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Barrier Invocation

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Barrier InvocationBuff, Persistent, Trigger, Meta
Tier: 8
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 60 spirit
While active, gains Energy when your Energy Shield is damaged by Enemy Hits. Using the Invocation once sufficient Energy is gathered will consume the Energy to trigger socketed Spells, and can trigger them multiple times if it has enough Energy.Place one or more Skill Gems into this Meta Gem's sockets in the Skills Panel. The socketed Skills will be incorporated into the Meta Gem's effect.
Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.
Metadata
Item class: Meta Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemBarrierInvocation

Barrier Invocation is a persistent buff skill.

Skill functions and interactions

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired DexterityRequired Intelligence
1000
2300
361010
4101515
5142020
6182525
7223030
8263434
9314040
10364646
11415252
12465959
13526666
14587373
15648080
16668787
17729595
1878103103
1984112112
2090120120

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 Coming Soon Coming Soon
II Coming Soon Impetus
III Capacitor Energy Retention

Item acquisition

Barrier Invocation has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Barrier Invocation has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemDescription

Version history

Version Changes
0.2.0
  • Barrier Invocation now only builds energy from enemy hits to Energy Shield rather than all hits to Energy Shield. Barrier Invocation now gains 1 Energy for each 10 Energy Shield lost to Damage Taken (previously 5).
0.1.0
  • Introduced to the game.