Smite

The following things Works with Smite

• Bonus damage from strength (each point of strength adds 1% Enhanced Damage).

• + Skills (increase damage a great deal).

• Crushing Blow (including Crushing Blow on the weapon; e.g. Black runeword).

• Weapon range.

• Weapon speed (see below).

• Life Tap (charges can be found on wands and daggers, save this for tough spots).

• Freezes Target (including from the weapon; e.g. Sureshrill Frost).

• Hit Blinds Target (From all gear, including the weapon and the shield).

• Slow (including from the weapon; e.g. Pompeii's Wrath).

• % Chance to cast (including from the weapon).

• Prevent Monster Heal.

• Open Wounds. NOTE: Open Wounds does not work when a monster is at full health. This means that, if you are Smiting an undamaged Physical Immune, Open Wounds won’t take effect and you cannot rely on this method to kill a Physical Immune (of course, you could use a weapon like Crescent Moon which has a chance to cast Static Field).

• Enhanced Damage which is off-weapon.

• The following items increase the shield damage: The Redeemer, Astreon's Iron Ward, Stone Crusher, Grief runeword.

• Damage +X, which is the attribute that the above items have, is added directly to the shield damage just like the Holy Shield bonus. This means that any % Enhanced Damage bonuses which work with Smite will apply (e.g. Fanaticism).

The following things do not work with Smite

• Leech (life/mana).

• Deadly Strike/ Critical Strike.

• Knockback (apart from the standard Knockback on the skill).

• Elemental damage from equipment or charms.

• Elemental damage from auras (e.g. Holy Shock) (the area effect will still work, just not the applied damage).

• Poison damage from charms or the Venom proc on Treachery or on Grief.

• Magic damage from Sanctuary Aura (the area effect will still work, just not the applied damage).

• Gear and charms that add a set amount of damage. except for those items which have the Damage +X attribute (e.g. War Traveler will not add damage to Smite except for the strength bonus).

• Enhanced Damage on the weapon.

• Enhanced Damage to Demons (e.g. Laying of Hands).

• Enhanced Damage to Undead.

Smite speed is dependent on

• Base weapon speed.

• % Effective Increased Attack Speed (EIAS) from Fanaticism.

• Increased Attack Speed (IAS) in gear.

• 6 frame Smite is the fastest possible.