Dragontouched Smiting + Unarmed Combat?

[redspecter23]

I've got a smiting rune on my monk right now and I'm wondering if I should go get a new outfit and slot this in for running the new content. I could pair it with a nice set of greater construct bane wraps for maximum effect. Just wondering two things.

First, does it work with unarmed combat? I know that last time I checked, the destruction rune didn't work with unarmed so I'm unsure on what to expect with smiting.

Second, is the effect the old style smiting (DC based instakill on crit) or the new style smiting (4d6 damage on hit +100 damage or instakill on a 20)

Hopefully someone has some info on this before I potentially waste a rune on my monk trying it out.

[Baahb3]

I am pretty sure they are treated like the Banishing outfit from VoD.

You get the same effect on a 20 but not the 4d6 damage on every hit. Don't quote me on it but I believe that is how it works.

[MrCow]

As of Update 11 the Dragontouched Smiting effect is "Smiting Weapons". It allows your weapons to slay a construct on a confirmed critical hit of a natural 20 (providing they have 1000 or less HP). It grants no extra damage bonus against constructs.

Both before and after Update 11, Smiting (via Dragontouched) or Smiting Weapons (via Dragontouched) do not work on unarmed strikes.

[QuantumFX]

It will give your outfit the Smiting Weapons enchantment. (Like the Runearm from VoN6.)



Be careful though. That enchantment is notorious for being *weapons only*.

Screenshot of the U11 enchantment when DT outfits were invisible.

And… a combat log. Note that no extra damage is done. Making an insta kill effect work nicely with bane weapons is apparently too hard.

[redspecter23]

Thanks for the responses. I'm a bit disappointed, though not overly surprised that I can't use that with my unarmed strikes.