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Quarterstaff Strike Charged Staff Bear Smith Of Kitava (128% Physical Damage)
Version 1·Updated Jun 25, 2026
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Overview
Offense
1. Quarterstaff Strike
140,600
2. Best Ignite DPS
292
Hit DPS
140,600
Attacks/sec
2.09
Average hit
67,395
Utility
Mana
593
Spirit
147
Gear spirit
94
Move speed
x1.05
Defense
Life
2,794
ES
78
Ward
269
Character armour
4,549
Gear armour
1,463
Character evasion
359
Gear evasion
269
Fire res
75%
Cold res
75%
Lightning res
75%
Chaos res
74%
Passive Tree
153
Nodes
36
Notables
1
Keystones
Key Passives
Thrill of BattleNotable
20% increased Attack Speed while Surrounded
Speed
Vulgar MethodsNotable
+10 to Strength
30% increased Critical Hit Chance
-10% reduced maximum Mana
AttributeCriticalMana
Coal StokerNotable
Modifiers to Fire Resistance also grant Cold and Lightning Resistance at 50% of their value
Fire Resistance
Guided HandNotable
Ancestrally Boosted Attacks deal 30% increased Damage
The next Attack you use within 4 seconds after Heavy Stunning a Rare or Unique Enemy is Ancestrally Boosted
DamageAttack
Singular PurposeNotable
-5% reduced Attack Speed
40% increased Damage with Two Handed Weapons
20% increased Stun Buildup
SpeedDamageStun
True StrikeNotable
+10 to Dexterity
20% increased Critical Hit Chance
AttributeCritical
For the JugularNotable
25% increased Critical Damage Bonus
+10 to Intelligence
CriticalAttribute
Reverberating ImpactNotable
Break 25% increased Armour
12% increased Area of Effect for Attacks
ArmourArea
Effect Profile
EffectStats
Attribute›
PassiveCountTotal
- to any Attribute36+180
- to Strength5+50
- to Dexterity3+35
- to Intelligence1+10
Attack Damage›
PassiveCountTotal
- increased Melee Damage11118%
- increased Attack Damage while Surrounded8270%
- increased Attack Damage486%
- increased Attack Damage if you have been Heavy Stunned Recently125%
Speed›
PassiveCountTotal
- increased Skill Speed628%
- increased Attack Speed with One Handed Melee Weapons518%
- increased Attack Speed419%
- reduced Attack Speed2-10%
Critical›
PassiveCountTotal
- increased Critical Damage Bonus6123%
- increased Critical Hit Chance685%
- increased Critical Damage Bonus for Attack Damage350%
- body Armour grants Hits against you have # % reduced Critical Damage Bonus1100%
Damage›
PassiveCountTotal
- increased Damage with Two Handed Weapons690%
- ancestrally Boosted Attacks deal # % increased Damage586%
- increased Damage with One Handed Weapons440%
- strikes deal Splash Damage1+1
Armour›
PassiveCountTotal
- increased Armour455%
- of Armour also applies to Elemental Damage430%
- body Armour grants # % of Physical Damage from Hits taken as Fire Damage125%
- body Armour grants Unaffected by Damaging Ailments1+1
Area›
PassiveCountTotal
- increased Area of Effect for Attacks1071%
- increased Area of Effect of Ancestrally Boosted Attacks234%
- increased Area of Effect for Attacks per Enemy you've Ignited in the last # seconds, up to # %14%
- increased Area of Effect if you've Stunned an Enemy with a Two Handed Melee Weapon Recently125%
Stun›
PassiveCountTotal
- increased Stun Buildup7100%
Gear
Wrath Gnarl
Sinister Quarterstaff
Item Level 83
Rare
Properties
Range14
Physical Damage252-422
Quality24
SocketsS S
Attacks per Second1.71
Critical Hit Chance12%
Total DPS576.3
Physical DPS576.3
Requirements
Level67
Rune
- 40% increased Physical Damage
Bonded
- Bonded: 40% increased effect of Fully Broken Armour
Desecrated
- 128% increased Physical Damage
Explicit
- 73% increased Physical Damage
- Adds 51 to 90 Physical Damage
- +167 to Accuracy Rating
- +4.69% to Critical Hit Chance
- 22% increased Attack Speed
- Gain 81 Life per enemy killed
Constricting Command
Runemastered Viper Cap
Item Level 79
Unique
Properties
Evasion167
Quality20
SocketsS S
