Shields

Shields

Item class(?)

Also referred to as:

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

• When used for attacks such as with , attack bonuses that only apply to the off hand will affect it, but not main hand bonuses.
• 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.

List of Shields

Main page: List of shields

Unique shields

Main page: List of unique shields

Passive Skills

There are passive skills that grant bonuses related to shields.