Shield Wall

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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 base
Ram 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 time
Place 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

The attack damage % used by Shield Wall is derived explicitly from the base off hand physical damage inherent to the gem itself. No amount of damage on a weapon in the main hand will contribute to Shield Wall damage.

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

LevelRequired LevelRequired StrengthMana
Cost
Attack
Damage
Off Hand
Physical
Damage
Wall Segment
Maximum Life
1001365%4 to 6
2391571%6 to 9
36141879%10 to 15
410212086%13 to 20
514282393%17 to 26
6183525100%21 to 32
7224128108%26 to 38
8264832115%30 to 45
9315735121%35 to 53
10366539128%40 to 60
11417443136%45 to 68
12468247144%51 to 76
13529251153%57 to 85
145810356162%63 to 94
156411361172%69 to 103
166611666183%75 to 113
177212672195%82 to 123
187813778207%89 to 133
198414785221%96 to 144
209015792235%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 Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Fortress" HourglassHourglassSupport
Category: Grants Cooldown
Tier: 1
Cooldown Time: 10.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any damaging skill that you use yourself, causing it to deal significantly more damage but gain a long cooldown. Cannot support Skills which already have a cooldown.Supported Skills deal 30% more Damage
Supported Skills have a Cooldown of 10 seconds
Place 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.
Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Magnified Effect"
II Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Close Combat" Font of BloodFont of BloodSupport, Totem
Category: Font
Tier: 2
Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create Totems. Totems created by supported Skills generate a Font of Blood which will Leech Life to Allies within it.Totems created by Supported Skills create a Blood Font with a radius of 4 metres
Allies in Blood Fonts Leech Life equal to 12% of Physical Damage dealt by Supported Totem
Place 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.
Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Splinter"
III Font of RageFont of RageSupport, Totem
Category: Font
Tier: 3
Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create Totems. Totems created by supported Skills generate a Font of Rage which will Leech Rage to Allies within it.Totems created by Supported Skills create a Rage Font with a radius of 4 metres
Allies in Rage Fonts Leech Rage equal to 0.8% of Physical Damage dealt by Supported Totem
Place 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.
Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Rageforged"
IV
V

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:

ItemDescription

Version history

Version Changes
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.