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Smert the Apostate

Ability
Miracle
Passive
Deadly Revelation
Skill nodes
12
Found in
Prophet's Rest, Fainweald

Smert the Apostate is one of nine Shells in Mortal Shell 2 — the body the Harbinger occupies, and the one slot a weapon cannot make up for. Its active is Miracle. Its passive, Deadly Revelation, runs for free. The skill tree holds twelve nodes across four tiers, opened by spending Glimpses at the Shellkeeper. You claim it in Prophet's Rest, Fainweald.

“Truth is the final revelation before death.”

Abilities

ActiveMiracle — Smert halts time, entering a Fight Stance. Unarmed attacks apply Chaos stacks that detonate for damage when time resumes. Miracle can be pushed into Overtime at the cost of Health.
PassiveDeadly Revelation — At 10% health or lower, Smert has Faith.

Our take

Miracle stops time and turns you unarmed — Chaos stacks applied during the pause detonate when it resumes. Deadly Revelation only switches on at 10% health or lower. Both halves want you at the edge, which makes Smert the clearest glass cannon of the nine and the worst first pick.

Skill tree

Spend Glimpses at the Shellkeeper to raise this Shell's bond and open the next tier. Every node takes several levels of its own, so the tree is a question of what to finish rather than what to reach — and the last level of a node is usually where its effect changes rather than merely grows.

Tier 1

Novertime

Each level improves Smert's Miracle

  1. 1Miracle lasts 3s longer before going into Overtime
  2. 2Smert takes -20% the damage while in Overtime
  3. 3Miracle lasts 5s longer before going into Overtime
  4. 4Smert takes 5s the damage while in Overtime

Devotion

Each level improves Smert's Deadly Revelation

  1. 1Faith regenerates 120% the Resolve
  2. 2Faith regenerates 130% the Resolve
  3. 3While Faithful any Resolve gain has 20% chance to fill Resolve completely

Absolution

Each level grants a new effect against negative conditions

  1. 1Smert has 15% mitigation against Poison, Burn, Lightning and Frost
  2. 2Smert's mitigation of negative conditions is increased by 40% while Faithful
  3. 3Whenever a negative condition is mitigated Smert restores 5 Health
  4. 4When activating Miracle all negative conditions on Smert are cured

Tier 2

Striker

Each level improves Smert's Miracle

  1. 1Fists inflict +1 Chaos stacks
  2. 2Fists inflict +2 Chaos stacks
  3. 3Each detonated Chaos stack deals +3 damage

Fervor

Each level improves Smert's Deadly Revelation

  1. 1Smert gains Faith at 20% or lower health
  2. 2Smert gains Faith at 25% or lower health
  3. 3Smert gains Faith at 35% or lower health

Resilience

Each level makes Smert more resistant from being severed

  1. 1At 10% or lower Health, Smert has 15% chance to negate a fatal blow healing by 5 instead
  2. 2At 15% or lower Health, Smert has 25% chance to negate a fatal blow healing by 10 instead
  3. 3At 25% or lower Health, Smert has 30% chance to negate a fatal blow healing by 15 instead

Tier 3

Kicker

Gain access to a Kick while in Fight Stance

  1. 1Kicks inflict 3 Chaos stacks
  2. 2Kicks detonate Chaos stacks immediately
  3. 3Kicking an enemy has 15% chance to double their Chaos stacks before detonation

Tenacity

While Faithful:

  1. 1Miracle cost -10% Resolve to activate
  2. 2Miracle cost -20% Resolve to activate
  3. 3Miracle cost -30% Resolve to activate

Last Vow

Smert permanently enters his Fight Stance and no longer uses a melee weapon

  1. 1Fight Stance attacks deal 20 damage and 15 Stagger Damage
  2. 2Fight Stance attacks have 15% chance to restore 5 health
  3. 3Fight Stance attacks have +12% chance to strike critically
  4. 4Fight Stance attacks have 15% chance to deal massive Stagger Damage

Tier 4

Beatdown

Gain access to a Ground Punch while in Fight Stance that resumes time immediately

  1. 1Ground Punch deals 5 Chaos stacks to all enemies in range
  2. 2Ground Punch deals 8 Chaos stacks to all enemies in range
  3. 3Ground Punch covers 150% the radius

Blessing

When Faithful:

  1. 1Any healing received deals 10 splash damage around Smert
  2. 2Any healing received deals 15 splash damage around Smert
  3. 3Any healing received deals 20 splash damage around Smert

Limitless

While Miracle is active:

  1. 1For every 32 Chaos stacks inflicted Smert has 5% chance to replenish Miracle’s duration by 3s
  2. 2For every 28 Chaos stacks inflicted Smert has 10% chance to replenish Miracle’s duration by 3s
  3. 3For every 25 Chaos stacks inflicted Smert has 15% chance to replenish Miracle’s duration by 3s

Where to find it

The route to it passes through:

Fainweald

Elsewhere in the wiki

Named on

My Brether

In-game

Smert Location Mortal Shell 2
Smert Location Mortal Shell 2
Smert Shell Location Mortal Shell 2
Smert Shell Location Mortal Shell 2