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Shielding is a Boss Modifier that may appear on Champions or Elites in Diablo III.

Shielding causes a shielding bubble to appear around the Champion, boss, or boss' minion for a few seconds, every few seconds. The shield grants immunity to all forms of damage and reduces or deflects many CC effects as well, for the duration of its presence. Monsters can not be hurt in any way while shielded, though they can still be slowed by some rooting effects. (Ones that have a general area of effect like Caltrops, but not specifically targeted ones like Entangling Shot.)

Shielded and Plagued Dune Dervish.

Shielding is identical in function to the (removed) Invulnerable Minions effect, except that one only appeared on boss minions, and was permanent. Shielding pops in and out on Bosses and Champions, turning on for a few seconds, then vanishing again without warning or any set on/off time.

Shielding

Monster Level Minimum: 31 (Nightmare and later)
Available to: Champions and Rares and their minions.
Damage Type: n/a
Additional Resistances: n/a
Can Not Spawn With: Avenger, Extra Health, Health Link, Horde, Illusionist, Invulnerable Minions, Missile Dampening, Vampiric.

Magda has a shielding-like property, and her shield provides her with limited invulnerability, but the on/off timer for the shield is based on events during her battle, rather than triggering on a semi-random timer.

Patch v1.0.4 in August 2012 nerfed the shielding property as follows:[1]

Shielding monsters will no longer shield if they are the last monster left in the area, and only one monster in a given pack can be shielded at a time.

Strategy[edit | edit source]

Shielded monsters can not be damaged, so players should learn to recognize the effect and not waste time attacking a monster while it's invulnerable. As is often the case, this modifier is more dangerous when found on Champions, since all of them have it. Bosses and their minions get shielding, but it seems to be less frequent, especially on the minions.

Slowing effects that rely on hitting the enemy, such as Entangling Shot, or stunning attacks like Seismic Slam are generally ineffective against shielded enemies. Area effects like Caltrops may still work though, so adjust your tactics accordingly.

Mercifully, Shielding can not pair with Invulnerable Minions (since removed) on the same boss and his pack.

Life Leech and Life on Hit[edit | edit source]

Shielding can be most dangerous to characters who survive by drawing constant health via Life Leech or Life on Hit, since the shielded monster takes no damage and thus yields no leech or LoH. Players thus need to be sure they're not targeting the shielded monster and gaining no health from their hits.

Media[edit | edit source]

The Shielding bubble has a greenish-tint and is instantly recognizable when in effect on a monster. Boss minions will also gain a shield at times, and their tooltip shows "Shielding Minion" whether the shield is active or not.

Maghda in her Lair
Protection for a puking zombie.
Unshielded Dune Dervish minion.
Shielding Vortex, Jailer gets pounded by a group.

A Barbarian struggles against a Shielded boss in v1.0.3,
when the shield"up time" was buggy and much too frequent.

A party teams up against a Vortex, Shielding,
Jailer boss in Act 4, Hell.

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Primary Quest Uniques

Act One Bosses: Araneae - Skeleton King - The Warden - The Butcher
Act Two Bosses: Maghda - Zoltun Kulle - Belial
Act Three Bosses: Ghom - Siegebreaker Assault Beast - Cydaea - Azmodan
Act Four Bosses: Diablo - Izual - Rakanoth
Act Five Bosses: Urzael - Adria - Malthael
Bonus Content Bosses: Greed
Treasure Goblins: Treasure Goblin -- Blood Thief -- Odious Collector -- Gem Hoarder -- Malevolent Tormentor -- Rainbow Goblin

Boss and Champion Special Boss Modifiers
Uniques Modifiers	Strong CC (Limit 1): Knockback -- Nightmarish -- Vortex -- Jailer Defensive (Limit 1): Avenger(C) -- Health Link(C) -- Horde(B) -- Illusionist -- Missile Dampening(B) -- Shielding Aggressive (No Limit): Arcane Enchanted -- Desecrator -- Electrified -- Fast -- Fire Chains(C) -- Frozen Pulse* -- Frozen -- Molten -- Mortar -- Plagued -- Poison Enchanted* -- Reflects Damage -- Teleporter -- Waller (B) = Boss Only modifier. -- (C) = Champion Only modifier -- * = Reaper of Souls only
Removed Modifiers	Ballista -- Cold Aura -- Die Together -- Doppelganger -- Extra Health -- Invulnerable Minions(B) -- Life Link -- Magical -- Mirrored -- Multishot -- Mythical -- Powerful -- Stoneskin -- Vampiric
Key Quest Uniques and their Special Modifiers
Act One Uniques	Araneae - Web Spit	Leoric - Summon Skeleton, Teleport Strike, Triple Cleave		The Butcher - Smash, Grappling Hook, Spear, Frenzy Charge
Act Two Uniques	Maghda - Forcefield, Summoning Ritual, Punish, Moth Dust, Teleport.	Zoltan Kulle - Fiery Boulder, Time Bubble, Ceiling Collapse, Energy Twister,Vanish, Creepy Laugh		Belial - Phase One: Triple Fireball, Summon Vipers. Phase Two: Poison Meteors, Ground Pound, Lightning Strike, Lightning Breath.
Act Three Uniques	Ghom - Acid Slime, Sneeze, Gas Cloud, Chomp.	Siegebreaker - Triple Hit, Charge, Leg Stomp, Grab and Throw.	Cydaea - Pain Bolts, Web Trap, Spider Pits.	Azmodan - Bellyflop, Laser Attack, Falling Corpses, Demon Gate, Pool of Destruction, Globe of Annihilation.
Act Four Uniques	Rakanoth - Cleave, Teleport Strike, Blade Strike, Volley, Summon Minion.	Izual - Frost Nova, Frozen, Summon Minions.	Diablo - Phase One: Claw Rip, Charge, Hell Spikes, Shadow Vanish Grab, Curse of Destruction, Ring of Fire, Ground Stomp, Curse of Anguish, Curse of Hatred. Phase Two: Shadow Clone. Phase Three: Overdrive, Lightning Breath.

