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Energy Shield

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Description

Creates a magical shield that consumes mana instead of health when you take damage.

Typically the Sorceress has a lot more Mana than Hit Points.

Energy Shield can allow the Sorceress to redirect some of the damage she takes from hit points to mana giving her a better chance to survive battles. This can be especially helpful on Nightmare and Hell Difficulty. The amount of damage absorbed will depend on how many skill points you have in

Energy Shield. The only concern when using

Energy Shield is that it will eat up mana which is necessary for the Sorceress to cast her spells. If it becomes an issue, wait until you have enough Mana or fast Mana Regeneration to support

Energy Shield.

Each point in

Telekinesis makes

Energy Shield's damage absorption more effective. By default, for each point of damage absorbed by

Energy Shield, 2 mana points are deducted - a 200% ratio. Each hard skill point in

Telekinesis makes

Energy Shield 6.25% more effective. For example, with 8 points in

Telekinesis, 1.5 mana points are deducted for each point of damage absorbed - a 150% ratio. With 16 points in

Telekinesis, one point of damage absorbed equals one point of mana loss - a 100% ratio. The most efficient obtainable ratio is 0.75, with 20 hard points in TK.

Description by

Trang Oul

Lore

Sheathing herself in pure energy, the Sorceress walks fearlessly into the fray.

So long as she can maintain her concentration over this magical buffer, she diverts harmful magical energies and absorbs physical harm into her store of Mana.

Can be used to make Runewords:

Teebling Admin

3 years ago (pre-Resurrected)

Creates a magical shield that consumes mana instead of health when you take damage.

Typically the Sorceress has a lot more Mana than Hit Points.

Energy Shield. The only concern when using

Energy Shield is that it will eat up mana which is necessary for the Sorceress to cast her spells. If it becomes an issue, wait until you have enough Mana or fast Mana Regeneration to support

Energy Shield.

Each point in

Telekinesis makes

Energy Shield's damage absorption more effective. By default, for each point of damage absorbed by

Energy Shield, 2 mana points are deducted - a 200% ratio. Each hard skill point in

Telekinesis makes

Energy Shield 6.25% more effective. For example, with 8 points in

Telekinesis, 1.5 mana points are deducted for each point of damage absorbed - a 150% ratio. With 16 points in

Telekinesis, one point of damage absorbed equals one point of mana loss - a 100% ratio. The most efficient obtainable ratio is 0.75, with 20 hard points in TK.

Deleted User 632

Guest

3 years ago (pre-Resurrected)

Energy shield Hardcore Rules

Repulsive wrote:

Don't pump energy, all max block & vitality like usual for hardcore.

Use Memory staff if you can to save points for
Energy Shield - you shouldn't need any hard points. you are just using it as an extra reserve.

Max
Telekinesis so you have an efficient
Energy Shield.

For ultra safety, put hard points into
Teleport until you can tele at will with 0 mana cost with Insight - this way mana burn does nothing to your blind tele.

No Spirit on hardcore. get a
Stormshield - you are just asking for death if you have no max block and are doing hell with 800 Hit Points.

Pure
Frozen Orb or Frozen Orb/Fire Wall can do max
Telekinesis and
Teleport pretty easily.

BillyMaysed Moderator

3 years ago (pre-Resurrected)

Deleted User 632

Guest

2 years ago (pre-Resurrected)

The Immortal Sorceress

Mana Loss from Energy Shield (50 damage hit)

Aelanwyr

1 year ago (pre-Resurrected)

Energy Shield diverts its fraction of damage to the mana globe before [Magic] Damage Reduced by X, which is in turn applied before resistances. In practice, this means a sufficiently powerful

Energy Shield and a modestly large quantity of flat DRB and MDRB would ensure only poison damage, Open Wounds, and Crushing Blow are able to reach the health globe. This approach has the added benefit of mostly trivializing resistances other than poison, a noteworthy benefit in the era of Sunder Charms.

Energy Shield interacts strangely with

Bone Armor (as from Bone) and

Cyclone Armor (as from Infinity). When

Energy Shield is cast before either of those skills,

Energy Shield will not redirect any damage of the applicable types to the mana globe until the Armor's virtual health pool is depleted. However, if

Energy Shield is cast after either of those Armor skills,

Energy Shield will behave as normal, and the remaining (and significantly reduced) damage will be applied to the Armor's remaining virtual health pool, if applicable to the incoming damage. Source: forums/cyclone-armour-on-infinity-worth ... 41383.html