PoE Divine Blast Skill Gem Build Guide 3.28

PoE 3.28: Added a new Strength/Intelligence Skill Gem, Divine Blast: Project a beam of holy light from your shield to a targeted location, causing an implosion of holy energy. This energy then lingers for a short duration, before blasting outwards in a larger and more damaging explosion.

Divine Blast(Level 20 with 20% quality)

Divine Blast is a PoE 3.28 new Gem. Tag: AoE, Attack, Physical, Duration, Fire. Level: 20 (Max). Cost: 10 Mana. Attack Time: 0.65 sec. Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%. Attack Damage: 100% of base. Quality: +20%. Requires Level 70, 98 Str, 68 Int. Project a beam of holy light from your shield to a targeted location, causing an implosion of holy energy. This energy then lingers for a short duration, before blasting outwards in a larger and more damaging explosion. +0.1% to Off Hand Critical Strike Chance per 10 Maximum Energy Shield on Shield 169 to 253 Base Off Hand Physical Damage 3 to 5 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on Shield Base duration is 1.50 seconds 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage +0.3 metres to radius Base explosion radius is 2.6 metres Base implosion radius is 1.2 metres Explosion deals 100% more Damage with Hits and Ailments Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Level 20 with 20% quality Divine Blast Gem

How to get Divine Blast?

• Divine Blast is now offered to the Templar for completing Sever the Right Hand, and can be purchased from Clarissa by the Marauder and Scion.

Core Mechanics

It is a shield-based attack that focuses on holy energy and area-of-effect damage.

• Mechanic: Projects a beam of holy light from your shield to a targeted location, causing an initial implosion of holy energy. This energy lingers briefly before erupting in a larger, more damaging explosion.
• Flat Damage Scaling: It gains significant flat damage based on shield stats (e.g., Armour or Energy Shield), similar to other shield skills like Shield Crush.
• Not a Melee Skill: Unlike most shield attacks, Divine Blast does not have the "Melee" tag. This means it cannot benefit from Melee-specific support gems (like Melee Physical Damage or Multistrike) or passive nodes restricted to melee attacks.
• No Projectile Tag: Despite projecting a beam, it does not have the "Projectile" tag, so it cannot benefit from modifiers like Far Shot or Pierce.
• Damage Scaling: Because it lacks Melee/Projectile tags, players often scale it through generic Attack, Physical, Elemental, or Area damage. It is considered a strong candidate for Ignite builds due to its high base damage and "Fire" tag.

Divine Blast emits a beam of holy light from your shield, coalescing into a hovering ball of energy. A few moments later, this unstable orb bursts, exploding outward with divine power.

Build Guide

• Champion: Often used for its defensive layers and ability to scale base critical strike chance, which can help Divine Blast outscale other shield skills in the late game.
• Juggernaut/Chieftain: Popular for fire-based or ignite versions, focusing on endurance charge stacking and high physical-to-fire conversion.
• Conversion & Trinity: Some players use physical-to-lightning conversion to easily reach 100% elemental conversion and utilize the Trinity Support gem.