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-[[File:Shielding-plagued2.jpg|thumb|400px|Shielded and [[Plagued]] Dune Dervish.]]
-[[Shielding]] is a [[Boss Modifier]] that may appear on Champions or Bosses (but not boss minions) in Diablo III.
-Shielding causes a shielding bubble to appear around the Champion, boss, or boss' minion for a few seconds, every few seconds. The shield grants immunity to all forms of damage and reduces or deflects many [[CC]] effects as well, for the duration of its presence. Monsters can not be hurt in any way while shielded, though they can still be slowed by rooting effects.
+[[Shielding]] is a [[Boss Modifier]] that may appear on Champions or Elites in Diablo III.
-Shielding is identical in function to the [[Invulnerable Minions]] effect, except that one only appears on boss minions, and is permanent. Shielding pops in and out on Bosses and Champions, turning on for a few seconds, then vanishing again without warning or any set on/off time.
+Shielding causes a shielding bubble to appear around the Champion, boss, or boss' minion for a few seconds, every few seconds. The shield grants immunity to all forms of damage and reduces or deflects many [[CC]] effects as well, for the duration of its presence. Monsters can not be hurt in any way while shielded, though they can still be slowed by some rooting effects. (Ones that have a general area of effect like [[Caltrops]], but not specifically targeted ones like [[Entangling Shot]].)
-Shielding can be seen on some [[Elites]], though [[Magda]] is the only commonly-seen Elite with the property. Her Shielding functions the same as shields do on random enemies, but the on/off of the shield seems to be set to her hit points rather than a semi-random timer. Her shield turns on with about 75%, 50%, and 25% of hit points.
+[[File:Shielding-plagued2.jpg|thumb|400px|Shielded and [[Plagued]] Dune Dervish.]]
+Shielding is identical in function to the (removed) [[Invulnerable Minions]] effect, except that one only appeared on boss minions, and was permanent. Shielding pops in and out on Bosses and Champions, turning on for a few seconds, then vanishing again without warning or any set on/off time.
 '''Shielding'''
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 * '''Additional Resistances:''' n/a
 * '''Can Not Spawn With:''' [[Avenger]], [[Extra Health]], [[Health Link]], [[Horde]], [[Illusionist (Boss modifier)|Illusionist]], [[Invulnerable Minions]], [[Missile Dampening]], [[Vampiric]].
+[[Magda]] has a shielding-like property, and her shield provides her with limited invulnerability, but the on/off timer for the shield is based on events during her battle, rather than triggering on a semi-random timer.
+Patch v1.0.4 in August 2012 nerfed the shielding property as follows:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/official-patch-1-0-4-notes/]
+<blue>Shielding monsters will no longer shield if they are the last monster left in the area, and only one monster in a given pack can be shielded at a time.</blue>
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 Slowing effects that rely on hitting the enemy, such as [[Entangling Shot]], or stunning attacks like [[Seismic Slam]] are generally ineffective against shielded enemies. Area effects like [[Caltrops]] may still work though, so adjust your tactics accordingly.
-It seems that Shielding can '''not '''pair with [[Shielded Minions]] on the same boss and his pack; at least it's not yet been reported by any players.
+Mercifully, Shielding can '''not '''pair with [[Invulnerable Minions]] (since removed) on the same boss and his pack.
+===Life Leech and Life on Hit===
+Shielding can be most dangerous to characters who survive by drawing constant health via [[Life Leech]] or [[Life on Hit]], since the shielded monster takes no damage and thus yields no leech or LoH. Players thus need to be sure they're not targeting the shielded monster and gaining no health from their hits.
 ==Media==
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 <gallery>
+File:Shielding.jpg|[[Maghda]] in her [[Lair of the Witch|Lair]]
 File:Shielding-minion-puke-zombie.jpg|Protection for a puking zombie.
 File:Shielding-3.jpg|Unshielded Dune Dervish minion.
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-A Barbarian struggles against a Shielded boss in v1.0.3, when the shield
+A Barbarian struggles against a Shielded boss in v1.0.3, <br>
-"up time" was buggy and much too frequent.
+when the shield"up time" was buggy and much too frequent.
 | <youtube>LpVylr9l5cA</youtube><br>
-A party teams up against a Vortex, Shielding, Jailer boss in Act 4, Hell.
+A party teams up against a [[Vortex]], Shielding, <br>
+[[Jailer]] boss in Act 4, Hell.
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