cannot modify the skills of minions. Vaal skills and channelling skills cannot be exerted.
    Rupture Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Smite Unique /1
    26% increased Elemental Damage
    Grants Level 30 Smite Skill
    +(10–30) to Strength and Intelligence
    Enemies inflict Elemental Ailments on you instead of nearby Allies
    redirect elemental ailments to aura owner [1]
    (Elemental Ailments are Ignited, Scorched, Chilled, Frozen, Brittle, Shocked, and Sapped)
    Smite Monster /3
    NameModifiersSpectre
    Animated Guardiandamage taken +% from arrow traps final [-90]Y
    BlasphemerY
    Perfect BlasphemerY

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    Smite

    Smite is a melee Attack skill where the user strikes an enemy or location. Every hit creates a circle as secondary effect that damages all enemies inside its area with damage (not only lightning damage but all sorts of damage) and grants a temporary aura that grants added lightning damage and shock chance.

    Skill functions and interactions

    • The lightning damage area of effect 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.
    • Hits while using Ancestral Call Support or any other form of Strike Skills target an additional nearby Enemy allow for both the melee hit portion of the skill to hit as well as the area damage to hit, area damage dealing 30-20% less damage effectively dealing 170%-180% damage if positioned correctly.

    Version history

    VersionChanges
    3.20.0
  • (Not in patch notes) Updated Each target can only be hit once by this skill to If the melee strike hits a target, that enemy cannot also be hit by the area damage. Note: this is just a visual change. The bugged interaction with additional strikes has not changed.https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3324396/page/2#p24825724
    • 3.16.0
  • The following Strike|Skills no longer have “+0-2 to Melee Strike Range”: Dominating Blow, Double Strike, Vaal Double Strike, Dual Strike, Elemental Hit, Frenzy, Infernal Blow, Pestilent Strike, Puncture, Riposte, Static Strike, Smite, Viper Strike, and Wild Strike.
    • 3.15.0
  • Now deals 273% of Base Damage, and has 273% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 218%).
    • 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.
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