Shield of the Avenger

Shield of the Avenger

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Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Spirit weapon

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Command the Shield of the Avenger to form a protective dome, and then shatter, flying out to weaken nearby foes.

  Damage: 133 (0.5)^?

  Weakness (6s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

  Number of Targets: 5

  Count Recharge: 25s

  Casts: 3

  Range: 1,200

  Duration: 5s

— In-game description ^[?]

Related traits

Zeal

•  Eternal Armory - Spirit weapons gain additional casts, improved count recharge, and burn foes they strike.

Notes

• Skill's range applies to blast radius.
• Shield radius is 180, its center point always spawns at 120 range away from caster, in a 45 degrees angle infront (right side) of caster when not moving, or 90 degrees from the direction you were facing when starting the cast, in the direction you are turning towards
• Shares skin with Eidolon.
• Absorbs or destroys projectiles which is neither block or reflect.
• Can destroy projectiles which cannot be usually reflected or blocked, such as the bullets spawned from nightmare altars in the Nightmare Fractal, and the bullets shot by Arkk during the final boss fight of the Shattered Observatory Fractal.
• Contrary to the tooltip info, the weakness is applied the moment the shield spawns, and not when it ends.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 28, 2018	Increased the shield dome duration from 4 seconds to 5 seconds.
July 24, 2018	Fixed a bug that allowed this skill to block unblockable projectiles.
February 06, 2018	Reduced the recharge time between casts from 8 seconds to 1 second. Spirit Weapons: Fixed a bug that prevented players from animating properly when using these skills while equipped with a two-handed weapon.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Reduced the cast time of this skill from 0.75 seconds to 0.5 seconds. Increased the duration of the missile shield from 3 seconds to 4 seconds.
August 16, 2017	Fixed a bug that prevented Shield of the Avenger damage from scaling with the guardian's attributes.
August 10, 2017	Fixed a bug that could cause spirit weapons to go on cooldown after not being used for a sufficient amount of time.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Spirit weapons have been reworked. They now use the ammo system. Shield of the Avenger: This now has an ammo count of 3, and using the skill creates a protective dome and flings projectiles at nearby enemies. Count recharge is 25 seconds.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Improved Spirit-Weapon Duration is now baseline. Spirit weapons last 50% longer.
September 09, 2014	This spirit weapon is no longer destroyed when the Command skill is used.
April 15, 2014	Updated the skill description to better communicate the skill's effects.
August 06, 2013	Removed the range skill fact on the summon.
May 28, 2013	No longer destroys unblockable projectiles.
April 30, 2013	Increased health of this summoned spirit by 14%.
February 26, 2013	The health of this spirit has been increased by 30%.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Shield of the Avenger has been added to the game.

Trivia

• Possible reference to the comic book character Captain America, a shield-wielding member of the superhero team known as The Avengers.