Some builds can utilize life gain on hit with spells by linking CWDT with a skill like ball lightning, but you kind of need to build around that a bit. That damage can be reflected by enemies. Corrupted Yes. Concentrated effect adds a lot of damage. molten shell buff is NOT the damage absorb, it is the flat armour gain, so the 50(lvl 1) or 858(lvl 20) and so on is increased to 125(lvl 1), or 2,145(lvl 20) when you break the skill down its wording is actually somewhat confusing when you start considering what the buff effect would scale. ago. 162. Chaos Orbs. Molten Shell. I'm a big fan of Molten Shell (with quality) + Chance to Ignite + Elemental Proliferation + Iron Will on strength casters and grabbing burn stuff. It's up to you if the soul prevention timer from using the vaal part is worth the mediocre buff it provides. Taking unmitigated hits in modern PoE is a quick trip to RIP. Base duration is 3 seconds. 00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec Cast Time: Instant Radius: 15 Applies a buff that adds to your armour, and can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. Molten shell has no level-dependent cap, so if you're going full armour it's definitely relevant in a CWDT setup still. So if you aren't maxing CWDT to 19 or 20, it isnt worth running molten shell. 00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec. Fixed a bug with level 19 and 20 had the wrong values. This link adds a lot of defense but has to be manually cast by the player. I lvled with flameblast and from lvl 31 i switched to the main build and started. So about your builds: 6. yes, zagmax does love him some poe, but more poe is even better. I used to leech a big portion of my health back that I lost before. Flesh and Stone (sand stance for blind), immortal call (25%-34% less physical/elemental dmg taken), VMS/Molten Shell if you have alot of armor. PoEDB provides things come out each league, as well as items, uniques, skills and passives. 1x lvl 1 cwdt with enduring cry and 1x max lvl cwdt with immortal call and molten shell. The other important value to know is your str stat. Each. For example I link cwdt to inc duration and vaal molten shell. They are used for dividing the skills into groups and to clarify which type a skill is. GearPoE Crucible league start builds: RF Juggernaut offers the perfect balance between damage and tankyness. Molten Shell Molten Shell Spell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard Level: (1-20) Cost: (8-12) Mana Cooldown Time: 4. 10 there's "User Interface Improvements" that change the behavior of Left-Mouse-Button-click on Vaal Molten Shell skill. - Cos: Need to get stunned. d) Quality on Molten Shell increases the duration of the shield by 1% per 1% quality so it's beneficial. Next up, you do want a movement skill. Immortal Call prevents only 35% of both physical and elemental dmg. PoE Discord (#wiki) FANDOM. Since you use a Vaal Molten Shell and not a Molten Shell, it cannot trigger. Fire Mastery: Regenerate 1 Life per second for each 1% Uncapped Fire Resistance (75% fire resistance = 75 Life Regeneration). Then I bought lvl 1 gems of each and started recombing both gems in the. It lasts three times as long, and caps at 3 times higher than molten shell. Evidenced by champions with 8-10k absorption on level 1 cwdt + level 10 Molten Shell. 3 x. Molten Shell Molten Shell Spell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard Level: (1-20) Cost: (8-12) Mana Cooldown Time: 4. Very usefull for my build (Aegis Aurora blocker. Level 20. On low level cwdt taken I also like enfeeble. What level is Molten Shell and what level is CWDT? Immortal Call too, for comparison. When the shell expires or. if you don't know that much about the game you should check the gem webpage or the poe wiki. Problem: Labyrinth-enchanted helmets can grant increased Molten Shell buff effect. Option 3: Low level CWDT. Thanks guys! [deleted] • 3 yr. For cases of simultaneous trigger, try having higher level setup in equipment slot above or to the left of the lower level setup so it goes off first. Drahnier • 6 yr. With inc duration your molten shell will be up 100% of the time. Base duration is 3 seconds. If you don't use Endurance Charges, Steelskin 20 is the most extra effective life until a base life pool of around 7,000, after that Immortal Call takes over. Molten Strike is one of the best and the most powerful Melee attacks in Path of Exile. Bone barrier affects your minions too, giving them 20% more life, which could be very beneficial dependent on your build and gear levels in tough fights. ago. It can do red tier maps but it has a lot of problems. When the buff expires or is. poe. 0. personally, i think molten shell is way better self cast because at level 20 it absorbs a fuckton of damage. On top of that, you might as well run Vaal Molten Shell since you’ll have a decent chunk of Armour. Anomalous Molten Shell - provides an immense absorption shield based on your armour for a short duration. Steelskin is one of three Guard skills, alongside Molten