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Animate Guardian of SmitingSpell, Minion, Lightning
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (11-20) Mana
Cast Time: 0.60 sec
Requires Level 28Animates a melee weapon or armour, attaching it to an invisible Guardian that fights by your side using Smite of Divine Judgement, ignoring weapon restrictions. Animating multiple items attaches them to the same Guardian. You cannot animate unidentified items. Cannot be used by Traps or Mines.Can use Items requiring up to Level (33-100)
Minion deals (0-38)% more Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(2-40)% increased Minion Movement Speed

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
Drop level: 28
This item is a transfigured gem. It can be obtained through the use of the Divine Font in the Lord's Labyrinth.
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Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem

Animate Guardian of Smiting is a spell, animating weapons and armour on the ground to form an allied minion that uses a transfigured version of Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (5)SmiteSmiteLightning, Attack, AoE, Duration, Melee, Strike, Aura
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-12) Mana
Attack Speed: 85% of base
Attack Damage: (225-488)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (225-488)%
Performs a melee attack, and causes lightning to strike a nearby enemy, dealing damage in an area. Each target can only be hit once by this skill. Hitting an enemy grants an aura for a duration. Requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
Base duration is 4.00 seconds
(30-20)% less Area Damage
Base radius is (1.5-2.1) metres
Base Aura radius is (3.6-4.2) metres
Lightning strikes 1 target within 5 metres
Aura grants (1-12) to (4-220) added Lightning Damage
Aura grants (10-19)% chance to Shock

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
-(0.5-10)% less Area Damage

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (7).

It is a transfigured version of Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (8)Animate GuardianAnimate GuardianSpell, Minion
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (11-20) Mana
Cast Time: 0.60 sec
Requires Level 28Animates a melee weapon or armour, attaching it to an invisible Guardian that fights by your side. Animating multiple items attaches them to the same Guardian. You cannot animate unidentified items. Cannot be used by Traps or Mines.Minions have (0-38)% more Maximum Life
Can use Items requiring up to Level (33-100)
Minion deals (0-38)% more Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(2-40)% increased Minion Movement Speed

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (10).

Contents

  • 1 Changes from default version
  • 2 Skill functions and interactions
  • 3 Gem level progression
  • 4 Item acquisition
    • 4.1 Recipes
  • 5 Unique items
  • 6 Related helmet enchantments
  • 7 Version history
  • 8 References

Changes from default version

Unlike the original skill, this transfigured version does not give the Animated Guardian increased life, but is able to use Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (11)Smite of Divine JudgementSmite of Divine JudgementLightning, Attack, AoE, Melee, Strike
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-12) Mana
Attack Speed: 85% of base
Attack Damage: (201-369)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (201-369)%
Performs a melee attack, and causes lightning to strike nearby enemies, dealing damage in an area. Each target can only be hit once by this skill. Requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
(0-38)% more Area Damage
Base radius is (1.5-2.1) metres
Lightning strikes 3 targets within 5 metres

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Lightning strikes targets within +(0.1-2) metres

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (13), a transfigured version of Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (14)SmiteSmiteLightning, Attack, AoE, Duration, Melee, Strike, Aura
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-12) Mana
Attack Speed: 85% of base
Attack Damage: (225-488)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (225-488)%
Performs a melee attack, and causes lightning to strike a nearby enemy, dealing damage in an area. Each target can only be hit once by this skill. Hitting an enemy grants an aura for a duration. Requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
Base duration is 4.00 seconds
(30-20)% less Area Damage
Base radius is (1.5-2.1) metres
Base Aura radius is (3.6-4.2) metres
Lightning strikes 1 target within 5 metres
Aura grants (1-12) to (4-220) added Lightning Damage
Aura grants (10-19)% chance to Shock

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
-(0.5-10)% less Area Damage

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (16)
, which lacks the aura buff component. Animate Guardian ignores the skill's weapon restrictions, allowing it to use the skill with any melee weapon or while unarmed.

Skill functions and interactions

Main page: Animate Guardian

The equipment of all Animate Guardian skills is tied to the summoner, not a specific gem or skill type. Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (17)Animate GuardianAnimate GuardianSpell, Minion
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (11-20) Mana
Cast Time: 0.60 sec
Requires Level 28Animates a melee weapon or armour, attaching it to an invisible Guardian that fights by your side. Animating multiple items attaches them to the same Guardian. You cannot animate unidentified items. Cannot be used by Traps or Mines.Minions have (0-38)% more Maximum Life
Can use Items requiring up to Level (33-100)
Minion deals (0-38)% more Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(2-40)% increased Minion Movement Speed

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (19) and Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (20)Animate Guardian of SmitingAnimate Guardian of SmitingSpell, Minion, Lightning
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (11-20) Mana
Cast Time: 0.60 sec
Requires Level 28Animates a melee weapon or armour, attaching it to an invisible Guardian that fights by your side using Smite of Divine Judgement, ignoring weapon restrictions. Animating multiple items attaches them to the same Guardian. You cannot animate unidentified items. Cannot be used by Traps or Mines.Can use Items requiring up to Level (33-100)
Minion deals (0-38)% more Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(2-40)% increased Minion Movement Speed

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (22)
effectively share the same set of items, which is unaffected by changing from one gem to another (assuming all gems are high enough level).

