Elemental Shielding

Auras you grant to allies also grant protection. — In-game description

Elemental Shielding

Specialization

Earth (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

3 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Elemental Shielding

Auras you grant to allies also grant protection.

 Protection (3s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Protection (20.5½s): -33% Incoming Damage

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Frost Aura — Dagger, when attuned to water
•   Shocking Aura — Dagger, when attuned to air
•   Elemental Explosion — Pistol
•   Searing Salvo — Pistol, when attuned to fire
•   Fire Shield — Focus, when attuned to fire
•   Frozen Ground — Staff, when attuned to water
•   Magnetic Aura — Staff, when attuned to earth
•   Sand Squall — Warhorn, when attuned to earth
•   Frostfire Flurry — Pistol, when attuned to fire and water
•   Flowing Finesse — Pistol, when attuned to air and water
•   Immutable Stone — Hammer, when attuned to earth

Bundle skills that are improved by this trait

•   Magnetic Surge — Magnetic Shield (bundle)

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   "Aftershock!" — Shout
•   "Feel the Burn!" — Shout
•   "Flash-Freeze!" — Shout

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   "Rebound!" — Shout

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Sunspot — Sunspot

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Arcane

• Bountiful Power — Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.

Tempest

• Hardy Conduit — Overloads grant protection. Protection gains increased damage reduction.

Traits that are improved by this trait

Fire

• Conjurer — Gain fire aura when an ally picks up a conjured weapon.

Earth

• Written in Stone — Signets continue to grant their passive bonuses while recharging. Gain an aura when you use a signet skill.

Water

• Soothing Ice — Gain regeneration and frost aura when critically hit.

Arcane

• Arcane Resurrection — Cast Geyser when you begin reviving a downed ally. Geyser now partially revives downed allies. When you begin reviving an ally, you gain an aura based on your attunement.

Tempest

• Unstable Conduit — Overloads grant an aura based on your attunement.
• Elemental Bastion — Heal allies you grant an aura to. Grant frost aura to nearby allies when struck while below the health threshold.

Catalyst

• Elemental Epitome — Gain an aura based on your current attunement when you combo. Gain Elemental Empowerment when you grant yourself an aura. Auras can be gained this way once per attunement per interval.

Notes

• Also works with auras gained from Combos.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Increased protection duration from 2 seconds to 2.5 seconds in PvP only.
May 16, 2017	The duration of protection this trait applies has been reduced from 3 seconds to 2 seconds in PvP only.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Elemental Shielding has been added to the game.