Magnetic Shield (elementalist skill)

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

Pull nearby foes to you with a magnetic force, gaining protection and Tectonic Shift for each foe pulled. — In-game description

Magnetic Shield

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Parent skill

  Conjure Earth Shield

Bundle

Magnetic Shield

Game link

API

5747

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10.25¼  25  

Magnetic Shield

Pull nearby foes to you with a magnetic force, gaining protection and Tectonic Shift for each foe pulled.

 Damage: 142 (0.4)^?

 Barrier: 778 (0.18)^?

 Barrier: 506 (0.18)^?

 Protection (2s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Tectonic Shift (2s): Gain barrier every second.

 Pull: 400

 Number of Targets: 3

 Defiance Break: 150

 Radius: 600

 Unblockable

— In-game description

Related traits

Air

• Stormsoul — Deal increased strike damage to disabled or defiant foes. Outgoing stun duration increased. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• Lightning Rod — Cast Lightning Rod when you disable a foe. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Arcane

• Elemental Lockdown — When you disable a foe, gain a boon based upon your current attunement.
• Bountiful Power — Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.

Tempest

• Hardy Conduit — Overloads grant protection to nearby allies. Protection gains increased damage reduction.

Catalyst

• Vicious Empowerment — Gain Elemental Empowerment and might when you disable or immobilize a foe.

Notes

Bug:

Barrier amount has not been increased with the December 12, 2017 update.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 29, 2022	Reduced barrier pulse from 778 to 506 in PvP only.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
December 12, 2017	All skills that grant barrier now give 15% more barrier.
November 07, 2017	This skill now applies 2 seconds of Tectonic Shift in addition to its current effects for each enemy struck by the attack. The casting time of this skill has been reduced by 0.4 seconds.
September 09, 2014	Replaced icon for Magnetic Shield
April 15, 2014	Added a skill fact for number of targets: 3.
October 15, 2013	This skill will now provide 2 seconds of protection per target pulled. It can also be used while moving.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Magnetic Shield has been added to the game.

See also

•   Binding Blade
•   Vortex

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Conjured weapons

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Fiery Greatsword	Conjure • Attributes
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