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Shield

2014-10-10T19:17:52Z

Sassoon:

{{Quote|
Expertise in the use of a shield, both as a weapon and as a defensive tool.
}}
'''Shield Mastery''' (refered as "Shield" in the Skills panel) is an advanced skill that is taught by [[Tyler Green]] after earning sufficient favor with him. As such this skill is not available to new players, even if Tyler can be found in the [[Tutorial Cave]].

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

==Overview==
Shield Mastery skills covers the following mechanics:

{|
|-
|style="width:150px;"|'''Stun opponent''' || ''Stunning Bash [L 1]''
|-
|'''Sprint''' || One of the main draws of this skill (''Take the Lead [L 8]'' +6 sprint speed for 10 seconds).
|-
|'''Rage control''' || Flat reduction (''Disrupting Bash [L 2]'' -60 Rage)
|-
|'''Knockback''' || Zero power cost, but long cooldown (''Emergency Bash'')
|-
|'''Slash Damage +%''' || Slashing Damage boosted +5% for 20sec (''Strategic Preparation [L 13]'')
|-
|'''Taunt''' || Temporary taunt power increases
|-
| '''Recover Armor''' || ''Reinforce [L 10]'' (+50 armor)
|-
|'''Dodge Projectiles''' || 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 the shield, leaving them reeling. || 19
|-
| Reinforce 2 || Adjust yourself to regain Armor. || 20
|-
| Deflect Arrows 2 || You briefly become a master of dodging projectiles. || 23
|-
| Finish It 2 || Abandon defense and just get this fight over with! || 25
|-
| Emergency Bash 2 || 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. || 26
|-
| Take The Lead 2 || Your speed and taunting power dramatically increase for a few seconds, allowing you to charge into the fray and take control. || 28
|}

==Equipment==

* {{belt|Lucky Belt of the Soldier}} (Sword, '''Shield''')

==Advanced==
{| class="sortable" style="width:100%; border:1px solid silver;" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="3" rules=all
|- style="background: #ec81bf;"
! align="left" style="width:120px;"|'''Ability''' || style="width:120px"|'''Learn From''' || style="width:100px"|'''Req.''' || align="left"|Misc. Notes
|-
| '''Rapid Recovery''' || [[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.
|}

Shield

2014-10-10T19:03:05Z

Sassoon:

Sword

2014-10-10T18:42:10Z

Sassoon:

__NOTOC__
{{Quote|
Expertise with swords, rapiers, and the like. Swords are very damaging, and can reduce an opponent's Rage.
}}
'''Sword''' is a [[:Category:Combat Skills|combat skill]] that is received very early in the tutorial, after looting the body of a dead elf.

Sword damage is actually quite good, the main hurdle to get over is to find ways to manage the Power Cost of abilities (ed: it may be just bad luck as I haven't seen any power-enhancing Sword augments yet, they are probably there though).

==Overview==
Sword skills have the following mechanics:
* Means of controlling the enemy's Rage (Parry)
* Damage over time to armor
* High damage/ high power cost "finishing" abilities
* Specialized damage type (eg. Flashing Strike vs Undead creatures)

==Abilities==
Abilities obtained through leveling the Sword skill.
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!Ability Name
!Description
!Level
|-
| Sword Slash || Attack with a sword. || 00
|-
| Parry || Defensive maneuver that diminishes enemy's rage and weakens their next attack. || 01
|-
| Many Cuts || A flurry of attacks that leave the enemy disoriented and disheveled. || 03
|-
| Wind Strike || A flurry of attacks that does extra damage to vulnerable targets, and creates an opening for your next attack to be more successful. || 05
|-
| Finishing Blow || A slow, horrific cut across the midsection. || 07
|-
| Debilitating Blow || Attack the target's offenses, leaving them less able to deal damage. || 09
|-
| Hacking Blade || Cut deep, causing the target to bleed. || 10
|-
| Sword Slash 2 || Attack with a sword. || 12
|-
| Many Cuts 2 || A flurry of attacks that leave the enemy disoriented and disheveled. || 15
|-
| Parry 2 || Defensive maneuver that diminishes enemy's rage and weakens their next attack. || 18
|-
| Wind Strike 2 || A flurry of attacks that does extra damage to vulnerable targets, and creates an opening for your next attack to be more successful. || 20
|-
| Many Cuts 3 || A flurry of attacks that leave the enemy disoriented and disheveled. || 27
|-
| Debilitating Blow 2 || Attack the target's offenses, leaving them less able to deal damage. || 28
|-
| Finishing Blow 2 || A slow, horrific cut across the midsection. || 30
|-
| Hacking Blade 2 || Cut deep, causing the target to bleed. || 31
|-
| Sword Slash 3 || Attack with a sword. || 33
|-
| Parry 3 || Defensive maneuver that diminishes enemy's rage and weakens their next attack. || 35
|-
| Wind Strike 3 || A flurry of attacks that does extra damage to vulnerable targets, and creates an opening for your next attack to be more successful. || 36
|}

==Equipment==
* {{belt|Lucky Belt of the Hunter}} (Archery, '''Sword''')
* {{belt|Lucky Belt of the Soldier}} ('''Sword''', Shield)
* {{belt|Lucky Belt of the Gladiator}} ('''Sword''', Psychology)

