Shock Shield

Block attacks while striking foes in front of you, gaining barrier with each enemy you hit. — In-game description

Shock Shield

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Specialization

Scrapper

Weapon

Hammer

Activ. type

Channeled

Game link

API

29840

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10.75¾  

18

16

 

Shock Shield

Block attacks while striking foes in front of you, gaining barrier with each enemy you hit.

 Damage (5x): 505 (1.25)^?

 Damage (5x): 200 (0.5)^?

 Barrier per Hit: 213 (0.06)^?

₁₀ Vulnerability (5s): +10% Incoming Damage, +10% Incoming Condition Damage

 Number of Targets: 5

 Block Duration: 2 seconds

 Range: 170

— In-game description

Related traits

Explosives

• Shaped Charge — Deal increased strike damage for each stack of vulnerability on your target.

Firearms

• Modified Ammunition — Deal increased strike damage for each condition on a foe.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Reduced the cooldown from 18 seconds to 16 seconds in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.25 to 0.1.
October 01, 2019	Reduced recharge from 20 seconds to 18 seconds.
February 06, 2018	This skill now grants some barrier with each foe struck, in addition to its previous effects.
July 26, 2016	The damage of this skill has been reduced by 50%. The damage displayed for this skill will now compound instead of displaying each instance separately.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Shock Shield has been added to the game.