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Best Ascendancy for Resistances

7 ascendancies ranked by nodes about resistances · Path of Exile 2✓ Checked against game files · 0.5.5
Smith of KitavaSmith of KitavaWarrior · 5 nodes

Smith of Kitava (Warrior) has the most ascendancy nodes about resistances: 5, among them Coal Stoker, Forged in Flame and Tantalum Alloy. Next: Acolyte of Chayula (3), Shaman (2) and Gemling Legionnaire (1). 7 of 22 ascendancies have at least one such node. Counted: nodes about resistances. Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.

A count is not a damage number: one notable can matter more than four small passives, so each row lists the nodes it counts. Pick the ascendancy, then read them. Abyssal Lich is left out: its nodes are in the files but not on this patch's passive tree.

Ascendancies by nodes about resistances

  1. 1
    Smith of Kitava
    Warrior · 3 notables
    5nodes
    • Coal Stoker
      Modifiers to Fire Resistance also grant Cold and Lightning Resistance at 50% of their value
    • Forged in Flame
      Modifiers to Maximum Fire Resistance also grant Maximum Cold and Lightning Resistance
    • Tantalum Alloy
      Body Armour grants +75% to Fire Resistance
    • Fire Resistance
      +8% to Fire Resistance
    • Fire Resistance
      +8% to Fire Resistance
  2. 2
    Acolyte of Chayula
    Monk · 2 notables
    3nodes
    • Chayula's Gift
      +10% to Maximum Chaos Resistance
      Chaos Resistance is doubled
    • Deepening Shadows
      1% increased maximum Darkness per 1% Chaos Resistance
    • Chaos Resistance
      +7% to Chaos Resistance
  3. 3
    Shaman
    Druid · 0 notables
    2nodes
    • Elemental Resistances
      +3% to all Elemental Resistances
    • Elemental Resistances
      +3% to all Elemental Resistances
  4. 4
    Gemling Legionnaire
    Mercenary · 1 notable
    1nodes
    • Thaumaturgical Infusion
      +1% to Maximum Cold Resistance per 3 Blue Support Gems Socketed
      +1% to Maximum Fire Resistance per 3 Red Support Gems Socketed
      +1% to Maximum Lightning Resistance per 3 Green Support Gems Socketed
  5. 5
    Invoker
    Monk · 1 notable
    1nodes
  6. 6
    Spirit Walker
    Huntress · 1 notable
    1nodes
    • Idolatry
      -4% to all Elemental Resistances per non-Idol Augment in your Equipment
  7. 7
    Ritualist
    Huntress · 0 notables
    1nodes
    • Reduced Resistances
      -20% to all Elemental Resistances

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How it is counted: a node counts when one of its lines (or the description of the skill it grants) matches the theme's words, read from the game's passive tree and stat files. Compare two ascendancies to see all their nodes.