Ward132
Requirements
Level55
Rune
- +22% to Chaos Resistance
Explicit
- +114 to maximum Life
- +14 to all Attributes
- 10.4 Life Regeneration per second
- Require 4 fewer enemies to be Surrounded
Exceptional Runeforged Warlord Cuirass
Item Level 81
Normal
Properties
Armour559
Quality20
SocketsS S S
Ward103
Requirements
Level80
Enchant
- +16% to Chaos Resistance
Rune
- 12% increased Rarity of Items found
- +11% to Chaos Resistance
- 50% reduced effect of Curses on you
Bonded
- Bonded: 8% increased Curse Magnitudes
- Bonded: 10% increased Quantity of Gold Dropped by Slain Enemies
Implicit
- +23% of Armour also applies to Elemental Damage
Explicit
- Corrupted
Morbid Touch
Runeforged Steelmail Gauntlets
Item Level 72
Rare
Properties
Armour113
Evasion102
Quality20
SocketsS
Ward34
Requirements
Level65
Rune
- Critical Hit chance is Lucky against Parried enemies
Explicit
- 12% increased Armour and Evasion
- Adds 12 to 26 Fire damage to Attacks
- +153 to maximum Life
- 14% increased Rarity of Items found
- +2 to Level of all Melee Skills
- +34% of Armour also applies to Elemental Damage
Damnation Tread
Tasalian Greaves
Item Level 81
Rare
Properties
Armour791
Quality20
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level80
Rune
- 18% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
- +11% to Chaos Resistance
Bonded
- Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
- Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
- 40% increased Armour
- +107 to Stun Threshold
Explicit
- +137 to Armour
- +137 to maximum Life
- 17% increased Rarity of Items found
- +34% of Armour also applies to Elemental Damage
Crafted
- +34% to Fire Resistance
Headhunter
Heavy Belt
Item Level 79
Unique
Properties
Charm Slots3
Requirements
Level50
Implicit
- 29% increased Stun Threshold
- Has 3 Charm Slots
Explicit
- +54 to maximum Life
- +28 to Strength
- +22 to Dexterity
- When you kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds
Honour Idol
Gold Amulet
Item Level 80
Rare
Requirements
Level35
Enchant
- Allocates Sundering
Desecrated
- +47 to Spirit
Implicit
- 15% increased Rarity of Items found
Explicit
- +78 to maximum Energy Shield
- +122 to maximum Life
- +4 to Level of all Melee Skills
- +39% to Fire Resistance
- +14% to Chaos Resistance
Sol Grasp
Gold Ring
Item Level 82
Rare
Requirements
Level40
Desecrated
- +101 to maximum Life
Implicit
- 15% increased Rarity of Items found
Explicit
- Adds 18 to 38 Fire damage to Attacks
- 17% increased Rarity of Items found
- +102% to Fire Resistance
Crafted
- 17% increased Rarity of Items found
Kalandra's Touch
Ring
Item Level 79
Unique
Requirements
Level0
Implicit
- Reflects opposite Ring
Investigator's Stone Charm of the Brewer
Item Level 65
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level8
Implicit
- Used when you become Stunned
Explicit
- 17% increased Duration
- 29% reduced Charges per use
Drizzling Thawing Charm of the Continuous
Item Level 35
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level12
Implicit
- Used when you become Frozen
Explicit
- Recover 17 Mana when Used
- 36% increased Charges gained
Rite of Passage
Golden Charm
Item Level 72
Unique
Properties
Charges Max80
Charges Per Use80
Duration10
Quality0
Requirements
Level50
Implicit
- Used when you kill a Rare or Unique enemy
Explicit
- Possessed by Spirit Of The Bear for 20 seconds on use
Seething Ultimate Life Flask of the Ample
Item Level 81
Magic
Properties
Quality20
Requirements
Level60
Implicit
- 50% reduced Amount Recovered
- Instant Recovery
- 67% increased Charges
Prolonged Ultimate Mana Flask of the Distiller
Item Level 82
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level60
Implicit
- 96% more Recovery if used while on Low Mana
- 24% reduced Charges per use
Skills & Gems
Quarterstaff Strike(Lv20)5 gemsStrike with your Quarterstaff.
