Shield Wall

Shield WallAttack, AoE, Melee, Physical, Duration
Tier: 7
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (13-92) Mana
Attack Time: 1.25 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attack Damage: (65-235)% of baseRequires: Armoured ShieldRam your Shield into the ground, throwing up a wall of earth. Enemies can attack your wall segments, and your Slams, Warcries, and Shield Charge will instantly shatter them all. The segments explode when shattered, damaging enemies in front of and around them.(4-103) to (6-155) Base Off Hand Physical Damage
6 to 8 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on Shield
Can have 2 Shield Walls active at a time
Explosion length is 4 metres
Wall duration is 6 seconds
Wall Segments have (36-12714) maximum Life
80% less damage if destroyed within 0.5 seconds by something other than you
100% more Damage if destroyed by your Skills

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(2-40)% more Damage if destroyed by your SkillsSkills 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 an attack skill for armoured shields. The skill creates a wall of earth in front of the user. This wall can be damaged, obstruct incoming projectiles, and can hinder pathing. Upon being destroyed either by receiving enough damage or by the creator using a Slam, Warcry, or Shield ChargeShield ChargeAttack, AoE, Melee, Physical, Channelling, Travel
Tier: 3
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-64) Mana
Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec
Attack Time: 0.50 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attack Damage: (70-218)% of baseChannel to charge in the target direction. You will crash into enemies on your path, stopping your charge and dealing damage to enemies in an area, and extra damage to the enemies you collided with. While charging, your Shield is raised and you will Block all incoming Blockable hits.Area of Effect
(4-88) to (6-132) Base Off Hand Physical Damage
6 to 8 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on Shield
Impact radius is 2.4 metres

Collision
Attack Damage: (210-655)%
Knocks Back Enemies
50% more Stun buildup
Impact radius is 2.4 metres
6 to 8 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on Shield

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0-10)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill.
Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel., the wall explodes, dealing damage to enemies in an area in front of it.

Skill functions and interactions

Base damage from this skill scales off of the equipped shield's Armour rating. Conditional modifiers that increase the Armour provided by the shield do not contribute towards the skill's damage. Passive skills with the mod X% increased Defences from Equipped Shield does not affect the skill's damage.

Your weapon's local modifiers will not scale the damage of this skill. Damage is classified as off-hand damage regardless of the type of weapon you have equipped in your main hand or if you're unarmed.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Attack Damage	Off Hand Physical Damage	Wall Segment Maximum Life
1	0	0	13	65%	4 to 6	—
2	3	9	15	71%	6 to 9	—
3	6	14	18	79%	10 to 15	—
4	10	21	20	86%	13 to 20	—
5	14	28	23	93%	17 to 26	—
6	18	35	25	100%	21 to 32	—
7	22	41	28	108%	26 to 38	—
8	26	48	32	115%	30 to 45	—
9	31	57	35	121%	35 to 53	—
10	36	65	39	128%	40 to 60	—
11	41	74	43	136%	45 to 68	—
12	46	82	47	144%	51 to 76	—
13	52	92	51	153%	57 to 85	—
14	58	103	56	162%	63 to 94	—
15	64	113	61	172%	69 to 103	—
16	66	116	66	183%	75 to 113	—
17	72	126	72	195%	82 to 123	—
18	78	137	78	207%	89 to 133	—
19	84	147	85	221%	96 to 144	—
20	90	157	92	235%	103 to 155	—

