PoE2 skill gem

Fortifying Cry

Perform a Warcry that grants Guard and Triggers Shield Wave when subsequent Shield Attacks deal damage. This Skill's cooldown can be bypassed by expending an Endurance Charge.

Current series

Changed in 0.5

0.5.0
Direct change

Fortifying Cry: Now only consumes one stack when you detonate a shield wall to create a shockwave around each shield wall segment. Fortifying Cry Shockwaves from a single Shield Wall cannot hit the same enemy multiple times. Shield Wave now deals 5 to 7 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on Shield (previously 6 to 8).

Full patch history

Effects

17 effects

Fortifying Cry

Shield Wave

Requirements and restrictions

1 requirement groups
Player requirementsLevel (1-90), (4-157) Str, Armoured Shield
Source requirement text

Requires: Level (1-90), (4-157) Str

Requires: Armoured Shield

Gem level progression

40 levels
Fortifying Cry levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelStrManaBase DamageGrants 2 Guard for every 5 enemy Power inrange, counting up to 20 Power3 to 5 Base Off Hand Physical Damage
10419100%, 100%, 100%, 50%2, 203, 5
23922100%, 100%, 100%, 55%4, 205, 8
361424100%, 100%, 100%, 61%7, 208, 12
4102127100%, 100%, 100%, 67%11, 2011, 17
5142830100%, 100%, 100%, 73%14, 2014, 21
6183533100%, 100%, 100%, 79%18, 2018, 26
7224136100%, 100%, 100%, 85%22, 2021, 32
8264839100%, 100%, 100%, 91%26, 2025, 37
9315742100%, 100%, 100%, 97%30, 2029, 43
10366546100%, 100%, 100%, 103%35, 2033, 50
11417449100%, 100%, 100%, 109%40, 2037, 56
12468252100%, 100%, 100%, 117%45, 2042, 63
13529256100%, 100%, 100%, 125%50, 2047, 70
145810360100%, 100%, 100%, 133%55, 2052, 78
156411364100%, 100%, 100%, 142%61, 2057, 85
166611668100%, 100%, 100%, 153%67, 2062, 93
177212672100%, 100%, 100%, 164%73, 2068, 101
187813776100%, 100%, 100%, 176%79, 2073, 110
198414780100%, 100%, 100%, 189%85, 2079, 119
209015785100%, 100%, 100%, 204%92, 2085, 128
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Fortifying Cry levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelStrManaBase DamageGrants 2 Guard for every 5 enemy Power inrange, counting up to 20 Power3 to 5 Base Off Hand Physical Damage
21Not applicableNot applicable90100%, 100%, 100%, 220%99, 2092, 137
22Not applicableNot applicable94100%, 100%, 100%, 237%106, 2098, 147
23Not applicableNot applicable99100%, 100%, 100%, 255%113, 20105, 157
24Not applicableNot applicable104100%, 100%, 100%, 275%121, 20112, 167
25Not applicableNot applicable110100%, 100%, 100%, 296%129, 20119, 178
26Not applicableNot applicable115100%, 100%, 100%, 319%137, 20126, 189
27Not applicableNot applicable120100%, 100%, 100%, 344%145, 20133, 200
28Not applicableNot applicable126100%, 100%, 100%, 370%153, 20141, 211
29Not applicableNot applicable132100%, 100%, 100%, 399%162, 20149, 223
30Not applicableNot applicable138100%, 100%, 100%, 430%170, 20157, 235
31Not applicableNot applicable144100%, 100%, 100%, 463%179, 20165, 247
32Not applicableNot applicable151100%, 100%, 100%, 499%189, 20173, 260
33Not applicableNot applicable157100%, 100%, 100%, 537%198, 20182, 273
34Not applicableNot applicable164100%, 100%, 100%, 579%208, 20191, 286
35Not applicableNot applicable171100%, 100%, 100%, 624%218, 20200, 299
36Not applicableNot applicable178100%, 100%, 100%, 672%228, 20209, 313
37Not applicableNot applicable185100%, 100%, 100%, 724%238, 20218, 327
38Not applicableNot applicable193100%, 100%, 100%, 780%248, 20228, 342
39Not applicableNot applicable201100%, 100%, 100%, 840%259, 20237, 356
40Not applicableNot applicable208100%, 100%, 100%, 905%270, 20247, 371

Quality effects

4 effects

Fortifying Cry standard quality

Shield Wave standard quality

  • Shockwave radius is (0-0.4) metres

Advanced Thaumaturgy

This is the additional quality effect granted while the Gemling Legionnaire passive is allocated. The main value below is shown at 20% gem quality. Compare all gem bonuses.

  • 20% more Guard gainedQuality scaling: (0-20)% more Guard gained
  • Shield Wave has +0.04 seconds to its secondary durationQuality scaling: Shield Wave has +(0-0.04) seconds to its secondary duration

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Compatibility rules

Active Type: Warcry, Area, Duration, Damage, ConsumesCharges, Cooldown, Physical, EmpowersOtherSkill, UsableWhileMoving, SkillConsumesEnduranceChargesOnUse, Nova

Acquisition

1 sources
  • Uncut Skill Gem: Uncut Skill Gem Tier 9

How to engrave this skill

1 category
Mace, tier 9

This skill becomes available when engraving an Uncut Skill Gem of level 9 or higher. The resulting skill uses the selected Uncut Skill Gem's level.

Open Mace

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 0 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Fortifying Cry. One applicable outcome is selected, and the item normally cannot be modified again by ordinary crafting.

01
No change.
02
Permanently add or subtract one gem level. This is retained when upgrading the gem level using an uncut gem. Max level gems can exceed their normal maximum this way, but cannot go below Level 1.
03
Add or remove a socket.
04
±10% to Quality, up to 23%.
View every corruption outcome and enchantment

Patch history

4 changes
0.3.0b
Direct change

Fixed a bug where Resonating Shield, Shield Wall, and Fortifying Cry's shockwaves did not scale with area damage modifiers.

0.5.0
Direct change

Fortifying Cry: Now only consumes one stack when you detonate a shield wall to create a shockwave around each shield wall segment. Fortifying Cry Shockwaves from a single Shield Wall cannot hit the same enemy multiple times. Shield Wave now deals 5 to 7 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on Shield (previously 6 to 8).

0.4.0
Direct change

Fixed a bug where Battershout Support wasn't working with Fortifying Cry nor Ancestral Cry.

0.3.0
Direct change

Added a new Strength Skill Gem: Fortifying Cry: Perform a Warcry that grants Guard and causes subsequent Shield Attacks to release an Empowered shockwave when dealing damage. This Skill's cooldown can be bypassed by expending an Endurance Charge.