Magma Barrier: Now deals 5 to 7 Added Fire Damage per 15 Armour and Evasion on Shield (previously 6 to 8).
PoE2 skill gem
Magma Barrier
While active, increases your Block Chance passively and imbues your Shield with lava over time. When fully imbued, your next Block with your Shield raised will expend the lava to Trigger the Magma Spray skill and grant you an Endurance Charge.
Changed in 0.5
Effects
14 effects- Mana: 30
- Grants 25% increased Block chance
- Fully imbues Shield in 8 seconds
- % reduced Imbuement time
- 5 to 7 Added Fire damage per 15 Armour on Shield
- 5 to 7 Added Fire damage per 15 Evasion on Shield
- Magma Spray radius is 2.8 metres
Buff
- Fully imbues Shield in 8 seconds
- % reduced Imbuement time
- Grants 25% increased Block chance
Requirements and restrictions
1 requirement groupsSource requirement text
Requires: Level (1-90), (4-157) Str
Requires: Any Shield
Gem level progression
40 levels| Level | Requires Level | Str | Base Damage | 4 to 6 Base Off Hand Fire Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 4 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 170% | 4, 6 |
| 2 | 3 | 9 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 187% | 6, 9 |
| 3 | 6 | 14 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 207% | 10, 15 |
| 4 | 10 | 21 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 227% | 13, 20 |
| 5 | 14 | 28 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 247% | 17, 26 |
| 6 | 18 | 35 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 267% | 21, 32 |
| 7 | 22 | 41 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 288% | 26, 38 |
| 8 | 26 | 48 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 309% | 30, 45 |
| 9 | 31 | 57 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 328% | 35, 53 |
| 10 | 36 | 65 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 349% | 40, 60 |
| 11 | 41 | 74 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 372% | 45, 68 |
| 12 | 46 | 82 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 396% | 51, 76 |
| 13 | 52 | 92 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 423% | 57, 85 |
| 14 | 58 | 103 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 453% | 63, 94 |
| 15 | 64 | 113 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 484% | 69, 103 |
| 16 | 66 | 116 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 519% | 75, 113 |
| 17 | 72 | 126 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 557% | 82, 123 |
| 18 | 78 | 137 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 599% | 89, 133 |
| 19 | 84 | 147 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 644% | 96, 144 |
| 20 | 90 | 157 | 100%, 100%, 100%, 694% | 103, 155 |
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
| Level | Requires Level | Str | Base Damage | 4 to 6 Base Off Hand Fire Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 100%, 100%, 100%, 748% | 111, 166 |
| 22 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 100%, 100%, 100%, 806% | 119, 178 |
| 23 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 100%, 100%, 100%, 868% | 127, 190 |
| 24 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 100%, 100%, 100%, 935% | 135, 202 |
| 25 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 100%, 100%, 100%, 1007% | 144, 215 |
| 26 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 100%, 100%, 100%, 1085% | 152, 228 |
| 27 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 100%, 100%, 100%, 1169% | 161, 242 |
| 28 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 100%, 100%, 100%, 1259% | 170, 256 |
| 29 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 100%, 100%, 100%, 1356% | 180, 270 |
| 30 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 100%, 100%, 100%, 1461% | 190, 284 |
| 31 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 100%, 100%, 100%, 1574% | 200, 299 |
| 32 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 100%, 100%, 100%, 1696% | 210, 315 |
| 33 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 100%, 100%, 100%, 1827% | 220, 330 |
| 34 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 100%, 100%, 100%, 1968% | 231, 346 |
| 35 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 100%, 100%, 100%, 2120% | 242, 362 |
| 36 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 100%, 100%, 100%, 2284% | 253, 379 |
| 37 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 100%, 100%, 100%, 2461% | 264, 396 |
| 38 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 100%, 100%, 100%, 2651% | 275, 413 |
| 39 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 100%, 100%, 100%, 2856% | 287, 431 |
| 40 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 100%, 100%, 100%, 3077% | 299, 449 |
Quality effects
2 effectsBuff standard quality
- +(0-5)% increased Block chance
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.
Recommended support gems
15 supportsRecommendation tier 1
Recommendation tier 2
Recommendation tier 3
Recommendation tier 4
Compatible support gems
34 source recordsShow 10 more compatible gems
Compatibility rules
Active Type: Buff, OngoingSkill, HasReservation, Fire, Persistent, GeneratesCharges
Granted by items
1 itemsAcquisition
2 sources- Lament Amulet: Lament Amulet · Uncut Spirit Gem Tier 4
- Uncut Spirit Gem: Lament Amulet · Uncut Spirit Gem Tier 4
How to engrave this skill
1 categoryThis skill becomes available when engraving an Uncut Skill Gem of level 4 or higher. The resulting skill uses the selected Uncut Skill Gem's level.
Vaal Orb outcomes
4 outcomes / 0 enchantmentsVaal Orb can corrupt Magma Barrier. One applicable outcome is selected, and the item normally cannot be modified again by ordinary crafting.
Patch history
7 changesFixed a bug where the following skills were not scaling with modifiers to area damage: Toxic Growth, Magma Barrier, Whirlwind Lance (whirlwind only), Freezing Mark, Voltaic Mark, and Bloodhound's Mark.
Fixed an issue where Magma Barrier had an outdated, misleading Duration tag.
Reduced the defenses provided to monsters by the Magma Barrier modifier.
Magma Barrier: Now deals 5 to 7 Added Fire Damage per 15 Armour and Evasion on Shield (previously 6 to 8).
Magma Barrier: Now passively increases your chance to Block while active. Over time, it charges up with lava. While fully charged, your next Block with your Shield raised will spray lava in front of you and grant you an Endurance Charge. Now grants 25% increased Block Chance. Magma Spray now has 6 to 8 Added Fire Damage per 15 Evasion on Shield, and has a radius of 2.8 metres. Magma Spray deals 12-103 to 20-155 Base Off Hand Fire Damage at Gem levels 3-20 (previously 23-177 to 34-265), and 227%-684% Attack Damage (previously 172-471%). Quality now provides +0-5% increased Block Chance (previously Raising your shield infuses it with magma for 0-0.2 seconds).
Fixed a bug where Profusion Support was not functioning correctly when supporting Magma Barrier.
Magma Spray (from the Magma Barrier skill) now deals 6-10 to 151-226 base Fire damage at gem levels 1-20 (previously 4-7 to 234-351). It now has 6 to 8 Added Fire Damage per 15 Armour on Shield at all levels (previously 2-4 at gem level 1 and 3-6 at gem level 20). It now has a damage effectiveness of 130-405% (previously 120-490%).

