Spectral Shield Throw

Spectral Shield ThrowAttack, Projectile, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-10) Mana
Attack Time: 0.65 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%Requires Level 28Throws a spectral copy of your shield as a projectile which cannot pierce, and deals off-hand damage augmented by the defences of the shield. When it collides with something it will shatter, launching a number of smaller shards as projectiles in all directions. Modifiers that cause additional projectiles to be fired will add more shards, not more copies of the shield.Shard Projectiles Deal 50% less Damage
(56-243) to (84-364) Base Off Hand Physical Damage
(3-5) to (5-9) Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield
Fires 3 additional Projectiles
Primary Projectile Chains +3 Times

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Fires (0.1-2) additional ProjectilesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 28Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemThrownShieldProjectile

Spectral Shield Throw is an attack skill performed with a shield. The user throws a single shield projectile forward, which releases secondary shard projectiles in random directions when it hits an enemy or terrain. Unlike most attack skills, Spectral Shield Throw deals offhand damage with a shield.

Mechanics and interactions

Spectral Shield Throw has two types of projectiles: shields and shards. Using the skill causes the player to throw one shield projectile forward. Every time it collides with an enemy or terrain, it produces a set of secondary shard projectiles. Note: secondary shard projectiles created by colliding with terrain do not appear to deal damage, likely due to a bug (3.23).

Projectile modifiers

• Additional projectiles do not apply to the shield projectile, only to shard projectiles.
• Projectile speed modifiers will apply to both shield and shard projectiles. Because the shards have a limited lifetime, increasing projectile speed will allow them to travel farther, similar to Ethereal KnivesEthereal KnivesSpell, Projectile, Physical
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (5-20) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.60 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (190-220)%
  Projectile Speed: 1300Fires an arc of knives outwards in front of the caster which deal physical damage.Deals (7-949) to (10-1423) Physical Damage
  Fires (10-13) Projectiles
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Fires +(0.1-2) ProjectilesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..
• The shield projectile can Split, Fork, Chain, and Return, but not Pierce.
  • Per standard projectile behavior, each enemy can only be hit by a maximum of one outgoing and one returning shield projectile per attack.
• Secondary shard projectiles can Pierce or Chain, but cannot Split, Fork, or Return.
  • Each enemy can be hit once by each set of secondary projectiles, similar to Tornado ShotTornado ShotAttack, Projectile, Bow
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (9-13) Mana
    Attack Speed: 80% of base
    Attack Damage: (100-120)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (100-120)%Requires Level 28Fires a piercing shot that travels until it reaches the targeted location. It will then fire projectiles out in all directions from that point, which will travel for a short time before disappearing.Fires 3 secondary Projectiles
    
    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    (2-40)% increased Projectile SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.. Shards do not hit the target they are created from.
    • To create more sets of shard projectiles, additional targets can be created with HydrosphereHydrosphereSpell, AoE, Duration, Cold, Orb, Lightning, Physical
      Level: (1-20)
      Cost: (12-20) Mana
      Cast Time: 0.60 sec
      Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
      Effectiveness of Added Damage: (65-110)%Requires Level 34Create a sphere of water, or move an existing sphere and reset its duration. The sphere continually applies a drenched debuff with a short duration to enemies in its area or those it moves through. You can hit the sphere with other skills to inflict Cold and Lightning Ailments (other than Chill). The sphere pulses when created, at regular intervals while afflicted by an Ailment, and after moving, damaging all drenched enemies in a large area.Deals (37-510) to (56-765) Physical Damage
      Base duration is 8.00 seconds
      Base secondary duration is 4.00 seconds
      Pulses every 0.4 seconds while Frozen, Shocked, Brittle or Sapped
      Can only be Hit once every 1 second
      Drenched Enemies have Cold and Lightning Exposure, applying -10% to Resistances
      100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage while Sphere has no Ailments
      100% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage while sphere is Shocked or Sapped
      100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage while Sphere is Frozen or Brittle
      
      Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
      +(0.5-10)% increased Pulse FrequencyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. or TornadoTornadoSpell, Duration, Physical, AoE, Orb
      Level: (1-20)
      Cost: (15-25) Mana
      Cast Time: 0.75 sec
      Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
      Effectiveness of Added Damage: (55-95)%Requires Level 34Create a Tornado that hinders and repeatedly damages enemies around it. It will move forward for a duration, during which your projectiles can collide with it to deal damage as though it was an enemy. Then it will chase down enemies for a secondary duration, and reflect a portion of the damage it took from your projectiles to them in addition to its own damage.Deals (31-414) to (46-620) Physical Damage
      Base duration is 1.50 seconds
      Base secondary duration is 4.00 seconds
      During initial Duration, can be hit by your Projectiles up to 20 times
      Deals Damage every 0.25 seconds
      Reflects 10% of Damage Taken to Enemies
      Enemies in range are Hindered
      Tornado has (0-57)% increased Movement Speed
      Maximum 1 Tornado
      
      Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
      Tornado has (1-20)% increased Movement SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..

