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	Clarity IClarity ISupport, Buff, Persistent Tier: 1 Reservation: 10 spiritSupport Requirements: +5 IntSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Mana Regeneration while the Skill is active.30% Increased Mana Regeneration Rate 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 Tier: 1 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	Boundless Energy IBoundless Energy ISupport Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 115%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Meta Skills. Supported Skills generate Energy significantly faster.Supported Skills gain 35% increased EnergyPlace 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.	Mysticism IMysticism ISupport, Buff, Persistent Tier: 2 Reservation: 15 spiritSupport Requirements: +5 IntSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to deal increased Spell Damage while on full Energy Shield while the Supported Skill is active.Deal 30% increased Spell Damage while on full Energy Shield 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	Energy CapacitorEnergy CapacitorSupport Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Invocation Skills which Trigger other Skills. Supported Skills have significantly higher Maximum Energy.Supported Meta Gems have 80% increased Maximum EnergyPlace 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.	FlukeFlukeSupport, Trigger Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills which Trigger other Skills. Skills Triggered by Supported Skills have their Damage randomly raised or lowered when Triggered, as well as recovering a random amount of their cost when Triggered.Skills Triggered by Supported Skills deal between 40% less and 60% more Damage Skills Triggered by Supported Skills recover between 0% and 20% of cost on usePlace 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	Boundless Energy IIBoundless Energy IISupport Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 115%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Meta Skills. Supported Skills generate Energy significantly faster.Supported Skills gain 45% increased EnergyPlace 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.	Clarity IIClarity IISupport, Buff, Persistent Tier: 4 Reservation: 20 spiritSupport Requirements: +5 IntSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Mana Regeneration while the Skill is active.50% Increased Mana Regeneration Rate 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.
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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.