Steelskin

SteelskinSpell, Duration, Guard
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (4-16) Mana
Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: InstantApplies a buff which can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Cooldown Recovery RateSteelskin Buff can take 0.5% increased amount of DamageBuff grants +1% to all ResistancesBase duration is 1.5 seconds
70% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before Life or Energy Shield
Buff can take (54-2209) Damage
This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
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Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemSteelskin

Steelskin is a guard skill that grants the user a buff that absorbs incoming hits for a short period of time.

Skill functions and interactions

All Guard skills

Below are the 5 skill gems with the Guard gem tag:

Skill gem
Arcane CloakArcane CloakSpell, Duration, Guard, Lightning, Arcane Level: (1-20) Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: InstantRequires 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.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Skill Effect Duration0.25% of Damage taken Recouped as Mana0.5% increased Buff EffectBase duration is 3 seconds 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 Spends (45-64)% of current Mana 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 effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.				16
Immortal CallImmortal CallSpell, Duration, Guard Level: (1-20) Cost: (21-36) Mana Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec Cast Time: InstantRequires 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.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Skill Effect Duration1% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate-0.1% less Physical Damage taken per Endurance Charge removed 0.1% less Elemental Damage taken per Endurance Charge removedBase duration is 1 seconds (25-34)% less Elemental Damage taken (25-35)% less Physical Damage taken 15% less Physical Damage taken per Endurance Charge removed 20% increased Buff Duration per Endurance Charge removed This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.				34
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) Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec Cast Time: Instant Radius: 15Applies 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.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Skill Effect DurationBuff can take additional Damage equal to 0.25% of your ArmourReflected Damage Penetrates 1% of Enemy Fire ResistanceBase duration is 3 seconds Buff grants +(50-858) to Armour 75% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield Buff can take Damage equal to 20% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 10000 Reflects (100-3000)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage when Buff expires or is depleted This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.				1
SteelskinSteelskinSpell, Duration, Guard Level: (1-20) Cost: (4-16) Mana Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: InstantApplies a buff which can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Cooldown Recovery RateSteelskin Buff can take 0.5% increased amount of DamageBuff grants +1% to all ResistancesBase duration is 1.5 seconds 70% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before Life or Energy Shield Buff can take (54-2209) Damage This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.				1
Vaal Molten ShellVaal Molten ShellVaal, Spell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, 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: 0 sec Cast Time: InstantApplies 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.Per 1% Quality:1Superior1% increased Skill Effect DurationBase duration is 9 seconds Buff grants +(25-429) to Armour (30-35)% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield Buff can take Damage equal to 30% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 30000 Reflects (300-9000)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage each second, or when Buff expires or is depleted Buff grants (20-29)% more Armour Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention CorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.				1

Gem level progression

Level					Cost and Reservation Multiplier	Critical Strike Chance	Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Stored Uses	Cooldown	Vaal souls	Stored Uses	Soul Prevention Time	Attack Damage	Base duration	Attack Speed	Buff Damage Cap	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	4	0	16	0	0%	0%	4	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	54	0	0
2	6	0	20	0	0%	0%	5	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	66	841	841
3	9	0	27	0	0%	0%	5	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	86	3099	3940
4	12	0	33	0	0%	0%	6	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	109	7433	11373
5	16	0	41	0	0%	0%	7	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	145	22895	34268
6	20	0	50	0	0%	0%	7	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	188	49725	83993
7	24	0	58	0	0%	0%	8	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	240	95714	179707
8	28	0	67	0	0%	0%	9	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	302	169595	349302
9	32	0	75	0	0%	0%	10	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	376	283759	633061
10	36	0	83	0	0%	0%	10	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	464	453996	1087057
11	40	0	92	0	0%	0%	11	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	568	703128	1790185
12	44	0	100	0	0%	0%	12	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	691	1061223	2851408
13	48	0	109	0	0%	0%	12	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	835	2065870	4917278
14	52	0	117	0	0%	0%	13	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1005	2507110	7424388
15	55	0	123	0	0%	0%	14	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1152	2573731	9998119
16	58	0	130	0	0%	0%	14	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1317	7611351	17609470
17	61	0	136	0	0%	0%	15	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1502	13437908	31047378
18	64	0	142	0	0%	0%	15	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1711	25052147	56099525
19	67	0	148	0	0%	0%	16	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	1946	43869436	99968961
20	70	0	155	0	0%	0%	16	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	2209	242081178	342050139
21	72	0	159	0	0%	0%	17	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	2403	-342050139	0
22	74	0	0	0	0%	0%	17	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	2611	0	0
23	76	0	0	0	0%	0%	18	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	2837	0	0
24	78	0	0	0	0%	0%	18	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	3080	0	0
25	80	0	0	0	0%	0%	18	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	3342	0	0
26	82	0	0	0	0%	0%	19	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	3624	0	0
27	84	0	0	0	0%	0%	19	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	3928	0	0
28	86	0	0	0	0%	0%	19	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	4257	0	0
29	88	0	0	0	0%	0%	20	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	4610	0	0
30	90	0	0	0	0%	0%	20	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	4991	0	0
31	91	0	0	0	0%	0%	20	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	5192	0	0
32	92	0	0	0	0%	0%	20	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	5401	0	0
33	93	0	0	0	0%	0%	21	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	5618	0	0
34	94	0	0	0	0%	0%	21	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	5842	0	0
35	95	0	0	0	0%	0%	21	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	6076	0	0
36	96	0	0	0	0%	0%	21	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	6318	0	0
37	97	0	0	0	0%	0%	21	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	6569	0	0
38	98	0	0	0	0%	0%	22	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	6829	0	0
39	99	0	0	0	0%	0%	22	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	7099	0	0
40	100	0	0	0	0%	0%	22	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	7379	0	0

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Steelskin:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Steelskin. No results found

Version history

Version	Changes
3.11.0	Fixed some bad visual interactions between Steelskin and several glowy cosmetics.
3.7.4	Added Labyrinth Enchantments
3.7.0	Steelskin has been added to the game.