Shell and Immortal Call. "We tell people that Path of Exile league starts are a fair playing field for everyone, and we need to actually make sure. ). I might have had them out testing something when I was making the POB for this post. Path of Exile Wiki editing functions. . So I made another build - this time not with Molten Strike, but Molten Shell. Reply. Life Leech Support - each Molten Shell explosion will heal you for a percentage of damage dealt: Power Charge on. Jan 7, 2020 @ 4:17pm Originally posted by Rinko: You have to get your charges again if IC eats them, which isn't always a good idea even on a jugg. Posted by Zerber on Nov 8, 2021, 5:12:24 AM. MF__Guy • 1 yr. Has everything you need and will answer most of your basic questions. We keep Arcane Surge at level 8 due to all the reduced mana cost we have and it's the only level when we can reliably proc it with Frost Shield. That should illuminate the mechanic for you if reading the cwdt tool tip does not. Use 2 cwdt. Curse immunity - We will be 100% curse immune through the Time of Need Guardian passive and one node on the tree. ninja, Community Wiki. POE 3. Somewhat old-school'ish build. generally, ideal cwdt setups include a curse, golem, a skill to apply exposure if doing elemental damage, or a guard skill. In some instances, we also go for the 15% Increased Maximum. Get more charges by taking the extra charge passives on the skill tree. Corrupted No. Also, since we are damaging our-self. Level 20. Because of this, I figured nothing hits in my skills so I wouldn't be able to gain convergence anymore. This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effect. In boots: CWDT(lvl1)-Enduring Cry (lvl5)-Enfeeble (lvl5)-Molten Shell (lvl7) I have 7 enduring charges. for. Option 4: High level CWDT. With emperors Vigilance, alt qual SST and Proj pierce. Molten Shell - provides an immense absorption shield based on your armour for a short duration. [DEFENSE] Molten Shell setup: Cast when Damage Taken Support - will auto-cast Molten Shell, keep it at level 9 for more frequent casts : Molten Shell - grants a shield that Absorbs damage and grant increased Armour. How it works: The build achieves a high mana cost using 3 fevered mind jewels so that when we cast a spell, we take physical damage due to scold's bridle. Import the following code into the Path of Building application to see the details of the build:finally streaming on Twitch!. 1. Well bone armour has a flat 2. As you adventure through Wraeclast the locals will often reward your deeds with skill gems, items or stat boosts which shall help you to uncover the continent's mysteries. Armour is a form of defence that mitigates incoming physical damage from hits. Molten Shell Molten Shell Spell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard Level: (1-20) Cost: (8-12) Mana Cooldown Time: 4. I'd just put it into a Cast when damage taken Setup, probably with Increased Duration and Immortal Call as a 4L. 1) cwdt cannot trigger vaal skills. Getting the correct link setups before entering Maps and leveling those Gems as you progress through the Atlas is one of your main goals. By stacking extreme amounts of Attack Speed and bonus projectiles, Molten Strike can melt through bosses like a hot knife through butter. This is regular Molten Shell NOT Vaal. Killmelast. When the buff expires or is. 1. This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effect. Wiki wiki. Friendly PoE community: Discord. - MS: Molten Shell: Explodes after a certain amount of physical damage is prevented (armour, block). I'd just put it into a Cast when damage taken Setup, probably with Increased Duration and Immortal Call as a 4L. "When" can be construed as simultaneous, which if you weren't being pedantic would be pretty obvious (hence the downvotes) Not really, there is not really a Simultanious state in computers. Increased duration is a good option. The. For example, running a Level 20 CWDT - Molten Shell - Enfeeble - Inc Duration costs 157 life/mana without any reductions to costs. Molten Shell & Immortal Call have been reworked and along with the new Steelskin these skills represent the new category of "Guard Skills" in Path of Exile 3. CWDT level 2 and Molten shell lvl 11. You see, the difference between normal spells and stuff like Molten Shell and Righteous Fire is that normal spells are directly cast on enemies so their dmg is affected by spell dmg. ago. Molten Strike Attack, Projectile, AoE, Melee, Strike, Fire Level: (1-20) Cost: 6 Mana Attack Damage: (110-185)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (110-185)% Projectile Speed: 750 Infuses your melee weapon with molten energies to attack with physical and fire damage. It should boost your damage significantly. 