Barrier Invocation

Barrier InvocationBuff, Persistent, Trigger, Meta
Tier: 8
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 60 SpiritWhile active, gains Energy when your Energy Shield is damaged by Enemy Hits. Using the Invocation once sufficient Energy is gathered will consume the Energy to trigger socketed Spells, and can trigger them multiple times if it has enough Energy.When Hit by an Enemy, gain 1 Energy for each 10 Energy Shield lost to damage taken
(0–57)% increased Energy gained
Maximum Energy is 500Place one or more Skill Gems into this Meta Gem's sockets in the Skills Panel. The socketed Skills will be incorporated into the Meta Gem's effect.

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

Barrier Invocation is a persistent buff Meta skill. The skill gains Energy whenever the user's energy shield is damaged by enemies. Using the Invocation will consume all stored energy and trigger the socketed spells a number of times, depending on the energy amount.

Gem level progression

Level
1	0	0	0
2	3	0	0
3	6	10	10
4	10	15	15
5	14	20	20
6	18	25	25
7	22	30	30
8	26	34	34
9	31	40	40
10	36	46	46
11	41	52	52
12	46	59	59
13	52	66	66
14	58	73	73
15	64	80	80
16	66	87	87
17	72	95	95
18	78	103	103
19	84	112	112
20	90	120	120

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	Coming Soon	Coming Soon
II	Coming Soon
III		Energy RetentionEnergy RetentionSupport, Trigger Category: Energy Retention Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Meta Skills. Supported Skills gain a chance to partially Refund a portion of Energy cost when Triggering or Invoking other Skills.Skills Triggered by Supported Meta Skills have 35% chance to refund half of their Energy costPlace 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
V

Item acquisition

Barrier Invocation has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Barrier Invocation has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.2.0	Barrier Invocation now only builds energy from enemy hits to Energy Shield rather than all hits to Energy Shield. Barrier Invocation now gains 1 Energy for each 10 Energy Shield lost to Damage Taken (previously 5).
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.