Proximity Shield

Proximity Shield

An Undying Evangelist with proximity shield

A player steals the proximity shield aura from a slain enemy using Headhunter

Proximity Shield is a defensive monster ability that prevents direct damage from hits and ailments from entities outside the shield.

Mechanics

Monsters inside a proximity shield cannot be damaged with hits from entities that are outside the shield when the hit occurs. Unlike a Frost WallFrost WallSpell, Duration, Cold
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (9-33) Mana
Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec
Can Store 3 Use(s)
Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 4Creates a wall of ice which holds back enemies. Targets under the wall are damaged and pushed back.Deals (8-462) to (12-693) Cold Damage
Base duration is (3.00-4.90) seconds
0.15 seconds between appearance of Wall sections
Wall will be (2.8-5.6) meters long

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(2-40)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., proximity shields are not physical obstructions. They prevent damage based on location.

To counter proximity shields, the player has to closely approach enemies, or spawn damaging entities inside the shield, such as minions or proxies. Proximity shields do not prevent non-ailment damage over time, even if that damage over time is inflicted by a hit, like Essence DrainEssence DrainSpell, Projectile, Duration, Chaos, AoE
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-23) Mana
Cast Time: 0.70 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 140%Requires Level 12Fires a projectile that applies a damage over time debuff when it hits. You are healed for a portion of the debuff damage. The debuff is spread by Contagion.Deals (9-644) to (13-966) Chaos Damage
Deals (31.2-1509.4) Base Chaos Damage per second
Base duration is 3.80 seconds
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
Regenerate 0.50% of Debuff Damage as Life

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Regenerate +(0.025-0.5)% of Debuff Damage as LifePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. or Corrupting FeverCorrupting FeverSpell, Duration, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (78-520) Life
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 16Draws out your own blood to power a buff for a duration, letting this skill inflict the Corrupting Blood debuff on enemies you hit, dealing physical damage over time for a short secondary duration. The buff's duration will be refreshed if you spend enough life before it expires.Deals (7.8-335.4) Base Physical Damage per second
Base duration is 6.00 seconds
Base secondary duration is 1.00 seconds
Buff Duration is refreshed after you spend a total of (26-205) Life

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% increased Skill Effect DurationPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..

Players can benefit from proximity shields by stealing modifiers from enemies with HeadhunterHeadhunter
Leather BeltRequires Level 40+(25-40) to maximum Life+(40-55) to Strength
+(40-55) to Dexterity
+(50-60) to maximum Life
(20-30)% increased Damage with Hits against Rare monsters
When you Kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds"A man's soul rules from a cavern of bone, learns and
judges through flesh-born windows. The heart is meat.
The head is where the Man is."
- Lavianga, Advisor to Kaom or Inspired LearningInspired Learning
Crimson JewelRadius: SmallWith 4 Notables Allocated in Radius, When you Kill a Rare monster, you gain 1 of its Modifiers for 20 secondsIf you do not learn from a won battle
then you have already lost the war.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket., or by spawning allies with proximity shields, for example with Raise SpectreRaise SpectreSpell, Minion
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (15-28) Mana
Cast Time: 0.85 secRequires Level 28Raises a spectral version of a defeated foe as a minion to fight for you in battle.Maximum (1-2) Raised Spectres
Minions have +30% to all Elemental Resistances
55% more Minion Movement Speed
Minion Movement Speed is Capped
Minions have (105-776) additional Accuracy Rating
Raised Spectres are Level (28-70)

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Minions have +(1-20)% to all Elemental ResistancesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. or Dominating BlowDominating BlowAttack, Minion, Duration, Melee, Strike
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 8 Mana
Attack Damage: (165-238)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (165-238)%Requires Level 28Attacks enemies with a melee strike, applying a debuff for a short duration. If a non-unique enemy dies while affected by the debuff, the enemy's corpse will be consumed and a Sentinel of Dominance with the same rarity, prefix and suffix modifiers will be summoned for a longer secondary duration.Base duration is 1.00 seconds
Base secondary duration is 20.00 seconds
Maximum 9 Summoned Normal Sentinels of Dominance
Maximum 3 Summoned Magic Sentinels of Dominance
Maximum 1 Summoned Rare Sentinel of Dominance
25% Chance to Summon a Normal Sentinel of Dominance on Hitting a Unique Monster

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Minions have (2-40)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..

Variations of proximity shield exist:

• The Temporal Proximity Shield modifier can occur on enemies randomly. It also slows enemies.
• Expedition's Unearthed Soldiers temporarily buff themselves and nearby allies with a directional proximity shield, which can be bypassed by attacking from behind in addition to proximity.
• Specific monster types can have proximity shields as a skill.

Proximity shield monsters

• Undying Evangelists in The Upper Sceptre of God (uses monster skill: MonsterProximityShield)
• Docere Incarnatis, an Invasion boss
• Temple Guardian in Oriath Square, or Heretical Guardian in The Ruined Square, in Act 5
• Monsters with the implicit Proximity Shield Nemesis modifier
  • Tormented Temptress unique area boss in Whakawairua Tuahu
  • Thornrunner vaal side area Hidden Patch boss

Variants

Monster mod

Name	Generation Type		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Proximity Shield	Intrinsic	1	N/A	N/A
Proximity Shield	Nemesis	40	N/A	no_proximity_shield 0 rare_minion 0 rare 600
Proximity Shield	Intrinsic	1	N/A	N/A
Proximity Shield	Intrinsic	1	N/A	N/A
Proximity Shield	Intrinsic	1	N/A	N/A

Monster skills

The following monsters use skill version of Proximity Shield:

