Magma Barrier

Magma BarrierBuff, Attack, Persistent, AoE, Melee, Trigger, Fire, Duration
Tier: 4
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 30 Spirit
Attack Damage: (120-490)% of baseWhen you raise your Shield it is infused with magma for a short time. Blocking during this time will spray magma at the attacker and grant you an Endurance Charge.Raising your shield infuses it with magma for 0.5 seconds
Cannot perform a magma-infused block for 0.75 seconds after magma dissipates
Gain Endurance Charge on Block

Magma Spray
Critical Hit Chance: 5.00%
Attack Damage: (120-490)% of base
(2-4) to (3-6) Added Fire Damage per 15 Armour on Shield
(4-234) to (7-351) Base Off Hand Fire Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Raising your shield infuses it with magma for (0-0.2) secondsPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill.
Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.

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

Magma Barrier is an persistent buff skill. When you active block an attack with Raise ShieldRaise ShieldAttack, AoE, Melee, Physical, Channelling
Level: 1
Attack Time: 0.55 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attack Damage: 80% of baseRequires: Armoured ShieldRaise your Shield to Block all incoming Blockable hits. Release immediately after Blocking when an enemy is close to perform a Shield Bash, damaging and Stunning enemies. While your Shield is raised you cannot be Light Stunned by hits you Block, but Blocking too much damage may Heavy Stun you. You cannot Evade while your Shield is raised, but Evasion instead grants an equal chance to avoid this Heavy Stun buildup.Shield Bash causes 600% more Heavy Stun buildup
Shield Bash always Light Stuns
Shield Bash Dazes if holding a Tower Shield
Shield Bash can't be Evaded
Shield Bash deals 3 to 4 Physical Damage per 5 Armour on ShieldSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel. or ParryParryAttack, Melee, Physical, Duration, Channelling
Level: 1
Attack Time: 0.75 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attack Damage: 65% of baseRequires: BucklerReady your Buckler to parry the next Strike or Projectile that would Hit you, Blocking the Hit and retaliating with a quick sweep that leaves enemies off balance, causing them to take massively increased Attack damage for a short duration. Parrying causes you to accumulate Heavy Stun buildup. You cannot Evade a Hit you could parry, but Evasion instead grants an equal chance to avoid this Heavy Stun buildup.Can't be Evaded
400% more Stun buildup
Can Block Damage from enemies within 1 metre
Parried Debuff makes targets take 50% more Attack Damage
Parried Debuff duration is 2 seconds
3 to 4 Added Physical Damage per 5 Evasion Rating on BucklerSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel., it triggers a magma spray attack that deals fire damage based on your shield's armour and evasion rating to enemies in front of you and grants an endurance charge. The effect must then recharge before it can be used again. It also passively grants increased block chance.

Skill functions and interactions

Base damage from this skill scales off of the equipped shield's Armour and Evasion Rating. Conditional modifiers that increase the Armour and/or Evasion 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.

Blocking with Magma Barrier during the first 0.5 seconds of its activation will not place Magma Barrier on its internal cooldown, allowing it to be used in quick succession with each successful block that is within the allotted window.[Likely due to a bug]

Gem level progression

Level			Attack Damage	Off Hand Fire Damage	Added Fire Damage
1	1	1	120%	4 to 7	2 to 3
2	3	9	132%	6 to 9	2 to 3
3	6	16	146%	8 to 11	2 to 3
4	10	25	160%	10 to 15	2 to 3
5	14	34	174%	12 to 19	2 to 3
6	18	43	189%	15 to 23	2 to 4
7	22	52	204%	19 to 29	2 to 4
8	26	61	218%	24 to 35	2 to 4
9	31	72	232%	29 to 43	2 to 4
10	36	83	246%	35 to 53	2 to 4
11	41	95	262%	43 to 64	3 to 5
12	46	106	280%	51 to 77	3 to 5
13	52	119	299%	62 to 93	3 to 5
14	58	133	319%	75 to 113	3 to 5
15	64	146	342%	91 to 136	3 to 5
16	66	151	367%	110 to 164	4 to 6
17	72	164	393%	132 to 198	4 to 6
18	78	178	423%	160 to 240	4 to 6
19	84	191	455%	193 to 290	4 to 6
20	90	205	490%	234 to 351	4 to 6