50 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Souls Per Use: 50 Can Store 1 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec Cast Time: Instant Applies a buff that raises your armour, and takes some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. On my character screen is an white exclamation mark on the molten shell icon. 00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec Cast Time: Instant Radius: 15. then PoE nerf hammered into an absolute garbage state so now barely anyone uses. I had very high STR (near 400) boosted by some item that gave me +100 STR, so I used Iron Will to boost the damage of Molten Shell. 00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time:. I am not sure why it wasnt showing in the PoB, but I have linked molten shell with CWDT in my boots. Molten shell gets popped by attacking with Boneshatter, which should take only a few hits once the Trauma stacks ramp up. This means Point Blank on Molten Strike and 0% increased AoE would be an average increase of about 43% more damage, at always at least 30% more damage. 00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec. ninja, Community Wiki. Molten Shell(or Vaal Molten Shell) The most important gems for this build: Heavy Strike is an melee attack that hits and knocks back an enemy, using a mace, axe, sword or any two-handed weapon. Enduring Cry Warcry, AoE, Duration Level: (1-20) Cost: (13-19) Mana Cooldown Time: 8. ago. parody video :D I understand la. (Molten shell have sligthly lesser values and way shoter duration than vaal molten shell) Immortal call, is usually used on low level cast when damage taken to prevent burst of little damaging hits. Molten Shell Applies a buff that adds to your armour, and can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. Even better: use vaal molten shell on a cwdt setup and put vaal molten shell on left click! I get those 17k armour buffs everytime its available and the normal version will cast when u get x amount of damage. Ice Shot is the main skill, which can be combined with Artillery Ballista for extra damage potential. Molten Shell Molten Shell Spell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard Level: (1-20) Cost: (8-12) Mana Cooldown Time: 4. Claw upgrades can be crafted with about 10 abberant fossils, endgame claws (which i dont have) will cost about 7ex each. Also keep in mind that higher gem levels of Cast When Damage Taken needs more damage to activate, a high level of CWTD wont activate if you rarely if ever take damage. 1. Lets see what your options are for 3. Anomalous Molten Shell, Molten Shell . I wish GGG would add more mechanics to help change up how we. 0. Then it is just so you want to self cast or CWDT. g. 30k per click and 10k per click post nerf for the vaal version. I'm streaming on Twitch: VAAL MOLTEN SHELL + BONE ARMOUR SAME TIME | ARCHNEMESIS LEAGUE SIEGE OF. In a CWDT Molten Shell setup this comes handy because you have 1) the automatic shield protection from the normal version and 2) an emergency button to press (Vall Molten Shell) for dangerous situations. Other stuff you can link is Inspiration, Combustion, Concentrated Effect, Fire Penetration, Controlled Destruction, Hypothermia (with skitterbots) or even go crit with Inc Crit / Crit Damage. I think the synergy between forbidden taste getting triggered often followed immediately by immortal call is very helpful. Both Molten Shell and Immortal Call have received significant changes which give them a more active playstyle that rewards quick reaction times. 00 sec. It certainly gives you a lot more time than I was attempting to deal with. Posted by zagmax on Mar 30,. The 1h sword levels to the Max with Molten Shell and Life Leech. 00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec Cast Time: Instant Radius: 15 Applies a buff that adds to your armour, and can take some of the damage from hits for you before being. 00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: Instant AoE Radius: 15 Requires Level 4 Applies a buff that adds to your armour, and can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. For Auras the build uses Determination, Grace, Defiance Banner, Haste. Molten shell simply does not activate when linked with CWDT. Yuzlol • 4 mo. With high enough physical reduction and mana cost, we can cause molten shell to explode every cast without being hit by enemies. You can change your mind until the last second. 1, it would only mitigate more damage than Molten Shell when incoming damage is at least 28,571, but you would need a health pool of at least 18,571 to actually survive that. Concentrated effect adds a lot of damage. But I'm pretty sure you found that one already, and it's probably not quite what you were looking for. My Earthquake Juggernaut in poe uses leap slam, vaal molten shell, molten shell, enduring cry, earthquake, vaal earthquake. block. I started a few days later so I just copied a decent and cheap looking one from PoE ninja and upgraded it piece by piece later. Life Mastery: +50 to Maximum Life is effectively an additional life roll on a ring, and is scaled by any increases to life we have from the skill tree & gear. useful if you want your minions to tank or if you often run past packs, otherwise not so good. I prefer Steelskin over Immortal call, simply because I tend. Molten Shell: To maximize your Molten Shell uptime, you can bind it to whichever mouse button you use to walk around with; this way it gets cast pretty much off cooldown. 