Energy Shield is a Tier 3 skill from the Wizard's Arcane skill tree, using mana to absorb incoming damage.
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Background
| Diablo III Skill [e] | |
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| Energy Shield Active, 5 ranks | |
| Used by: | Wizard |
| A protective barrier absorbs incoming damage using mana. Every point of damage costs 2 mana. | |
| Type: | Defensive buff |
| Quantity: | 75 damage |
| Effect: | Self |
| School: | Arcane |
| Mana cost: | 5 |
| Cast time: | Instant |
| Duration: | 120 |
| Cooldown: | 1.5 sec |
| Synergies: | None |
| Requires: | N/A |
| Prereq of: | Arcane Weakness |
Drawing from long forgotten texts, this magical shield of energy absorbs harmful attacks through energy resonance, draining mana.
Skill Design
This skill with lots of heritage is back in Diablo III, and while it was completely unnecessary in the BlizzCon 2009 demo, it's likely to be used by many Wizards, especially if they are picking up Stone Skin and Magic Weapon, going melee-style.
Skill Rank Table
- Rank 1: 75 damage absorbed. Duration: 120 sec.
Only Rank 1 is currently known.
Synergies
- None known.
Skill Rune Effects
- None known.
Development
Energy Shield originates from the grossly overpowered Mana Shield from the original Diablo game, where every point of damage translated into mana lost instead of life. The spell also had unlimited duration, as long as you didn't die or travelled to another level.
In Diablo II, the Sorceress got a nerfed version of the same spell but with the name Energy Shield. The spell got a time limit (needed, since no levels were limited by loading) and only absorbed a fraction of the damage.
The Diablo III version has done away from that system, and is instead applying a one-off shield that absorbs all damage up to the maximum power of the shield, which depends on skill rank. Each point absorbed use two mana. This skill was not available in the BlizzCon 2008 demo, but was apparently one of the D3 Teams favourites, and brought back in time for the BlizzCon 2009 gameplay demo.
Media
You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:
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References
| Arcane Skills [e] | |||||
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| Tier I |
Tier II |
Tier III |
Tier IV |
Tier V |
Tier VI • Teleport |