Shield Shatter - Path of Exile

Your shield shatters, dealing physical spell damage to enemies in an area, based on the shield’s quality. For a short duration after this, you will be unable to block and will gain no defences from your shield, but your spells will deal added physical damage.

Icon Name Stats Description
Shield Shatter Icon Shield Shatter
  • Base duration is 4 seconds
  • Trigger this Skill when you Block
  • 163 to 244 Base Spell Physical Damage per 1% Shield Quality
  • Buff grants 10 to 16 Added Spell Physical Damage per 1% Shield Quality
  • Cast Time: 1s
  • Item Class Restrictions: Shields
  • Level Req.: 70
  • Attack Speed: 100%
  • Effectiveness of Added Damage: 100%
  • Damage Multiplier: 100%
  • Base duration: 4s

Why don't Damage over Time effects shatter already frozen enemies?

Because shattering something requires an impact to break the ice.

1. Shield Shatter Items

Item Category Lvl. Stats Note
Shattershard Shattershard shield 49 Trigger Level 20 Shield Shatter when you Block Unique

This item is restricted to areas with the league flag for Heist active. There are additional ways to acquire league-restricted items, see League-specific items for more details. Shattershard Shattershard can rarely became an alternative reward in the Curio Display in the final reward room of Thief’s Trinkets Trinkets Blueprints e.g. Blueprint: Smuggler’s Den Blueprint: Smuggler’s Den and Underbelly and cannot be chanced.

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2. Shield Shatter Build

Shield Shatter can be supported by applicable support gems socketed in the Shattershard Shattershard; it is not necessary to link the sockets together.

Shield Shatter is not a skill gem, therefore it cannot be supported by Empower Support Empower SupportEnhance Support Enhance Support, or Enlighten Support Enlighten Support.

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