Frost Shield

Frost ShieldCritical, Spell, AoE, Duration, Cold
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (30-54) Mana
Cooldown Time: 5.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 34Place a Frost Shield that drains your energy shield for one second or until you run out, gaining stages while this drain occurs. The Frost Shield takes some damage from hits in place of you and allies while in its area. Enemies in the area are Chilled. You can only have one Frost Shield active at once.Base duration is 10.00 seconds
20% of Damage dealt to you or Allies in Area with Hits by Enemies in Area is taken from Frost Shield's Life before your Life or Energy Shield
60% of Damage dealt to you or Allies in Area with Hits by Enemies outside Area is taken from Frost Shield's Life before your Life or Energy Shield
You gain +(0.1-0.38)% to Spell Critical Strike Chance per Stage while in Area
Frost Shield has (190-910) maximum Life per Stage
Maximum 4 Stages
Gains 1 Stage every 0.3 seconds while you are losing Energy Shield
You lose (150-730) Energy Shield per second

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

Acquisition
Drop level: 34Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemFrostShield

Frost Shield is a spell that creates a chilling area around the caster for a duration. The area drains your energy shield when initially cast, and uses the absorbed energy shield to redirect a percentage of the damage the user takes to itself while the user is within it. The user also gains increased spell critical strike chance while within the field.

Skill functions and interactions

Chilling Area: Enemies that are inside the chilling area become chilled by the player. Modifiers to chill and cold/non-damaging ailments apply, including from support gems. It can apply chilled by you stats, enable if you have chilled recently stats, and cannot chill when the player or skill cannot chill.

Energy Shield Recharge: Recharge is disabled while the effect is draining energy shield. Despite not being damage, the drain also interrupts ES recharge, which Wicked Ward may prevent.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Frost Shield Life per Stage	Energy Shield drain	Spell Crit Chance per Stage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	34	35	50	30	190	150	+0.1%	0	0
2	36	36	52	32	200	160	+0.11%	252595	252595
3	38	38	55	34	210	170	+0.13%	314394	566989
4	40	40	58	36	230	190	+0.14%	388734	955723
5	42	42	60	38	250	200	+0.16%	477437	1433160
6	44	44	63	40	280	220	+0.17%	583786	2016946
7	46	46	66	42	300	240	+0.19%	710359	2727305
8	48	48	68	44	330	260	+0.2%	1355511	4082816
9	50	49	71	44	360	290	+0.22%	1138877	5221693
10	52	51	74	46	390	310	+0.23%	1368233	6589926
11	54	53	76	48	430	340	+0.25%	1638338	8228264
12	56	55	79	48	470	380	+0.26%	1956648	10184912
13	58	57	82	50	520	410	+0.28%	3655184	13840096
14	60	59	84	50	570	460	+0.29%	3017327	16857423
15	62	60	87	52	630	500	+0.31%	3576232	20433655
16	64	62	90	52	690	550	+0.32%	9164731	29598386
17	66	64	92	52	750	600	+0.34%	17861428	47459814
18	68	66	95	52	830	660	+0.35%	46032386	93492200
19	69	67	96	54	870	690	+0.37%	87248039	180740239
20	70	68	98	54	910	730	+0.38%	157972052	338712291
21	72	70	100	56	1000	800	+0.4%	—	—
22	74	—	—	56	1090	870	+0.41%	—	—
23	76	—	—	58	1190	950	+0.43%	—	—
24	78	—	—	58	1290	1030	+0.44%	—	—
25	80	—	—	60	1400	1120	+0.46%	—	—
26	82	—	—	60	1530	1220	+0.47%	—	—
27	84	—	—	60	1660	1330	+0.49%	—	—
28	86	—	—	60	1800	1440	+0.5%	—	—
29	88	—	—	62	1940	1550	+0.52%	—	—
30	90	—	—	62	2100	1680	+0.53%	—	—
31	91	—	—	62	2180	1740	+0.54%	—	—
32	92	—	—	63	2260	1810	+0.55%	—	—
33	93	—	—	63	2350	1880	+0.55%	—	—
34	94	—	—	63	2440	1950	+0.56%	—	—
35	95	—	—	63	2530	2020	+0.57%	—	—
36	96	—	—	64	2620	2090	+0.58%	—	—
37	97	—	—	64	2720	2170	+0.58%	—	—
38	98	—	—	64	2820	2250	+0.59%	—	—
39	99	—	—	64	2920	2330	+0.6%	—	—
40	100	—	—	64	3020	2410	+0.61%	—	—

Item acquisition

Frost Shield can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Frost Shield can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.	Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem	A
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	Random level 20 gem	A
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	Random gem with 20% quality	A
1	Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.	Random gem with 1–20% quality	A
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	Random divination card set exchange	A

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Breaking the Seal Act 4

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Breaking the Seal Act 4 Petarus and Vanja
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Frost 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 Frost Shield Cooldown Count 1	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Frost Shield has +1 Cooldown Use	helmet 100
Enchantment Frost Shield Health per Stage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Frost Shield has +125 to maximum Life per Stage	helmet 100
Enchantment Frost Shield Health per Stage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Frost Shield has +180 to maximum Life per Stage	helmet 100

Version history

Version	Changes
3.12.0	Frost Shield has been added to the game.