Dawnbreaker

Dawnbreaker
Colossal Tower ShieldChance to Block: (43-48)%
Armour: (1305-2103)
Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 67, 159 Str+(10-20) to maximum Life(150-250)% increased Armour
+(20-25)% Chance to Block
-1% Chance to Block Attack Damage for every 200 Fire Damage taken from Hits Recently
(10-20)% of Cold Damage taken as Fire Damage
(10-20)% of Lightning Damage taken as Fire Damage
(10-20)% of Physical Damage taken as Fire Damage
Scorch Enemies in Close Range when you Block"The newcomers warn of doom and death beyond mortal ken.
I ask, why should we fear the fire when we serve the Lord of Light?"
- Maxarius, the first High Templar

Acquisition
Drop restrictedVendor Offer
24x Alchemy Shard
3x Alteration ShardMetadata
Item class: Shield

Dawnbreaker is a unique Colossal Tower ShieldColossal Tower ShieldChance to Block: 23%
Armour: (522-601)
Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 67, 159 Str+(10-20) to maximum Life.

Mechanics

• The downside of -1% Chance to Block Attack Damage for every 200 Fire Damage taken from Hits Recently can be mitigated through damage reduction (e.g. Fortification), Fire Max Res (e.g. Purity of FirePurity of FireAura, Spell, AoE, Fire
  Level: (1-20)
  Reservation: 35% Mana
  Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cast Time: Instant
  AoE Radius: 36Requires Level 24Casts an aura that grants fire resistance to you and your allies.+(0-1.9) metres to radius
  You and nearby allies gain (22-41)% additional Fire Resistance
  You and nearby allies gain (0-4)% additional maximum Fire Resistance
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  You and nearby allies gain (0.5-10)% additional Fire ResistancePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.), chance to Avoid Fire Damage when Hit (e.g. Deafening Essence of AnguishDeafening Essence of AnguishStack Size: 9
  Essence Tier: 7Upgrades a normal item to rare or reforges a rare item, guaranteeing one property
  One Handed Weapon: Adds (49-66) to (98-115) Fire Damage to Spells
  Two Handed Weapon: Adds (66-88) to (132-155) Fire Damage to Spells
  Gloves: Adds (11-15) to (23-27) Fire Damage to Attacks
  Body Armour: (9-10)% chance to Avoid Fire Damage from Hits
  Shield: (9-10)% chance to Avoid Fire Damage from Hits
  Other Armour: (56-60)% chance to Avoid being Ignited
  Quiver: Adds (41-55) to (81-96) Fire Damage to Attacks
  Belt: (56-60)% chance to Avoid being Ignited
  Other Jewellery: Adds (23-27) to (43-48) Fire Damage to AttacksRight click this item then left click a normal or rare item to apply it.), Synthesised rings with -# Fire Damage taken from Hits, or Fire Damage taken as other elements (e.g. Incandescent HeartIncandescent Heart
  Saintly ChainmailArmour: (1283-1567)
  Energy Shield: (307-374)
  Movement Speed: -5%Requires Level 70, 99 Str, 115 Int(220-240)% increased Armour and Energy Shield
  +(80-90) to maximum Life
  (0.8-1)% of Attack Damage Leeched as Life
  Gain (10-20)% of Elemental Damage as Extra Chaos Damage
  25% of Elemental Damage from Hits taken as Chaos Damage
  (20-30)% increased Light Radius
  Light Radius is based on Energy Shield instead of LifeOnly light may banish the shadows from this land
  And the black lies wrapped around your heart, Sublime VisionSublime Vision
  Prismatic JewelLimited to: 1<Aura bonus modifier>This world is not good enough for her,
  so I will make a better one. Nothing
  matters but the pursuit of perfection.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket., Divine Flesh).
• Damage taken as Fire Damage mods: Unlike other mods, this mods applies to hit damage and DOT.
  • Note that "damage taken as" modifiers only shift damage once; Non-Fire damage taken as Fire cannot then be taken as another element.
• Scorch Enemies in Close Range when you Block: This shield's Scorch has a baseline of -10% to Elemental Resistances, according to the help text of the item (default keybind: Alt button on PC). This can be overridden by a stronger Scorch from another source.

Item acquisition

Dawnbreaker has restrictions on where or how it can drop. It cannot be chanced.

Monster restrictions

This item can be acquired from the following monsters:

• The Searing Exarch

Trivia

Dawnbreaker has the highest block chance among all shield in-game (48%).

In temporary leagues, Vaal BucklerVaal BucklerChance to Block: 27%
Evasion: (330-379)
Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 63, 159 Dex3% increased Movement Speed or Spiny Round ShieldSpiny Round ShieldChance to Block: 27%
Armour: (154-177)
Evasion: (154-177)
Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 62, 85 Str, 85 Dex60% increased Block Recovery plus of the Citadelof the Citadel
Suffix
+(14-15)% Chance to Block plus synthesis implicit modifier (4-5)% Chance to Block Attack Damage plus corruption implicit +(4-5)% Chance to Block may have the highest theoretical block chance from a rare shield (27%+15%+5%+5%=52%), but it has a very low chance to successfully craft it.

In permanent leagues, using Armour RecombinatorsArmour RecombinatorStack Size: 20Destroys two Armours to create a new Armour with a combination of their properties. Sometimes, the resultant item is modified unpredictablyRight click this item then select two Armours to combine. These items must be of the same item class. can transfer the legacy mod UnfailingUnfailing
Prefix
(31-36)% increased Armour
+3% Chance to Block from a donor item, so that +3% to aforementioned chance, but it still needed to be successfully corrupt and synthesis the item in order to have more than 48%+5% chance to block, given Dawnbreaker itself can be corrupted.

However, Dawnbreaker has a downside mod -1% Chance to Block Attack Damage for every 200 Fire Damage taken from Hits Recently while the rare shield and T1 block suffix combo has no conditional mod to lower the block chance.

This calculation also excludes any conditional mod that increase the block chance from a rare shield, or any scourge implicit that is not available to craft on item anymore .

Version history

Version	Changes
3.17.0	Introduced to the game.