Tempest Shield

Tempest Shield is a spell that empowers your shield to deal lightning damage to enemies, arcing to nearby enemies, when you block their attacks. The skill expires after a duration but is refreshed after a successful block.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Damage on Blocking: This spell will damage the attacker whenever you successfully block any direct attack or spell (assuming you have passives or an item with x% of Block Chance applied to Spells to allow blocking of spells).

Chaining: The damage on block chains from the attacker to the nearest enemy in a range. The number of times the lightning damage chains can be increased by supporting Tempest Shield with , by equipping MjölnerMjölner
GavelOne Handed Mace
Physical Damage: (97.2-118.8) to (181.8-222.2)
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.15
Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 60, 412 Str, 300 Int15% reduced Enemy Stun ThresholdTrigger a Socketed Lightning Spell on Hit, with a 0.25 second Cooldown
Socketed Lightning Spells have no Cost if Triggered
+300 Intelligence Requirement
+200 Strength Requirement
(80-120)% increased Physical Damage
Skills Chain +1 times
(80-100)% increased Lightning DamageLook the storm in the eye and you will have its respect. or equipping a helmet with an Tempest Shield chains an additional x times enchantment.

Necromantic Aegis does not cause Tempest Shield to be applied to Minions. The block chance will be lost and Tempest Shield can no longer deal damage because you are not using a shield.

On hit effects: Tempest Shield can be supported with skills that provide bonuses on hit, such as , , and leech. These bonuses will be given whenever the player successfully blocks.

Weapon swapping: Switching weapon sets will not deactivate Tempest Shield, if that weapon set includes a shield.

Gem level progression

Level				Lightning Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	16	18	26	38 to 115	0	0
2	20	22	31	51 to 154	49725	49725
3	24	25	37	68 to 203	95714	145439
4	28	29	42	88 to 264	169595	315034
5	31	32	46	106 to 318	199345	514379
6	34	35	50	128 to 383	285815	800194
7	37	37	54	153 to 458	401344	1201538
8	40	40	58	182 to 545	554379	1755917
9	43	43	62	215 to 646	755049	2510966
10	46	46	66	255 to 764	1016533	3527499
11	49	48	70	300 to 901	1898602	5426101
12	52	51	74	353 to 1060	1964019	7390120
13	55	54	78	415 to 1244	2573731	9963851
14	58	57	82	486 to 1457	4676439	14640290
15	60	59	84	539 to 1616	3017327	17657617
16	62	60	87	597 to 1792	7823001	25480618
17	64	62	90	662 to 1985	15264208	40744826
18	66	64	92	733 to 2198	26272845	67017671
19	68	66	95	811 to 2432	62872274	129889945
20	70	68	98	896 to 2688	212023122	341913067
21	72	70	100	990 to 2970	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	1093 to 3280	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	1207 to 3620	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	1331 to 3992	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	1467 to 4401	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	1617 to 4850	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	1780 to 5341	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	1960 to 5880	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	2157 to 6470	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	2372 to 7116	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	2487 to 7462	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	2608 to 7824	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	2734 to 8203	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	2866 to 8599	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	3004 to 9013	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	3149 to 9447	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	3300 to 9900	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	3458 to 10375	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	3624 to 10871	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	3797 to 11390	N/A	N/A

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Tempest Shield.

Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Tempest Shield Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Tempest Shield Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Tempest Shield Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Tempest Shield Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Tempest Shield Num Of Additional Projectiles In Chain 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Tempest Shield chains an additional 2 times	helmet 100
Enchantment Tempest Shield Num Of Additional Projectiles In Chain 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Tempest Shield chains an additional 3 times	helmet 100

Version history

Version	Changes
2.0.0	Tempest Shield now deals arcing beams of damage to attackers when you block. This damage chains between enemies. It now has a mana cost and a duration instead of a reservation cost. Blocking refreshes the skill's duration. Due to these changes, it no longer persists between areas.
1.0.3	Fixed a bug where Tempest Shield could be activated with no reservation cost.
0.11.6b	Fixed an instance crash that occurred with Tempest Shield.
0.11.6	Fixed a bug where applying microtransaction effects to items cause disable the effect of Tempest Shield. Undocumented Change: Tempest Shield now stays active between area transitions.
0.11.4	Tempest shield can now generate more than one charge per skill use.
0.10.4	Tempest Shield now has a 0.5 second cooldown similar to auras, to prevent it being turned off by rapidly recasting it.
0.9.12k	Tempest Shield can no longer move between areas with you. It was broken when it did so.
0.9.7b	Tempest Shield's mana reservation now works properly.
0.9.6c	Fixed a client crash with Tempest Shield.
0.9.6b	Fixed various client crashes related to Tempest Shield.
0.9.6	Tempest Shield has been added to the game.

Lore

The symbol that appears on the character's shield when Tempest Shield is used is a Descry.