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1.8%
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0.9%
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0.5%
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3.5%
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0.9%
Deadeye
7.8%
Disciple Of Varashta
3%
Druid
Gemling Legionnaire
17.5%
Huntress
Infernalist
5.2%
Invoker
0.1%
Lich
1.5%
Martial Artist
24.4%
Mercenary
Monk
Oracle
5.4%
Pathfinder
1.7%
Ranger
Ritualist
1.3%
Shaman
2%
Smith Of Kitava
0.6%
Sorceress
Spirit Walker
11.3%
Stormweaver
5.1%
Tactician
1%
Titan
2.8%
Warbringer
0.3%
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Witch
Witchhunter
1.3%

Shield Wall

(Smith of Kitava) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 88 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-09-04 12:01:30 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 88 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, Greatest Defence, Tempered Defences 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
65.9%
└
Ahn's Citadel
51.1%
└
Kaom's Madness
44.3%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
34.1%
└
Heft
30.7%
└
Supercritical
29.5%
└
Bleed III
25%
└
Fire Attunement
20.5%
└
Close Combat II
18.2%
└
Elemental Armament II
18.2%
└
Poison III
17%
└
Heavy Swing
17%
└
Magnified Area II
14.8%
└
Concentrated Area
12.5%
└
Impale
11.4%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Raise Shield
100%
└
Mobility
10.2%
└
Steadfast II
6.8%
└
Styrn's Mountain
4.5%
└
Concentrated Area
4.5%
└
Rapid Attacks II
3.4%
└
Vanguard II
3.4%
└
Rapid Attacks III
3.4%
└
Close Combat II
3.4%
└
Fire Attunement
3.4%
└
Maim
2.3%
└
Cadence
2.3%
└
Enduring Impact II
2.3%
└
Impale
2.3%
└
Deadly Resolve
2.3%
└
Heft
2.3%
Infernal Cry
90.9%
└
Raging Cry
96.2%
└
Tireless
87.5%
└
Enraged Warcry II
56.2%
└
Efficiency II
53.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
41.2%
└
Fire Mastery
40%
└
Exposing Cry
16.2%
└
Echoing Cry
13.8%
└
Corrupting Cry II
10%
└
Magnified Area II
10%
└
Fire Attunement
5%
└
Second Wind III
3.8%
└
Olroth's Conviction
3.8%
└
Uhtred's Rite
2.5%
└
Fire Penetration II
2.5%
Fortifying Cry
87.5%
└
Enraged Warcry II
85.7%
└
Raging Cry
76.6%
└
Heavy Swing
46.8%
└
Heft
42.9%
└
Fire Attunement
28.6%
└
Magnified Area II
28.6%
└
Elemental Armament II
27.3%
└
Brutality III
15.6%
└
Poison III
13%
└
Concentrated Area
11.7%
└
Escalating Poison
10.4%
└
Armour Break III
10.4%
└
Admixture
9.1%
└
Bleed III
9.1%
└
Rage III
6.5%
Scavenged Plating
77.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
91.2%
└
Physical Mastery
50%
└
Cannibalism II
29.4%
└
Vitality II
25%
└
Cannibalism I
11.8%
└
Armour Demolisher II
8.8%
└
Precision I
8.8%
└
Vitality I
7.4%
└
Prolonged Duration I
7.4%
└
Clarity I
2.9%
└
Her Declaration
2.9%
└
Herbalism II
2.9%
└
Clarity II
1.5%
└
Cool Headed
1.5%
└
Strong Hearted
1.5%
Herald of Ash
62.5%
└
Magnified Area II
78.2%
└
Fire Mastery
50.9%
└
Prolonged Duration II
30.9%
└
Precision I
20%
└
Deadly Herald
16.4%
└
Cannibalism I
12.7%
└
Vitality II
10.9%
└
Magnified Area I
7.3%
└
Precision II
7.3%
└
Cannibalism II
7.3%
└
Swift Affliction II
7.3%
└
Concentrated Area
5.5%
└
Herbalism I
3.6%
└
Armour Demolisher II
3.6%
└
Acrimony
1.8%
Berserk
61.4%
└
Precision II
20.4%
└
Vitality I
14.8%
└
Strong Hearted
14.8%
└
Uhtred's Omen
14.8%
└
Vitality II
11.1%
└
Precision I
11.1%
└
Cannibalism I
5.6%
└
