Smith Of Kitava "Temper Weapon" Skill AoE (Combust) does not work

Bumping once more for visibility on this issue.
I have the same issue. Removed all support gems, and tested on cruel act 1 witch boss. My damage is exactly the same on hit with and without temper.
Its a little disheartening to see this still hasn't been properly addressed. I was very excited to play Smith for this passive specifically and promptly rerolled back to Witchhunter after finding it to be bugged. Its even more disheartening when you do a clever test to objectively prove it to be bugged and are more or less dismissed because there was a misunderstanding (and not on my end) about the test parameters. Not trying to complain or be whiny, but come on now this is starting to become absurd when the skill is clearly bugged and provably so.

Once again, the testing proof:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Hs0tMy3Nk

Resolute Technique to eliminate misses, Crackling Quarterstaff + Brutality on the source attack, not Temper Weapon. This is to completely isolate the Temper Weapon as the only source of possible damage. Tooltip reads 385 average damage, and yet is completely unable to damage a basic Act 1 enemy.
Last edited by Xanthochroid#2812 on Apr 8, 2025, 12:49:27 AM
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Its a little disheartening to see this still hasn't been properly addressed. I was very excited to play Smith for this passive specifically and promptly rerolled back to Witchhunter after finding it to be bugged. Its even more disheartening when you do a clever test to objectively prove it to be bugged and are more or less dismissed because there was a misunderstanding (and not on my end) about the test parameters. Not trying to complain or be whiny, but come on now this is starting to become absurd when the skill is clearly bugged and provably so.

Once again, the testing proof:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Hs0tMy3Nk

Resolute Technique to eliminate misses, Crackling Quarterstaff + Brutality on the source attack, not Temper Weapon. This is to completely isolate the Temper Weapon as the only source of possible damage. Tooltip reads 385 average damage, and yet is completely unable to damage a basic Act 1 enemy.

I have also tested it. There is damage after enchanting, but in the face of its 714% damage effectiveness, what actually works might only be 71%.
This is the only bright spot of the profession of Smith of Kitava, but it is indeed ineffective.
I just tested using the damage numbers on a boss. If it is adding any damage at all it is negligible. I couldn't see any significant change in damage when using a normal mace attack compared to an empowered mace attack after using Temper Weapon. Oh by the way infernal cry almost doubled the damage on my swing and isn't a 4 second channel lol. Please just check the numbers on this skill. It's not working.
I can confirm that temper weapon is bugged, also another bug I found while playing online coop with my friend is that he can't even see me hitting the anvil when I activate the skill, so there must be something bugged with it server wise, as if it doesn't register that you are using it.
Same issue, tested on various mobs with and without supports. Seems to be doing nothing at the moment.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dsks0-fG2ro

Made a very simple test video to show that the skill is broken.
Bumping for visibility ...again
Can confirm that it's bugged. Animation plays and it deals 0 damage.

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