Shield Crush - PoE Attack Skills

List of PoE Attack Skill Gems

#	Skill Gems	Level	Tag
1	Perforate	1	Physical, Attack, AoE, Slam, Melee
2	Cleave	1	Attack, AoE, Physical, Melee
3	Glacial Hammer	1	Attack, Melee, Strike, Cold
4	Ground Slam	1	Attack, AoE, Slam, Melee
5	Heavy Strike	1	Attack, Melee, Strike
6	Molten Strike	1	Attack, Projectile, AoE, Melee, Strike, Fire
7	Shield Crush	1	Attack, AoE, Physical, Melee
8	Smite	1	Lightning, Attack, AoE, Duration, Melee, Strike, Aura
9	Vaal Glacial Hammer	1	Vaal, Attack, Melee, Strike, Duration, AoE, Cold
10	Vaal Ground Slam	1	Vaal, Attack, AoE, Slam, Melee
11	Ancestral Protector	4	Attack, Totem, Melee, Strike
12	Reckoning	4	Trigger, Attack, AoE, Physical, Melee
13	Vigilant Strike	4	Attack, Melee, Strike
14	Leap Slam	10	Attack, AoE, Movement, Travel, Slam, Melee
15	Shield Charge	10	Attack, AoE, Movement, Travel, Physical, Melee
16	Chain Hook	12	Attack, AoE, Movement, Melee
17	Infernal Blow	12	Attack, AoE, Melee, Strike, Fire, Duration
18	Sunder	12	Attack, AoE, Slam, Melee
19	Earthshatter	12	Attack, AoE, Slam, Duration, Melee
20	Sweep	12	Attack, AoE, Physical, Melee
21	Static Strike	12	Attack, Melee, Strike, AoE, Duration, Lightning, Chaining
22	Infernal Cry	24	Warcry, AoE, Duration, Fire, Attack, Trigger, Melee
23	Vengeance	24	Trigger, Attack, AoE, Physical, Melee
24	Boneshatter	28	Attack, Melee, Strike, AoE, Duration, Physical
25	Bladestorm	28	Attack, AoE, Duration, Melee
26	Dominating Blow	28	Attack, Minion, Duration, Melee, Strike
27	Consecrated Path	28	Fire, Attack, AoE, Movement, Duration, Slam, Melee
28	Ice Crash	28	Attack, AoE, Cold, Slam, Melee
29	Earthquake	28	Attack, AoE, Duration, Slam, Melee
30	Rage Vortex	28	Attack, AoE, Duration, Melee
31	Ancestral Warchief	28	Attack, Totem, AoE, Slam, Melee
32	Vaal Ancestral Warchief	28	Vaal, Attack, Totem, AoE, Melee, Slam
33	Tectonic Slam	28	Fire, Attack, AoE, Slam, Melee
34	Vaal Earthquake	28	Vaal, Attack, AoE, Duration, Slam, Melee
35	Burning Arrow	1	Attack, Projectile, Fire, Bow
36	Cobra Lash	1	Critical, Attack, Projectile, Chaos
37	Double Strike	1	Attack, Melee, Strike, Physical
38	Dual Strike	1	Critical, Attack, Melee, Strike
39	Spectral Throw	1	Attack, Projectile
40	Ice Shot	1	Attack, Projectile, AoE, Cold, Bow
41	Frost Blades	1	Attack, Projectile, Melee, Strike, Cold
42	Splitting Steel	1	Attack, Projectile, AoE, Physical
43	Caustic Arrow	1	Attack, Projectile, AoE, Duration, Chaos, Bow
44	Galvanic Arrow	1	Lightning, Attack, Projectile, AoE, Bow
45	Split Arrow	1	Attack, Projectile, Physical, Bow
46	Vaal Burning Arrow	1	Vaal, Attack, Projectile, AoE, Fire, Bow
47	Vaal Spectral Throw	1	Vaal, Attack, Projectile
48	Vaal Double Strike	1	Vaal, Attack, Melee, Strike, Duration, Physical
49	Viper Strike	1	Attack, Duration, Melee, Strike, Chaos
50	Puncture	4	Attack, Projectile, Duration, Melee, Strike, Physical, Bow
51	Riposte	4	Trigger, Attack, Melee, Strike, Physical
52	Shrapnel Ballista	4	Attack, Projectile, Totem, Physical, Bow
53	Blink Arrow	10	Attack, Minion, Duration, Movement, Travel, Bow
54	Flicker Strike	10	Attack, Melee, Strike, Movement, Duration
55	Mirror Arrow	10	Attack, Minion, Duration, Movement, Travel, Bow
56	Whirling Blades	10	Attack, Movement, Travel, Melee
57	Barrage	12	Attack, Projectile, Bow
58	Blade Trap	12	Trap, Attack, AoE
59	Siege Ballista	12	Attack, Projectile, Totem, Bow
60	Lacerate	12	Attack, AoE, Physical, Melee
61	Elemental Hit	12	Attack, Projectile, Melee, Strike, Fire, Cold, Lightning, AoE, Prismatic, Bow
62	Lightning Arrow	12	Attack, AoE, Projectile, Lightning, Bow
63	Lightning Strike	12	Attack, Projectile, Melee, Strike, Lightning
64	Poisonous Concoction	12	Attack, AoE, Chaos, Projectile
65	Rain of Arrows	12	Attack, AoE, Projectile, Bow
66	Toxic Rain	12	Attack, AoE, Chaos, Duration, Projectile, Bow
67	Reave	12	Attack, AoE, Melee