Monster names	skill ids
<<HRB29>>	MonsterProximityShieldHarbinger
<<HRB29>>	MonsterProximityShieldHarbingerLarge
Beacon of Inevitability	BlightRelicProximityShieldLarge
Blighted Evangelist	Melee • BlightDelayedBlast • MonsterProximityShield
Blighted Relic	BlightRelicProximityShield
Boss Daemon	NemesisDaemonProximityShield
Boss Daemon	PerandusDaemonProximityShield • PerandusRevive • PerandusSummonBackup • PerandusChestDeleteTarget
Daemon	AvatarProximityShield
Daemon	MonsterProximityShieldElder
Daemon	RepeatedPulseDegen • EssenceDaemonProximityShield
Daemon	InvasionBeastBossDaemonProximityShield
Daemon	PillarsOfVastiriProximityShield
Daemon	PillarsOfVastiriProximityShieldLarge
Daemon	TalismanT2ProjectileSpiral • TalismanT2DaemonProximityShield
Daemon	MonsterProximityShieldLarge
Daemon	UltimatumRelicProximityShield
Daemon	VaultBossProximityShield
Daemon	AncestralProximityShieldTrinket
Docere Incarnatis	MonsterProximityShieldInvasion • MonsterDelayedBlastInvasion • ExperimenterStormCallInvasion • ExperimenterVaalStormCallInvasion • MonsterEnfeeble
Fidelitas, Loyalty Undying	RapidSlam • AttackVortex • MeleeAtAnimationSpeedUnique • MaligaroDemonProximityShield
Guraq, Daylight's Blade	ExileTemplarVaalThrownWeapon • ExileTemplarThrownWeapon • ExileTemplarFlameTotem • Melee • MonsterProximityShield
Heretical Guardian	Melee • ReligiousTemplarCultistWeaponThrow • MonsterProximityShield
Heretical Guardian	Melee • ReligiousTemplarCultistWeaponThrow • MonsterProximityShield
Invisible	AncestralProximityShieldTotem
Jodin Dusk, Infected Advocate	Melee • MonsterProximityShieldLarge • BlightUndyingBossProjectile
Levioc, the Volcano	MonsterFirestormLegends • MonsterFlameRedLegends • MonsterRighteousFireLegends • MonsterProximityShieldLegends
Lightborne Elite	AvariusJudgeFireball • MonsterProximityShield
M'uneh	RapidSlam • AttackVortex • MeleeAtAnimationSpeedUnique • MaligaroDemonProximityShield
Nemesis Daemon	NemesisDaemonProximityShield
Orphaned Guardian	Melee • ReligiousTemplarCultistWeaponThrow • MonsterProximityShield
Saintly Evangelist	MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • DelayedBlast • MonsterProximityShield • DelayedBlastSpectre
Storm Guard	MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • AncestralProximityShield
Storm Guard	MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • AncestralProximityShield
Student of Brutality	MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • DelayedBlast • MonsterProximityShield • DelayedBlastSpectre
Student of Brutality	MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • DelayedBlast • MonsterProximityShield • DelayedBlastSpectre
Tempest Daemon	TempestDaemonProximityShield
Templar Conscript	Melee • LegionTemplarWeaponThrow • LegionMonsterProximityShield
Templar Conscript	Melee • LegionTemplarWeaponThrow • LegionMonsterProximityShield
Templar Conscript	Melee • LegionTemplarWeaponThrow • LegionMonsterProximityShield
Templar Conscript	Melee • LegionTemplarWeaponThrow • LegionMonsterProximityShield
Temple Guardian	Melee • ReligiousTemplarWeaponThrow • MonsterProximityShield
Temple Guardian	Melee • ReligiousTemplarWeaponThrow • MonsterProximityShield
Trap Daemon	NemesisDaemonProximityShield
Trap Daemon	PopupProximityShieldMachinarium
Undying Acolyte	WalkEmergeSynthesis • MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • DelayedBlast • MonsterProximityShield • DelayedBlastSpectre
Undying Evangelist	MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • DelayedBlast • MonsterProximityShield • DelayedBlastSpectre
Undying Evangelist	MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • DelayedBlast • MonsterProximityShield • DelayedBlastSpectre
Undying Evangelist	MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • DelayedBlast • MonsterProximityShield • DelayedBlastSpectre
Undying Evangelist	MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • DelayedBlast • MonsterProximityShield • DelayedBlastSpectre

Version history

Version	Changes
3.18.0	Archnemesis modifiers have been rebalanced and added to the core game. Existing Magic and Rare monster modifiers have been replaced with Archnemesis modifiers. Bloodlines and Nemesis have been removed from the core game. This includes Proximity Shield. [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.]
3.16.0b	Reduced the number of Monsters with Proximity Shield that can spawn in some Scourge encounters.
1.1.2	Undying Evangelists' Proximity Shields have a shorter duration, and they use it less often.
1.0.5	Added a buff icon for being under the effects of Proximity Shield.
1.0.4	Fixed an interaction between the HeadhunterHeadhunter Leather BeltRequires Level 40+(25-40) to maximum Life+(40-55) to Strength +(40-55) to Dexterity +(50-60) to maximum Life (20-30)% increased Damage with Hits against Rare monsters When you Kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds"A man's soul rules from a cavern of bone, learns and judges through flesh-born windows. The heart is meat. The head is where the Man is." - Lavianga, Advisor to Kaom unique item and the Proximity Shield Nemesis mod, where the Proximity Shield did not expire.
1.0.3	Added a new buff icon for the Proximity Shield effect.
1.0.0	Added to the game (Nemesis mod version).