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Name | Shield Throw |
Class | Sentinel level 15 skill |
Description | Throws a shield at a target enemy. The shield ricochets to up to 2 additional targets before returning to you. The cooldown starts when the shield returns to you. |
Cooldown | 2s |
Mana cost | 20 |
Tags | PhysicalThrowingStrengthDexterity |
Scaling | Per Point of Strength:
Per Point of Dexterity:
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Skill Tree Nodes
Name | Max Points | Stats | Description | |
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Shield Throw | 0 | Throws a shield at a target enemy. The shield ricochets to up to 2 additional targets before returning to you. The cooldown starts when the shield returns to you. | ||
Ricochet | 2 |
| Shield Throw has increased attack speed and ricochets to additional targets, but Shield Throw costs more mana. | |
Aegis | 5 |
| Shield Throw can target and ricochet to allies other than yourself. Allies are granted armor for 4 seconds when Shield Throw hits them. | |
Manifest Inspiration | 1 |
| If your Manifested Armor is hit by the shield, it performs a sweeping melee attack. | |
Testament of Light | 1 |
| The benefits granted by Aegis are increased for each point of attunement you have. | |
Eruption | 1 |
| Whenever Shield Throw ricochets on an enemy it casts Lava Burst, a spell dealing fire damage to all enemies near the impact. | |
Forceful Breaking | 2 |
| Lava Burst deals damage in a larger area. | |
Magma Rage | 5 |
| Lava Burst deals more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers). | |
Forgeborn | 4 |
| Shields thrown travel faster, and Shield Throw deals additional fire damage. | |
Molten Shield | 1 |
| Shield Throw's base physical damage is converted to fire. Consequently this damage scales with increases to fire damage, but not increases to physical damage. All increased stun chance from this tree is converted to added ignite chance. | |
Molten Toss | 3 |
| Shield Throw deals more fire damage (multiplicative with other modifiers). | |
Burning Crusade | 4 |
| Shield Throw and Lava Burst hits have a chance to ignite enemies. | |
Polished Steel | 5 |
| Shield Throw costs less mana. | |
Focused Campaign | 1 |
| Shield Throw's cooldown is immediately reset when your shield returns to you, but the number of Shield Throw ricochets is halved (rounded down). | |
Armoring Aegis | 5 |
| Shield Throw grants you armor for 4 seconds when it ricochets. | |
Colossus | 4 |
| You have increased armor while Shield Throw is on cooldown. | |
Vampiric Shield | 4 |
| You gain health when Shield Throw ricochets. | |
Iron Monger | 5 |
| Shield Throw steals 10 armour on hit for 4 seconds. | |
Hemrin's Technique | 2 |
| Shield Throw ricochets to additional targets. | |
Heavy Shield | 5 |
| Shield Throw deals additional physical damage. | |
Sharpened Rim | 4 |
| Improves Shield Throw's base critical strike chance. | |
Spiked Plates | 1 |
| Shield Throw hit damage is increased by 50% of your block chance. | |
Rygar's Fury | 1 |
| Shield Throw hit damage is increased by 100% of your block chance, but you cannot block while Shield Throw is released. | |
Crippling Throw | 4 |
| Shield Throw has a chance to slow and increased chance to stun enemies. | |
Throwing Arm | 4 |
| You are granted global increased throwing attack damage if you have used Shield Throw recently (last 4 seconds). | |
Fleet of Foot | 4 |
| When you cast Shield Throw, you are granted Haste for a duration. | |
Shield Barrage | 1 |
| Shield Throw no longer has a cooldown and costs less mana, but shields are smaller and deal less damage (multiplicative with other modifiers). | |
Avenger's Wrath | 1 |
| Shield Throw critical hits deal more damage based on your block effectiveness. | |
Faithguard | 1 |
| Aegis also grants allies stun avoidance when Shield Throw hits them. The amount granted is equal to the armor Aegis provides. |