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I did a bunch of smiter runs today on softcore. Some on p8. It would work totally safe on hardcore unless you d/c.

Grief, dracs, guilluimes um, guardian angel um, phoenix (can use spirit or hoz or exile), maras, dwarf, raven, gore, torch, anni and full of res charms.
You want almost 300 res in fire, cold, lightning because -100 from hell -100 from ancients.

Prebuff with fade, basically just for DR since your res already maxed.
Prebuff with BO of course.

Make sure you WALK, not run. Running is when they can destroy you since no defense and 1/3 block.


pretty sure goblins > gores

so with this build you run no LT ? or do you LT with swap wand ? nvm forgot abt dracs
also you didnt mention belt i'm guessing either dungos or tgods

This post was edited by Azomon on May 26 2026 02:23pm
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pretty sure goblins > gores

so with this build you run no LT ? or do you LT with swap wand ?
also you didnt mention belt i'm guessing either dungos or tgods


Ya gobs should be better. LT is on dracs, 5% is fine. Belt I did string, but dungos or tgods is good too.

Well actually the frw still works with walk, so maybe keep gores, helps with target switching. Main risk is not hitting anything for too long like when a guy dies and you dont move to next target.

Also in terms of order of killing, Talic does most dmg I believe but Madawc is most annoying cuz he keeps running away (risk of not hitting anything as you follow him). So depending which jewel you want I would kill Talic first or Madawc first if you want fire jewel.

This post was edited by dbulger on May 26 2026 02:33pm
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Ya gobs should be better. LT is on dracs, 5% is fine. Belt I did string, but dungos or tgods is good too.


I ran this previous patch
griefs, guills, duress, exile, highlords, dwarf, raven, tgods, goblins, and a pair of 20 ias 10 CB life FR crafted, I expect it will achieve the same, but the GA thingy is appealing somehow to switch duress, especially if HC, less on SC.
treachery buff ofc.

also I still like to use LT wand on swap just for the first seconds of the fight, even if Exile's LT cast % is pretty high, at least I don't count on RNG for the beginning.
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I ran this previous patch
griefs, guills, duress, exile, highlords, dwarf, raven, tgods, goblins, and a pair of 20 ias 10 CB life FR crafted, I expect it will achieve the same, but the GA thingy is appealing somehow to switch duress, especially if HC, less on SC.
treachery buff ofc.

also I still like to use LT wand on swap just for the first seconds of the fight, even if Exile's LT cast % is pretty high, at least I don't count on RNG for the beginning.



Why HL instead of maras when you already have 20/10 blood gloves?
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I walked them with no issues p8 with my smiter.
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Why HL instead of maras when you already have 20/10 blood gloves?


DS dont work on smite or ????
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DS dont work on smite or ????


DS dont work on smite or ????


All modifiers are applied except for the following:
Weapon base damage
Weapon % Enhanced Damage
+ Minimum Damage
+ Maximum Damage
+% Damage to Demons
+% Damage to Undead
Critical Strike
Deadly Strike
Magic Damage
Fire Damage (Enchant may cause character screen damage to be displayed in red, but displayed damage does not increase and no fire damage is applied) [1]
Lightning Damage
Cold Damage and length
Poison Damage and length
% Life Stolen per hit
% Mana Stolen per hit [2]
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DS dont work on smite or ????


Nop it doesnt
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All modifiers are applied except for the following:
Weapon base damage
Weapon % Enhanced Damage
+ Minimum Damage
+ Maximum Damage
+% Damage to Demons
+% Damage to Undead
Critical Strike
Deadly Strike
Magic Damage
Fire Damage (Enchant may cause character screen damage to be displayed in red, but displayed damage does not increase and no fire damage is applied) [1]
Lightning Damage
Cold Damage and length
Poison Damage and length
% Life Stolen per hit
% Mana Stolen per hit [2]


Nop it doesnt


Aight good to know then, thx guys !
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