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	Brutality IBrutality ISupport, Physical Category: Brutality Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that deals damage, boosting its Physical damage at the expense of all other Damage Types.Supported Skills deal 25% more Physical Damage Supported Skills deal no Chaos Damage Supported Skills deal no Elemental DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Fortress IFortress ISupport Category: Fortress Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports skills that create walls in a line, causing them to be created in a circle instead but deal less Hit damage.Supported Skills deal 40% 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 Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Magnified Area IMagnified Area ISupport, AoE Category: Increased Area of Effect Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Supported Skills have 35% increased 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 Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
II	Brutality IIBrutality IISupport, Physical Category: Brutality Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that deals damage, boosting its Physical damage at the expense of all other Damage Types.Supported Skills deal 30% more Physical Damage Supported Skills deal no Chaos Damage Supported Skills deal no Elemental DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Skittering Stone ISkittering Stone ISupport, Minion, Physical, Duration Category: Skittering Stone Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create shatterable earthen objects. After killing enough Enemies in range of these objects, they will shatter, releasing skittering stone Minions.After 5 Enemies are killed within 4 metres of objects created by Supported Skills, they will shatter and Trigger Skittering Stones Skittering Stones Creates Skittering Stone Minions from shattered objects created by Supported Skill. Minions from this skill have 1% increased Damage per 1 of your Strength Creates 1 Skittering Stone Level of Minions is based on Level of Triggering Skill Minion duration is 10 seconds Limit 8 Skittering StonesPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Vanguard IIVanguard IISupport Category: Vanguard Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Shield Skills, causing you to gain Guard on Stunning Enemies with the Supported Skill.Gain 2 Guard per ten Strength when you Stun an Enemy Gain an additional 6 Guard per ten Strength if Heavily Stunning Guard duration is 4 secondsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
III	Fortress IIFortress IISupport Category: Fortress Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports skills that create walls in a line, causing them to be created in a circle instead but deal less Hit damage and have lowered Area of Effect.Supported Skills have 20% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 30% 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 Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Magnified Area IIMagnified Area IISupport, AoE Category: Increased Area of Effect Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger at the cost of damage.Supported Skills have 45% increased Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 10% less Area DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
IV	Rage IIRage IISupport, Attack, Melee Category: Rage Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Melee Attacks, causing them to grant Rage on Hit.Supported Skills grant 5 Rage on Melee HitPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Skittering Stone IISkittering Stone IISupport, Minion, Physical, Duration Category: Skittering Stone Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create shatterable earthen objects. After killing enough Enemies in range of these objects, they will shatter, releasing skittering stone Minions.After 5 Enemies are killed within 4 metres of objects created by Supported Skills, they will shatter and Trigger Skittering Stones Skittering Stones Creates Skittering Stone Minions from shattered objects created by Supported Skill. Minions from this skill have 1% increased Damage per 1 of your Strength Creates 2 Skittering Stone Level of Minions is based on Level of Triggering Skill Minion duration is 20 seconds Limit 12 Skittering StonesPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
V	Brutality IIIBrutality IIISupport, Physical Category: Brutality Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that deals damage, boosting its Physical damage at the expense of all other Damage Types, as well as giving Hits from that skill a chance to ignore Physical Damage reduction.Supported Skills deal 30% more Physical Damage Supported Skills deal no Chaos Damage Supported Skills deal no Elemental Damage Hits with Supported Skills have 20% chance to ignore Enemy Physical Damage reductionPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Close Combat IIClose Combat IISupport, Attack Category: Close Combat Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Supported Skills deal 30% 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 Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	HeftHeftSupport, Physical Category: Heft Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which deal Damage, increasing the maximum Physical Damage of their Hits.Supported Skills deal 30% more Maximum Physical Hit DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.

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:

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Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Shield Wall: Curvature has been reduced, and wall is now approximately 40% longer by default. Now has a base explosion radius of 4 metres (previously 3 metres) and additionally damages enemies in close proximity to the wall in all directions when exploding. You can now use Shield Charge to bash straight through the wall. When the wall is destroyed by your own skills, the entire wall is destroyed at once rather than only nearby segments. However, this can only deal damage to each enemy once. Now has 108-235% Attack Damage at Gem levels 7-20 (previously 147-281%), and now has 100% more Damage if destroyed by your Skills. Now deals 80% less damage if destroyed by enemies in the first 0.5 seconds of its duration. Quality now provides 0-40% more Damage if destroyed by your Skills, instead of Can have +0-2 Shield Walls active at a time. Using Shield Wall with your target location out of Line of Sight will now cause you to use the Skill towards that direction, rather than fail.
0.2.0e	Shield Wall can now be detonated by Warcries as well as Slams.
0.2.0	Many Skills have had their base damage and/or damage growth per level rebalanced. Most of these changes are not specifically mentioned below as the changes are too widespread. The mana cost for all Attacks, Marks and Warcries has been reduced, most notably at higher Gem levels. Shield Wall segment Life past Gem level 20 now matches that of Ice Crystals (from Frost Wall for example), this is a reduction in total Life. Explosion radius is now 4 metres (previously 3). Now restricted to Armoured Shields.[Undocumented]
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.