Shields

Shields are an item class of armour equipment. They can contain up to 3 sockets and need to be equipped in the off-hand slot. All shields provide a chance to block attacks, and some also grant implicit modifiers. Like Body Armour, shields have an inherent 3% movement speed penalty.

Mechanics

 * Characters can use up to 2 different shields on a weapon swap.
 * Characters can change shields with a keybind.

Types of shields
There are 6 sub-types of shields:
 * 3 pure sub-types which have a single attribute requirement and provide an associated defense type.
 * 3 hybrid sub-types which have two attribute requirements and provide both of the associated defense types, although at a lower value than the pure counterpart.

Passive Skills
There are passive skills that grant bonuses related to shields.

Keystones
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