Sacred 2:Defensive Skills

All Primary skills in the left column below may be chosen as soon as a character reaches level two.

All Secondary skills in the right column below may be chosen only after a Primary skill from the left column has five "hard" skill points within it which are only given to a player upon gaining a new level.

By Character Class

Dryad

[u]Primary:[/u] Shield Lore Grants the ability to use higher-level shields without penalties and increases their Defense Value. Spell Resistance Increases resistance to spells and protection from spell-based critical hits. Combat Reflexes Improves Evasion statistic (chance to dodge attacks), and reduces the chance of receiving a critical hit from an attack.

[u]Secondary:[/u] Armor Lore Improves resists, increases maximum item level without penalties, and decreases regeneration penalty from armors. Constitution Increases health and health regeneration. Pacifism Reduces damage taken in PvP (all possible ramifications still unknown).

High Elf

[u]Primary:[/u] Armor Lore Improves resists, increases maximum item level without penalties, and decreases regeneration penalty from armors. Spell Resistance Increases resistance to spells and protection from spell-based critical hits.

[u]Secondary:[/u] Shield Lore Grants the ability to use higher-level shields without penalties and increases their Defense Value. Constitution Increases health and health regeneration. Pacifism Reduces damage taken in PvP (all possible ramifications still unknown).

Inquisitor

[u]Primary:[/u] Armor Lore Improves resists, increases maximum item level without penalties, and decreases regeneration penalty from armors. Toughness Improves resists and provides minimal % damage mitigation. Combat Reflexes Improves Evasion statistic (chance to dodge attacks), and reduces the chance of receiving a critical hit from an attack.

[u]Secondary:[/u] Constitution Increases health and health regeneration. Spell Resistance Increases resistance to spells and protection from spell-based critical hits. Pacifism Reduces damage taken in PvP (all possible ramifications still unknown).

Seraphim

[u]Primary:[/u] Shield Lore Grants the ability to use higher-level shields without penalties and increases their Defense Value. Armor Lore Improves resists, increases maximum item level without penalties, and decreases regeneration penalty from armors. Warding Energy Lore Increases shield energy and damage absorption for Combat Arts that use/create a shield (e.g., Temple Guardian's T-Energy Shroud). Combat Reflexes Improves Evasion statistic (chance to dodge attacks), and reduces the chance of receiving a critical hit from an attack.

[u]Secondary:[/u] Constitution Increases health and health regeneration. Spell Resistance Increases resistance to spells and protection from spell-based critical hits. Toughness Improves resists and provides minimal % damage mitigation. Pacifism Reduces damage taken in PvP (all possible ramifications still unknown).

Shadow Warrior

[u]Primary:[/u] Shield Lore Grants the ability to use higher-level shields without penalties and increases their Defense Value. Armor Lore Improves resists, increases maximum item level without penalties, and decreases regeneration penalty from armors. Constitution Increases health and health regeneration. Combat Reflexes Improves Evasion statistic (chance to dodge attacks), and reduces the chance of receiving a critical hit from an attack.

[u]Secondary:[/u] Spell Resistance Increases resistance to spells and protection from spell-based critical hits. Toughness Improves resists and provides minimal % damage mitigation. Pacifism Reduces damage taken in PvP (all possible ramifications still unknown).

Temple Guardian

[u]Primary:[/u] Armor Lore Improves resists, increases maximum item level without penalties, and decreases regeneration penalty from armors. Warding Energy Lore Increases shield energy and damage absorption for Combat Arts that use/create a shield (e.g., Temple Guardian's T-Energy Shroud). Spell Resistance Increases resistance to spells and protection from spell-based critical hits. Toughness Improves resists and provides minimal % damage mitigation.

[u]Secondary:[/u] Constitution Increases health and health regeneration. Combat Reflexes Improves Evasion statistic (chance to dodge attacks), and reduces the chance of receiving a critical hit from an attack. Pacifism Reduces damage taken in PvP (all possible ramifications still unknown).

Availability of Defensive Skills +X as Item Modifier

This item modifier is available as blue mod (that requires no skill) on the following unique shield:

• Wall of Flames

It is also available as blue mod (that requires no skill) on the following unique jewelry:

• Eramil's Finger Hoop

• Brandner's Radiance