Blade Shield

Required level 30Lord of Destruction

What it does

spinning blades slice enemies who stray too close.

Radius: 4 yards
75% Weapon Damage

How Blade Shield works, in depthThe Assassin's orbiting blades: a buff that hits everything within 4 yards once a second for 75% weapon damage plus 112–141, lasting 348 seconds at level 20 for 65 mana, castable in town.

Per level

before synergies, masteries and +skills from items

Level	Damage	Duration	Mana cost
1	1-30	120	27
2	6-35	132	29
3	11-40	144	31
4	16-45	156	33
5	21-50	168	35
6	26-55	180	37
7	31-60	192	39
8	36-65	204	41
9	42-71	216	43
10	48-77	228	45
11	54-83	240	47
12	60-89	252	49
13	66-95	264	51
14	72-101	276	53
15	78-107	288	55
16	84-113	300	57
17	91-120	312	59
18	98-127	324	61
19	105-134	336	63
20	112-141	348	65
21	119-148	360	67
22	126-155	372	69
23	133-162	384	71
24	140-169	396	73
25	147-176	408	75
26	154-183	420	77
27	161-190	432	79
28	168-197	444	81
29	175-204	456	83
30	182-211	468	85

Also raised by

items that add levels without naming it

Synergies

per hard point in

Blade Sentinel: +10% Damage per Level
Blade Fury: +10% Damage per Level

Requires

Blade FuryLevel 18

Boosts

Source: skills.txt row “Blade Shield” and skilldesc.txt of build 3.3.93847. Mana = (mana + lvlmana × (level − 1)) × 2^manashift ÷ 256; damage brackets at levels 2–8, 9–16, 17–22, 23–28, 29+ scaled by HitShift. · Report incorrect data

Unless stated otherwise, everything here is Diablo II: Resurrected build 3.3.93847, Reign of the Warlock.