Shield Throw

Siege Breaker max 1

Shield Throw deals more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers), but Shield Throw has a longer cooldown.

• +100% Damage
• +6 Cooldown (seconds)

Steel Defender max 4

Shield Throw can target and ricochet to allies other than yourself, and when it hits allies they are granted Steel Defense for a duration, granting them additional armor.

• Can Target Allies fixed
• +300 Armor With Buff fixed
• 2 Buff Duration (seconds)

Requires 2 points in Sleek Buckler

Manifest Inspiration max 1

If your Manifest Armor is hit by the shield, it performs a sweeping melee attack.
This attack cannot be triggered when the shield has no ricochets remaining.

• Manifest Armor Casts Sweeping Melee Attack When Hit

Requires 2 points in Steel Defender

The attack scales with the Manifest Armor's stats.

Faithguard max 1

Steel Defense also grants allies stun avoidance when Shield Throw hits them.

• +300 Stun Avoidance Granted To Allies

Requires 4 points in Steel Defender

The amount of elemental and poison protection granted is the same as the amount of armor granted.

Testament of Light max 1

The benefits granted by Steel Defense scale with your Attunement.

• 6% Increased Aegis Effect Per Attunement

Requires Faithguard

Eruption of Coals max 1

Whenever Shield Throw ricochets on an enemy or ally, it casts Lava Burst, a spell dealing fire damage to all enemies near the impact.

• Lava Burst Cast On Ricochet
• +2 Mana Cost

Requires Molten Shield or Sleek Buckler

Forceful Breaking max 2

Lava Burst deals damage in a larger area and has an increased chance to stun enemies.

• +30% Lava Burst Area
• 30% Increased Stun Chance

Requires Eruption of Coals

Magma Rage max 5

Lava Burst deals more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers).

• +30% Lava Burst Damage

Requires Eruption of Coals

Forgeborn max 4

Shield Throw deals additional throwing fire damage and penetrate enemy fire resistance.

• +5 Throwing Fire Damage
• +5% Fire Penetration

Molten Shield max 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.

Bleed chance from all sources is converted to ignite chance for Shield Throw.
Physical resistance shred chance from all sources is converted to fire resistance shred chance for Shield Throw.

• Shield Throw Damage -> Fire Damage
• Bleed -> Ignite Chance
• Phys Shred -> Fire Res Shred Chance

Requires 2 points in Forgeborn or Eruption of Coals

Molten Toss max 3

Shield Throw deals more fire damage (multiplicative with other modifiers).

• +25% Fire Damage

Requires Molten Shield

Burning Crusade max 4

Shield Throw and Lava Burst hits have a chance to ignite enemies and ignites it inflicts last longer.

• +25% Ignite Chance
• +5% Ignite Duration

Requires 2 points in Molten Toss

Sleek Buckler max 3

Shield Throw has increased attack speed and projectile speed.

• +5% Attack Speed
• +20% Projectile Speed

Ricochet max 2

Shield Throw ricochets to additional targets, but it costs additional mana.

• +1 Additional Ricochets
• +3 Mana Cost

Requires Sleek Buckler

Aeroplates max 3

Shield Throw costs less mana.

• -2 Mana Cost

Colossus max 4

Shield Throw's hits grant you a stack of Colossus for 4 seconds. This can stack up to 20 times.

Each stack grants you increased armor and additional physical penetration.

• +1 Colossus Stacks Per Hit
• +5% Increased Armor Per Stack fixed
• +2% Physical Penetration Per Stack fixed

Requires Throwing Arm

Lava Burst hits do not trigger this effect.

Vampiric Steel max 4

Shield Throw leeches a portion of its damage to you.

Additionally you steal armor from enemies you hit for 4 seconds, meaning you reduce their armor and gain additional armor yourself.

• +0.5% Health Leech
• 10 Armor Stolen

Requires 2 points in Aeroplates

Iron Monger max 4

Shield Throw's hits shred enemy armor.

• +25% Armor Shred Chance

Requires Aeroplates or Heavy Shield

Hemrin's Technique max 2

Shield Throw ricochets to additional targets and you regain health whenever Shield Throw Ricochets, scaling with your Dexterity.

• +1 Ricochets
• 1 Health Gain Per 2 Dex

Requires 3 points in Vampiric Steel

Heavy Shield max 5

Shield Throw deals more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) and its hits deal additional throwing damage.

• +3% Damage
• +6 Throwing Damage

Sharpened Rim max 3

Improves Shield Throw's base critical strike chance.

• +2% Base Crit Chance

Requires 2 points in Heavy Shield

Spiked Plates max 1

Shield Throw deals more hit damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) equal to a portion of your uncapped block chance.

• 50% Block Chance -> Damage

Requires 2 points in Heavy Shield

Rygar's Fury max 1

Shield Throw deals more hit damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) equal to 100% of your uncapped block chance, but you have reduced all resistances while Shield Throw is released.

• 100% Block Chance -> Damage
• -20% All Resistances

Requires Spiked Plates

This stacks with Spiked Plates for a total of 150% of your block chance as more hit damage.

Crippling Throw max 4

Shield Throw has a chance to slow and increased chance to stun enemies.

• +25% Increased Stun Chance
• +25% Slow Chance

Requires Heavy Shield or 2 points in Shredding Edge

Shredding Edge max 4

Shield Throw's hits have a chance to inflict bleed and shred enemy physical resistance.

• +25% Bleed Chance
• +25% Physical Res Shred Chance

Requires 2 points in Disarming Blow or 2 points in Crippling Throw

Fleet of Foot max 4

When you use Shield Throw, you are granted Haste for a duration.

• 0.5 Haste Duration On Cast (seconds)

Requires 2 points in Vampiric Steel

Defender's Rage max 2

Shield Throw's hits grants you the Frenzy buff for a short duration.

• 2 Frenzy Duration (seconds)

Requires Siege Breaker

Avenger's Wrath max 1

Shield Throw has additional critical strike multiplier scaling with your block effectiveness.

• +1% Critical Multiplier per 40 Block Effectiveness

Requires 3 points in Sharpened Rim

Disarming Blow max 4

Shield Throw's hits have a chance to apply Frailty.

• +25% Frailty Chance

Requires 2 points in Sleek Buckler or 2 points in Shredding Edge

Throwing Arm max 1

Shield Throw can ricochet between additional targets, including you if there are no other targets.

• +4 Ricochets
• Can Ricochet To You

Requires Siege Breaker

Shield Barrage max 1

Shield Throw can be thrown while you have a shield out, but shields deal less damage (multiplicative with other modifiers).

This node has no effect if Siege Breaker is allocated.

• No Cooldown
• -5% Damage
• -50% Fewer Ricochets