68	Shattering Steel	12	Attack, Projectile, AoE, Physical
69	Venom Gyre	12	Attack, Projectile, Chaos
70	Spectral Helix	12	Attack, Projectile
71	Vaal Lightning Strike	12	Vaal, Attack, Melee, Strike, Duration, Lightning, Projectile
72	Vaal Rain of Arrows	12	Vaal, Attack, AoE, Projectile, Bow
73	Vaal Reave	12	Vaal, Attack, AoE, Melee
74	Ensnaring Arrow	16	Attack, Projectile, AoE, Bow
75	Frenzy	16	Attack, Projectile, Melee, Strike, Bow
76	Blast Rain	28	Fire, Attack, AoE, Projectile, Bow
77	Blade Flurry	28	Attack, AoE, Channelling, Physical, Melee
78	Charged Dash	28	Movement, AoE, Channelling, Attack, Lightning, Melee
79	Cyclone	28	Attack, AoE, Movement, Channelling, Physical, Melee
80	Wild Strike	28	Attack, Melee, Strike, Lightning, Cold, Fire, Projectile, AoE, Chaining, Prismatic
81	Explosive Arrow	28	Attack, Projectile, AoE, Duration, Fire, Bow
82	Explosive Concoction	28	Attack, AoE, Fire, Cold, Lightning, Projectile
83	Lancing Steel	28	Attack, Projectile, Physical
84	Pestilent Strike	28	Attack, Melee, Strike, AoE, Duration, Chaos
85	Artillery Ballista	28	Attack, Totem, AoE, Fire, Projectile, Bow
86	Storm Rain	28	Attack, AoE, Lightning, Projectile, Bow
87	Spectral Shield Throw	28	Attack, Projectile, Physical
88	Tornado Shot	28	Attack, Projectile, Bow
89	Vaal Cyclone	28	Vaal, Attack, AoE, Duration, Melee, Movement, Channelling, Physical
90	Scourge Arrow	28	Attack, Projectile, Channelling, Chaos, Bow
91	Kinetic Bolt	1	Attack, Projectile
92	Power Siphon	12	Critical, Attack, Projectile
93	Vaal Power Siphon	12	Critical, Vaal, Attack, Projectile
94	Kinetic Blast	28	Attack, Projectile, AoE
95	Chance to Bleed Support	1	Attack, Physical, Support
96	Ruthless Support	1	Slam, Support, Melee, Attack, Strike
97	Ancestral Call Support	4	Support, Melee, Attack, Strike
98	Maim Support	8	Attack, Physical, Support
99	Earthbreaker Support	8	Attack, Melee, Slam, AoE, Support, Totem
100	Life Gain on Hit Support	8	Attack, Support
101	Melee Splash Support	8	Support, Melee, Attack, Strike, AoE
102	Damage on Full Life Support	18	Attack, Support
103	Bloodlust Support	18	Attack, Physical, Support, Melee
104	Endurance Charge on Melee Stun Support	18	Support, Melee, Attack
105	Melee Physical Damage Support	18	Melee, Physical, Support, Attack
106	Rage Support	18	Support, Melee, Attack
107	Shockwave Support	18	Support, Melee, Attack, AoE
108	Elemental Damage with Attacks Support	18	Attack, Support
109	Bloodthirst Support	31	Attack, Physical, Support
110	Fortify Support	31	Attack, Support, Melee
111	Pulverise Support	31	AoE, Support, Melee, Attack
112	Cast on Melee Kill Support	38	Support, Melee, Attack, Spell, Trigger
113	Behead Support	38	Support, Melee, Attack, Strike
114	Fist of War Support	38	Slam, Attack, Melee, AoE, Support
115	Multistrike Support	38	Attack, Melee, Support
116	Awakened Multistrike Support	72	Attack, Melee, Support
117	Awakened Ancestral Call Support	72	Support, Melee, Attack, Strike
118	Awakened Melee Physical Damage Support	72	Melee, Physical, Support, Attack
119	Awakened Melee Splash Support	72	Support, Melee, Attack, Strike, AoE
120	Mirage Archer Support	4	Bow, Attack, Support, Duration
121	Arrow Nova Support	8	Bow, Attack, Support, Projectile
122	Additional Accuracy Support	8	Attack, Support
123	Nightblade Support	18	Attack, Critical, Support
124	Close Combat Support	18	Support, Melee, Attack, Duration
125	Faster Attacks Support	18	Attack, Support
126	Point Blank Support	18	Projectile, Attack, Support
127	Vicious Projectiles Support	18	Projectile, Attack, Physical, Chaos, Support
128	Impale Support	31	Attack, Physical, Support
129	Barrage Support	38	Bow, Attack, Support, Projectile
130	Withering Touch Support	38	Chaos, Physical, Attack, Support, Duration
131	Awakened Arrow Nova Support	72	Bow, Attack, Support, Projectile
132	Awakened Vicious Projectiles Support	72	Projectile, Attack, Physical, Chaos, Support

