Tempest ShieldSpell, Lightning, Chaining Level: (1-20) Reservation: 25% Mana Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: Instant Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 220%Requires Level 16Enchants your shield with the power of storms, which lashes out to deal arcing lightning damage to attackers when you block them.Deals (38-896) to (115-2688) Lightning Damage Chains +1 Times Buff grants +(18-25)% Chance to Block Spell Damage while holding a Shield Buff grants Immunity to Shock
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (2-40)% chance to Shock enemies
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Tempest Shield is a spell that reserves mana to empower your shield, granting spell block chance and immunity to shock. While active, whenever you block, you deal damage to the enemy that hit you with an arc of lightning that chains to nearby enemies.
Contents
1 Skill Functions and Interactions
2 Gem level progression
3 Item acquisition
3.1 Recipes
3.2 Vendor reward
4 Ruthless mode
5 Related helmet enchantments
6 Alternate skill effects
7 Version history
8 Lore
9 References
Skill Functions and Interactions
Damage on Blocking: This spell will damage the attacker whenever you successfully block any direct attack or spell.
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 Chain SupportChain SupportSupport, Chaining, Projectile Icon: c Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.Supported Skills Chain +2 times Supported Skills deal (30-11)% less Damage with Hits
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Chaining range
This is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., by equipping MjölnerMjölner GavelOne Handed Mace Physical Damage: (97.2-118.8)to(181.8-222.2) Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Attacks per Second: 1.15 Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 60, 412 Str, 300 Int15% reduced Enemy Stun ThresholdTrigger a Socketed Lightning Spell on Hit, with a 0.25 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 (80-100)% increased Lightning DamageLook the storm in the eye and you will have its respect. or equipping a helmet with an Tempest Shield chains an additional x timesenchantment.
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.[1]
Gem level progression
Level
Lightning Damage
Spell Block
Exp.
Total Exp.
1
16
18
26
38to115
18%
0
0
2
20
22
31
51to154
18%
49725
49725
3
24
25
37
68to203
19%
95714
145439
4
28
29
42
88to264
19%
169595
315034
5
31
32
46
106to318
19%
199345
514379
6
34
35
50
128to383
20%
285815
800194
7
37
37
54
153to458
20%
401344
1201538
8
40
40
58
182to545
21%
554379
1755917
9
43
43
62
215to646
21%
755049
2510966
10
46
46
66
255to764
21%
1016533
3527499
11
49
48
70
300to901
22%
1898602
5426101
12
52
51
74
353to1060
22%
1964019
7390120
13
55
54
78
415to1244
23%
2573731
9963851
14
58
57
82
486to1457
23%
4676439
14640290
15
60
59
84
539to1616
23%
3017327
17657617
16
62
60
87
597to1792
24%
7823001
25480618
17
64
62
90
662to1985
24%
15264208
40744826
18
66
64
92
733to2198
25%
26272845
67017671
19
68
66
95
811to2432
25%
62872274
129889945
20
70
68
98
896to2688
25%
212023122
341913067
21
72
70
100
990to2970
26%
N/A
N/A
22
74
N/A
N/A
1093to3280
26%
N/A
N/A
23
76
N/A
N/A
1207to3620
27%
N/A
N/A
24
78
N/A
N/A
1331to3992
27%
N/A
N/A
25
80
N/A
N/A
1467to4401
27%
N/A
N/A
26
82
N/A
N/A
1617to4850
28%
N/A
N/A
27
84
N/A
N/A
1780to5341
28%
N/A
N/A
28
86
N/A
N/A
1960to5880
29%
N/A
N/A
29
88
N/A
N/A
2157to6470
29%
N/A
N/A
30
90
N/A
N/A
2372to7116
29%
N/A
N/A
31
91
N/A
N/A
2487to7462
30%
N/A
N/A
32
92
N/A
N/A
2608to7824
30%
N/A
N/A
33
93
N/A
N/A
2734to8203
30%
N/A
N/A
34
94
N/A
N/A
2866to8599
30%
N/A
N/A
35
95
N/A
N/A
3004to9013
31%
N/A
N/A
36
96
N/A
N/A
3149to9447
31%
N/A
N/A
37
97
N/A
N/A
3300to9900
31%
N/A
N/A
38
98
N/A
N/A
3458to10375
31%
N/A
N/A
39
99
N/A
N/A
3624to10871
31%
N/A
N/A
40
100
N/A
N/A
3797to11390
31%
N/A
N/A
Item acquisition
Tempest Shield can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Tempest Shield can be created from the following recipes:
Amount
Part
Description
Meta
13
The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.
Random corruptedlevel 21 Spell gem
A
6
The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb
Random level 20 gem
A
3
Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Gem Quality:+20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter
Random gem with 20% quality
A
1
Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.
Random gem with 1–20% quality
A
1
The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.
Random divination card set exchange
A
Vendor reward
This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:
Class →
Witch
Shadow
Ranger
Duelist
Marauder
Templar
Scion
Quest ↓
Intruders in Black Act 2 Yeena
✓
✓
✗
✓
✓
✓
✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa
✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth
✓
Ruthless mode
Tempest Shield cannot be obtained from quests or traded for using an Uncarved GemstoneUncarved GemstoneTrade this in to Siosa inside the Library for a Skill Gem through Siosa in Ruthless mode.
Related helmet enchantments
The following helmet enchantments affect Tempest Shield.
Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.
Invisible Buff EffectInvisible Buff EffectSkill Gem EffectRemoves the visual effects on the player from arctic armour, tempest shield, blood rage, molten shell, plague bearer, phase run, petrified blood, withering step, any aura, any blasphemied curse, or any herald gem.
Removes the visual effects on the player from arctic armour, tempest shield, blood rage, molten shell, plague bearer, phase run, petrified blood, withering step, any aura, any blasphemied curse, or any herald gem.
Version history
Version
Changes
3.23.0
Quality now provides 0-40% chance to Shock enemies (previously 0-20%).
3.16.0
Tempest Shield has been reworked to become a 25% Reservation Effect that provides a large amount of Spell Block as well as an Immunity to Shock.
It no longer has +3% Chance to Block Attack Damage while holding a Shield.
It now has +18% Chance to Block Spell Damage while holding a Shield at gem level 1, up to +25% at gem level 20 (previously +3% at all gem levels).
It still has the property of shooting out Lightning on Block, and the Damage has been significantly buffed:
Now has Deals 38 to 115 Lightning Damage at gem level 1 (previously 24 to 26), up to 896 to 2688 at gem level 20 (previously 284 to 426).
3.6.0
Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 7 (was 17).
Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 16 (was 21).
3.5.0
Now also grants +3% chance to block Spell Damage.
3.3.0
Cast time lowered to 0.25 seconds (from 0.5).
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.
Tempest Shield now stays active between area transitions. [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.]
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
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