Shield Crush

Attack, AoE, Physical, Melee

Level: 1–20

Attack Time: 0.80 sec

Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%

Requires Level 1

Swipe your shield, dealing area damage in three waves in front of you. Enemies can be hit by two of the waves where they overlap.

(4–172) to (6–258) Base Off Hand Physical Damage
(3–5) to (4–7) Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield
+(0–0.6) metres to radius

Additional Effects From Quality:

(0–10)% increased Area of Effect

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

Unusual Gems /3

Type	Stats	Weight
Superior	(0–10)% increased Area of Effect	50
Anomalous	(0–10)% increased Attack Speed	100
Divergent	+(0–20)% to Critical Strike Multiplier per 100 Maximum Energy Shield on Shield	20

Quest /2

Act	Quest	NPC	Character
1	Enemy at the Gate	Quest Reward	Marauder
1	Enemy at the Gate	Nessa	Duelist · Marauder · Scion · Templar

Weapon /2

Weight	Desc
1000 (T5)	Shield Crush and Spectral Shield Throw do not gain Added Physical Damage based on Armour or Evasion on shield Shield Crush and Spectral Shield Throw gains 30 to 50 Added Lightning Damage per 15 Energy Shield on Shield 100% of Shield Crush and Spectral Shield Throw Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
1000 (T5)	Shield Crush and Spectral Shield Throw do not gain Added Physical Damage based on Armour or Evasion on shield Shield Crush and Spectral Shield Throw gains 15 to 25 Added Lightning Damage per 15 Energy Shield on Shield 100% of Shield Crush and Spectral Shield Throw Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage

Shield Crush /5

Swipe your shield, dealing area damage in three waves in front of you. Enemies can be hit by two of the waves where they overlap.

Name	Show Full Descriptions
Multistrike Support	Greatly increase Shield Crush's attack speed by performing three attacks in quick succession.
Pulverise Support	Slows down the attack speed but increases the area of effect and damage of Shield Crush when supported by this gem.
Melee Physical Damage Support	Slows down the attack speed of Shield Crush but increases the melee physical damage dealt and increases the damage of bleeds and poisons inflicted by Shield Crush.
Fortify Support	Grants you Fortify when hitting enemies with Shield Crush when Shield Crush is supported by this gem. Increases the damage of hits and ailments from Shield Crush.
Brutality Support	Greatly increases the physical damage caused by Shield Crush at the price of Shield Crush being unable to deal chaos or elemental damage when supported by this gem.

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Cost: 8

Level	Requires Level	Strength	4 to 6 Base Off Hand Physical Damage	3 to 4 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield	# metres to radius	Experience
1	1	10	4, 6	3, 4	0	70
2	2	12	4, 6	3, 4	0	308
3	4	16	5, 8	3, 4	0.1	1,554
4	7	22	7, 10	4, 5	0.1	6,667
5	11	31	9, 14	4, 5	0.1	26,047
6	16	41	13, 20	4, 5	0.2	49,725
7	20	50	17, 26	4, 5	0.2	95,714
8	24	58	22, 32	4, 5	0.2	169,595
9	28	67	27, 40	4, 5	0.3	283,759
10	32	75	33, 50	4, 5	0.3	453,996
11	36	83	40, 60	4, 5	0.3	703,128
12	40	92	49, 73	4, 6	0.4	1,061,223
13	44	100	58, 88	4, 6	0.4	2,065,870
14	48	109	70, 105	4, 6	0.4	2,507,110
15	52	117	83, 124	4, 6	0.5	5,798,936
16	56	125	98, 147	4, 6	0.5	15,083,919
17	60	134	116, 174	4, 6	0.5	27,792,735
18	64	142	136, 204	4, 6	0.6	43,869,739
19	67	148	153, 230	5, 7	0.6	242,081,556
20	70	155	172, 258	5, 7	0.6
21	72		186, 279	5, 7	0.7
22	74		201, 302	5, 7	0.7
23	76		217, 326	5, 7	0.7
24	78		234, 351	6, 8	0.8
25	80		253, 379	6, 8	0.8
26	82		272, 408	6, 8	0.8
27	84		293, 440	6, 8	0.9
28	86		316, 474	6, 8	0.9
29	88		340, 510	6, 8	0.9
30	90		366, 549	6, 8	1
31	91		379, 569	6, 8	1
32	92		393, 590	6, 8	1
33	93		408, 612	6, 8	1
34	94		423, 634	7, 9	1
35	95		438, 657	7, 9	1
36	96		454, 682	7, 9	1.1
37	97		471, 706	7, 9	1.1
38	98		488, 732	7, 9	1.1
39	99		506, 759	7, 9	1.1
40	100		524, 786	7, 9	1.1

Cost	iLvl 1: Normal: 1xScroll of Wisdom
Acronym	Armour, Evasion
BaseType	Shield Crush
Class	Skill Gems
Weapon	Shields
TargetTypes	Ground, Enemy,
Type	Attack, RequiresShield, Melee, Area, Multistrikeable, Physical
Metadata	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemShieldCrush
Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki

Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /6 ⍟

Level	Name	Mod	Weight
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Shield Crush Damage 1	25% increased Shield Crush Damage	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Shield Crush Damage 2	40% increased Shield Crush Damage	100
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Shield Crush Attack Speed 1	10% increased Shield Crush Attack Speed	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Shield Crush Attack Speed 2	15% increased Shield Crush Attack Speed	100
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Shield Crush Central Cone Area 1	Shield Crush central wave has 16% more Area of Effect	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Shield Crush Central Cone Area 2	Shield Crush central wave has 24% more Area of Effect	100

Supported By /100 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Faster Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
	Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Additional Accuracy Support Supports attack skills.
	Increased Area of Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect.
	Added Lightning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Increased Critical Strikes Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Increased Critical Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Knockback Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Life Leech Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech life based on damage dealt.
	Mana Leech Support Supports attack skills that hit enemies, causing those hits to leech mana based on damage dealt.
	Added Chaos Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Stun Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.
	Melee Physical Damage Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Item Rarity Support Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
	Concentrated Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
	Cold to Fire Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Combustion Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
	Bloodlust Support Supports melee attack skills, causing them to deal more damage against bleeding enemies, but preventing those skills from inflicting bleeding on enemies in any way.
	Life Gain on Hit Support Supports attack skills.
	Elemental Proliferation Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
	Culling Strike Support Supports any skill that hits enemies. If enemies are left below 10% of maximum life after being hit by these skills, they will be killed.
	Damage on Full Life Support Supports attack skills, providing a bonus to all damage dealt by those skills while your life is full.
	Chance to Flee Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Blind Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
	Cold Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
	Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
	Elemental Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy elemental resistances.
	Multistrike Support Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat twice when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, channelling skills or triggered skills.
	Power Charge On Critical Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Burning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
	Hextouch Support Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.
	Cast On Critical Strike Support Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
	Cast on Melee Kill Support Must support both a melee attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it kills an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
	Endurance Charge on Melee Stun Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Block Chance Reduction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Physical to Lightning Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Fortify Support Supports melee attack skills that are not triggered.
	Ice Bite Support Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
	Hypothermia Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Innervate Support Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
	Critical Strike Affliction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Void Manipulation Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Controlled Destruction Support Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
	Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
	Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
	Ignite Proliferation Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Chance to Bleed Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills that create minions.
	Chance to Poison Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Deadly Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Decay Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Efficacy Support Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
	Vile Toxins Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Maim Support Supports attack skills, or other skills that can maim enemies.
	Immolate Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
	Brutality Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Momentum Support Supports attack skills that aren't triggered.
	Summon Phantasm Support Supports skills that can hit enemies, or create minions. When those skills or minions kill enemies, or hit rare or unique enemies they will have a chance to summon a Phantasm minion, which uses a piercing projectile spell that deals physical damage.
	Withering Touch Support Supports attack skills.
	Bonechill Support Supports any skill that can chill enemies or create chilling areas.
	Energy Leech Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech energy shield based on damage dealt.
	Close Combat Support Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
	Shockwave Support Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support triggered attacks, attacks used by things other than you, or skills which create minions.
	Impale Support Supports attack skills.
	Pulverise Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Rage Support Supports melee attack skills. Minions cannot gain rage.
	Nightblade Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
	Awakened Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Brutality Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Awakened Burning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
	Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
	Awakened Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
	Awakened Melee Physical Damage Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Awakened Multistrike Support Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat three times when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, channelling skills or triggered skills.
	Awakened Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Cast On Critical Strike Support Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
	Awakened Cold Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
	Awakened Deadly Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
	Awakened Void Manipulation Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Controlled Destruction Support Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
	Awakened Hextouch Support Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.
	Awakened Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
	Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect.
	Awakened Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
	Awakened Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
	Trinity Support Supports skills that hit enemies, causing them to gain bonuses while you have resonance of all three elements, and to grant resonance of elements other than the highest one in a hit. There is a maximum of 50 Resonance for each Element. Cannot support triggered skills, instant skills, orb skills, brands, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	Bloodthirst Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support triggered skills, skills which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps or mines.
	Cruelty Support Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.
	Overcharge Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Prismatic Burst Support Supports attacks, causing them to trigger the Prismatic Burst spell. Cannot support triggered attacks or attacks used by things other than you. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	Devour Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Sadism Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Controlled Blaze Support Supports melee attack skills.
	Volatility Support Supports attack skills.

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Version history

Version	Changes
3.16.0	Shield Crush is now offered to the Marauder for completing Enemy at the Gate.
3.16.0	Shield Crush now has a base Attack Time of 0.8 seconds at all gem levels (previously 0.85-0.76 seconds). Now has 3 to 4 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 5 to 7 at gem level 20 (previously 4 to 6). Now deals 4 to 6 Base Off Hand Physical Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 172 to 258 at gem level 20 (previously 286 to 429).
3.15.0	Shield Crush has been added to the game.{{cite web \| author = Community_Team\|date = July 20,2021 \| title = Content Update 3.15.0 -- Path of Exile: Expedition \| url = https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3147479 \| publisher = Official Path of Exile Forums \| accessdate = September 11, 2021}}

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