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1.7%
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0.9%
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0.4%
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3%
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1%
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6.1%
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2.3%
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12.7%
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12.5%
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1.9%
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3.3%
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0.1%
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1.1%
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14.3%
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Monk
7.6%
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4%
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1.6%
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Ritualist
1.4%
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1.5%
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0.4%
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Spirit Walker
12.7%
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4.1%
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0.9%
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2.3%
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0.3%
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0.8%
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Witchhunter
1.2%

Shield Wall

(Smith of Kitava) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 140 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-28 07:44:41 UTC

The Shield Wall is a highly effective skill for the Smith of Kitava in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 140 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Rapid Attacks II, Ahn's Citadel, Kaom's Madness. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Smith's Masterwork, Kitavan Engraving, Greatest Defence on the skill tree.

Below data represents gem links within this cohort. Selected main skills are strictly isolated.

★ Selected Main Skills

Shield Wall
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
62.9%
└
Ahn's Citadel
57.1%
└
Kaom's Madness
52.9%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
42.9%
└
Heft
38.6%
└
Supercritical
34.3%
└
Fire Attunement
25%
└
Close Combat II
19.3%
└
Heavy Swing
17.9%
└
Bleed III
16.4%
└
Poison III
13.6%
└
Concentrated Area
12.9%
└
Uul-Netol's Embrace
12.9%
└
Elemental Armament II
12.1%
└
Rakiata's Flow
7.9%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Raise Shield
100%
└
Mobility
8.6%
└
Close Combat II
5%
└
Steadfast II
5%
└
Rapid Attacks III
3.6%
└
Heft
2.1%
└
Heavy Swing
2.1%
└
Blind II
2.1%
└
Styrn's Mountain
2.1%
└
Cadence
2.1%
└
Rapid Attacks I
2.1%
└
Magnified Area II
1.4%
└
Scouring Flame
1.4%
└
Fire Attunement
1.4%
└
Concentrated Area
1.4%
Fortifying Cry
91.4%
└
Enraged Warcry II
85.9%
└
Raging Cry
77.3%
└
Heavy Swing
43.8%
└
Heft
41.4%
└
Fire Attunement
30.5%
└
Elemental Armament II
27.3%
└
Magnified Area II
25%
└
Brutality III
18%
└
Armour Break III
13.3%
└
Poison III
12.5%
└
Admixture
11.7%
└
Escalating Poison
11.7%
└
Fire Penetration II
7.8%
└
Rage III
7%
└
Bleed III
7%
Infernal Cry
91.4%
└
Raging Cry
97.7%
└
Tireless
94.5%
└
Efficiency II
53.1%
└
Enraged Warcry II
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
40.6%
└
Fire Mastery
36.7%
└
Echoing Cry
12.5%
└
Exposing Cry
10.9%
└
Magnified Area II
10.2%
└
Corrupting Cry II
7.8%
└
Fire Attunement
2.3%
└
Paquate's Pact
1.6%
└
Vruun's Aftermath
1.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
1.6%
└
Lifetap
1.6%
Scavenged Plating
84.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
88.1%
└
Physical Mastery
45.8%
└
Cannibalism II
29.7%
└
Vitality II
27.1%
└
Precision I
8.5%