Damage modifiers

Spectral Shield Throw gains base damage from the skill gem, and additional added damage depending on stats on the equipped shield. The Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield modifier checks local values on the shield; it is unaffected by #% increased Defences from Equipped Shield.

The skill does not use local stats on the main hand weapon, and it is not an unarmed attack if the main hand is empty. It only deals offhand damage.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Physical Damage	Added Physical Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	42	29	7	56 to 84	3 to 5	0	0
2	31	46	32	8	64 to 95	3 to 5	199345	199345
3	34	50	35	8	72 to 108	3 to 6	285815	485160
4	37	54	37	8	81 to 121	3 to 6	401344	886504
5	40	58	40	8	90 to 136	4 to 6	554379	1440883
6	42	60	42	8	97 to 146	4 to 7	477437	1918320
7	44	63	44	8	105 to 157	4 to 7	583786	2502106
8	46	66	46	8	112 to 169	4 to 7	710359	3212465
9	48	68	48	9	120 to 181	4 to 7	1355511	4567976
10	50	71	49	9	129 to 193	4 to 8	1138877	5706853
11	52	74	51	9	138 to 207	4 to 8	1368233	7075086
12	54	76	53	9	147 to 221	5 to 8	1638338	8713424
13	56	79	55	9	157 to 236	5 to 8	1956648	10670072
14	58	82	57	9	168 to 252	5 to 8	3655184	14325256
15	60	84	59	9	179 to 268	5 to 8	3017327	17342583
16	62	87	60	10	190 to 285	5 to 8	7759995	25102578
17	64	90	62	10	202 to 304	5 to 8	15138193	40240771
18	66	92	64	10	215 to 323	5 to 9	26083825	66324596
19	68	95	66	10	228 to 343	5 to 9	62620247	128944843
20	70	98	68	10	243 to 364	5 to 9	211708088	340652931
21	72	100	70	10	257 to 386	5 to 9	—	—
22	74	—	—	10	273 to 409	5 to 9	—	—
23	76	—	—	10	289 to 434	5 to 9	—	—
24	78	—	—	11	306 to 459	6 to 11	—	—
25	80	—	—	11	324 to 486	6 to 11	—	—
26	82	—	—	11	343 to 514	6 to 11	—	—
27	84	—	—	11	362 to 544	6 to 11	—	—
28	86	—	—	11	383 to 575	6 to 11	—	—
29	88	—	—	11	405 to 607	6 to 11	—	—
30	90	—	—	11	427 to 641	6 to 11	—	—
31	91	—	—	11	439 to 659	6 to 11	—	—
32	92	—	—	11	451 to 677	6 to 11	—	—
33	93	—	—	12	464 to 695	6 to 11	—	—
34	94	—	—	12	476 to 714	7 to 12	—	—
35	95	—	—	12	489 to 734	7 to 12	—	—
36	96	—	—	12	502 to 753	7 to 12	—	—
37	97	—	—	12	516 to 774	7 to 12	—	—
38	98	—	—	12	530 to 795	7 to 12	—	—
39	99	—	—	12	544 to 816	7 to 12	—	—
40	100	—	—	12	558 to 837	7 to 12	—	—

Item acquisition

Spectral Shield Throw can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Spectral Shield Throw can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
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 ↓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3

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 ↓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Maramoa
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth

Transfigured versions

The following gems are transfigured versions of Spectral Shield ThrowSpectral Shield ThrowAttack, Projectile, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-10) Mana
Attack Time: 0.65 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%Requires Level 28Throws a spectral copy of your shield as a projectile which cannot pierce, and deals off-hand damage augmented by the defences of the shield. When it collides with something it will shatter, launching a number of smaller shards as projectiles in all directions. Modifiers that cause additional projectiles to be fired will add more shards, not more copies of the shield.Shard Projectiles Deal 50% less Damage
(56-243) to (84-364) Base Off Hand Physical Damage
(3-5) to (5-9) Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield
Fires 3 additional Projectiles
Primary Projectile Chains +3 Times

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Fires (0.1-2) additional ProjectilesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.:

• Spectral Shield Throw of ShatteringSpectral Shield Throw of ShatteringAttack, Projectile, Cold
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (7-10) Mana
  Attack Time: 0.75 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%Requires Level 28Throws a spectral copy of your shield as a projectile which cannot pierce, and deals off-hand damage augmented by the evasion of the shield. When it collides with something it will shatter, launching a number of smaller shards as projectiles in all directions. Modifiers that cause additional projectiles to be fired will add more shards, not more copies of the shield.Shard Projectiles Deal 25% less Damage
  (69-297) to (103-446) Base Off Hand Cold Damage
  (4-7) to (7-12) Added Cold Damage per 15 Evasion Rating on Shield
  Fires (6-12) additional Projectiles
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% more Projectile SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: Unlike the original skill, this transfigured version deals cold damage instead of physical at a greater value and gains added cold damage based on the shield's evasion rating (but not armour rating). The skill does not inherently chain, but the projectile fires more shards and the shards deal more damage.

