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'''Shield Mastery''' (refered as "Shield" in the Skills panel) is an advanced skill that is taught by [[Tyler Green]] after earning sufficient favor when you become '''Friends''' with him.

'''Upon learning Shield, Stunning Bash''', the ability level 1 ability, is received automatically once you reach '''Friend''' relationship with Tyler Green.

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

Leveling up 51-60 Shield requires speaking to [[Sir Johnson ]] in the town of [[Amulna in the Ilmari desert]]. (likes Shields, loves off-hand augments, loves onyx)

|style="width:150px180px;"|'''Stun opponent''' || '''Stunning Bash [L 1]''' stuns the opponent

|'''Sprint''' || One of the main draws of this skill ('''Take the Lead [L 8]'' +6 sprint ' increases your sprinting speed for 10 seconds).

|'''Rage control''' || Flat reduction ('''Disrupting Bash [L 2]'' -60 ' reduces enemy's Rage).

|'''Knockback''' || Zero power cost, but long cooldown ('''Emergency Bash'')' knocks one enemy back, '''Fight Me You Fools''' knocks all nearby enemies away

|'''Slash Damage damage +%''' || Slashing Damage boosted +5% for 20sec ('''Strategic Preparation [L 13]'')' boosts Slashing Damage by a small amount.

|'''Taunt''' || Temporary '''Infuriating Bash''' taunts the enemy, '''Take the Lead''' causes your attacks to taunt power increasesmore for 10 seconds.

| '''Recover Armor''' || '''Reinforce [L 10]'' (+50 armor)' restores Armor, '''Rapid Recovery''' restores Armor while not in combat, '''Shield Team''' restores Armor to the player and all nearby allies.

|'''Dodge Projectilesprojectiles''' || Evade 40% projectiles for 10sec|} ==Abilities==Abilities obtained through leveling the Shield skill.{| class="sortable wikitable"!Ability Name!Description!Level|-| Stunning Bash || Smack your target with the shield, leaving them reeling. || 1|-| Disrupting Bash || Bash your target, causing them to lose some of their rage. || 2|-| '''Deflect Arrows || You briefly become a master of dodging projectiles. || 4|-| Emergency Bash || Hit your enemy and knock them back. Costs no Power, so it's good in a tight spot! Equipment that boosts Stunning Bash also boosts Emergency Bash. || 5|-| Take The Lead || Your speed and taunting power dramatically increase for a few seconds, allowing you to charge into the fray and take control. || 8|-| Reinforce || Adjust yourself to regain Armor. || 10|-| Strategic Preparation || Take a moment to prepare your offense so that your sword attacks will be especially deadly. || 13|-| Finish It || Abandon defense and just get this fight over with! || 15|-| Disrupting Bash 2 || Bash your target, causing them to lose some of their rage. || 17|-| Stunning Bash 2 || Smack your target with '' causes the shield, leaving them reeling. || 19|-| Reinforce 2 || Adjust yourself player to regain Armor. || 20|-| Deflect Arrows 2 || You briefly become evade a master percentage of dodging all incoming projectilesfor 10 seconds. || 23

| Finish It 2 '''Negate damage''' || Abandon defense '''Elemental Ward''' grants the player a shield that nullifies all incoming Elemental damage (Fire, Cold and just get this fight over with! || 25Electricity).

| Emergency Bash 2 '''Damage melee attackers'''|| Hit your enemy and knock them back. Costs no Power, so it's good in ''Fire Shield''' grants the player a tight spot! Equipment shield that boosts Stunning Bash also boosts Emergency Bashdeals Fire damage to all melee attackers for 20 seconds. || 26

* {{belt|Lucky Belt of the Defender}} increases damage dealt with [[Staff]] and Shield combat skills. {{belt|Lucky Belt of the Soldier}} (increases damage dealt with [[Sword, ''']] and Shield''')combat skills. {{belt|Lucky Belt of the Barbarian}} increases damage dealt with [[Hammer]] and Shield combat skills. {{belt|Lucky Belt of the Skirmish Mage}} increases damage dealt with [[Fire Magic]] and Shield combat skills. {{belt|Lucky Belt of the Shielder}}

| '''Rapid Recovery(1-5)''' || [[Nelson Ballard]] || Comfortable+ || '''Special''': 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.