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Shield is a Skill Tag in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2). Read on to learn what skills and gems that have the Shield tag, the affixes, Uniques, and what Shield is!

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What is Shield?

Shield In-Game Description

Shields are armour items that are equipped in your off hand. While holding a Shield you have a chance to passively Block. Shields other than Bucklers an also be raised to Block all incoming Strikes and Projectiles from the front.

Shield Uniques

Unique Gear with Shield

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List of Unique Equipment

Shield Affixes

All Affixes with Shield

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Shield Skills

Shield in Ascendancy Skills

Skill Effect
RenlyRenly's Training Gain 35% Base Chance to Block from Equipped Shield instead of the Shield's value

List of Ascendancy Skills

Shield in Passives

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Passive Skill Tree Guide and List of Passives

Shield Gems

All Shield Skill Gems

Gem Effects
Fortifying Cry ImageFortifying Cry Fortifying Cry:
・Warcry Radius is 4 metres
・Guard duration is 4 seconds
・Can Trigger Shield Wave once per 5 Enemy Power in range, counting up to 50 Power
・Grants 30 Guard for every 5 Enemy Power in range, counting up to 20 Power
Shield Wave:
・Crit Hit Chance: 5.00%
・Attack Damage: 97%
・29 to 43 Base Off Hand Physical Damage
・6 to 8 added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on Shield
・This attack is Triggered by Fortifying Cry and counts as Empowered by it
・Shockwave Radius is 2 metres
・Modifiers to Damage with Warcries affect this skill.
Resonating Shield ImageResonating Shield ・Hits Break 14 Armour
・10 to 16 Base Off Hand Physical damage
・2 to 3 added Physical damage per 15 Armour on Shield
・Cannot be Empowered by Warcries
・Shockwave Radius 1.8 Metres
Shield Charge ImageShield Charge Area of Effect:
・7 to 10 Base Off Hand Physical damage
・2 to 3 added Physical Damage per Armour on Shield
・Impact Radius is 2.4 metres
Collision:
・7 to 10 Base Hand Physical Damage
・Knock Back enemies
・2 to 3 added Physical damage per 15 Armour on Shield
・50% more Stun Buildup
・Impact Radius is 2.4 Metres
Shield Wall ImageShield Wall ・Can have 1 Shield Wall active at a time
・15 to 23 Base Off Hand Physical damage
・2 to 4 added Physical damage per 15 armor on the shield
・Explosion radius is 4M
・Wall duration is 6s
・Wall Segments have 460 maximum Life

List of Skill Gems

All Shield Support Gems

Gem Effects
Derange ImageDerange ・Supported Skills gain an Energy Shield cost equal to your intelligence
・Supported Skills Deal 8% more non-Ailment Damage over time per 100 Intelligence
Energy Barrier ImageEnergy Barrier ・Energy Shield recharge begins immediately and is not interrupted by Damage for 2 seconds when stunned while using supported skills
Mysticism I ImageMysticism I ・Deal 30% increased Spell Damage while on full Energy Shield while a Supported Skill is active
Mysticism II ImageMysticism II ・Deal 40% increased Spell Damage while on Full Energy Shield while a Supported Skill is Active
Shock Siphon ImageShock Siphon ・Recover 4% of Energy Shield when a supported skill deals a Killing Blow to a Shocked enemy
Vanguard I ImageVanguard I ・Gain 2 Guard per Ten Strength when you Stun an Enemy
・Gain an additional 4 Guard per Ten Strength if Heavily Stunning
・Guard duration is 4 seconds.
Vanguard II ImageVanguard II ・Gain 2 Guard per Ten Strength when you Stun an Enemy
・Gain an additional 6 Guard per Ten Strength if Heavily Stunning
・Guard duration is 4 seconds.

List of Support Gems

All Shield Spirit Gems

Gem Effects
Barkskin ImageBarkskin ・When hit by an enemy, gain armour equal to 32% of energy shield lost
・Buff duration is 6 seconds
Barrier Invocation ImageBarrier Invocation ・When hit by an enemy, gain 1 Energy for each 10 Energy Shield lost to Damage taken
・30% increased Energy gained
・Maximum Energy is 500
Convalescence ImageConvalescence ・Buff duration is 3.15 seconds
・Cooldown does not recover during Buff effect
Ghost Dance ImageGhost Dance ・3.85 second duration between gaining Ghost Shrouds
・When Hit, Consume a Ghost Shroud to recover Energy Shield equal to 5% of your Evasion
Grim Feast ImageGrim Feast ・Grim Remnants recover 17 Energy Shield
・50% chance to spawn a Remnant when an enemy or Reviving Minion dies in your Presence
Magma Barrier ImageMagma Barrier Buff:
・Raising your shield infuses it with magma for 0.5 seconds
・Cannot perform a magma infused block for 0.75 seconds after magma dissipates
Magma Spray:
・6 to 8 Added Fire Damage per 15 Armour on Shield
・140 to 210 Base Offhand Fire Damage

List of Spirit Gems

Path of Exile 2 Related Guides

Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2) Glossary

Glossary and Basic Game Mechanics

All Glossary Guides

Adding to Stat Totals Aftershocks Ailment
Ammunition Ancestral Boost AoE
Arcane Surge Armour Armour Break
Attack Attributes Aura
Banner Barrageable Bear
Blind Block Buff
Chaining Channelling Chaos
Charges Chill Chilled Ground
Cold Combo Concentration
Cooldown Recovery Rate Corpses Covered in Oil
Critical Damage Bonus Critical Hits Crossbow Ammunition Skills
Crushing Blows Culling Strike Curse
Damage Conversion Damage Gained as Extra Daze
Debuff Decimating Strike Detonator
Dexterity Dual Wielding Duration
Effect Consumption Empowered Skills Energy Shield
Evasion Exposure Fire
Flame of Chayula Flammability Freeze
Glory Grenade Guard
Heavy Stun Herald Hit Damage
Ignite Ignited Ground Immobilisation
Intelligence Invocation Iron Grip
Iron Will Jagged Ground Knockback
Life Leech Life Recharge Lightning
Lineage Magic Find Magnitude
Mark Melee Meta
Minion Minion Commands Nova
Onslaught Orb Payoff
Persistent Physical Pierce
Pinned Plant Poison
Presence Primed for Stun Projectile
Resistance Reviving Minions Rhoa Mount
Shapeshift Shield Shock
Shocked Ground Slam Slow
Spell Spirit Spreading Ailments
Storm Strength Strike
Stun Support Sustained
Tailwind Totem Travel
Trigger Unholy Might Volatility
Warcry Werewolf Wind
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