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Guards are active skills that provide short term survivability to characters. Guards are spells without cast time characteristic. As guard skills are spells they are supported by spells modifiers.

All guard skills share a cooldown - no guard skill can be cast while any others are on cooldown.

Skills[ | ]

Active skill gems[ | ]

There are 5 gems with the Guard gem tag:

Skill gemStr.Dex.Int.Lvl.
Arcane Cloak inventory iconArcane CloakArcane CloakSpell, Duration, Guard, Lightning, Arcane
Level: (1-20)
Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: Instant
Requires Level 16Spends a portion of your mana to grant a buff that takes some of the damage from hits for you until depleted. The buff grants added lightning damage based on the amount of mana spent by this skill. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Skill Effect Duration0.25% of Damage taken Recouped as Mana0.5% increased Buff EffectBase duration is 3 seconds
75% of Damage from Hits is taken from Buff before your Life or Energy Shield
Buff can take Damage equal to Mana Spent by this Skill's effect
Spends (45-64)% of current Mana
Buff grants Added Lightning Damage equal to (10-14)% of Mana Spent by this Skill's effect
This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effect
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Arcane Cloak skill icon
Arcane Cloak inventory icon
N/AN/Ayes16
Immortal Call inventory iconImmortal CallImmortal CallSpell, Duration, Guard
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (21-36) Mana
Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec
Cast Time: Instant
Requires Level 34Take less Physical and Elemental Damage for a short time. Consumes up to 5 Endurance Charges to lengthen the buff and further lessen Physical Damage taken. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Skill Effect Duration1% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate-0.1% less Physical Damage taken per Endurance Charge removed
0.1% less Elemental Damage taken per Endurance Charge removed
Base duration is 1 seconds
(25-34)% less Elemental Damage taken
(25-35)% less Physical Damage taken
15% less Physical Damage taken per Endurance Charge removed
20% increased Buff Duration per Endurance Charge removed
This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effect
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Immortal Call skill icon
Immortal Call inventory icon
yesN/AN/A34
Molten Shell inventory iconMolten ShellMolten ShellSpell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-12) Mana
Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec
Cast Time: Instant
Radius: 15
Applies a buff that adds to your armour, and can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. When the buff expires or is depleted, the skill deals reflected damage to enemies around you based on the total damage that was taken from the buff. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Skill Effect DurationBuff can take additional Damage equal to 0.25% of your ArmourReflected Damage Penetrates 1% of Enemy Fire ResistanceBase duration is 3 seconds
Buff grants +(50-858) to Armour
75% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield
Buff can take Damage equal to 10% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 5000
Reflects (100-3000)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage when Buff expires or is depleted
This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effect
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Molten Shell skill icon
Molten Shell inventory icon
yesN/AN/A1
Steelskin inventory iconSteelskinSteelskinSpell, Duration, Guard
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (4-16) Mana
Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: Instant
Applies a buff which can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Cooldown Recovery RateSteelskin Buff can take 0.5% increased amount of DamageBuff grants +1% to all ResistancesBase duration is 1.5 seconds
70% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before Life or Energy Shield
Buff can take (54-2209) Damage
This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effect
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Steelskin skill icon
Steelskin inventory icon
yesN/AN/A1
Vaal Molten Shell inventory iconVaal Molten ShellVaal Molten ShellVaal, Spell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard
Level: (1-20)
Cooldown Time: 0.50 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Souls Per Use: 50
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec
Cast Time: Instant
Applies a buff that raises your armour, and takes some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. Each second, the skill deals reflected damage to surrounding enemies based on the damage taken by the buff in that second. When the buff is removed, the skill deals reflected damage to enemies around you based on the total damage that was taken by the buff. You cannot have the buff at the same time as any other Guard skill.Per 1% Quality:1Superior1% increased Skill Effect DurationBase duration is 9 seconds
Buff grants +(25-429) to Armour
(30-35)% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield
Buff can take Damage equal to 30% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 30000
Reflects (300-9000)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage each second,
or when Buff expires or is depleted
Buff grants (20-29)% more Armour
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
Corrupted
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Vaal Molten Shell skill icon
Vaal Molten Shell inventory icon
yesN/AN/A1

Other skills[ | ]

  • Bone Armour skill iconBone Armour
  • Vaal Immortal Call inventory iconVaal Immortal CallVaal Immortal CallVaal, Spell, Duration, Guard
    Level: (1-20)
    Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Souls Per Use: 100
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: Instant
    Requires Level 34Discharges Endurance Charges, making the character unable to die or gain Vaal souls for a short time, proportional to how many endurance charges were expended.Per 1% Quality:1Superior1% increased Skill Effect DurationBase duration is 0.4 seconds
    (100-157)% increased Buff Duration per Endurance Charge removed
    Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
    Buff expiry rate cannot be modified
    Corrupted
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Vaal Immortal Call skill icon
    Vaal Immortal Call inventory icon
    (drop disabled)

Related passive skills[ | ]

Passive skills[ | ]

The following passive skills are related to Guard skills:

NameStats
Armour and Guard Skill Cooldown Recovery
Dmgreduction passive skill icon
12% increased Armour
Guard Skills have 20% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate [1]
Guard Skill Cooldown Recovery and Duration
Dmgreduction passive skill icon
Guard Skills have 15% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
Guard Skills have 15% increased Duration [1]
Mana and Guard Skill Cooldown Recovery
Mana passive skill icon
10% increased maximum Mana
Guard Skills have 20% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate [1]
Mana and Guard Skill Duration
Mana passive skill icon
8% increased maximum Mana
Guard Skills have 15% increased Duration [1]
Adamant
ArmourGuardsNotable passive skill icon
20% increased Armour
+400 to Armour while affected by a Guard Skill Buff
Regenerate 1.5% of Life per second while affected by a Guard Skill Buff [1]
Dynamo
ManaGuardNotable passive skill icon
20% increased maximum Mana
Guard Skills have 25% increased Duration
Recover 20% of Mana over 1 second when you use a Guard Skill [1]

Keystone passive skills[ | ]

The following keystone passive skills are related to Guard skills:

NameStats
Veteran's Awareness
VeteransAwareness passive skill icon
+10% to all Elemental Resistances and maximum Elemental Resistances while affected by a Non-Vaal Guard Skill
20% additional Physical Damage Reduction while affected by a Non-Vaal Guard Skill
20% more Damage taken if a Non-Vaal Guard Buff was lost Recently [1]

Version history[ | ]

Version Changes
3.7.0
  • Introduced to the game.
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