Spectral Shield Throw

Attack, Projectile, Physical

Level: 1–20

Attack Time: 0.65 sec

Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%

Requires Level 28

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.

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

Additional Effects From Quality:

(0–40)% increased Projectile Speed

Unusual Gems /4 ⍟

Type	Stats	Weight
Superior	(0–40)% increased Projectile Speed	50
Anomalous	(0–20)% increased Damage	100
Divergent	(0–10)% increased Attack Speed	100
Phantasmal	+(0–20)% to Critical Strike Multiplier per 100 Maximum Energy Shield on Shield	20

Quest /2 ⍟

Act	Quest	NPC	Character
1	The Siren's Cadence	Nessa	Marauder · Ranger · Scion · Templar
3	Sever the Right Hand	Quest Reward	Duelist

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

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Fires 3 additional Projectiles Shard Projectiles Deal 50% less Damage Primary Projectile Chains +3 Times

Level	Requires Level	Strength	Dexterity	Cost	47 to 70 Base Off Hand Physical Damage	3 to 4 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield	Experience
1	28	29	42	7	47, 70	3, 4	199,345
2	31	32	46	7	53, 80	3, 4	285,815
3	34	35	50	7	60, 90	3, 4	401,344
4	37	37	54	7	67, 101	3, 4	554,379
5	40	40	58	7	76, 113	3, 4	477,437
6	42	42	60	7	81, 122	4, 5	583,786
7	44	44	63	8	87, 131	4, 5	710,359
8	46	46	66	8	94, 141	4, 5	1,355,511
9	48	48	68	8	101, 151	4, 5	1,138,877
10	50	49	71	8	108, 162	4, 5	1,368,233
11	52	51	74	8	115, 173	4, 5	1,638,338
12	54	53	76	8	123, 185	4, 6	1,956,648
13	56	55	79	9	131, 197	4, 6	3,655,184
14	58	57	82	9	140, 210	4, 6	3,017,327
15	60	59	84	9	149, 224	4, 6	7,759,995
16	62	60	87	9	159, 238	4, 6	15,138,193
17	64	62	90	9	169, 254	4, 6	26,083,825
18	66	64	92	9	180, 270	5, 7	62,620,247
19	68	66	95	10	191, 286	5, 7	211,708,088
20	70	68	98	10	203, 304	5, 7
21	72			10	215, 322	5, 7
22	74			10	228, 342	5, 7
23	76			10	241, 362	5, 7
24	78			10	256, 384	6, 8
25	80			11	271, 406	6, 8
26	82			11	286, 430	6, 8
27	84			11	303, 454	6, 8
28	86			11	320, 480	6, 8
29	88			11	338, 507	6, 8
30	90			11	357, 536	6, 8
31	91			11	367, 550	6, 8
32	92			12	377, 565	6, 8
33	93			12	387, 581	6, 8
34	94			12	398, 597	7, 9
35	95			12	409, 613	7, 9
36	96			12	420, 629	7, 9
37	97			12	431, 646	7, 9
38	98			13	442, 664	7, 9
39	99			13	454, 681	7, 9
40	100			13	466, 700	7, 9

Cost	iLvl 1: Normal: 1xOrb of Chance
Acronym	Projectile, Chain, Armour, Evasion
DropLevel	28
BaseType	Spectral Shield Throw
Class	Skill Gems
Weapon	Shields
TargetTypes	Enemy, Ground
Type	Attack, RangedAttack, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, SingleMainProjectile, Physical
Metadata	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemThrownShieldProjectile
Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki

Spectral Shield Throw Monster /7 ⍟

Name	Modifiers	Spectre
Justicar Casticus	30% Chance to Block Attack Damage You take 15% of Damage from Blocked Hits	Y
Executioner Bloodwing	monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster slain experience +% [100] 30% Chance to Block Attack Damage You take 15% of Damage from Blocked Hits cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Dawn, Harbinger of Solaris	monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [22] monster dropped item rarity +% [6000] monster slain experience +% [250] 15% Chance to Block Attack Damage 15% Chance to Block Spell Damage You take 15% of Damage from Blocked Hits cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1] heal aura owner % max life on death [0]	Y
Dawn, Harbinger of Solaris	monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [22] monster dropped item rarity +% [6000] monster slain experience +% [250] 15% Chance to Block Attack Damage 15% Chance to Block Spell Damage You take 15% of Damage from Blocked Hits cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Jorus, Sky's Edge	monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [22] monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster slain experience +% [100] 15% Chance to Block Attack Damage 15% Chance to Block Spell Damage You take 15% of Damage from Blocked Hits cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Opid, Helial's Herald	monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [22] monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster slain experience +% [100] 15% Chance to Block Attack Damage 15% Chance to Block Spell Damage You take 15% of Damage from Blocked Hits cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Guff "Tiny" Grenn	Action Speed cannot be modified to below 70% of base value 20% Chance to Block Attack Damage You take 10% of Damage from Blocked Hits	Y

Microtransactions /1 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Stygian Spectral Shield Throw Your Spectral Shield Throw becomes a Stygian Effect.

Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /6 ⍟

Level	Name	Mod	Weight
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Spectral Shield Throw Damage 1	25% increased Spectral Shield Throw Damage	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Spectral Shield Throw Damage 2	40% increased Spectral Shield Throw Damage	100
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Spectral Shield Throw Projectile Speed 1	20% increased Spectral Shield Throw Projectile Speed	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Spectral Shield Throw Projectile Speed 2	30% increased Spectral Shield Throw Projectile Speed	100
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Spectral Shield Throw Num Of Additional Projectiles 1	Spectral Shield Throw fires 2 additional Shard Projectiles	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Spectral Shield Throw Num Of Additional Projectiles 2	Spectral Shield Throw fires 3 additional Shard Projectiles	100

Supported By /102 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Faster Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
	Greater Multiple Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	Faster Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Additional Accuracy Support Supports attack skills.
	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.
	Pierce Support Supports projectile skills.
	Item Rarity Support Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
	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.
	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.
	Point Blank Support Supports projectile skills.
	Iron Grip Support Supports attack skills that fire projectiles, making the increase to physical melee damage from strength also increase their physical projectile damage.
	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.
	Chain Support Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
	Fork Support Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first time they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.
	Returning Projectiles Support Supports projectile 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.
	Slower Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	Vicious Projectiles Support Supports projectile attack skills.
	Block Chance Reduction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Physical to Lightning Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	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.
	Impale Support Supports attack skills.
	Nightblade Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
	Arrow Nova Support Supports bow attack skills that fire arrows forwards as projectiles. These skills will instead fire a payload arrow into the air to land at a targeted location. The supported skills' arrows will then fire out in a circle from where it lands. Cannot support skills that already fire arrows into the air, channelled skills, or skills that create Minions.
	Barrage Support Supports projectile attack skills that use bows or wands. Cannot support triggered skills, channelled skills, or skills that 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 Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Arrow Nova Support Supports bow attack skills that fire arrows forwards as projectiles. These skills will instead fire a payload arrow into the air to land at a targeted location. The supported skills' arrows will then fire out in a circle from where it lands. Cannot support skills that already fire arrows into the air, channelled skills, or skills that create Minions.
	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 Chain Support Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
	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 Fork Support Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first two times they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.
	Awakened Greater Multiple Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	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 Vicious Projectiles Support Supports projectile attack skills.
	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 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.
	Volatility Support Supports attack skills.

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Spectral Shield Throw

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 therefor 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

Version history

Version	Changes
3.16.0	Spectral Shield Throw now has a base Attack Time of 0.65 seconds at all gem levels (previously 0.7-0.6 seconds). Now has 3 to 4 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield at gem level 1 (previously 4 to 5), up to 5 to 7 at gem level 20 (previously 6 to 8). Now deals 47 to 70 Base Off Hand Physical Damage at gem level 1 (previously 58 to 86), up to 203 to 304 at gem level 20 (previously 399 to 599). The Merciless Labyrinth Enchantment for Spectral Shield Throw now grants “Spectral Shield Throw Fires 2 additional projectiles” (previously 3). Existing items with this Enchantment are unaffected. The Eternal Labyrinth Enchantment for Spectral Shield Throw now grants “Spectral Shield Throw Fires 3 additional projectiles” (previously 5). Existing items with this Enchantment are unaffected.
3.15.0	Spectral Shield Throw's default behaviour has been reworked to be more similar to the Divide and Conquer threshold jewel (which has also been reworked). No longer "double-hits" against single targets in general. Now requires character level 28 to use at gem level 1 (previously character level 12). Now fires 3 additional Projectiles (previously 13). Primary Projectile now Chains +3 times. Additional Chains now apply to both the Primary and Secondary Projectiles. Shard Projectiles now deal 50% less Damage (previously 75%). Now deals 58 to 86 Base Off Hand Physical Damage at gem level 1 (previously 20 to 30), up to 399 to 599 at gem level 20 (previously 200 to 301). Now deals 4 to 5 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield at gem level 1, up to 6 to 8 at gem level 20 (previously 3 to 4 at all levels). No longer has +0.2% to Critical Strike Chance per 10 Maximum Energy Shield on Shield.
3.13.0	Now deals 20 to 30 base off hand physical damage at gem level 1 (from 18 to 27), up to 200 to 301 at gem level 20 (from 182 to 272). Now has +0.2% base critical strike chance per 10 maximum energy shield on your shield (from 0.1% per 10). Now deals 3 to 4 added physical damage per 15 armour or evasion rating on shield (from 2 to 3 added physical damage per 15 armour or evasion rating).
3.12.0	Now has alternative gem quality.
3.7.0	Now deals 18 to 27 base off hand physical damage at gem level 1 (from 13 to 19), up to 182 to 272 at gem level 20 (from 132 to 198). Now fires more projectiles on shield impact as the skill levels up, up to 13 at gem level 20 (from 8 at all levels). Now has a base off hand attack time of 0.7 seconds at gem level 1 (from 0.65), down to 0.6 seconds at gem level 20 (from 0.56).
3.6.0	Base Off Hand Attack Time is now 0.65 seconds at gem level 1 (from 0.7 seconds) and 0.56 seconds at gem level 20 (from 0.61 seconds). Base projectile speed is now slightly faster.
3.2.0	Added a new Dexterity/Strength Skill Gem - Spectral Shield Throw: 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.

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