PoE 50% of your Energy Shield is added to your Stun Threshold
Added a new Energy Shield Mastery, “50% of your Energy Shield is added to your Stun Threshold”, which replaces “Stun Threshold is based on 60% of your Energy Shield instead of Life”.
It seems Path of Exile added a new Energy Shield Mastery focused on improving stun resistance. Here’s how the change might affect gameplay:
Old Mastery: "Stun Threshold is based on 60% of your Energy Shield instead of Life"
This mastery essentially converted 60% of your Energy Shield value into a "stun buffer."
If an enemy attack dealt less damage than this buffer, you wouldn’t get stunned.
New Mastery: "50% of your Energy Shield is added to your Stun Threshold"
This mastery directly adds 50% of your Energy Shield value to your base stun threshold.
This can significantly increase your overall stun resistance, making it harder for enemies to stun you.
Here’s a breakdown of the differences:
Threshold vs Buffer: The old mastery created a separate stun buffer based on ES, while the new one directly adds ES value to the existing threshold. This might have slight interaction differences with other stun avoidance mechanics.
Slightly Lower Overall Benefit: The new mastery offers a 10% reduction in the effective ES contribution to stun resistance compared to the old one.
Overall Impact:
This change simplifies the mechanic while offering a slightly less powerful, but more straightforward way to improve stun resistance with Energy Shield.
Who benefits from this Mastery?
Characters heavily invested in Energy Shield builds, especially those struggling with stun.
Builds that utilize skills with high stun recovery time (like channeling skills) can benefit from increased stun resistance.