└
Cannibalism I
7.6%
└
Precision II
5.9%
└
Vitality I
5.9%
└
Armour Demolisher II
5.1%
└
Her Declaration
4.2%
└
Prolonged Duration I
4.2%
└
Herbalism I
3.4%
Resonating Shield
62.1%
└
Rage III
69%
└
Mobility
51.7%
└
Styrn's Mountain
50.6%
└
Uruk's Smelting
43.7%
└
Armour Demolisher II
41.4%
└
Rapid Attacks II
34.5%
└
Armour Break III
32.2%
└
Bleed III
23%
└
Poison III
20.7%
└
Styrn's Ferocity
19.5%
└
Deadly Resolve
12.6%
└
Heft
10.3%
└
Brutality III
8%
└
Heavy Swing
6.9%
└
Magnified Area II
6.9%
Herald of Ash
62.1%
└
Magnified Area II
85.1%
└
Fire Mastery
50.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
36.8%
└
Precision I
26.4%
└
Cannibalism I
12.6%
└
Cannibalism II
12.6%
└
Vitality II
12.6%
└
Swift Affliction II
10.3%
└
Magnified Area I
8%
└
Deadly Herald
6.9%
└
Armour Demolisher II
5.7%
└
Herbalism I
5.7%
└
Vitality I
4.6%
└
Precision II
4.6%
└
Prolonged Duration I
3.4%
Berserk
60%
└
Precision II
31%
└
Strong Hearted
19%
└
Vitality II
17.9%
└
Uhtred's Omen
15.5%
└
Precision I
8.3%
└
Cannibalism I
7.1%
└
Armour Demolisher II
7.1%
└
Vitality I
6%
└
Dialla's Desire
6%
└
Herbalism II
2.4%
└
Cannibalism II
1.2%
└
Direstrike II
1.2%
└
Warm Blooded
1.2%
└
Clarity II
1.2%
└
Clarity I
1.2%
Shield Charge
55%
└
Rage III
58.4%
└
Rapid Attacks III
54.5%
└
Rapid Attacks II
31.2%
└
Stun III
22.1%
└
Fire Attunement
18.2%
└
Cadence
15.6%
└
Efficiency II
15.6%
└
Enduring Impact II
14.3%
└
Hit and Run
10.4%
└
Momentum
9.1%
└
Heft
9.1%
└
Magnified Area II
6.5%
└
Rapid Attacks I
6.5%
└
Poison III
6.5%
└
Bleed III
6.5%
Sunder
54.3%
└
Rage III
81.6%
└
Rapid Attacks III
81.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
80.3%
└
Ignite III
11.8%
└
Rapid Attacks II
11.8%
└
Fire Penetration II
10.5%
└
Inhibitor
7.9%
└
Magnified Area II
7.9%
└
Rageforged II
5.3%
└
Heft
5.3%
└
Hit and Run
5.3%
└
Fist of War II
3.9%
└
Cadence
3.9%
└
Elemental Armament II
2.6%
└
Magnified Area I
2.6%
Mace Strike
44.3%
└
Rapid Attacks II
35.5%
└
Fire Attunement
35.5%
└
Rapid Attacks I
19.4%
└
Rage III
19.4%
└
Close Combat I
17.7%
└
Heft
12.9%
└
Close Combat II
12.9%
└
Concentrated Area
9.7%
└
Rage I
8.1%
└
Rapid Attacks III
6.5%
└
Poison III
6.5%
└
Ancestral Call II
6.5%
└
Culling Strike II
6.5%
└
Blindside
4.8%
└
Life Drain
4.8%
Magma Barrier
39.3%
└
Charge Profusion II
74.5%
└
Fire Attunement
65.5%
└
Elemental Armament II
58.2%
└
Eternal Flame II
38.2%
└
Fire Mastery
29.1%
└
Close Combat II
29.1%
└
Enduring Impact II
27.3%
└
Rage III
21.8%
└
Stun III
20%
└
Magnified Area II
9.1%
└
Scouring Flame
7.3%
└
Poison III
3.6%
└
Admixture
3.6%
└
Deep Cuts II
3.6%
└
Bleed III
3.6%
Leap Slam
36.4%
└
Rapid Attacks III
70.6%
└
Holy Descent
49%
└
Rage III
43.1%
└
Cadence
17.6%
└
Magnified Area II
13.7%
└
Medved's Felling
11.8%
└
Persistent Ground III
9.8%
└
Xibaqua's Rending
7.8%
└
Fist of War II
5.9%
└
Rageforged I
5.9%
└
Rapid Attacks II
5.9%
└
Lifetap
3.9%
└
Rigwald's Ferocity
3.9%
└
Heft
3.9%
└
Prolonged Duration II
3.9%
Shockwave Totem
17.9%
└
Urgent Totems III
92%
└
Hardy Totems II
80%
└
Reinforced Totems II
72%
└
Prolonged Duration II
64%
└
Efficiency II
28%
└
Font of Mana
24%
└
Magnified Area II
12%
└
Tawhoa's Tending
8%
└
Uruk's Smelting
8%
└
Cirel's Cultivation
4%
└
Urgent Totems II
4%
└
Bleed IV
4%
└
Rapid Attacks II
4%
└
Life Leech III
4%
└
Bleed III
4%
Purity of Fire
16.4%
└
Vitality II
21.7%
└
Cannibalism II
17.4%
└
Cannibalism I
13%
└
Precision II
13%
└
Herbalism II
8.7%
└
Vitality I
8.7%
└
Herbalism I
8.7%
└
Cool Headed
8.7%
└
Warm Blooded
4.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
4.3%
└
Strong Hearted
4.3%
└
Fire Mastery
4.3%
└
Clarity II
4.3%
└
Thornskin II
4.3%
└
Direstrike II
4.3%
Herald of Blood
15.7%
└
Poison III
86.4%
└
Bursting Plague
86.4%
└
Magnified Area II
86.4%
└
Bleed III
86.4%
└
Escalating Poison
72.7%
└
Overreach
13.6%
└
Deep Cuts II
9.1%
└
Fire Attunement
9.1%
└
Life Leech III
4.5%
└
Armour Break III
4.5%
└
Heft
4.5%
└
Deadly Poison II
4.5%
War Banner
15.7%
└