Dialla's Desire
5.6%
└
Armour Demolisher II
5.6%
└
Clarity I
3.7%
└
Warm Blooded
3.7%
└
Uhtred's Exodus
1.9%
└
Direstrike I
1.9%
└
Herbalism I
1.9%
└
Direstrike II
1.9%
Resonating Shield
55.7%
└
Rage III
73.5%
└
Styrn's Mountain
57.1%
└
Armour Break III
42.9%
└
Armour Demolisher II
40.8%
└
Mobility
38.8%
└
Uruk's Smelting
34.7%
└
Bleed III
30.6%
└
Poison III
26.5%
└
Rapid Attacks II
22.4%
└
Deadly Resolve
16.3%
└
Styrn's Ferocity
14.3%
└
Heft
8.2%
└
Steadfast II
8.2%
└
Heavy Swing
6.1%
└
Brutality III
4.1%
Sunder
52.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
89.1%
└
Rage III
84.8%
└
Rapid Attacks III
84.8%
└
Inhibitor
15.2%
└
Magnified Area II
8.7%
└
Rapid Attacks II
6.5%
└
Rapid Attacks I
6.5%
└
Rage II
6.5%
└
Fire Penetration II
4.3%
└
Ignite III
4.3%
└
Rageforged II
4.3%
└
Uruk's Smelting
4.3%
└
Cadence
4.3%
└
Efficiency II
4.3%
└
Compressed Duration II
2.2%
Shield Charge
51.1%
└
Rage III
57.8%
└
Rapid Attacks III
55.6%
└
Rapid Attacks II
24.4%
└
Efficiency II
22.2%
└
Cadence
17.8%
└
Enduring Impact II
15.6%
└
Stun III
15.6%
└
Fire Attunement
13.3%
└
Close Combat II
8.9%
└
Hit and Run
8.9%
└
Heft
6.7%
└
Momentum
6.7%
└
Vanguard II
6.7%
└
Stun II
4.4%
└
Heavy Swing
4.4%
Magma Barrier
46.6%
└
Charge Profusion II
75.6%
└
Elemental Armament II
70.7%
└
Fire Attunement
65.9%
└
Eternal Flame II
41.5%
└
Close Combat II
36.6%
└
Fire Mastery
26.8%
└
Magnified Area II
14.6%
└
Enduring Impact II
12.2%
└
Rage III
12.2%
└
Stun III
9.8%
└
Scouring Flame
7.3%
└
Immolate
4.9%
└
Ignite III
2.4%
└
Clarity II
2.4%
└
Deep Cuts II
2.4%
Mace Strike
39.8%
└
Rapid Attacks II
31.4%
└
Rapid Attacks I
28.6%
└
Fire Attunement
25.7%
└
Heft
17.1%
└
Close Combat II
14.3%
└
Rage I
14.3%
└
Ancestral Call II
14.3%
└
Rage III
11.4%
└
Close Combat I
11.4%
└
Life Leech III
8.6%
└
Elemental Armament II
8.6%
└
Concentrated Area
5.7%
└
Impale
5.7%
└
Combo Finisher I
5.7%
└
Magnified Area II
5.7%
Leap Slam
35.2%
└
Rapid Attacks III
71%
└
Rage III
45.2%
└
Holy Descent
45.2%
└
Cadence
16.1%
└
Medved's Felling
9.7%
└
Efficiency II
9.7%
└
Rageforged I
9.7%
└
Rapid Attacks II
6.5%
└
Stun III
6.5%
└
Heft
6.5%
└
Defy II
3.2%
└
Heavy Swing
3.2%
└
Fire Penetration II
3.2%
└
Rageforged II
3.2%
└
Rigwald's Ferocity
3.2%
Purity of Fire
25%
└
Vitality II
22.7%
└
Fire Mastery
18.2%
└
Direstrike II
13.6%
└
Precision II
13.6%
└
Armour Demolisher II
9.1%
└
Clarity II
9.1%
└
Cannibalism II
9.1%
└
Strong Hearted
9.1%
└
Warm Blooded
9.1%
└
Cool Headed
9.1%
└
Thornskin II
4.5%
└
Cannibalism I
4.5%
Shockwave Totem
21.6%
└
Urgent Totems III
89.5%
└
Hardy Totems II
84.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
63.2%
└
Reinforced Totems II
57.9%
└
Font of Mana
26.3%
└
Efficiency II
26.3%
└
Magnified Area II
21.1%
└
Tawhoa's Tending
10.5%
└
Rapid Attacks III
10.5%
└
Hardy Totems I
5.3%
└
Urgent Totems I
5.3%
└
Uruk's Smelting
5.3%
└
Overabundance I
5.3%
└
Rapid Attacks II
5.3%
└
Bleed IV
5.3%
Herald of Blood
20.5%
└
Bursting Plague
88.9%
└
Poison III
83.3%
└
Bleed III
77.8%
└
Escalating Poison
72.2%
└
Magnified Area II
72.2%
└
Deep Cuts II
11.1%
└
Fire Attunement
11.1%
└
Overreach
11.1%
└
Armour Break III
5.6%
└
Heft
5.6%
└
Bleed II
5.6%
└
Poison II
5.6%
└
Life Leech III
5.6%
└
Vorana's Siege
5.6%
Herald of Plague
15.9%
└
Chaos Mastery
71.4%
└
Precision II
14.3%
└
Cannibalism II
14.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
14.3%
└
Vitality I
14.3%
└
Vitality II
7.1%
