Magnetic Shield (engineer skill)

This article is about the engineer shield skill. For the elementalist conjured skill, see Magnetic Shield (elementalist skill).

Create a magnetic field that reflects projectiles and can be released to knock back foes. — In-game description

Magnetic Shield

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Weapon

Shield

Activ. type

Channeled

Sequence

 → 

Game link

API

6053

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3  

20

25

 

Magnetic Shield

Create a magnetic field that reflects projectiles and can be released to knock back foes.

 Duration: 3 seconds

— In-game description

Related traits

Inventions

• Over Shield — Shield skills grant protection to nearby allies. Protection on you gains increased damage reduction.

Notes

• Applies the Absorb effect.
• Since the reflect radius is the same as the player's hitbox, the engineer can only reflect projectiles that directly collide with them. For this reason, projectiles that explode upon collision, such as Giganticus Lupicus's Necrid Bolt or grenades from Grenade Kit, can still damage the engineer if they land nearby. They will only be reflected if they land directly on top of the engineer.
  • This behavior is shared by   Mirror and  Magnetic Aura

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 04, 2022	Reduced cooldown from 30 seconds to 25 seconds in PvP only. Reduced cooldown from 25 seconds to 20 seconds in PvE and WvW.
May 10, 2022	Increased cooldown from 25 seconds to 30 seconds in PvP only.
July 08, 2020	Fixed a bug that caused this skill to go on a 4-second cooldown rather than its full cooldown.
July 07, 2020	This skill now displays a ring to indicate the area Magnetic Inversion will affect. Improved the tooltip to include more information. Visual-effect size increased slightly for better visibility.
November 04, 2014	This skill can now be used while moving and will no longer root the engineer in place.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Magnetic Shield has been added to the game.

Trivia

• The shield in this skill's icon resembles a Whisper's Secret Shield.