Spectral Shield Throw - Path of Exile

Spectral Shield Throw Spectral Shield Throw is an active skill gem.

Throws a spectral copy of your shield as a projectile which cannot pierce, and deals off-hand damage augmented by the defences of the shield. When it collides with something it will shatter, launching a number of smaller shards as projectiles in all directions. Modifiers that cause additional projectiles to be fired will add more shards, not more copies of the shield.

Attack, Projectile, Physical. Level: 1–20. Cost: 7–10 Mana. Attack Time: 0.65 sec. Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%. Requires Level 28.

  • Shard Projectiles Deal 50% less Damage
  • (47–203) to (70–304) Base Off Hand Physical Damage
  • (3–5) to (4–7) Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield
  • Fires 3 additional Projectiles
  • Primary Projectile Chains +3 Times

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Spectral Shield Throw(0–40)% increased Projectile Speed50

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Related Gems

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelStrengthDexterityCost47 to 70 Base Off Hand Physical Damage3 to 4 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on ShieldExperience
1282942747, 703, 4199,345
2313246753, 803, 4285,815
3343550760, 903, 4401,344
4373754767, 1013, 4554,379
5404058776, 1133, 4477,437
6424260781, 1224, 5583,786
7444463887, 1314, 5710,359
8464666894, 1414, 51,355,511
94848688101, 1514, 51,138,877
105049718108, 1624, 51,368,233
115251748115, 1734, 51,638,338
125453768123, 1854, 61,956,648
135655799131, 1974, 63,655,184
145857829140, 2104, 63,017,327
156059849149, 2244, 67,759,995
166260879159, 2384, 615,138,193
176462909169, 2544, 626,083,825
186664929180, 2705, 762,620,247
1968669510191, 2865, 7211,708,088
2070689810203, 3045, 7
217210215, 3225, 7
227410228, 3425, 7
237610241, 3625, 7
247810256, 3846, 8
258011271, 4066, 8
268211286, 4306, 8
278411303, 4546, 8
288611320, 4806, 8
298811338, 5076, 8
309011357, 5366, 8
319111367, 5506, 8
329212377, 5656, 8
339312387, 5816, 8
349412398, 5977, 9
359512409, 6137, 9
369612420, 6297, 9
379712431, 6467, 9
389813442, 6647, 9
399913454, 6817, 9
4010013466, 7007, 9

Spectral Shield Throw is an attack skill. The user tosses their shield at an enemy. On impact, it deals physical damage to the enemy and releases shards that deals damage to nearby enemies. Unlike most attack skills, Spectral Shield Throw uses your shield's stats to calculate damage.

Skill functions and interactions

  • Projectile Modifiers: The initial projectile from Spectral Shield Throw can be modified to chain and fork, but not to have additional projectiles or pierce. Support gems that add these effects will have their appropriate damage modifiers applied to all part of Spectral Shield Throw's damage.
  • Fork: Fork splits the initial shield throw into two projectiles, which can then each individually chain or hit. Secondary projectiles (Shards) pierce by default and therefore are unmodifiable in functionality.
  • Shards: The shield will only explode into shards after it is done forking and chaining. The shards can pierce.
  • Projectile Speed: Increased projectile speed will increase the velocity of the initial shield throw. Similarly to Ethereal Knives, the distance the shards travel is affected by projectile speed.
  • Increased Defences from Equipped Shield Passives: Despite raising the Defences of the equipped shield when taking passives of this nature, these passives do not raise the intrinsic values present on your shield and thus do NOT increase the damage of Spectral Shield Throw.
  • Totems: Spectral Shield Throw cannot be supported by Ballista Totem Support.
  • Attack Speed Modifiers: May not be acting as intended, with many modifiers not applying at 100% of their value.
  • Unarmed: Facebreaker and Doryani's Fist provide no damage bonus to Spectral Shield Throw.
  • Wands: Can be used with a wand, as long as there is a shield in the offhand.
  • Gloves: Sinistral Gloves increase damage with offhand, which includes shield offhand damage.

Item acquisition

Spectral Shield Throw can drop anywhere. Drop level: 28.

Recipes

Spectral Shield Throw 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 ↓
Sever the Right Hand
Act 3		 ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗

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 ↓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa		 ✓
Sever the Right Hand
Act 3
Maramoa		 ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth		 ✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Spectral Shield Throw:

Item Limit Radius Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Spectral Shield Throw.

Name Level Labyrinth Stats Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Spectral Shield Throw Damage 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 25% increased Spectral Shield Throw Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Spectral Shield Throw Damage 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 40% increased Spectral Shield Throw Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Spectral Shield Throw Num Of Additional Projectiles 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Spectral Shield Throw fires 2 additional Shard Projectiles helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Spectral Shield Throw Num Of Additional Projectiles 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Spectral Shield Throw fires 3 additional Shard Projectiles helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Spectral Shield Throw Projectile Speed 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 20% increased Spectral Shield Throw Projectile Speed helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Spectral Shield Throw Projectile Speed 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 30% increased Spectral Shield Throw Projectile Speed helmet 100
default 0

Alternate skill effects

Spectral Shield Throw has the following alternate skill effects:

Item Effect(s)
Stygian Spectral Shield Throw Your Spectral Shield Throw becomes a Stygian Effect.