2 – Hybrid’s Molten Strike Jugg. base block % damage taken Min: 15 Max: 15 Global. Base duration is 3 seconds. When the buff expires or is. Will be 10% post nerf (30% and 20% for vaal. When a degen bypasses your "guard" and essentially oneshots you (. 00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 90% Requires Level 28 Channels to build up a large explosion, which is released when you stop using the skill. How it works: The build achieves a high mana cost using 3 fevered mind jewels so that when we cast a spell, we take physical damage due to scold's bridle. ago. Flask management and sustain are automated. Need to prevent physical damage Now, i have two other gem slots to trigger molten shell. Chaos Orbs. Molten Shell Molten Shell Spell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard Level: (1-20) Cost: (8-12) Mana Cooldown Time: 4. (PoE Trial of the Ancestors 3. ago. This is because EC changes from 19/100 (~1/6) to 21/100 (~1/5) at lvl7. On my character screen is an white exclamation mark on the molten shell icon. Fixed a bug where Molten Shell buff effect bonuses did not apply to Vaal Molten Shell. Molten Shell Molten Shell Spell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard Level: (1-20) Cost: (8-12) Mana Cooldown Time: 4. Molten Shell is a great way to supplement your IC, but never to replace it. War Banner - Causes nearby enemies to take increased Physical Damage. . Warlord's Mark - Provides quick Rage generation to allow the use of Berserk. Molten Shell, Molten Shell . Alternatively you could also put a useful Golem in the CWDT link. That is so it procs often and you get the buff as you are being hit but don't just burn it constantly if you put on left click. cwdt + ice spear/blade vortex/ball lightning/firestorm/ bladefall + pcoc + curse on hit + curse. The required level on Molten Shell needs to be less than or equal to the required level on CWDT. 2k buff and takes 70% of incoming damage, molten shell takes 75% and the buff is based on your armour up to a mix 10k. I'm a big fan of Molten Shell (with quality) + Chance to Ignite + Elemental Proliferation + Iron Will on strength casters and grabbing burn stuff. The most cunning and ruthless of all the Legion Commanders, she is known to charm her enemies and inflict them with awful. So if you aren't maxing CWDT to 19 or 20, it isnt worth running molten shell. i just had a match that 4 totems had 4 molten shells and 2 had some decayed thing on the floor that legit one shots. Continue reading "Divergent. I'm streaming on Twitch: Molten Shell VS. We stack evasion and armour as much as we can. No. Corrupted Yes. Molten Shell Molten Shell Spell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard Level: (1-20) Cost: (8-12) Mana Cooldown Time: 4. Gem links of the RF Juggernaut are as follows: Righteous Fire – Elemental Focus – Increased Area of Effect – Empower. 12; Fallen from Grace PoE Quest Location & Reward; The King of Desire PoE Quest Walkthrough Location & RewardBut its harder to get the armour needed to trigger Molten Shell (basically loose 4000 base armour of "unbreakable"). 00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec. However, Immortal Call doesn't have a limit on how much dmg it can prevent, but it's half as effective if you are not using Endurance Charges or if you are unable to generate them fast enough. So the CwDT will still trigger gems simultaneously but not with these specific skills it'll only trigger the. Vaal as an oh shit button. Drake Apr 30, 2017 @ 8:33am. Life Mastery: +50 to Maximum Life is effectively an additional life roll on a ring, and is scaled by any increases to life we have from the skill tree & gear. This week's build is a very cool combo - it uses Vaal Molten Shell and the Scold's Bridle unique helmet to constantly explode itself while using Cyclone to k. Life Leech, to counter the physical damage you'll be taking. With half of your Elemental Damage taken as Chaos, you eliminate half of the power of Elemental Penetration against your defenses BUT this requires you cap your Chaos Resistance at. Need to _prevent_ physical damage Now, i have two other gem slots to trigger molten shell. He is balanced with the second most resolve of any shell (after Solomon), the second most stamina (after Tiel), and the second most health (after Eredrim). Life Leech, to counter the physical damage you'll be taking. Have fun. Molten shell is really good for armour. You are 40% of the cap. As pointed by u/danowat: the Left Stick brings a cursor when you raise a spectre to choose on the ground Locked post. Hey guys, I'm trying to make a defensive setup and thinking about CWDT, Steelskin, Vaal Molten Shell, Increased Duration and I was wondering if the regular Molten Shell will still proc off CWDT. Quality 20. 