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	Charge Profusion ICharge Profusion ISupport Category: Charge Profusion Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills that can generate Charges, giving them a chance to generate an additional Charge when they do so.Supported Skills have 30% chance to grant an additional ChargePlace 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.	Compressed Duration ICompressed Duration ISupport, Duration Category: Compressed Duration Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that has a duration making that duration shorter.Supported Skills have 30% less Skill Effect DurationPlace 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.	Fire AttunementFire AttunementSupport, Attack, Fire Category: Fire Attunement Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attacks, causing them to Gain Fire Damage but deal less Cold and Lightning Damage.Supported Attacks Gain 25% of Damage as extra Fire Damage Supported Attacks deal 50% less Cold and Lightning 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.
II	Direstrike IDirestrike ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Direstrike Tier: 2 Additional Reservation: 20 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to deal increased Attack Damage while on Low Life while the Supported Skill is active.Deal 50% increased Attack Damage while on Low Life while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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.	Elemental Armament IIElemental Armament IISupport, Attack Category: Elemental Armament Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Supported Skills deal 25% more Elemental Attack 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.	Thornskin IThornskin ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Thornskin Tier: 2 Additional Reservation: 20 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to deal increased Thorns Damage while the Supported Skill is active.Deal 40% increased Thorns Damage while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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	Close Combat IClose Combat ISupport, Attack Category: Close Combat Tier: 3 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 20% 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.	Compressed Duration IICompressed Duration IISupport, Duration Category: Compressed Duration Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that has a duration making that duration shorter.Supported Skills have 35% less Skill Effect DurationPlace 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.	ImmolateImmolateSupport, Fire, Payoff Category: Immolate Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attacks, granting them extra Fire damage against Ignited enemies but making them unable to Ignite enemies themselves.Supported Skills cannot Ignite Supported Attacks Gain 30% of Damage as extra Fire Damage against Ignited enemiesPlace 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	Culling Strike ICulling Strike ISupport, Attack Category: Culling Strike Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attack Skills, causing them to Cull Rare and Unique Enemies on Hit.Supported Skills have Culling Strike against Rare or Unique EnemiesPlace 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.	Direstrike IIDirestrike IISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Direstrike Tier: 4 Additional Reservation: 40 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to deal increased Attack Damage while on Low Life while the Supported Skill is active.Deal 70% increased Attack Damage while on Low Life while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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.	Thornskin IIThornskin IISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Thornskin Tier: 4 Additional Reservation: 40 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to deal increased Thorns Damage while the Supported Skill is active.Deal 70% increased Thorns Damage while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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	Charge Profusion IICharge Profusion IISupport Category: Charge Profusion Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills that can generate Charges, giving them a chance to generate an additional Charge when they do so, as well as a chance to generate an additional Charge of a random type.Supported Skills have 30% chance to grant an additional Charge Supported Skills have 15% chance to grant an additional random ChargePlace 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.	Culling Strike IICulling Strike IISupport, Attack Category: Culling Strike Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attack Skills, causing them to Cull Rare and Unique Enemies on Hit, and increasing the threshold at which they will Cull Enemies.Supported Skills have Culling Strike against Rare or Unique Enemies Gain 20% increased Culling Strike Threshold for 20 seconds on Culling with Supported SkillsPlace 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.	Fire MasteryFire MasterySupport, Fire Category: Mastery Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Fire skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.+1 to Level of Supported Fire SkillsPlace 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

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

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Magma Barrier has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Magma Barrier: Now passively increases your chance to Block while active. Over time, it charges up with lava. While fully charged, your next Block with your Shield raised will spray lava in front of you and grant you an Endurance Charge. Now grants 25% increased Block Chance. Magma Spray now has 6 to 8 Added Fire Damage per 15 Evasion on Shield, and has a radius of 2.8 metres. Magma Spray deals 12-103 to 20-155 Base Off Hand Fire Damage at Gem levels 3-20 (previously 23-177 to 34-265), and 227%-684% Attack Damage (previously 172-471%). Quality now provides +0-5% increased Block Chance (previously Raising your shield infuses it with magma for 0-0.2 seconds).
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. Magma Spray (from the Magma Barrier skill) now deals 6-10 to 151-226 base Fire damage at gem levels 1-20 (previously 4-7 to 234-351). It now has 6 to 8 Added Fire Damage per 15 Armour on Shield at all levels (previously 2-4 at gem level 1 and 3-6 at gem level 20). It now has a damage effectiveness of 130-405% (previously 120-490%).
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.