Energy Shield

File:Energy Shield orb.png

Energy Shield is shown on the player's life globe.

"Energy Shield" redirects here. For the small passive skill, see Energy Shield (passive skill).

Energy Shield (abbreviated as ES) is one of the three core defences that can be found on equipment. It is associated with intelligence and acts as an additional hit points on top of life that recharges over time if the defender does not lose energy shield or life for a short duration. Bleeding and poison damage bypasses energy shield to damage life directly, while chaos damage deals twice as much damage against energy shield.

Mechanics

Damage mitigation

Energy shield protects life by being depleted first before taking damage to life.

Damage from Bleeding and Poison bypass energy shield, damaging life directly. Certain other mechanics can also cause damage to bypass energy shield.

Chaos damage removes twice as much energy shield as other damage types. This does not affect the overall damage dealt. In the case that Chaos Damage deals damage to both Energy Shield and Life (or Mana) in a single instance of damage, it will not affect the Life or Mana removed.

Recharge

If energy shield is not at full and life or energy shield have not been lost for a short delay (also known as "start of Energy Shield Recharge"), it will begin to recharge 33% of maximum energy shield per second. Energy shield recharge is considered a form of recovery, but it is not regeneration. Any damage taken to Life or ES will interrupt recharge, restarting the delay timer.

Other forms of recovery do not interact with recharge.

With the Eternal Youth keystone, recharge will recover 33% of maximum life per second instead.

Start of Energy shield Recharge

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Effect of #% faster start of Energy Shield Recharge

Energy shield will start recharging if the character does not take any damage for a certain period of time. By default, this time is 2 seconds. It can be reduced with #% faster start of Energy Shield Recharge modifiers from passive skills and equipment.

Let r be the sum of #% faster start of Energy Shield Recharge modifiers (as a percentage). The delay period in seconds is given by:

$\color [rgb]{0.6392156862745098,0.5529411764705883,0.42745098039215684}{\text{Delay Period}}={200 \over 100+r}$

For example, having 100% faster start of Energy Shield Recharge results in a delay period of 1 second.

Gems

Skill gems

Gem	Required level	Gem has strength requirement	Gem has dexterity requirement	Gem has intelligence requirement

Support gems

Gem	Required level	Gem has strength requirement	Gem has dexterity requirement	Gem has intelligence requirement

Unique items

See also: List of unique armours granting energy shield

#% increased Energy Shield

Unique items that increase or decrease the global energy shield rating by a percentage.

Item	Required level	Stats	+% ES

+# to maximum Energy Shield

Unique items that grant a flat bonus to the global energy shield rating.

Item	Required level	Stats	+ ES

#% increased Energy Shield Recharge Rate

Unique items that grant #% increased Energy Shield Recharge Rate.

Item	Required level	Stats	+% RR

#% faster start of Energy Shield Recharge

Unique items that grant faster start of Energy Shield Recharge.

Item	Required level	Stats	+% faster start

Miscellaneous stats

Unique items that grant other modifiers related to energy shield.

Item	Required level	Stats

Modifiers

Crafted

- Missing "Faster Start of Energy Shield Recharge" craft on rings (query doesn't fetch this mod for some reason)

Passive skills

There are passive skills that grant energy shield bonuses.

Base energy shield

These passive skills grant additional base maximum energy shield.

Maximum energy shield

These passive skills grant unconditional increases or reductions to maximum energy shield.

Energy shield recharge rate

These passive skills grant increased rate of energy shield recharge.

Energy shield delay

This passive skill grants faster start of energy shield recharge.

Miscellany

These passive skills are related to energy shield, but do not fit into any other category.

Ascendancy skills

The following Ascendancy class skills are related to energy shield:

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