└
Clarity II
7.1%
└
Precision I
7.1%
Eternal Rage
13.6%
└
Precision I
16.7%
└
Cannibalism II
16.7%
└
Atziri's Communion
16.7%
└
Vitality I
8.3%
└
Vitality II
8.3%
└
Uhtred's Exodus
8.3%
└
Cannibalism I
8.3%
Time of Need
11.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
30%
└
Clarity I
20%
└
Vitality I
10%
└
Second Wind III
10%
└
Second Wind II
10%
└
Clarity II
10%
└
Armour Demolisher II
10%
└
Precision II
10%
└
Strong Hearted
10%
└
Uhtred's Exodus
10%
War Banner
11.4%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
90%
└
Daresso's Passion
80%
└
Refraction II
40%
└
Refraction III
30%
└
Mobility
10%
Punch
9.1%
└
Rapid Attacks I
50%
└
Rage I
25%
└
Rage III
25%
└
Defy II
12.5%
└
Blind II
12.5%
└
Concentrated Area
12.5%
└
Rageforged I
12.5%
└
Efficiency II
12.5%
└
Fire Attunement
12.5%
└
Chain I
12.5%
└
Bleed I
12.5%
Overwhelming Presence
8%
└
Precision I
42.9%
└
Armour Demolisher II
28.6%
└
Cannibalism I
14.3%
└
Vitality II
14.3%
└
Cannibalism II
14.3%
└
Herbalism II
14.3%
Ferocious Roar
6.8%
└
Exposing Cry
100%
└
Raging Cry
100%
└
Enraged Warcry II
83.3%
└
Fire Attunement
33.3%
└
Uruk's Smelting
16.7%
└
Efficiency II
16.7%
└
Magnified Area II
16.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
16.7%
└
Tireless
16.7%
└
Helbrym's Hide
16.7%
Charge Regulation
6.8%
└
Precision I
16.7%
└
Her Declaration
16.7%
Blasphemy
6.8%
└
Living Lightning II
66.7%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Ritualistic Curse
50%
└
Exploit Weakness
33.3%
└
Hex Bloom
33.3%
└
Culling Strike II
33.3%
└
Heightened Curse
16.7%
Repulsion
5.7%
└
Living Lightning II
80%
└
Exploit Weakness
40%
└
Hex Bloom
40%
└
Culling Strike II
40%
└
Magnified Area II
40%
└
Ritualistic Curse
40%
Fire Spell on Hit
4.5%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Spell Cascade
25%
└
Corpse Conservation
25%
└
Boundless Energy II
25%
└
Gorge
25%
Cast on Block
3.4%
└
Boundless Energy II
66.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
33.3%
└
Energy Retention
33.3%
└
Corpse Conservation
33.3%
└
Charge Profusion II
33.3%
Remnants of Kalguur
3.4%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Direstrike I
66.7%
└
Remnant Potency I
66.7%
Attrition
3.4%
Iron Ward
3.4%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Brutality III
66.7%
└
Physical Mastery
66.7%
└
Rageforged II
33.3%
└
Corrosion
33.3%
└
Poison III
33.3%
└
Admixture
33.3%
└
Heft
33.3%
Wildwood's Gifts
3.4%
└
Vitality II
66.7%
└
Cannibalism I
33.3%
└
Precision II
33.3%
└
Cannibalism II
33.3%
Freezing Mark
3.4%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
66.7%
└
Mark for Death II
66.7%
└
Mark for Death
33.3%
Combat Frenzy
2.3%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
Seismic Cry
2.3%
└
Enraged Warcry II
50%
└
Potent Exposure
50%
└
Exposing Cry
50%
└
Raging Cry
50%
└
Heft
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Battershout
50%
└
Stun III
50%
Refutation
2.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Boundless Energy II
50%
└
Energy Retention
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
Volcanic Fissure
2.3%
└
Kaom's Madness
100%
Detonate Dead
2.3%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Spell Cascade
50%
└
Corpse Conservation
50%
└
Boundless Energy II
50%
└
Gorge
50%
Herald of Ice
2.3%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Culling Strike II
50%
└
Cold Mastery
50%
└
Cold Attunement
50%
└
Frozen Spite
50%