==Advanced==

{| class="sortable" {{AATST}}
|- style="background: #ec81bf;text-align:left;"
! style="width:120px;"|Ability Name || style="width:30px"|Level || Description || Requirements
|-
| Riposte || 07 || Defensive maneuver that diminishes enemy's rage. For equipment and combos that require parry, you can use Riposte instead. || Can be found from scrolls.
|-
| Decapitate || ?? || - || Requires access to [[Hogan's Keep (basement)]] and favor with [[Malvol]]. Level 1-2 occasionally drops from mobs, scrolls lying around in [[Goblin Dungeon]] level 2.
|-
| Heart Piercer || ?? || - || Requires access to [[Hogan's Keep (basement)]] and favor with [[Malvol]].
|-
| Thrusting Blade || ?? || - || Requires access to [[Hogan's Keep (basement)]] and favor with [[Malvol]].
|-
| Precision Pierce || ?? || A carefully-aimed attack that does little damage, but bypasses armor entirely. For equipment and combos that require Parry, you can use Precision Pierce instead. || [[Nelson Ballard]] teaches this at Comfortable+
|-
| Flashing Strike || ?? || A solemn strike that does extra damage to undead. '''Special''': Undead targets take [25/60/100] additional Nature damage. || [[Nelson Ballard]] teaches this at Comfortable+
|}


[[Category:Skills]][[Category:Combat Skills]]

Sword

2014-10-10T18:27:20Z

Sassoon:

__NOTOC__
{{Quote|
Expertise with swords, rapiers, and the like. Swords are very damaging, and can reduce an opponent's Rage.
}}
'''Sword''' is a [[:Category:Combat Skills|combat skill]] that is received very early in the tutorial, after looting the body of a dead elf.

Sword damage is actually quite good, the main hurdle to get over is to find ways to manage the Power Cost of abilities (ed: it may be just bad luck as I haven't seen any power-enhancing Sword augments yet, they are probably there though).

==Overview==
Sword skills have the following mechanics:
* Means of controlling the enemy's Rage (Parry)
* Damage over time to armor
* High damage/ high power cost "finishing" abilities
* Specialized damage type (eg. Flashing Strike vs Undead creatures)

==Abilities==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!Ability Name
!Description
!Level
|-
| Sword Slash || Attack with a sword. || 00
|-
| Parry || Defensive maneuver that diminishes enemy's rage and weakens their next attack. || 01
|-
| Many Cuts || A flurry of attacks that leave the enemy disoriented and disheveled. || 03
|-
| Wind Strike || A flurry of attacks that does extra damage to vulnerable targets, and creates an opening for your next attack to be more successful. || 05
|-
| Finishing Blow || A slow, horrific cut across the midsection. || 07
|-
| Debilitating Blow || Attack the target's offenses, leaving them less able to deal damage. || 09
|-
| Hacking Blade || Cut deep, causing the target to bleed. || 10
|-
| Sword Slash 2 || Attack with a sword. || 12
|-
| Many Cuts 2 || A flurry of attacks that leave the enemy disoriented and disheveled. || 15
|-
| Parry 2 || Defensive maneuver that diminishes enemy's rage and weakens their next attack. || 18
|-
| Wind Strike 2 || A flurry of attacks that does extra damage to vulnerable targets, and creates an opening for your next attack to be more successful. || 20
|-
| Many Cuts 3 || A flurry of attacks that leave the enemy disoriented and disheveled. || 27
|-
| Debilitating Blow 2 || Attack the target's offenses, leaving them less able to deal damage. || 28
|-
| Finishing Blow 2 || A slow, horrific cut across the midsection. || 30
|}

==Equipment==
* {{belt|Lucky Belt of the Hunter}} (Archery, '''Sword''')
* {{belt|Lucky Belt of the Soldier}} ('''Sword''', Shield)
* {{belt|Lucky Belt of the Gladiator}} ('''Sword''', Psychology)

==Advanced==

{| class="sortable" {{AATST}}
|- style="background: #ec81bf;text-align:left;"
! style="width:120px;"|Ability Name || style="width:30px"|Level || Description || Requirements
|-
| Riposte || 07 || Defensive maneuver that diminishes enemy's rage. For equipment and combos that require parry, you can use Riposte instead. || Can be found from scrolls.
|-
| Decapitate || ?? || - || Requires access to [[Hogan's Keep (basement)]] and favor with [[Malvol]]. Level 1-2 occasionally drops from mobs, scrolls lying around in [[Goblin Dungeon]] level 2.
|-
| Heart Piercer || ?? || - || Requires access to [[Hogan's Keep (basement)]] and favor with [[Malvol]].
|-
| Thrusting Blade || ?? || - || Requires access to [[Hogan's Keep (basement)]] and favor with [[Malvol]].
|-
| Precision Pierce || ?? || A carefully-aimed attack that does little damage, but bypasses armor entirely. For equipment and combos that require Parry, you can use Precision Pierce instead. || [[Nelson Ballard]] teaches this at Comfortable+
|-
| Flashing Strike || ?? || A solemn strike that does extra damage to undead. '''Special''': Undead targets take [25/60/100] additional Nature damage. || [[Nelson Ballard]] teaches this at Comfortable+
|}


[[Category:Skills]][[Category:Combat Skills]]