Shock Shield/history
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April 14, 2026
- Shock Shield: Reduced the cooldown from 18 seconds to 16 seconds in PvP and WvW.
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
February 25, 2020
- Shock Shield: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.25 to 0.1.
Shock Shield
- Profession
Engineer (skill list)- Specialization
Scrapper- Weapon
- Hammer

- Game link
“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
October 01, 2019
- Shock Shield: Reduced recharge from 20 seconds to 18 seconds.
Shock Shield
- Profession
Engineer (skill list)- Specialization
Scrapper- Weapon
- Hammer

- Game link
“Block attacks while striking foes in front of you, gaining barrier with each enemy you hit.
- Damage (5x): 505 (1.25)?
- 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
February 06, 2018
- Shock Shield: This skill now grants some barrier with each foe struck, in addition to its previous effects.
Shock Shield
- Profession
Engineer (skill list)- Specialization
Scrapper- Weapon
- Hammer

- Game link
“Block attacks while striking foes in front of you, gaining barrier with each enemy you hit.
- Damage (5x): 505 (1.25)?
- 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
July 26, 2016
- Shock Shield: 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.
Shock Shield
- Profession
Engineer (skill list)- Specialization
Scrapper- Weapon
- Hammer

- Game link
“Magnetize your hammer, blocking attacks while striking foes in front of you.
- Damage (5x): 505 (1.25)?
- 10 Vulnerability (5s): +10% Incoming Damage, +10% Incoming Condition Damage
- Number of Targets: 5
- Block Duration: 2 seconds
- Range: 170
— In-game description
Original version
Shock Shield
- Profession
Engineer (skill list)- Specialization
Scrapper- Weapon
- Hammer

- Game link
“Magnetize your hammer, blocking attacks while striking foes in front of you.
- Damage (5x): 1,010 (2.5)?
- 10 Vulnerability (5s): +10% Incoming Damage, +10% Incoming Condition Damage
- Number of Targets: 5
- Block Duration: 2 seconds
- Range: 170
— In-game description