6k mom with 5k armour, with no suppression and totem builds lack sustain. . You only need to take 583 dmg to trigger Molten. I enjoy having Molten Shell proc on a low-level cast and reduce damage. SarcasticGiraffes PoE peaked in 3. Reduced the damage required to set it off in the first four levels. Mobility. Buff can take additional Damage equal to (0–5)% of your Armour. The buff also grants immunity to bleeding. Requires Level 38. It gives a more armour bonus, and uses a greater percentage of your armour, which makes the shield huge. At 11,000 Armour, Molten Shell gives these same absorption. Lava Aura Effect Lava Aura Effect Skill Gem Effect Your Aura becomes a Lava Effect. Molten shell has no level-dependent cap, so if you're going full armour it's definitely relevant in a CWDT setup still. 1. And yes, it does block 75%. IC is edge case. A place to talk about POE builds, mechanics and interactions. I have a CWDT linked to Vaal Molten Shell, Blood Rage, and Increased duration support. Also as others havent mentioned this. The only thing to explain is the cap is damage taken not armor so basic MS is 10k damage taken and VMS is 30k both max out with 50k armor. I read that the gem level is important when using CWDT and. Last edited by Zerber on Nov 8, 2021, 5:14:50 AM. If the % of Total Physical Damage prevented from Hits Recently is 1. Here you can buy, sell, and trade PoE Currency for real cash. Yeah it's completely fucked. I would use a granite flask of iron skin and go molten shell. Over the playthrough, characters receive 22 passive skill points (up to 24 including the bandit quest rewards) and 20 skill refund. Discussion. IMO, Harros with the perk that recharges your stamina when you harden is the best shell. Cast When Damage Taken (level 2) = Vaal Molten Shell (level 11) = Poacher’s Mark This is the supplementary CWDT setup. Applies a buff that adds to your armour, and can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. The relevant information (missing here), is your armour. . Molten Shell's 10s, so with a 20/20 Inc Duration you'd be looking at 18s without duration nodes. Increased Area of Effect, to counter the downside of Concentrated Effect. If the % of Total Physical Damage prevented from Hits Recently is 1. Reflects 3270% of Damage taken from Buff as. #6. Molten Shell: use it with characters with decent/good armor base, as it bases the damage absorved on 20% of your Armor value. Curses. Level 1 molten shell gives 17 armor vs the 943 of lvl 20. Fire Penetration, to penetrate resistances to increase the overall effectiveness. 0. For some reason MS absorbs maximum damage at gem level 1, while Immortal Call/Steelskin needs to be leveled for maximum effectiveness. If you use a shield you could also use Tempest Shield for some free block. 3. 00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec Cast Time: Instant Radius: 15 Applies a buff that adds to your armour, and can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. 6L Molten Shell Autocast - Mechanics Discussion. Molten shell ( QUALITY ) -> +3 fire dagger/wand/scepter with - COncentrated effect + increased area of effect ( for boss ) Use an immortal call to tank the boss. When the shell expires or absorbs enough damage, it explodes to deal fire damage around it, based on how much damage it absorbed. Molten Shell is the monsters shooting their laser guns at. All of the above can also be combined with Vaal Molten Shell . ( If you move by clicking left click, which of course you'll be doing )Vaal Molten Shell procs deal reflected damage, just like Impale ailment, and can not be reflected back by mobs with damage return/reflect. When the buff expires or is. 3. This may not sound very powerful, but. bokizg Invasion • 9 yr. When the buff expires or is. Molten shell already comes with the downside of having to stack TONS of armour (which does fuck all by itself). Pretty sure both leaguestart PoBs and even endgame poe ninjas are specced into this Pantheons / Ailments. If you have 2 Arctic armor gems and you canst the level 5 first and than the level 1, it gets overwritten, since both provide the same "buff". This build was inspired by Vaal Molten Shell builds. 2) You don't have enough unreserved mana to cast your MS when triggered. This is different from actual level of gem. 35). . I couldnt care less as im almost done with the league but its interesting how shit tier most builds are vs ScourgeDecember 16, 2018. #10. I have the regular Molten Shell gem and am expecting that sometime soon, in a Vaal side area, VMS will drop and I’ll be good. 18) Legacy. good with low level cwdt; way to get Power Charges easily or. Right click to remove from a socket. The difference is that damage reflection is like shooting your laser gun at a mirror - it bounces back and hits you. 10, Cast when Damage Taken Support Build" Vaal Molten Shell Vaal Molten Shell Vaal, Spell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard Level: (1-20) Cooldown Time: 0. On top of regular damage, multiple projectiles are launched with each attack, which deals additional damage in a small radius around your target. Each second, the skill deals reflected