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Spectral Shield Throw.

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 Spectral Shield Throw Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Spectral Shield Throw Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Spectral Shield Throw Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Spectral Shield Throw Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Spectral Shield Throw Num Of Additional Projectiles 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Spectral Shield Throw fires 2 additional Shard Projectiles	helmet 100
Enchantment Spectral Shield Throw Num Of Additional Projectiles 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Spectral Shield Throw fires 3 additional Shard Projectiles	helmet 100
Enchantment Spectral Shield Throw Projectile Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	20% increased Spectral Shield Throw Projectile Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Spectral Shield Throw Projectile Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	30% increased Spectral Shield Throw Projectile Speed	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Spectral Shield Throw has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
Stygian Spectral Shield ThrowStygian Spectral Shield ThrowSkill Gem EffectYour Spectral Shield Throw becomes a Stygian Effect.	Your Spectral Shield Throw becomes a Stygian Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.25.0	Now has 56 to 84 Base Off Hand Physical Damage at gem level 1 (previously 47 to 70), scaling up to 243 to 364 at gem level 20 (previously 203 to 304). It also now has 3 to 5 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield at gem level 1 (previously 3 to 4), with values of 5 to 9 at gem level 20 (previously 5 to 7).
3.23.0	Quality now causes the skill to Fire 0-2 additional Projectiles, instead of providing 0-40% increased Projectile Speed.
3.16.0	Spectral Shield Throw now has a base Attack Time of 0.65 seconds at all gem levels (previously 0.7-0.6 seconds). Now has 3 to 4 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield at gem level 1 (previously 4 to 5), up to 5 to 7 at gem level 20 (previously 6 to 8). Now deals 47 to 70 Base Off Hand Physical Damage at gem level 1 (previously 58 to 86), up to 203 to 304 at gem level 20 (previously 399 to 599). The Merciless Labyrinth Enchantment for Spectral Shield Throw now grants “Spectral Shield Throw Fires 2 additional projectiles” (previously 3). Existing items with this Enchantment are unaffected. The Eternal Labyrinth Enchantment for Spectral Shield Throw now grants “Spectral Shield Throw Fires 3 additional projectiles” (previously 5). Existing items with this Enchantment are unaffected.
3.15.0	Spectral Shield Throw's default behaviour has been reworked to be more similar to the Divide and Conquer threshold jewel (which has also been reworked). No longer "double-hits" against single targets in general. Now requires character level 28 to use at gem level 1 (previously character level 12). Now fires 3 additional Projectiles (previously 13). Primary Projectile now Chains +3 times. Additional Chains now apply to both the Primary and Secondary Projectiles. Shard Projectiles now deal 50% less Damage (previously 75%). Now deals 58 to 86 Base Off Hand Physical Damage at gem level 1 (previously 20 to 30), up to 399 to 599 at gem level 20 (previously 200 to 301). Now deals 4 to 5 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield at gem level 1, up to 6 to 8 at gem level 20 (previously 3 to 4 at all levels). No longer has +0.2% to Critical Strike Chance per 10 Maximum Energy Shield on Shield.
3.13.0	Now deals 20 to 30 base off hand physical damage at gem level 1 (from 18 to 27), up to 200 to 301 at gem level 20 (from 182 to 272). Now has +0.2% base critical strike chance per 10 maximum energy shield on your shield (from 0.1% per 10). Now deals 3 to 4 added physical damage per 15 armour or evasion rating on shield (from 2 to 3 added physical damage per 15 armour or evasion rating).
3.12.0	Now has alternative gem quality.
3.7.0	Now deals 18 to 27 base off hand physical damage at gem level 1 (from 13 to 19), up to 182 to 272 at gem level 20 (from 132 to 198). Now fires more projectiles on shield impact as the skill levels up, up to 13 at gem level 20 (from 8 at all levels). Now has a base off hand attack time of 0.7 seconds at gem level 1 (from 0.65), down to 0.6 seconds at gem level 20 (from 0.56).
3.6.0	Base Off Hand Attack Time is now 0.65 seconds at gem level 1 (from 0.7 seconds) and 0.56 seconds at gem level 20 (from 0.61 seconds). Base projectile speed is now slightly faster.
3.2.0	Added a new Dexterity/Strength Skill Gem - Spectral Shield Throw: Throws a spectral copy of your shield as a projectile which cannot pierce, and deals off-hand damage augmented by the defences of the shield. When it collides with something it will shatter, launching a number of smaller shards as projectiles in all directions. Modifiers that cause additional projectiles to be fired will add more shards, not more copies of the shield.