Coursing CurrentSupports Skills which Hit enemies. Shocking an enemy with Supported Skills Triggers Coursing Current, which sends Chaining Lightning Projectiles to nearby Drenched enemies.Lv1
AmbushSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making it more likely to Critically Hit enemies on full life.Lv1
VerglasSupports Skills you use yourself which can Hit Enemies. Supported Skills Gain a percentage of their Damage as Cold Damage when you destroy Ice Crystals.Lv1
EmbitterSupports Skills which can Damage Enemies with Hits, causing all sources of Damage Gained to instead be treated as Damage Gained as extra Cold for Supported Skills.Lv1
Concentrated EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, causing that area to be smaller but any area damage it deals to be higher.Lv1
Fire Spell on Hit(Lv20)3 gemsWhile active, gains Energy when you Hit enemies with Melee Attacks and triggers socketed Fire spells on reaching maximum Energy.
Supported Skills deal 10% increased Damage
Energy RetentionSupports Meta Skills. Supported Skills gain a chance to partially Refund a portion of Energy cost when Triggering or Invoking other Skills.Lv1
ImpetusSupports Meta Skills. Supported Skills generate Energy significantly faster.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Charged Staff(Lv19)5 gemsConsume all Power Charges to charge your Quarterstaff with electricity, adding Lightning damage and a Lightning shockwave to your Quarterstaff Attacks. Reusing this skill while the Buff is active adds to the Buff's duration and damage.
Buff grants 1 to 2 Added Quarterstaff Attack Lightning damage per Power Charge Consumed, up to your maximum Power Charges
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
Soul ThiefSupports Attacks, causing their Physical damage to Leech Mana.Lv1
CommiserateSupports Skills you use or Trigger yourself, which can cause Damaging Hits. Supported Skills inflict more powerful Ailments if you are afflicted with those Ailments when you inflict them, while also removing from you any Ailment that they inflict.Lv1
LifetapSupports any Skill, turning its Mana cost into a Life cost. Does not support Skills which reserve Spirit.Lv1
Life ThiefSupports Attacks, causing their Physical damage to Leech Life.Lv1
Tempest Bell(Lv20)5 gemsBuild Combo by successfully Striking Enemies with other skills. After reaching maximum Combo, use this skill to cause the Bell on your staff to grow to massive size as you drop it on the ground. The Bell damages enemies on impact and can be Hit by your skills, creating a damaging shockwave. Elemental Ailments applied to the Bell cause its shockwaves to deal extra damage of the corresponding type, and Hits which would have caused Knockback increase the area of effect of the shockwaves.
Limit 1 Bell
Heavy SwingSupports Melee Attacks, boosting their Physical damage at the cost of Attack Speed.Lv1
Ancestral CallSupports Strikes you use yourself, providing a powerful Ancestral Boost every few seconds. Cannot Support Channelled Skills and does not modify Skills used by Minions.Lv1Concentrated EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, causing that area to be smaller but any area damage it deals to be higher.Lv1
DefySupports Attack Skills you use yourself. Hit Damage from Supported Skills is Lucky if you are Surrounded.Lv1Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Whirling Assault(Lv20)5 gemsAdvance while hitting enemies around you with a series of spinning Strikes.
