Shield Wall

Shield WallAoE, Physical, Duration
Tier: 7
Level: (1-40)
Cost: (14-1174) Mana
Attack Time: 1.25 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attack Damage: (60-1086)% of baseRam your Shield into the ground, throwing up a semi-circular wall of earth. Enemies can attack the walls and your Slams will instantly destroy them. Each wall segment explodes when destroyed, damaging enemies around it.Can have 2 Shield Walls active at a time
(4-88) to (6-132) Base Off Hand Physical Damage
6 to 8 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on Shield
Explosion radius is 4 metres
Wall duration is 6 seconds
Wall segments have (36-12714) maximum life

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Can have (0-2) Shield Walls active at a timePlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill.
Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemShieldWall

Shield Wall is a physical skill that slams your shield into the ground, throwing up walls of earth in a semi-circle. These walls can be damaged, obstruct incoming projectiles, and can hinder pathing. Upon being destroyed either by receiving damage or the character's Slam skills they explode, dealing damage to enemies. Shield Wall requires an equipped shield.

Skill functions and interactions

Despite it being an attack skill, the attack damage % used by Shield Wall is derived explicitly from the base off hand physical damage inherent to the gem itself. The amount of damage listed on a weapon in the main hand will not contribute to the Shield Wall damage. Mods such as X% increased Elemental Damage with Attacks found on main hand weapons, however, will increase the damage of Shield Wall if it is supported by Fire Infusion, Cold Infusion, or Lightning Infusion.

Focusing on the Armour value on your shield is one of the methods for scaling Shield Wall damage.

Passive tree nodes that contain the text X% increased Defences from Equipped Shield such as Towering Shield, Core of the Guardian, Spiked Shield, and Flashy Deflection do not impact Shield Wall damage. Instead, they impact the final Armour value added to the player rather than the implicit Armour value of the shield itself.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Attack Damage	Off Hand Physical Damage	Wall Segment Maximum Life
1	1	1	14	60%	4 to 6	36
2	3	9	15	66%	5 to 7	64
3	6	16	17	73%	7 to 10	108
4	10	25	19	80%	8 to 13	164
5	14	34	22	87%	10 to 16	240
6	18	43	24	94%	13 to 19	334
7	22	52	27	102%	15 to 23	460
8	26	61	31	109%	18 to 27	624
9	31	72	34	116%	21 to 31	832
10	36	83	38	123%	24 to 37	1100
11	41	95	43	131%	28 to 42	1438
12	46	106	48	140%	32 to 48	1866
13	52	119	54	149%	37 to 55	2408
14	58	133	61	160%	42 to 63	3086
15	64	146	68	171%	48 to 72	3940
16	66	151	77	183%	54 to 82	5016
17	72	164	86	197%	61 to 92	6362
18	78	178	96	211%	69 to 104	8032
19	84	191	108	227%	78 to 117	10118
20	90	205	121	245%	88 to 132	12714
21	—	—	135	264%	99 to 148	13254
22	—	—	152	284%	111 to 167	14371
23	—	—	170	306%	125 to 187	16378
24	—	—	191	330%	140 to 210	18862
25	—	—	214	355%	157 to 235	21933
26	—	—	239	383%	176 to 264	25733
27	—	—	268	413%	197 to 295	30412
28	—	—	300	444%	221 to 331	36199
29	—	—	337	479%	247 to 371	43314
30	—	—	377	516%	277 to 416	52080
31	—	—	422	556%	311 to 466	61975
32	—	—	473	599%	348 to 522	73751
33	—	—	530	645%	391 to 586	87763
34	—	—	594	695%	438 to 657	104438
35	—	—	665	748%	492 to 738	124281
36	—	—	745	806%	552 to 828	147895
37	—	—	835	869%	620 to 931	175995
38	—	—	936	936%	697 to 1046	209434
39	—	—	1048	1008%	784 to 1177	249226
40	—	—	1174	1086%	883 to 1324	296579

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I	FortressFortressTier: 1 Level: 1Supports skills that create walls in a line, causing them to be created in a circle instead but deal less Hit damage.Supported Skills deal 50% less damage with Hits Walls from Supported Skills are created in a circle insteadPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	HourglassHourglassTier: 1 Level: 1Supports any damaging skill that you use yourself, causing it to deal signification more damage but gain a long cooldown. Cannot support Skills which already have a cooldown.Supported Skills deal 40% more damage Supported Skills have +10 seconds to CooldownPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Magnified EffectMagnified EffectAoE Tier: 1 Level: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Supports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Supported Skills have 40% more area of EffectPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
II	Close CombatClose CombatAttack Tier: 2 Level: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Supports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Supported Skills deal 25% more Attack Damage to enemies within 1 metre of you, scaling down to no bonus at 3.5 metres or furtherPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Font of BloodFont of BloodTotem Tier: 2 Level: 1Supports Skills which create stationary objects. Objects created by supported Skills generate a Font of Blood, creating an Aura which grants Life regenerationFonts of Blood from Supported Skills grant 2% Life Regeneration per second to You and Your Allies. Objects created by Supported Skills create a Font of Blood with a 3 metre radiusPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	SplinterSplinterTier: 2 Level: 1Supports Skills that Hit Enemies, causing those Hits to Break Armour based on a portion of Physical Damage dealt.Break Armour equal to 15% of Physical Damage dealt by Supported SkillPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
III	Font of RageFont of RageTotem Tier: 3 Level: 1Supports Skills which create stationary objects. Objects created by supported Skills generate a Font of Rage, creating an Aura which grants Rage over time, as well as preventing Rage loss.Objects created by Supported Skills create a Font of Rage with a 3 metre radius Fonts of Rage from Supported Skills grant 2 Rage Regeneration per second to You and Your AlliesPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.		RageforgedRageforgedTier: 3 Level: 1Supports any damaging skill that you use or trigger yourself, causing it to consume Rage to deal more damage. If you don't have enough Rage to consume, the damage bonus will not apply.Supported Skills consume 10 Rage if possible to deal 35% more DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.

Item acquisition

Shield Wall has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Shield Wall has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Versão	Mudanças
0.1.0e	Resonating Shield, Shield Charge and Shield Wall now have 6-8 added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on your Shield at all Levels. Shield Wall explosions increased to 4 metres (from 2 metres). Shield Wall now can create a maximum of 2 walls (from 1 wall).
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.