Daresso's Passion
95.5%
└
Magnified Area II
90.9%
└
Prolonged Duration II
77.3%
└
Refraction II
31.8%
└
Refraction III
27.3%
└
Expanse
27.3%
└
Prolonged Duration I
4.5%
└
Magnified Area I
4.5%
└
Vitality II
4.5%
└
Mobility
4.5%
Herald of Plague
13.6%
└
Chaos Mastery
94.7%
└
Precision I
26.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
15.8%
└
Cannibalism I
5.3%
└
Uhtred's Omen
5.3%
└
Precision II
5.3%
└
Cannibalism II
5.3%
└
Vitality II
5.3%
Overwhelming Presence
9.3%
└
Precision I
23.1%
└
Vitality I
15.4%
└
Herbalism II
7.7%
└
Vitality II
7.7%
└
Warm Blooded
7.7%
└
Precision II
7.7%
└
Cannibalism II
7.7%
└
Armour Demolisher II
7.7%
Punch
7.1%
└
Rage III
40%
└
Fire Attunement
30%
└
Rapid Attacks I
30%
└
Brutality III
10%
└
Armour Break I
10%
└
Exploit Weakness
10%
└
Rapid Attacks III
10%
└
Barbs III
10%
└
Efficiency II
10%
└
Rageforged I
10%
└
Concentrated Area
10%
└
Close Combat I
10%
└
Bleed I
10%
Ferocious Roar
7.1%
└
Raging Cry
90%
└
Enraged Warcry II
50%
└
Enraged Warcry I
40%
└
Exposing Cry
30%
└
Tireless
30%
└
Uruk's Smelting
30%
└
Helbrym's Hide
20%
└
Lifetap
20%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
10%
└
Efficiency II
10%
└
Corrupting Cry II
10%
Time of Need
5.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
62.5%
└
Second Wind III
37.5%
└
Clarity II
25%
└
Armour Demolisher II
12.5%
└
Vitality I
12.5%
└
Uhtred's Exodus
12.5%
└
Vitality II
12.5%
Freezing Mark
5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
85.7%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
85.7%
└
Mark for Death II
57.1%
└
Mark for Death
42.9%
└
Armour Demolisher II
14.3%
└
Mark of Siphoning
14.3%
└
Efficiency II
14.3%
└
Charged Mark
14.3%
Eternal Rage
5%
└
Vitality II
14.3%
└
Atziri's Communion
14.3%
Charge Regulation
5%
└
Vitality II
14.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
14.3%
Refutation
4.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Efficiency II
66.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
66.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
16.7%
└
Mobility
16.7%
Pounce
4.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
66.7%
└
Rapid Attacks III
50%
└
Mark for Death II
50%
└
Mark of Siphoning
33.3%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
33.3%
└
Mark for Death
16.7%
└
Eternal Mark
16.7%
└
Charge Profusion II
16.7%
└
Rapid Attacks I
16.7%
└
Helbrym's Hide
16.7%
└
Holy Descent
16.7%
Attrition
4.3%
Volcanic Fissure
3.6%
└
Kaom's Madness
80%
└
Rage III
40%
└
Fire Mastery
20%
└
Rapid Attacks III
20%
└
Elemental Armament II
20%
└
Brambleslam
20%
Soaring Midnight
3.6%
└
Heavy Swing
40%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
40%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
20%
└
Life Leech III
20%
└
Second Wind III
20%
└
Rageforged II
20%
└
Concentrated Area
20%
└
Elemental Armament II
20%
└
Heft
20%
└
Elemental Focus
20%
└
Magnified Area II
20%
└
Bhatair's Vengeance
20%
└
Fist of War II
20%
Fire Spell on Hit
2.9%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Boundless Energy II
50%
└
Corpse Conservation
25%
└
Spell Cascade
25%
└
Energy Retention
25%
└
Fire Mastery
25%
└
Heightened Curse
25%
Runic Tempering
2.1%
Herald of Ice
2.1%
└
Overreach
33.3%
└
Cold Mastery
33.3%
└
Blind I
33.3%
└
Cold Attunement
33.3%
└
Armour Explosion
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Uruk's Smelting
33.3%
└
Armour Break III
33.3%
└
Elemental Armament II
33.3%
Wolf Pack
2.1%
└
Meat Shield II
100%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
66.7%
└
Maim
66.7%
└
Romira's Requital
66.7%
└
Loyalty
33.3%
└
Rage III
33.3%
└
Rapid Attacks III
33.3%
└
Last Gasp
33.3%
└
Culling Strike II
33.3%
Perfect Strike
2.1%
└
Rapid Attacks III
100%
└
Perfected Endurance
100%
└
Cadence
66.7%
└
Perfection
66.7%
└
Inhibitor
33.3%
└
Rage III
33.3%
Wildwood's Gifts
2.1%
└
Precision II
33.3%
└
Vitality II
33.3%
└
Cannibalism II
33.3%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
33.3%