Hi.
Not sure if this is a bug or some hidden mechanic, I’m just missing.
My energy shield seems to randomly disappear.
For example:
- I’m using lvl 21 ES which should last 1344 seconds.
- I create a game, go to wsk wp, use ES (I check if I see it > Yes)
- I teleport to the thrown room
- While clearing the throne room I suddenly see my health decreaing and see, that my ES is gone
I couldn’t yet figure out what triggers this.
It doesn’t seem to be related to a specific curse or running out of mana.
It just randomly happens and is really dangerous on HC 
Does anybody else expirience this?
Am I missing somthing?
Thanks!
Mana burn monsters will kill your energy shield. If you loose all mana, the ES will collapse.
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Did you notice if it was happening at same time as a curse cast on you ?
Manaburn:
Is that really the case?
I often see manaburn completely burning up my mana and still have the shield. But maybe I’m not at 0, but only really low.
I’ll continue to keep an eye on it.
Curses:
Curses are always involved. I cannot remember ever coming to the throne room without having a curse.
But I couldn’t make a connection to curses yet.
Mana shield will drop off if you run out of mana.
It happens A LOT depending on the mobs you are fighting.
Mana Burn is a big culprit but I find a lot of “Range” mobs will take your shield down instantly if you get hit with a couple projectiles. Keep in mind resistance and armor is not factored in when running Mana shield. Only the dmg that makes it through to touch your HP start taking into account other defense stats.
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Come here to say that the last reply is 100% not true. Your Energy shield WILL NOT disappear upon having your mana depleted. I have had my mana deplete plenty of times, and my display says “0” mana, yet the energy shield remains active and above my head (even though it doesn’t do anything with 0 mana".
I have the same issue as op, and there have been times I’ve been tempted to uninstall after dying. Most of the time, my mana never even got below 50% and it just randomly disappears. There appears to be absoluttely no pattern for me. It is 100% random as far as I can see.
I came here looking for answers because I noticed that I was losing my ES too. I thought it must be a bug. It does not happen just because mana = 0 (test it with spell casting). But, if I take any monster dmg when my mana is super low I see ES drop off. So maybe it’s if received damage takes you to 0 mana or lower. IMHO this is a terrible mechanic and should be removed.
this is correct.
i think the mechanic is fine. having to recast a strong shield on arguably the strongest character in the game for taking too much damage seems just fine to me lol