Gem level progression

LevelAnimate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (23)Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (24)Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (25)Mana
Cost
Max.
Req.
Level
Minion
damage
Exp.Total Exp.
12842291133N/A00
231463211362%199345199345
334503512394%285815485160
437543713436%401344886504
540584013468%5543791440883
6426042144810%4774371918320
7446344145112%5837862502106
8466646155314%7103593212465
9486848155616%13555114567976
10507149155818%11388775706853
11527451166120%13682337075086
12547653166322%16383388713424
13567955176624%195664810670072
14588257176826%365518414325256
15608459187128%301732717342583
16628760187330%775999525102578
17649062187632%1513819340240771
18669264197934%2608382566324596
19689566198236%62620247128944843
207098682010038%211708088340652931
2172100702010040%N/AN/A
2274N/AN/A2110042%N/AN/A
2376N/AN/A2110044%N/AN/A
2478N/AN/A2110046%N/AN/A
2580N/AN/A2210048%N/AN/A
2682N/AN/A2210050%N/AN/A
2784N/AN/A2310052%N/AN/A
2886N/AN/A2310054%N/AN/A
2988N/AN/A2410056%N/AN/A
3090N/AN/A2410058%N/AN/A
3191N/AN/A2410059%N/AN/A
3292N/AN/A2510060%N/AN/A
3393N/AN/A2510061%N/AN/A
3494N/AN/A2510062%N/AN/A
3595N/AN/A2510063%N/AN/A
3696N/AN/A2510064%N/AN/A
3797N/AN/A2610065%N/AN/A
3898N/AN/A2610066%N/AN/A
3999N/AN/A2610067%N/AN/A
40100N/AN/A2610068%N/AN/A

Item acquisition

Animate Guardian of Smiting has restrictions on where or how it can drop.This item is a transfigured gem. It can be obtained through the use of the Divine Font in the Lord's Labyrinth.

Recipes

Animate Guardian of Smiting can be created from the following recipes:

AmountPartDescriptionMeta
4Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (27)The Blessing of MooshAnimate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (28)The Blessing of Moosh4Level 21 Transfigured Gem
Corrupted
While the Labyrinth traps have claimed countless adventurers, they were not designed with felines in mind.
Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (30)
Random corrupted level 21 transfigured gemA
8Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (31)The HookAnimate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (32)The Hook8Level 21 Transfigured Gem
Quality: +23%
Corrupted
Every obsession began with a single, innocent taste.
Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (34)
Random corrupted level 21 transfigured gem with 23% qualityA
3Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (35)Doryani's EpiphanyAnimate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (36)Doryani's Epiphany3Level 21 Transfigured Gem
Quality: +20%
Corrupted
"Virtue gems have facets beyond those that can be seen by the mortal eye. Let us look deeper..."
Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (38)
Random corrupted level 21 transfigured gem with 20% qualityA
8Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (39)Dying AnguishAnimate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (40)Dying Anguish8Level 19 Transfigured Gem
Quality: +19%
Moribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home.
Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (42)
level 19 transfigured gem with 19% qualityA
1Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (43)The VoidAnimate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (44)The Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (46)Random divination card set exchangeA

Unique items

ItemAnimate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (47)Stats
Chains of CommandChains of Command
Saintly Chainmail
Armour: (1002-1336)
Energy Shield: (240-319)
Movement Speed: -5%
Requires Level 70, 99 Str, 115 IntTrigger Level 20 Animate Guardian's Weapon when Animated Guardian Kills an Enemy
10% chance to Trigger Level 18 Animate Guardian's Weapon when Animated Weapon Kills an Enemy
(150-190)% increased Armour and Energy Shield
+(60-90) to maximum Life
Animated Guardian deals 5% increased Damage per Animated Weapon
Animated Minions' Melee Attacks deal Splash Damage to surrounding targets
Animated Minions' Melee Attacks deal 50% less Splash Damage to surrounding targets
You cannot have non-Animated Minions
A general may carry his men to greatness, or be dragged beneath the mire by their burden.
Animate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (49)
70Trigger Level 20 Animate Guardian's Weapon when Animated Guardian Kills an Enemy
10% chance to Trigger Level 18 Animate Guardian's Weapon when Animated Weapon Kills an Enemy
(150-190)% increased Armour and Energy Shield
+(60-90) to maximum Life
Animated Guardian deals 5% increased Damage per Animated Weapon
Animated Minions' Melee Attacks deal Splash Damage to surrounding targets
Animated Minions' Melee Attacks deal 50% less Splash Damage to surrounding targets
You cannot have non-Animated Minions

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Animate Guardian of Smiting.

Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.

NameAnimate Guardian of Smiting | PoE Wiki (50)LabyrinthStatsSpawn Weighting
Enchantment Animate Guardian Damage 166Merciless LabyrinthAnimated Guardians deal 25% increased Damagehelmet 100
Enchantment Animate Guardian Damage 275Eternal LabyrinthAnimated Guardians deal 40% increased Damagehelmet 100
Enchantment Animate Guardian Elemental Resistances 166Merciless Labyrinth+24% to Animated Guardian Elemental Resistanceshelmet 100
Enchantment Animate Guardian Elemental Resistances 275Eternal Labyrinth+36% to Animated Guardian Elemental Resistanceshelmet 100

Version history

VersionChanges
3.24.0
  • Guardian now deals 30% more Damage with its Smite ability.
3.23.0
  • Added to the game.

References

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Gem tags
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  • Arcane
  • Attack
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  • Chaos
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  • Fire
  • Golem
  • Guard
  • Herald
  • Hex
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  • Link
  • Mark
  • Melee
  • Mine
  • Minion
  • Movement
  • Nova
  • Orb
  • Prismatic
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  • Physical
  • Slam
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