Resonating Shield

Resonating ShieldAoE, Melee, Sustained, Physical, Channelling
Tier: 5
Level: (1-40)
Cost: (7-600) Mana
Attack Time: 0.80 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attack Damage: (25-127)% of baseRepeatedly strike your Shield with your weapon causing damaging shockwaves in an area around you. Enemies hit by the shockwave lose Armour for a duration. While using Resonating Shield, your Shield is raised and you will Block all incoming Blockable hits.Hits Break (2-1537) Armour
(4-88) to (6-132) Base Off Hand Physical Damage
6 to 8 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on Shield
Cannot be Empowered by Warcries
Shockwave radius is 2.3 metres

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Break (0-20)% increased ArmourPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill.
Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemResonatingShield

Resonating Shield is an attack skill that damages enemies using shockwaves from striking your shield. While channelling, the character counts as blocking. Resonating Shield requires an equipped shield.

Skill functions and interactions

While your Shield is raised, Blocking Hits fills your Stagger bar based on the damage the Hit would have dealt. If the bar fills completely, you are Stunned and cannot take actions for a short time.

Despite it being an attack skill, the attack damage % used by Resonating Shield is derived explicitly from the base off hand physical damage inherent to the gem itself. The amount of damage listed on a weapon in the main hand will not contribute to the Resonating Shield damage. Mods such as X% increased Elemental Damage with Attacks found on main hand weapons, however, will increase the damage of Resonating Shield if it is supported by Fire Infusion, Cold Infusion, or Lightning Infusion.

Focusing on the Armour value of your shield is one of the methods for scaling Resonating Shield damage.

Passive tree nodes that contain the text X% increased Defences from Equipped Shield such as Towering Shield, Core of the Guardian, Spiked Shield, and Flashy Deflection do not impact Resonating Shield damage. Instead, they modify the final Armour value added to the character rather than the implicit Armour value of the shield itself.

Using Resonating Shield counts as an Active Block for the criteria of Towering Shield.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Attack Damage	Off Hand Physical Damage	Armour Broken
1	1	1	7	25%	4 to 6	2
2	3	9	8	27%	5 to 7	3
3	6	16	9	30%	7 to 10	5
4	10	25	10	33%	8 to 13	9
5	14	34	11	35%	10 to 16	14
6	18	43	13	38%	13 to 19	21
7	22	52	14	140%	15 to 23	31
8	26	61	16	42%	18 to 27	43
9	31	72	18	44%	21 to 31	63
10	36	83	20	46%	24 to 37	91
11	41	95	22	48%	28 to 42	128
12	46	106	25	50%	32 to 48	179
13	52	119	28	52%	37 to 55	262
14	58	133	31	54%	42 to 63	380
15	64	146	35	56%	48 to 72	545
16	66	151	39	58%	54 to 82	732
17	72	164	44	60%	61 to 92	871
18	78	178	49	62%	69 to 104	1034
19	84	191	55	64%	78 to 117	1298
20	90	205	62	66%	88 to 132	1537

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I	BurgeonBurgeonSupport, Channelling Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Channelling Skills you use yourself, causing them to deal more damage the longer they have been Channelled.Supported Skills deal 10% more Damage per second spent Channelling, up to 40%Place into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Magnified EffectMagnified EffectSupport, AoE Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Supported Skills have 30% more Area of EffectPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	RageRageSupport, Attack, Melee Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Melee Attacks, causing them to grant Rage on Hit.Supported Skills grant 3 Rage on Melee HitPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
II	Armour ExplosionArmour ExplosionSupport, Attack, AoE, Trigger, Fire, Payoff Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attacks, causing them to trigger a Fiery explosion when they Fully Break an enemy's Armour.Support Supported Skills trigger an Explosion when they Fully Break an enemy's Armour Explosion Converts 100% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage Cannot Break Armour Explosion radius is 1.4 metresPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Break PostureBreak PostureSupport, Attack Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to Daze Enemies when they fully Break Armour.Supported Skills apply Daze when fully Breaking Armour Daze lasts for 8 secondsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	DemolisherDemolisherSupport, Spell Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill, causing Armour Break it inflicts to be stronger.Supported Skills Break 50% more ArmourPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
III	BarbsBarbsSupport, Attack, Melee, Strike Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Melee Strike Skills. Supported Skills deal your Thorns Damage on Hit after you've Retaliated with Thorns Damage.Supported Skills deal your Thorns Damage on their next 4 Hits after you Retaliate with ThornsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Coming Soon	DefyDefySupport, Attack Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attack Skills you use yourself. Hit Damage from Supported Skills is Lucky if you are Surrounded.Attack Damage with Hits with Supported Skills is Lucky while you are SurroundedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.

Item acquisition

Resonating Shield has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Resonating Shield has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.1.0e	Resonating Shield, Shield Charge and Shield Wall now have 6-8 added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on your Shield at all Levels. Resonating Shield radius increased to 2.3 metres (from 1.8 metres).
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.