Sorceress · Lightning Skills

Energy Shield

Required level 24Classic

What it does

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

How Energy Shield works, in depthThe Sorceress's shield that spends mana instead of life. How much of a hit it takes at every level, what each point of damage costs in mana, where it sits among resistances and damage reduction, and what it never absorbs.

Items that give Energy Shield

2 items

+ levels to the skillyour own class only

MemoryRuneword	+3 to Energy Shield (Sorceress Only)	37
WarpspearUnique · Gothic Staff	+3 to Energy Shield (Sorceress Only)	39

Per level

before synergies, masteries and +skills from items

Level	Duration	Mana cost
1	144	5
2	168	5
3	192	5
4	216	5
5	240	5
6	264	5
7	288	5
8	312	5
9	336	5
10	360	5
11	384	5
12	408	5
13	432	5
14	456	5
15	480	5
16	504	5
17	528	5
18	552	5
19	576	5
20	600	5
21	624	5
22	648	5
23	672	5
24	696	5
25	720	5
26	744	5
27	768	5
28	792	5
29	816	5
30	840	5

Also raised by

items that add levels without naming it

Synergies

per hard point in

Telekinesis: -6.25% Mana consumed per Level

Requires

Source: skills.txt row “Energy 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.

Level	Duration	Mana cost
1	144	5
2	168	5
3	192	5
4	216	5
5	240	5
6	264	5
7	288	5
8	312	5
9	336	5
10	360	5
11	384	5
12	408	5
13	432	5
14	456	5
15	480	5
16	504	5
17	528	5
18	552	5
19	576	5
20	600	5
21	624	5
22	648	5
23	672	5
24	696	5
25	720	5
26	744	5
27	768	5
28	792	5
29	816	5
30	840	5

Level	Duration	Mana cost
1	144	5
2	168	5
3	192	5
4	216	5
5	240	5
6	264	5
7	288	5
8	312	5
9	336	5
10	360	5
11	384	5
12	408	5
13	432	5
14	456	5
15	480	5
16	504	5
17	528	5
18	552	5
19	576	5
20	600	5
21	624	5
22	648	5
23	672	5
24	696	5
25	720	5
26	744	5
27	768	5
28	792	5
29	816	5
30	840	5

Level	Duration	Mana cost
1	144	5
2	168	5
3	192	5
4	216	5
5	240	5
6	264	5
7	288	5
8	312	5
9	336	5
10	360	5
11	384	5
12	408	5
13	432	5
14	456	5
15	480	5
16	504	5
17	528	5
18	552	5
19	576	5
20	600	5
21	624	5
22	648	5
23	672	5
24	696	5
25	720	5
26	744	5
27	768	5
28	792	5
29	816	5
30	840	5

Level	Duration	Mana cost
1	144	5
2	168	5
3	192	5
4	216	5
5	240	5
6	264	5
7	288	5
8	312	5
9	336	5
10	360	5
11	384	5
12	408	5
13	432	5
14	456	5
15	480	5
16	504	5
17	528	5
18	552	5
19	576	5
20	600	5
21	624	5
22	648	5
23	672	5
24	696	5
25	720	5
26	744	5
27	768	5
28	792	5
29	816	5
30	840	5

Level	Duration	Mana cost
1	144	5
2	168	5
3	192	5
4	216	5
5	240	5
6	264	5
7	288	5
8	312	5
9	336	5
10	360	5
11	384	5
12	408	5
13	432	5
14	456	5
15	480	5
16	504	5
17	528	5
18	552	5
19	576	5
20	600	5
21	624	5
22	648	5
23	672	5
24	696	5
25	720	5
26	744	5
27	768	5
28	792	5
29	816	5
30	840	5

Level	Duration	Mana cost
1	144	5
2	168	5
3	192	5
4	216	5
5	240	5
6	264	5
7	288	5
8	312	5
9	336	5
10	360	5
11	384	5
12	408	5
13	432	5
14	456	5
15	480	5
16	504	5
17	528	5
18	552	5
19	576	5
20	600	5
21	624	5
22	648	5
23	672	5
24	696	5
25	720	5
26	744	5
27	768	5
28	792	5
29	816	5
30	840	5