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Path of Exile Shield Crush Build

Shield Crush swipes your shield towards your enemies and sends out forceful waves of damage based on the stats of your shield.

Support Gems	Description	Requires Level	Tag	Popularity
Brutality Support	Supports any skill that deals damage.	38	Physical, Support	90%
Melee Physical Damage Support	Supports melee attack skills.	18	Melee, Physical, Support, Attack	87%
Multistrike Support	Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat twice when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, channelling skills or triggered skills.	38	Attack, Melee, Support	69%
Impale Support	Supports attack skills.	31	Attack, Physical, Support	67%
Pulverise Support	Supports melee attack skills.	31	AoE, Support, Melee, Attack	54%
Lifetap Support	Supports any skill. Minions cannot gain the Lifetap buff.	8	Support, Duration	36%
Fortify Support	Supports melee attack skills that are not triggered.	31	Attack, Support, Melee	33%

Shield Crush

Swipe your shield, dealing area damage in three waves in front of you. Enemies can be hit by two of the waves where they overlap. Attack, AoE, Physical, Melee. Level: 1–20. Cost: 8 Mana. Attack Time: 0.80 sec. Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%. Requires Level 1. (4–172) to (6–258) Base Off Hand Physical Damage (3–5) to (4–7) Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield +(0–6) to radius Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. Name Additional Effects From Quality Weight Shield Crush (0–10)% increased Area of Effect 50

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Related Gems

PoE Shield Crush Build

There are about 2.1% of Path of Exile players use this gem as the main damage skill. Among those players, 62% of players are Gladiator, 23% of players are Berserker, and 9% of players are Slayer.

The damage type is Melee Attack. Therefore, these supports are recommended: Brutality Support, Melee Physical Damage Support, Multistrike Support, Impale Support, and Pulverise Support. For a Level 97 Gladiator, the DPS is about 467k.

For the best use of Shield Crush, these skills are also recommended: Blood Rage, Blood and Sand, Pride, Molten Shell, Ancestral Warchief, General's Cry, Leap Slam, and Herald of Purity.

