Molten Shell is a guard spell that buffs the user with a shell that grants bonus armour and absorbs incoming hits. When the shell expires or absorbs enough damage, it explodes to deal fire damage around it, based on how much damage it absorbed. The amount of damage the shell can absorb increases with your armour value. Base duration is 3 seconds at all gem levels, followed by a 4 seconds cooldown. Applies 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.You have additional Armour, and a percentage of damage from hits will be taken from this buff before your Life or Energy Shield. Spell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard. Level: 1–20. Cost: 8–12 Mana. Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec. Cast Time: Instant. Radius: 15. Requires Level 4. base_physical_damage_reduction_rating. vaal_molten_shall_armour_+%_final
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
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Level | Requires Level | Strength | Cost | Buff grants +50 to Armour | Reflects 100% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage when Buff expires or is depleted | Experience |
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1 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 50 | 100 | 841 |
2 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 60 | 130 | 3,099 |
3 | 9 | 27 | 8 | 74 | 180 | 7,433 |
4 | 12 | 33 | 8 | 91 | 250 | 22,895 |
5 | 16 | 41 | 9 | 115 | 330 | 49,725 |
6 | 20 | 50 | 9 | 141 | 420 | 95,714 |
7 | 24 | 58 | 9 | 171 | 530 | 169,595 |
8 | 28 | 67 | 9 | 204 | 650 | 283,759 |
9 | 32 | 75 | 10 | 241 | 780 | 453,996 |
10 | 36 | 83 | 10 | 282 | 920 | 703,128 |
11 | 40 | 92 | 10 | 328 | 1080 | 1,061,223 |
12 | 44 | 100 | 10 | 378 | 1250 | 2,065,870 |
13 | 48 | 109 | 11 | 433 | 1430 | 2,507,110 |
14 | 52 | 117 | 11 | 495 | 1620 | 2,573,731 |
15 | 55 | 123 | 11 | 545 | 1820 | 7,611,351 |
16 | 58 | 130 | 11 | 599 | 2040 | 13,437,908 |
17 | 61 | 136 | 12 | 657 | 2260 | 25,052,147 |
18 | 64 | 142 | 12 | 719 | 2500 | 43,869,436 |
19 | 67 | 148 | 12 | 786 | 2740 | 242,081,178 |
20 | 70 | 155 | 12 | 858 | 3000 | |
21 | 72 | 13 | 909 | 3270 | ||
22 | 74 | 13 | 962 | 3550 | ||
23 | 76 | 13 | 1018 | 3830 | ||
24 | 78 | 13 | 1076 | 4130 | ||
25 | 80 | 14 | 1137 | 4440 | ||
26 | 82 | 14 | 1201 | 4760 | ||
27 | 84 | 14 | 1268 | 5090 | ||
28 | 86 | 14 | 1338 | 5430 | ||
29 | 88 | 15 | 1412 | 5770 | ||
30 | 90 | 15 | 1488 | 6130 | ||
31 | 91 | 15 | 1528 | 6500 | ||
32 | 92 | 15 | 1569 | 6880 | ||
33 | 93 | 16 | 1610 | 7260 | ||
34 | 94 | 16 | 1653 | 7660 | ||
35 | 95 | 16 | 1696 | 8060 | ||
36 | 96 | 16 | 1741 | 8480 | ||
37 | 97 | 17 | 1786 | 8900 | ||
38 | 98 | 17 | 1833 | 9340 | ||
39 | 99 | 17 | 1880 | 9780 | ||
40 | 100 | 17 | 1929 | 10230 |
Molten Shell is a guard spell that buffs the user with a shell that grants bonus armour and absorbs incoming hits. When the shell expires or absorbs enough damage, it explodes to deal fire damage around it, based on how much damage it absorbed. The amount of damage the shell can absorb increases with your armour value. Base duration is 3 seconds at all gem levels, followed by a 4 second cooldown.
Below are the 5 skill gems with the Guard gem tag:
Below are the 5 skill gems with the Guard gem tag:
Gem | Level |
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Arcane Cloak | 16 |
Immortal Call | 34 |
Molten Shell | 1 |
Steelskin | 1 |
Vaal Molten Shell | 1 |
Molten Shell can drop anywhere. Drop level: 5.
Molten Shell can be created from the following recipes:
Amount | Part | Description |
---|---|---|
13 | The Cataclysm | Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem |
6 | The Fox | Random level 20 gem |
8 | Dying Anguish | Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality |
8 | The Hook | Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality |
3 | Gemcutter's Promise | Random gem with 20% quality |
1 | Gemcutter's Incubator | Random gem with 1–20% quality |
1 | The Void | Random divination card set exchange |
This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:
Class → | Witch | Shadow | Ranger | Duelist | Marauder | Templar | Scion |
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Quest ↓ | |||||||
Breaking Some Eggs Act 1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:
Class → | Witch | Shadow | Ranger | Duelist | Marauder | Templar | Scion |
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Quest ↓ | |||||||
Breaking Some Eggs Act 1 Nessa | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa | ✓ | ||||||
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth | ✓ |
The following helmet enchantments affect Molten Shell.
Name | Level | Labyrinth | Stats | Spawn Weighting |
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Enchantment Molten Shell Duration 1 | 66 | Merciless Labyrinth | Molten Shell has 25% increased Skill Effect Duration | helmet 100 default 0 |
Enchantment Molten Shell Duration 2 | 75 | Eternal Labyrinth | Molten Shell has 40% increased Skill Effect Duration | helmet 100 default 0 |
Molten Shell has the following alternate skill effects:
Item | Effect(s) |
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Invisible Buff Effect | Removes the visual effects on the player from arctic armour, tempest shield, blood rage, molten shell, plague bearer, phase run, petrified blood, any aura, any blasphemied curse, or any herald gem. |
Stygian Molten Shell Effect | Your Molten Shell becomes a Stygian Effect. |
Viper Molten Shell Effect | Your Molten Shell becomes a Viper Effect. |