Tempest Shield

Tempest Shield is a spell that empowers your shield to deal lightning damage to enemies, arcing to nearby enemies, when you block their attacks. The skill expires after a duration but is refreshed after a successful block.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Damage on Blocking: This spell will damage the attacker whenever you successfully block any direct attack or spell (assuming you have passives or an item with x% of Block Chance applied to Spells to allow blocking of spells).

Chaining: The damage on block chains from the attacker to the nearest enemy in a range. The number of times the lightning damage chains can be increased by supporting Tempest Shield with or by equipping MjölnerMjölner
GavelOne Handed Mace
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: (108-129.6) to (202-242.4)
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.15
Weapon Range: 11Requires Level 60, 412 Str, 300 Int15% reduced Enemy Stun ThresholdTrigger a Socketed Lightning Spell on Hit, with a 0.15 second Cooldown
Socketed Lightning Spells have no Cost if Triggered
+300 Intelligence Requirement
+200 Strength Requirement
(80-120)% increased Physical Damage
Skills Chain +1 times
(30-40)% increased Lightning Damage with Attack SkillsLook the storm in the eye and you will have its respect..

Necromantic Aegis does not cause Tempest Shield to be applied to Minions. The block chance will be lost and Tempest Shield can no longer deal damage because you are not using a shield.

On hit effects: Tempest Shield can be supported with skills that provide bonuses on hit, such as , , and leech. These bonuses will be given whenever the player successfully blocks.

Weapon swapping: Switching weapon sets will not deactivate Tempest Shield, if that weapon set includes a shield.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Lightning Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	16	18	26	7	24 to 36	0	0
2	20	22	31	7	31 to 46	49725	49725
3	24	25	37	8	39 to 58	95714	145439
4	28	29	42	9	48 to 72	169595	315034
5	31	32	46	9	55 to 83	199345	514379
6	34	35	50	10	64 to 96	285815	800194
7	37	37	54	10	74 to 111	401344	1201538
8	40	40	58	11	85 to 127	554379	1755917
9	43	43	62	12	97 to 145	755049	2510966
10	46	46	66	12	110 to 165	1016533	3527499
11	49	48	70	13	125 to 187	1898602	5426101
12	52	51	74	13	141 to 212	1964019	7390120
13	55	54	78	14	159 to 239	2573731	9963851
14	58	57	82	14	180 to 269	4676439	14640290
15	60	59	84	15	194 to 291	3017327	17657617
16	62	60	87	15	210 to 315	7823001	25480618
17	64	62	90	15	227 to 340	15264208	40744826
18	66	64	92	16	245 to 367	26272845	67017671
19	68	66	95	16	264 to 396	62872274	129889945
20	70	68	98	16	284 to 426	212023122	341913067
21	72	70	100	17	306 to 459	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	17	330 to 494	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	18	354 to 532	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	18	381 to 572	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	18	410 to 614	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	19	440 to 660	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	19	472 to 708	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	19	507 to 760	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	20	543 to 815	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	20	583 to 874	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	20	603 to 905	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	20	624 to 937	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	21	646 to 969	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	21	669 to 1003	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	21	692 to 1038	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	21	716 to 1074	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	21	741 to 1112	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	22	767 to 1150	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	22	793 to 1190	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	22	820 to 1231	N/A	N/A

Version history

Version	Changes
2.0.0	Tempest Shield now deals arcing beams of damage to attackers when you block. This damage chains between enemies. It now has a mana cost and a duration instead of a reservation cost. Blocking refreshes the skill's duration. Due to these changes, it no longer persists between areas.
1.0.3	Fixed a bug where Tempest Shield could be activated with no reservation cost.
0.11.6b	Fixed an instance crash that occurred with Tempest Shield.
0.11.6	Fixed a bug where applying microtransaction effects to items cause disable the effect of Tempest Shield. Undocumented Change: Tempest Shield now stays active between area transitions.
0.11.4	Tempest shield can now generate more than one charge per skill use.
0.10.4	Tempest Shield now has a 0.5 second cooldown similar to auras, to prevent it being turned off by rapidly recasting it.
0.9.12k	Tempest Shield can no longer move between areas with you. It was broken when it did so.
0.9.7b	Tempest Shield's mana reservation now works properly.
0.9.6c	Fixed a client crash with Tempest Shield.
0.9.6b	Fixed various client crashes related to Tempest Shield.
0.9.6	Tempest Shield has been added to the game.

Lore

The symbol that appears on the character's shield when Tempest Shield is used is a Descry.