Shield

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Expertise in the use of a shield, both as a weapon and as a defensive tool.

Shield is an advanced skill that is taught by Tyler Green when you become Friends with him.

Additional abilities can be purchased from Gorvessa in Hogan's Keep and from Nelson Ballard in Serbule.

51-60 Shield is taught by Sir Johnson in the town of Amulna. The highest Shield level a player can reach is 61. 1 bonus level can be gained from 44 Sword.

Overview

Shield is a secondary skill, meaning that it has no basic attack with a Combat Refresh. This skill is best used with another melee skill, but it also works for ranged fighters. Shield has a lot of defensive abilities which will greatly boost the player's overall defense.

Stun	Stunning Bash stuns the opponent
Sprint	Take the Lead increases your sprinting speed for 10 seconds.
Rage control	Disrupting Bash reduces enemy's Rage.
Knockback	Emergency Bash knocks one enemy back, Fight Me You Fools knocks all nearby enemies away
Slash damage +%	Strategic Preparation boosts Slashing Damage by a small amount.
Taunt	Infuriating Bash taunts the enemy, Take the Lead causes your attacks to taunt more for 10 seconds, Fight Me You Fools taunts all nearby enemies.
Recover Armor	Reinforce restores Armor, Rapid Recovery restores Armor while not in combat, Shield Team restores Armor to the player and all nearby allies.
Dodge projectiles	Deflect Arrows causes the player to evade a percentage of all incoming projectiles for 10 seconds.
Negate damage	Elemental Ward grants the player a shield that nullifies all incoming Elemental damage (Fire, Cold and Electricity).
Damage melee attackers	Fire Shield grants the player a shield that deals Fire damage to all melee attackers for 20 seconds.

Abilities

Shield Abilities

Equipment

 Lucky Belt of the Defender increases damage dealt with Staff and Shield combat skills by 6%.

 Lucky Belt of the Soldier increases damage dealt with Sword and Shield combat skills by 6%.

 Lucky Belt of the Barbarian increases damage dealt with Hammer and Shield combat skills by 6%.

 Lucky Belt of the Skirmish Mage increases damage dealt with Fire Magic and Shield combat skills by 6%.

 Lucky Belt of the Shielder can be crafted. Requires 20 Toolcrafting.

Advanced

Ability	Learn From	Req. Favor	Req. Level	Special
Rapid Recovery (1-5)	Nelson Ballard	Comfortable+	14/24/34/43/54 Shield	You recover [50/80/110/140/170] Armor. This ability cannot be used in combat. Special: This ability can optionally be placed on your side-bar instead of your primary ability bars, but you must still have the Shield skill active to use it.
Infuriating Bash (1-4)	Gorvessa	?	3/19/42/53 Shield	Target is taunted [+80/+120/+200/+300]
Elemental Ward (1-2)	Gorvessa	?	21/39 Shield	For the next ten seconds, any elemental damage will be negated (Fire, Cold, or Electricity).
Vigorous Defense (1-2)	Gorvessa	?	25/50 Shield	You recover [50/70] Power.
Fire Shield (1-4)	Gorvessa (1-3), Sir Johnson (4)	?	7/27/47/57 Shield	For 20 seconds, melee attackers take [5/10/15/20] Fire damage.
Fight Me You Fools (1-6)	Gorvessa (1-5), Sir Johnson (6)	?	7/19/29/39/49/59 Shield	Targets are knocked back and taunted [+40/+80/+120/+160/+200/+240]
Shield Team (1-4)	Gorvessa (1-3), Sir Johnson (4)	?	15/30/45/60 Shield	You and nearby allies regain [25/45/65/85] Armor.