1% more Area of Effect
Ancestral CallSupports Strikes you use yourself, providing a powerful Ancestral Boost every few seconds. Cannot Support Channelled Skills and does not modify Skills used by Minions.Lv1DefySupports Attack Skills you use yourself. Hit Damage from Supported Skills is Lucky if you are Surrounded.Lv1
SplinterSupports Skills that Hit Enemies, causing those Hits to Break Armour based on a portion of Physical Damage dealt.Lv1Heavy SwingSupports Melee Attacks, boosting their Physical damage at the cost of Attack Speed.Lv1
HeftSupports Skills which deal Damage, increasing the maximum Physical Damage of their Hits.Lv1
Boneshatter(Lv1)5 gemsAttack enemies with a melee Strike. The Strike will cause a Heavy Stun on enemies that are Primed for Stun. Upon causing a Heavy Stun it will also create a Shockwave, dealing a large amount of damage in an area.
Rigwalds FerocitySupports Attack skills, granting them Attack Speed at the cost of Damage or Damage at the cost of Attack Speed depending on Weapon Set they are used in. Does not modify skills used by Minions.Lv1
Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1LifetapSupports any Skill, turning its Mana cost into a Life cost. Does not support Skills which reserve Spirit.Lv1
RageSupports Melee Attacks, causing them to grant Rage on Hit.Lv1
InspirationSupports any skill, making it cost less to use. Cannot support skills which reserve Spirit.Lv1
Mantra of Destruction(Lv19)3 gemsBuild Combo by successfully Striking Enemies with other skills. After reaching maximum Combo, use this skill to Empower your next Quarterstaff Attack, causing it to deal additional Chaos damage. Each kill with the Empowered Attack grants Purple Flames of Chayula for a duration.
Empowered Attack gains 50% of Damage as Chaos
Ailith LineageSupports Skills which can expend Combo. On expending Combo with Supported Skills, you have a chance to gain Power Charges based on the amount of Combo expended.Lv1LifetapSupports any Skill, turning its Mana cost into a Life cost. Does not support Skills which reserve Spirit.Lv1
Delayed GratificationSupports Skills which require some Condition to be met for use. Supported Skills can be used an additional time after their Condition has been met, but meeting that Condition is harder.Lv1
Scavenged Plating(Lv18)2 gemsWhile active, uses fragments of armour scavenged from enemies to bolster your own. Fully Breaking an enemy's Armour grants you stacks of Scavenged Plating for a duration based on the enemy's Rarity, and you gain Armour and Thorns per stack. Normal enemies grant 1 stack, Magic enemies grant 2 stacks, Rare enemies grant 5 stacks and Unique enemies grant 10 stacks.
2 to 2 Thorns per Scavenged Plating
CannibalismSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to recover Life on kill while the Skill is active.Lv1
PrecisionSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Accuracy while the Skill is active.Lv1
Refutation(Lv20)2 gemsSpends all your Ward to gain a short-duration Buff that causes you to Block all Blockable Hits and apply Parried to enemies from which you've Blocked a Hit. This Buff is removed if you are Heavy Stunned. While this Buff is active, you cannot be Light Stunned, but Blocking too much damage may Heavy Stun you.
Parried Debuff duration is 2 seconds
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
Arcane TempoSupports Spells, causing them to cast faster.Lv1
Herald of Ash(Lv15)1 gemWhile active, enemies you sufficiently Overkill with non-Herald Attacks will cause an explosion that Ignites nearby enemies based on the Overkill damage dealt.
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Berserk(Lv19)1 gemWhile active, strengthens your Rage, but causes you to lose Life while not losing Rage.
Grants 40% increased Rage effect
CannibalismSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to recover Life on kill while the Skill is active.Lv1Thorns Player(Lv1)No supports
No support gems detected for this skill.
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