Guard Skill

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Guards are active skills that provide short term survivability to characters. Guards are all instant spells.

All guard skills share a cooldown - no guard skill can be cast or triggered while any others are on cooldown. Additionally, guard skill cooldowns do not begin until the guard skill has finished.

Skills

Skill gems

There are 5 skill gems with the Guard gem tag:

GemRequired character level at gem level 1Gem requires strengthGem requires dexterityGem requires intelligence
Arcane CloakArcane CloakSpell, Duration, Guard, Lightning, Arcane
Level: (1-20)
Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: Instant
Requires Level 16Spends a portion of your mana to grant a buff that takes some of the damage from hits for you until depleted. The buff grants added lightning damage based on the amount of mana spent by this skill. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Base duration is 3.00 seconds
Spends (45-64)% of current Mana
75% of Damage from Hits is taken from Buff before your Life or Energy Shield
Buff can take Damage equal to Mana Spent by this Skill's effect
Buff grants Added Lightning Damage equal to (10-14)% of Mana Spent by this Skill's effect
This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effect

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% increased Buff Effect
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
16NoNoYes
Immortal CallImmortal CallSpell, Duration, Guard
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (21-36) Mana
Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: Instant
Requires Level 34Take less Physical and Elemental Damage for a short time. Consumes up to 5 Endurance Charges to lengthen the buff and further lessen Physical Damage taken. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Base duration is 1.00 seconds
20% increased Buff Duration per Endurance Charge removed
This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effect
(25-34)% less Elemental Damage taken
(25-35)% less Physical Damage taken
15% less Physical Damage taken per Endurance Charge removed

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
34YesNoNo
Molten ShellMolten ShellSpell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-12) Mana
Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: Instant
AoE Radius: 15
Requires Level 16Applies a buff that adds to your armour, and can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. When the buff expires or is depleted, the skill deals reflected damage to enemies around you based on the total damage that was taken from the buff. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Base duration is 3.00 seconds
This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effect
Buff grants +(115-858) to Armour
75% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield
Buff can take Damage equal to 10% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 5000
Reflects (100-3000)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage when Buff expires or is depleted

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% increased Skill Effect Duration
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
16YesNoNo
SteelskinSteelskinSpell, Duration, Guard
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (4-16) Mana
Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: Instant
Requires Level 4Applies a buff which can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Base duration is 1.50 seconds
This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effect
Buff grants Immunity to Bleeding
70% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before Life or Energy Shield
Buff can take (54-2209) Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.5-10)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
4YesNoNo
Vaal Molten ShellVaal Molten ShellSpell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Vaal, Guard
Level: (1-20)
Cooldown Time: 0.50 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Souls Per Use: 50
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 14 sec
Cast Time: Instant
Requires Level 16Applies a buff that raises your armour, and takes some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. Each second, the skill deals reflected damage to surrounding enemies based on the damage taken by the buff in that second. When the buff is removed, the skill deals reflected damage to enemies around you based on the total damage that was taken by the buff. You cannot have the buff at the same time as any other Guard skill.Base duration is 9.00 seconds
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
Buff grants +(115-858) to Armour
(35-39)% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield
Buff can take Damage equal to 20% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 10000
Reflects (300-9000)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage each second,
or when Buff expires or is depleted

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% increased Skill Effect Duration
CorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
16YesNoNo

Other skills

  • Bone Armour
  • Vaal Immortal CallVaal Immortal CallSpell, Duration, Vaal, Guard
    Level: (1-20)
    Cooldown Time: 60.00 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Souls Per Use: 100
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Soul Gain Prevention: 8 sec
    Cast Time: Instant
    Requires Level 34Discharges Endurance Charges, making the character unable to die or gain Vaal souls for a short time, proportional to how many endurance charges were expended.Base duration is 0.40 seconds
    Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
    (100-157)% increased Buff Duration per Endurance Charge removed
    Buff expiry rate cannot be modified

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

Note that Frost ShieldFrost 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 sec
Requires 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 Ailments
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
is not a guard skill, but has similar mechanics.

Related passive skills

Passive skills

The following passive skills are related to Guard skills:

NameStats
Armour and Guard Skill Cooldown Recovery
12% increased Armour
Guard Skills have 20% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate [1] [2]
Mana and Guard Skill Cooldown Recovery
10% increased maximum Mana
Guard Skills have 20% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate [1]
Adamant
25% increased Armour
Remove Bleeding when you use a Guard Skill
Remove Corrupted Blood when you use a Guard Skill
Guard Skills have 25% increased Duration [1]
Dynamo
18% increased maximum Mana
Guard Skills have 40% increased Duration [1]

Keystone passive skills

The following keystone passive skills are related to Guard skills:

NameStats
Veteran's Awareness
+10% to all Elemental Resistances and maximum Elemental Resistances while affected by a Non-Vaal Guard Skill
20% additional Physical Damage Reduction while affected by a Non-Vaal Guard Skill
20% more Damage taken if a Non-Vaal Guard Buff was lost Recently [1]

Tattoos

ItemDescription
Tattoo of the Rongokurai GuardTattoo of the Rongokurai GuardStack Size: 10
Replaces a Small Strength Passive Skill
Guard Skills have 6% increased DurationRight click this item then left click a valid Passive Skill. Maximum 50 Tattoos.
Guard Skills have 6% increased Duration

Version history

Version Changes
3.7.0
  • Introduced to the game.