Tempest Shield

Tempest Shield is a spell that applies a buff that empowers your shield, granting increased block chance and dealing lightning damage to the attacker, chaining to nearby enemies, whenever you block. 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 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, by equipping or equipping a helmet with an  enchantment.

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.

Version history

 * Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 7 (was 17).
 * Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 16 (was 21).


 * Now also grants +3% chance to block Spell Damage.


 * Cast time lowered to 0.25 seconds (from 0.5).


 * 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.


 * Fixed a bug where Tempest Shield could be activated with no reservation cost.


 * Fixed an instance crash that occurred with Tempest Shield.


 * 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.


 * Tempest shield can now generate more than one charge per skill use.


 * Tempest Shield now has a 0.5 second cooldown similar to auras, to prevent it being turned off by rapidly recasting it.


 * Tempest Shield can no longer move between areas with you. It was broken when it did so.


 * Tempest Shield's mana reservation now works properly.


 * Fixed a client crash with Tempest Shield.


 * Fixed various client crashes related to Tempest Shield.


 * Tempest Shield has been added to the game.
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Lore
The symbol that appears on the character's shield when Tempest Shield is used is a Descry.