fire damage around it based on the damage taken by the buff in that second. Molten Shell is obviously only better than Steelskin with over 11045 armour, however it also has the benefit of being the same EHP increase at any gem level (ignoring the added armour) and can be used with CWDT for that reason. Armour: Molten Shell was the thing that pushed Armour into being good. CWDT + Molten Shell doesn't trigger. For specific bosses with telegraphed burst damage abilities you can bind it to something else; for example when you want to want to facetank the Phoenix Boom or. CWDT only supports skills with level requirements up to a certain amount. The question was about which is better. I also had a Portal gem and shortly after I equipped my Scold's Bridle it stopped working. If you are running high armour already, I don't think you need much support for Molten Shell. Hence both lifetap+MoltenShell is LVL 18, which allows it to. When you read molten shell description it says that it will support gems with level X or lower. Molten Shell Molten Shell Spell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard Level: (1-20) Cost: (8-12) Mana Cooldown Time: 4. A lot are probably gonna miss such a big defense nerf, since it's hidden at the bottom under "miscellaneous changes" but yeah massive nerfs to MS and VMS . Use steel skin then, else molten shell. Molten Shell triggers when taking damage to grant you mitigation when you need it most (Use level 13 for this build). ago. Removes the visual effects on the player from arctic armour, tempest shield, blood rage, molten shell, plague bearer, phase run, petrified blood, withering step, any aura, any blasphemied curse, or any herald gem. When the shell expires or absorbs enough damage, it explodes to deal fire damage around it, based on how much damage it absorbed. Gem Review Corner: Molten Shell. I agree that it feels like defensive choices are set in stone, though. Showing 1 - 8 of 8 comments. To get Shell to trigger more often, prevent more physical damage. Possible combinations:Immortal call is strong vs phys on lower level, and good with endurance charges. Molten shell is also easier to run as with immortal call you really want a 21 level skill gem which can break the mana bank on CWDT vs Molten shell can run just fine at level 10 which works with a level 1 CWDT. I enjoy having Molten Shell proc on a low-level cast and reduce damage taken. For those unfamiliar, here’s the original concept. 20% increased Skill Effect Duration. This Skill Effect replaces the standard Molten Shell with one made of flowing lava, which bursts in an explosion of flames when it expires! Check it out in the video below, or get yours here! Combine the elements by mixing the Magmatic Molten Shell Effect with something like the Water Elemental Armour Set!L12 CwDT + L14 molten. (19-20)% increased Skill Effect Duration. If Molten Shell is castable that means it's not using CWDT and primary reason for that is it doesn't meet the level requirement. You can also cast vaal motlen shell only while the main one is on cooldown, this way you can still use left click, because the cooldown is frozen while any molten. It lasts three times as long, and caps at 3 times higher than molten shell. monkeylord4 • 4 yr. Helmet: Animate Guardian + Raise Spectre + Elemental Army Support + Convocation. Corrupted Yes. Each. 5% like with Juggernaut, you'd be getting 15 additional Energy Shield regenerated per second. On armor builds, of course Molten Shell is the winner, this skill is part of the perks of using armor. Molten Shell Molten Shell Spell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard Level: (1-20) Cost: (8-12) Mana Cooldown Time: 4. Discussion. Fire Penetration, to penetrate resistances to increase the overall effectiveness. Totally agree every encounter in PoE should be one portal only. Related Topics. Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand. Bone Armour is an active skill granted by Bone Barrier, a Notable Ascendancy passive skill. If you don't have a separate vaal skill you can use normal molten shell and pop vaal molten shell in a pinch. your cwdt is lv4 and vaal molten shell is lv19, that doesnt proc . 4+ Update Build. 00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec Cast Time: Instant Radius: 15 Applies a buff that adds to your armour, and can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. When I take 1500 dmg, regular molten shell activates - I can't activate it myself. Molten Shell is being cast automatically via Cast when Damage Taken. 0. Movement. Molten shell ( QUALITY ) -> +3 fire dagger/wand/scepter with - COncentrated effect + increased area of effect ( for boss ) Use an immortal call to tank the boss. On armor builds, of course Molten Shell is the winner, this skill is part of the perks of using armor. i am not sure i would use the vaal skill because im a lazy dude and i have already. Saves 200. My Molten shell doesn't trigger when I use it together with a CWDT gem (I tried them in the helmet as well as in the gloves).