Shield WallAttack, AoE, Melee, Physical, Duration Tier: 7 Level: (1-40) Cost: (14-1174) Mana Attack Time: 1.25 sec Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Attack Damage: (60-1086)% of baseRam your Shield into the ground, throwing up a semi-circular wall of earth. Enemies can attack the walls and your Slams or Warcries will instantly destroy them. Each wall segment explodes when destroyed, damaging enemies around it.Can have 2 Shield Walls active at a time (4-88) to (6-132) Base Off Hand Physical Damage 6 to 8 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on Shield Explosion radius is 3 metres Wall duration is 6 seconds Wall segments have (36-12714) maximum life
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Can have (0.1-2) Shield Walls active at a timeSkills 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/SkillGemShieldWall
Shield Wall is a physicalskill that slams your shield into the ground, throwing up walls of earth in a semi-circle. These walls can be damaged, obstruct incoming projectiles, and can hinder pathing. Upon being destroyed either by receiving damage or the character's Slam skills they explode, dealing damage to enemies. Shield Wall requires an equipped shield.
Despite it being an attack skill, the attack damage % used by Shield Wall 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 Shield Wall damage. Mods such as X% increased Elemental Damage with Attacks found on main hand weapons, however, will increase the damage of Shield Wall if it is supported by Fire Infusion, Cold Infusion, or Lightning Infusion.
Focusing on the Armour value on your shield is one of the methods for scaling Shield Wall 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 Shield Wall damage. Instead, they impact the final Armour value added to the player rather than the implicit Armour value of the shield itself.
Gem level progression
Level
Mana Cost
Attack Damage
Off Hand Physical Damage
Wall Segment Maximum Life
1
1
1
14
60%
4 to 6
36
2
3
9
15
66%
5 to 7
64
3
6
16
17
73%
7 to 10
108
4
10
25
19
80%
8 to 13
164
5
14
34
22
87%
10 to 16
240
6
18
43
24
94%
13 to 19
334
7
22
52
27
102%
15 to 23
460
8
26
61
31
109%
18 to 27
624
9
31
72
34
116%
21 to 31
832
10
36
83
38
123%
24 to 37
1100
11
41
95
43
131%
28 to 42
1438
12
46
106
48
140%
32 to 48
1866
13
52
119
54
149%
37 to 55
2408
14
58
133
61
160%
42 to 63
3086
15
64
146
68
171%
48 to 72
3940
16
66
151
77
183%
54 to 82
5016
17
72
164
86
197%
61 to 92
6362
18
78
178
96
211%
69 to 104
8032
19
84
191
108
227%
78 to 117
10118
20
90
205
121
245%
88 to 132
12714
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.
Shield Wall segment Life past Gem level 20 now matches that of Ice Crystals (from Frost Wall for example), this is a reduction in total Life. Explosion radius is now 4 metres (previously 3).
FortressSupport Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports skills that create walls in a line, causing them to be created in a circle instead but deal less Hit damage.Supported Skills deal 50% less damage with Hits Walls from Supported Skills are created in a Circle insteadPlace 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.HourglassSupport Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any damaging skill that you use yourself, causing it to deal significantly more damage but gain a long cooldown. Cannot support Skills which already have a cooldown.Supported Skills deal 30% more Damage Supported Skills have +10 seconds to CooldownPlace 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 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.Close CombatSupport, Attack Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Supported Skills deal 25% more Attack Damage to enemies within 1 metre of you, scaling down to no bonus at 3.5 metres or furtherPlace 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.Font of BloodSupport, Totem Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create stationary objects. Objects created by supported Skills generate a Font of Blood, creating an Aura which grants Life regeneration.Fonts of Blood from Supported Skills grant 2% Life Regeneration per second to You and Your Allies Objects created by Supported Skills create a Font of Blood with a 3 metre radiusPlace 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.SplinterSupport, Physical Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills that Hit Enemies, causing those Hits to Break Armour based on a portion of Physical Damage dealt.Break Armour equal to 15% of Physical Damage dealt by Supported SkillPlace 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.Font of RageSupport, Totem Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create stationary objects. Objects created by supported Skills generate a Font of Rage, creating an Aura which grants Rage over time, as well as preventing Rage loss.Objects created by Supported Skills create a Font of Rage with a 3 metre radius Fonts of Rage from Supported Skills grant 2 Rage Regeneration per second to You and Your AlliesPlace 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.RageforgedSupport Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any damaging skill that you use or trigger yourself, causing it to consume Rage to deal more damage. If you don't have enough Rage to consume, the damage bonus will not apply.Supported Skills consume 10 Rage if possible to deal 35% more DamagePlace 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.RetaliateSupport, Attack, Melee Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports MeleeAttack Skills you use yourself. Supported Skills gain much more damage the closer you are to being Heavily Stunned.Supported Skills deal up to 40% more Attack Damage, scaling up as your Stun Bar increasesPlace 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.
Fortress
Hourglass
Magnified Effect
Close Combat
Font of Blood
Splinter
Font of Rage
Rageforged
Retaliate
