Skill rework: Tempest Shield
The Awakening has provided us with a great opportunity to take a look at Path of Exile as a whole, and make improvements to many areas, ensuring all the parts fit together nicely. Part of this has been a game-wide review of skills. One of the skills receiving a rework in the next Beta content update is Tempest Shield.
Tempest Shield was intended to enable a defensive shield-using spellcaster build, but supporting it with most damage increasing support gems increased the reservation cost. This made investment in the skill too expensive. Here are some changes we're making to the skill:
More changes may be coming, based on our continued testing, usage on beta and feedback from players using the skill. Balance & Design
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Great changes
IGN: @Marcin
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sounds great. Maybe too great.
IGN TylordRampage
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sounds like it'll add to block op, which was nerfed and now buffed back for a4
any updates or details with phase run, leech, new t1 mods, keystones south of tree etc.? Dark_Chicken - lvl 100 Marauder Divine_Chicken - lvl 100 Duelist Last edited by Dark_Chicken on Jun 11, 2015, 7:14:30 PM
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I'm looking forward to it! :)
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Hmm, very interesting. Nice potential addition instead of having to choose between running AA or using an offensive aura.
Jul 27, 2011 - Sept 30, 2018.
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Sounds interesting, and nicely for something alongside my cws molten shell
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Nice change !
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Is this going to be spell damage or secondary lightning damage?
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This sounds awesome. I always felt that reserving mana for such a small buff was a waste until I started playing block builds in the beta. Only then I started using it and I never thought about supporting it with anything. I almost forgot it did damage. Looking forward to seeing the skill in use.
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