For Gladiator class, these passives are recommended: Painforged, Versatile Combatant, Resolute Technique, Call to Arms, Arena Challenger, Crimson Dance, Violent Retaliation, Blood in the Eyes, Gratuitous Violence.

For Berserker class, these passives are recommended: Crave the Slaughter, Rite of Ruin, Aspect of Carnage, Call to Arms, War Bringer, Resolute Technique, Lead By Example, Eternal Youth, Flawless Savagery.

For weapons, you can choose Sword / Shield. Another choice is Mace / Shield or Axe / Shield.

For attributes and defensive, the following is a level 97 Gladiator character example:

Name	Value
Strength	509
Dexterity	202
Intelligence	73
Life	7063
Mana	769
Energy shield	51
Armour	20360
Evasion rating	3772

PoE Shield Crush Skill Build

Shield Crush swipes your shield towards your enemies and sends out forceful waves of damage based on the stats of your shield.

These waves can shotgun enemies with up to two hits at once, so while Shield Crush is great against groups, it’s also effective against single targets and can be used alongside Shield Charge and Spectral Shield Throw. We’ve improved both of these skills so that the overall aggressive shield build is more powerful.

Level Effect

Shield Crush is a melee attack skill. The user swipes their shield, dealing area damage in three waves in front of them. Enemies can be hit by two of the waves where they overlap. Like Spectral Shield Throw, Shield Crush uses your shield's stats to calculate damage.

Shield Crush requires a shield.

Item acquisition

Shield Crush can drop anywhere. Drop level: 5.

Recipes

Shield Crush can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description
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

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Enemy at the Gate Act 1	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Enemy at the Gate Act 1 Nessa	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Shield Crush.

Name	Level	Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Shield Crush Attack Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	10% increased Shield Crush Attack Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Shield Crush Attack Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	15% increased Shield Crush Attack Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Shield Crush Central Cone Area 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Shield Crush central wave has 16% more Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Shield Crush Central Cone Area 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Shield Crush central wave has 24% more Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Shield Crush Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Shield Crush Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Shield Crush Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Shield Crush Damage	helmet 100 default 0

Shield Skills Changes 3.16

Lower the flat added damage bonus on Shield based skills, and rebalance the added damage to slightly lower the damage of the skill in general. Shield Charge in particular has much lower base damage, but now gets more added damage based on the defences of your shield. Overall this is only a slight damage loss for players using a high defences shield.

• Shield Charge now has a base Attack Time of 0.5 seconds at all gem levels (previously 0.53-0.47 seconds). Now has 3 to 4 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 5 to 7 at gem level 20 (previously 4 to 6). Now deals 12 to 18 Base Off Hand Physical Damage at gem level 1 (previously 16 to 25), up to 134 to 200 at gem level 20 (previously 350 to 525).
• Shield Crush now has a base Attack Time of 0.8 seconds at all gem levels (previously 0.85-0.76 seconds). Now has 3 to 4 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 5 to 7 at gem level 20 (previously 4 to 6). Now deals 4 to 6 Base Off Hand Physical Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 172 to 258 at gem level 20 (previously 286 to 429).
• Spectral Shield Throw now has a base Attack Time of 0.65 seconds at all gem levels (previously 0.7-0.6 seconds). Now has 3 to 4 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield at gem level 1 (previously 4 to 5), up to 5 to 7 at gem level 20 (previously 6 to 8). Now deals 47 to 70 Base Off Hand Physical Damage at gem level 1 (previously 58 to 86), up to 203 to 304 at gem level 20 (previously 399 to 599).
• The Merciless Labyrinth Enchantment for Spectral Shield Throw now grants “Spectral Shield Throw Fires 2 additional projectiles” (previously 3). Existing items with this Enchantment are unaffected.
• The Eternal Labyrinth Enchantment for Spectral Shield Throw now grants “Spectral Shield Throw Fires 3 additional projectiles” (previously 5). Existing items with this Enchantment are unaffected.
• The Seething Fury Unique Jewel now grants “+0.15% to Off Hand Critical Strike Chance per 10 Maximum Energy Shield on Shield” (previously +0.2%). Existing items can be updated to these new values with a Divine Orb, and a temporary lapse in judgement.