Energy shield
Energy shield acts as an additional hit point pool on top of life. If you have any energy shield remaining when you take damage, the damage is subtracted from the energy shield first. Damage is only applied to life once all energy shield is depleted. The exception to this is chaos damage, which ignores energy shield.
Energy shield will recharge if you do not take any damage for a certain period of time. By default, the delay period is 6 seconds. This time can be reduced with Increased Energy Shield Cooldown Recovery modifiers from passive skills and equipment.
As long as you have greater than 0 energy shield, you have an implicit 50% chance to avoid being stunned.
Passives
There are passive skill nodes that grant additional energy shield or a combination of bonuses including energy shield. Other passives such as Energy Shield Delay decrease the cooldown delay for energy shield to be restored after taking damage.
Energy Shield
These passives increase maximum energy shield by a percentage.
In the case of Chaos Inoculation, chaos damage immunity is granted. In exchange, the character's total life is reduced to 1.
| Icon | Name | Bonuses |
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| File:Passive-energyshield.png | Energy Shield |
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| File:Passive-arcanefocus.png | Arcane Focus |
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| File:Passive-unnaturalcalm.png | Unnatural Calm |
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| File:Passive-evasionandenergyshield.png | Evasion and Energy Shield |
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| File:Passive-nullification.png | Nullification |
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| File:Passive-armourandenergyshield.png | Armour and Energy Shield |
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| File:Passive-bodyandsoul.png | Body and Soul |
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| File:Passive-keystone-chaosinoculation.png | Chaos Inoculation |
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Energy Shield on Shield
These passives increase the energy shield bonuses of equipped shields by a percentage.
| Icon | Name | Bonuses |
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| File:Passive-energyshieldonshield.png | Energy Shield on Shield |
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Energy Shield Delay
These passives decrease the cooldown delay for energy shield to be restored after taking damage.
| Icon | Name | Bonuses |
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| File:Passive-energyshielddelay.png | Energy Shield Delay |
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| File:Passive-unnaturalcalm.png | Unnatural Calm |
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| File:Passive-nullification.png | Nullification |
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Miscellany
These passives are related to energy shield, but don't fit into any other category.
| Icon | Name | Bonuses |
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| File:Passive-keystone-ghostreaver.png | Ghost Reaver |
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| File:Passive-keystone-eldritchbattery.png | Eldritch Battery |
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| File:Passive-keystone-acrobatics.png | Acrobatics |
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