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Ice Staff Elemental Blockade does not grant a damage shield
Cyhawk
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Pretty sure this is supposed to give a damage shield, it currently does not. It currently isn't adding any defensive stats while showing active effects. Additionally the buff granted (which is supposed to be a shield) also works differently between versions.
* Wall of Elements (unmorphed) Grants "Frost Shield" For 6 Seconds. Recast removes old effect and applies new one. No damage shield.
* Elemental Blockade (Duration Morph), same as above
* Unstable Blockade (Dmg Morph), Applies a 6 second '"Unstable Frost Shield" buff, recast applies a SECOND buff of the same name, both effects are active. No damage shield is applied.
In all 3 cases, the visual ice shield is applied, but no stat is effected and no damage shield granted.
Tooltip still says it gives a shield.
Edited by Cyhawk on May 21, 2024 1:33AM * Wall of Elements (unmorphed) Grants "Frost Shield" For 6 Seconds. Recast removes old effect and applies new one. No damage shield.
* Elemental Blockade (Duration Morph), same as above
* Unstable Blockade (Dmg Morph), Applies a 6 second '"Unstable Frost Shield" buff, recast applies a SECOND buff of the same name, both effects are active. No damage shield is applied.
In all 3 cases, the visual ice shield is applied, but no stat is effected and no damage shield granted.
Tooltip still says it gives a shield.
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Soarora✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭I don't think the shield is applied to your healthbar like crystallized shield is, but as far as I know the shield does work... just only against projectiles, which isn't really clearly stated.PC/NA Dungeoneer (Tank/DPS/Heal), Trialist (DPS/Tank/Heal), and amateur Battlegrounder (DPS) with a passion for The Elder Scrolls lore- CP 2000+
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✭✭✭✭I don't think the shield is applied to your healthbar like crystallized shield is, but as far as I know the shield does work... just only against projectiles, which isn't really clearly stated.
Yes, that’s my experience too.
The tooltip does include the projectile qualification, iirc, but only once you have it slotted and are holding an ice staff. I wish they had included it in other descriptions of the skill, but they might have felt there was too much to fit.1 -
Darth_LucSky✭✭I had this happen to my Necro today as well. There is a visual shield being applied, but no damage shield is actually being applied. After checking CMX, no healing was done by Wall of Elements, but my other shields were working fine. I'm actually surprised this kind of bug didn't get enough attention since it's a very meta skill being used by both tanks and healers.
Could we get ZOS to look into this? @ZOS_GinaBruno
EDIT: Nevermind, turns out I wasn't aware that the damage shield only affected ranged attacks, that's why it didn't function as a normal damage shield should function.Edited by Darth_LucSky on May 24, 2024 11:20PM0 -
Sync01✭✭✭✭Frost shield only shields against projectiles. If you have a frost shield up and you're taking damage from a projectile then something is wrong, but taking damage from any other source is as intended.
I'm not sure but I think the second shield only applies if the first one takes enough damage to burst, and since most fights don't have enough projectiles to damage the shield enough you don't see it very often.
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