Burning Strikes Smith of Kitava
Warrior — Smith of Kitava, built around Mace Strike.
Molten Symbol (its REAL home: Smith of Kitava) turns body armour into a fire-damage layer — Burning Strikes adds phys-as-extra-fire on top
Playstyle: Tanky mapper. Budget: league-start friendly.
Verified performance
This build deals 1.2× the damage of a typical build on identical gear. Measured with the real Path of Building calculation engine on a standardised endgame gear baseline, so builds can be compared like for like. Your own numbers will differ with your actual gear and configuration.
| Damage per second | 2,538 |
|---|---|
| Damage vs typical build | 1.2× |
| Life | 2,058 |
| Energy shield | 179 |
| Effective health pool | 3,987 |
| Survivability vs typical build | 1.02× |
Because every build is tested on the same defensive gear, survivability barely varies between them — damage is what separates them, and that is what this ranking measures.
Skill setup
Main skill: Mace Strike, supported by Fire Attunement, Heavy Swing.
Ascendancy
Smith of Kitava passives: Molten Symbol, Forged in Flame.
Key passive tree nodes
Burning Strikes.
Gear
- weapon1: Two-Handed Mace — look for % increased Physical Damage, Adds # to # Fire Damage, % increased Attack Speed
- body: Armour/Evasion hybrid body — look for % increased Armour, +# to maximum Life
How this build works
- Molten Symbol: Verified Smith of Kitava notable (previously misassigned to Oracle and Infernalist builds in our data — it ONLY exists here) — body armour grants 25% of physical damage taken as fire damage dealt back.
- Burning Strikes: Verified main-tree notable — 12% of physical as EXTRA fire. Not conversion — you keep both layers.
- Forged in Flame: Verified Smith notable — fire damage scaling on your forged gear.
- Fire Attunement: Real PoE2 support — attunes your attacks to fire, stacking with both extra-fire layers.
- Heavy Swing: Real PoE2 support — bigger, slower hits; pairs with mace stun thresholds.
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