Sorcery Ward

Sorcery WardSpell, Buff, Persistent, Lightning, Cold, Fire
Level: (1-20)
Cast Time: 1.00 secPassively manifests a protective barrier which takes Elemental Damage from Hits for you until depleted. The barrier instantly recharges to its full value a short time after it stops taking damage or is fully depleted.Barrier recharges after (6.1–8) seconds
Elemental Damage from Hits is taken from the Barrier before your Life, Mana or Energy Shield
Barrier can take Elemental Damage up to 30% of your Armour and Evasion RatingSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Acquisition
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Granted by the Witchhunter ascendancy notable Obsessive Rituals.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemAscendancySorceryWard

Sorcery Ward is a buff spell skill granted by the Witchhunter ascendancy notable Obsessive Rituals. It grants the user a passive barrier that redirects elemental damage, up to an amount scaling with the user's Armour and Evasion Ratings.

Skill functions and interactions

The barrier is not considered to be a Guard effect, and therefore can be used with them.

Gem level progression

Level		Barrier recharge
1	0	8
2	3	7.9
3	6	7.8
4	10	7.7
5	14	7.6
6	18	7.5
7	22	7.4
8	26	7.3
9	31	7.2
10	36	7.1
11	41	7
12	46	6.9
13	52	6.8
14	58	6.7
15	64	6.6
16	66	6.5
17	72	6.4
18	78	6.3
19	84	6.2
20	90	6.1

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	Precision IPrecision ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Precision Tier: 1 Additional Reservation: 10 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 DexSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Accuracy while the Skill is active.30% Increased Accuracy Rating 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.	Vitality IVitality ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Vitality Tier: 1 Additional Reservation: 20 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the Skill is active.Regenerate 1% of maximum Life per second 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.
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.	Herbalism IHerbalism ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Herbalism Tier: 2 Additional Reservation: 15 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Life recovery from Flasks while the Skill is active.30% Increased Recovery from Life Flasks 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	Cannibalism ICannibalism ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Cannibalism Tier: 3 Additional Reservation: 15 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to recover Life on kill while the Skill is active.2% of maximum Life recovered on Kill 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.	Warm BloodedWarm BloodedSupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Warm Blooded Tier: 3 Additional Reservation: 15 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 DexSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing Freeze applied to you to last for a shorter duration while the Supported Skill is active.50% less Freeze duration on you 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.
IV	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.	Precision IIPrecision IISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Precision Tier: 4 Additional Reservation: 20 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 DexSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Accuracy while the Skill is active.50% Increased Accuracy Rating 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	Cold MasteryCold MasterySupport, Cold Category: Mastery Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Cold skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.+1 to Level of Supported Cold 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.

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Quality now grants Barrier can take Elemental Damage up to +0-5% of your Armour and Evasion Rating (previously +0-10%). The recharge time of Sorcery Ward no longer restarts when your Armour or Evasion changes.
0.2.0	The Obsessive Rituals Ascendancy Passive Skill now provides 35% less Armour and Evasion Rating (previously 50%). The Sorcery Ward Barrier recharge delay has also been reduced by 2 seconds at all Gem levels.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.