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Tempest ShieldSpell, Lightning, Chaining, Duration
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-16) Mana
Cast Time: 0.25 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 60%
Requires Level 16Enchants your shield with the power of storms, which lashes out to deal arcing lightning damage to attackers when you block them. Blocking refreshes the duration of Tempest Shield.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Lightning DamageChains +0.1 Times
+0.05% Chance to Block Spell Damage while holding a Shield
Deals (24-284) to (36-426) Lightning Damage
+3% Chance to Block Attack Damage while holding a Shield
Chains +1 Times
Base duration is 12 seconds
+3% Chance to Block Spell Damage while holding a Shield
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Tempest Shield skill iconTempest Shield inventory icon
Acquisition
Area level: 16
Vendor Prices
Normal1x Orb of Alteration
Vendor Offer
1x Scroll Fragment
Metadata
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemTempestShield

Tempest Shield skill screenshot


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 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 Chain Support inventory iconChain SupportChain SupportSupport, Chaining, Projectile
Icon: c
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%
Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 1% increased Chaining rangeSupported Skills have 1% increased Projectile SpeedProjectiles Fired by Supported Skills have 4% chance not to Pierce EnemiesSupported Skills Chain +2 times
Supported Skills deal (30-11)% less Damage with Hits
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 Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
Chain Support inventory icon
, by equipping Mjölner inventory iconMjölnerMjölner
Gavel
One 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: 11
Requires 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 Skills
Look the storm in the eye and you will have its respect.
Mjölner inventory icon
or equipping a helmet with an Tempest Shield chains an additional x times 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.[1]

On hit effects: Tempest Shield can be supported with skills that provide bonuses on hit, such as Hextouch Support inventory iconHextouch SupportHextouch SupportTrigger, Support, Hex
Icon: &
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
Requires Level 38Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Effect of Supported CursesSupported Skills deal 1% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments per Curse on Enemy0.5% reduced Effect of Supported Curses
Supported Skills have 2% increased Curse Duration
Supported Skills apply supported Curses on Hit
Supported Skills have (50-12)% reduced Curse Duration
You cannot Cast Supported Curse Spells
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 Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
Hextouch Support inventory icon
, Power Charge On Critical Support inventory iconPower Charge On Critical SupportPower Charge On Critical SupportSupport
Icon: P
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
Requires Level 18Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 1% increased Critical Strike ChanceSupported Skills have 1% chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical StrikeSupported Skills deal 0.1% increased Damage per Power ChargeSupported Skills have (35-54)% chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical Strike
Supported Skills deal 4% more Damage per Power Charge
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 Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
Power Charge On Critical Support inventory icon
, Blind Support inventory iconBlind SupportBlind SupportSupport
Icon: x
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%
Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 1% increased Blinding durationSupported Skills have 0.5% chance to Blind enemies on hitSupported Skills have 2% increased Critical Strike Chance against Blinded EnemiesSupported Skills have 10% chance to Blind enemies on hit
Supported Skills have (0-38)% increased Blinding duration
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 Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
Blind Support inventory icon
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[]

LevelRequired LevelRequired StrengthRequired IntelligenceMana
Cost
Lightning
Damage
Exp.Total Exp.
1161826724 to 3600
2202231731 to 464972549725
3242537839 to 5895714145439
4282942948 to 72169595315034
5313246955 to 83199345514379
63435501064 to 96285815800194
73737541074 to 1114013441201538
84040581185 to 1275543791755917
94343621297 to 1457550492510966
1046466612110 to 16510165333527499
1149487013125 to 18718986025426101
1252517413141 to 21219640197390120
1355547814159 to 23925737319963851
1458578214180 to 269467643914640290
1560598415194 to 291301732717657617
1662608715210 to 315782300125480618
1764629015227 to 3401526420840744826
1866649216245 to 3672627284567017671
1968669516264 to 39662872274129889945
2070689816284 to 426212023122341913067
21727010017306 to 459N/AN/A
2274N/AN/A17330 to 494N/AN/A
2376N/AN/A18354 to 532N/AN/A
2478N/AN/A18381 to 572N/AN/A
2580N/AN/A18410 to 614N/AN/A
2682N/AN/A19440 to 660N/AN/A
2784N/AN/A19472 to 708N/AN/A
2886N/AN/A19507 to 760N/AN/A
2988N/AN/A20543 to 815N/AN/A
3090N/AN/A20583 to 874N/AN/A
3191N/AN/A20603 to 905N/AN/A
3292N/AN/A20624 to 937N/AN/A
3393N/AN/A21646 to 969N/AN/A
3494N/AN/A21669 to 1003N/AN/A
3595N/AN/A21692 to 1038N/AN/A
3696N/AN/A21716 to 1074N/AN/A
3797N/AN/A21741 to 1112N/AN/A
3898N/AN/A22767 to 1150N/AN/A
3999N/AN/A22793 to 1190N/AN/A
40100N/AN/A22820 to 1231N/AN/A

Item acquisition
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Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

AmountIngredientGeneral
Notes
Type
8Divination card inventory iconDying AnguishDying Anguish card artDivination card frameDying Anguish8Level 19 Gem
Alternative Quality: +19%
Moribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home.
Divination card inventory icon
random level 19 gem with 19% alternative qualityAutomatic
1Gemcutter's Incubator inventory iconGemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorAdds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item
Item drops after killing # monsters
Quality GemRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.
Gemcutter's Incubator inventory icon
random superior gemAutomatic
6Divination card inventory iconThe FoxThe Fox card artDivination card frameThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox."
- Ezomyte Proverb
Divination card inventory icon
random level 20 gemAutomatic
13Divination card inventory iconThe CataclysmThe Cataclysm card artDivination card frameThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem
Corrupted
The mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.
Divination card inventory icon
random corrupted level 21 Spell gemAutomatic
3Divination card inventory iconGemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise card artDivination card frameGemcutter's Promise3Superior Gem
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
Divination card inventory icon
random superior gem with 20% qualityAutomatic
1Divination card inventory iconThe VoidThe Void card artDivination card frameThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.Divination card inventory iconrandom divination card set exchangeAutomatic

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →WitchShadowRangerDuelistMarauderTemplarScion
Quest ↓
The Root of the Problem
Act 2
Yeena
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Tempest Shield.

NameFor generated item/monster modifiers the minimum item/monster level respectively. Some generation types may not require this condition to be met, however item level restrictions may be raised to 80% of this value.StatsSpawn Weighting
Enchantment Tempest Shield Damage 16625% increased Tempest Shield Damagehelmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Tempest Shield Damage 27540% increased Tempest Shield Damagehelmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Tempest Shield Num Of Additional Projectiles In Chain 166Tempest Shield chains an additional 2 timeshelmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Tempest Shield Num Of Additional Projectiles In Chain 275Tempest Shield chains an additional 3 timeshelmet 100
default 0

Alternate skill effects

Tempest Shield has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemEffect(s)
Invisible Buff EffectInvisible Buff Effect inventory iconInvisible Buff EffectSkill Gem EffectRemoves the visual effects on the player from arctic armour, tempest shield, blood rage, molten shell, phase run, petrified blood, any aura, any blasphemied curse, or any herald gem.Invisible Buff Effect inventory iconRemoves the visual effects on the player from arctic armour, tempest shield, blood rage, molten shell, phase run, petrified blood, any aura, any blasphemied curse, or any herald gem.

Version history[]

Version Changes
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.
  • 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.

References[]

  1. Tempest Shield + Necromantic Aegis Official Path of Exile Forums
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