Sacred 2:Shield Lore

Shield Lore

Increases the total Defense Value of characters when a shield is equipped. Grants the ability to use higher-level shields without attack speed penalty.

• Defense +X% (refer to table below)
• Item level without penalty Y

Skill level	1	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	74	75	80	90	100	110	120	130	140	155	170	185	200
Defense, +%:	9,8	41,7	71,5	96,9	118,5	137,3	153,6	168,1	173,5	180,8	195,1	221,1	243,8	264,2	282,2	298,3	313,1	332,5	349,5	364,5	377,7
Chance to Block, +%:	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	19,5	22,1	24,2	26,3	28,2	29,7	31,2	33,2	34,9	36,4	37,7

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Mastery

• Grants a chance to block close combat attacks.

Parameters of block are calculated layerwise: 80% chance to block on shields and 20% chance to block on Bracers will not grant 100% chance to block (only 80+20*0.2 = 84%). However, "shield lore" skill mastery grants the bonus, which stacks cumulatively (1+1=2) with a chance of a block on the shield: thus, when a bonus block from "shield lore" skill mastery and a chance to block on the shield summary reached 100%, the character would be completely immune to all melee attacks, including weapon-based CAs.

Properties

• "Item Level Without Penalty" reduces the attack speed penalties for equipping high-level shields; it doesn't allow equipping shields above certain threshold (which depends on character level - see Items/Usable Item Levels)
• As of version 2.43.0.0 of the game, the in-game skill description still says it increases the Defense Value of shields. However it is in fact the total Defense Value of characters which is increased when a shield is equipped. For instance, even a shield without any innate defense value will still increase the character's defense.

Breakpoints

• Item level without penalty is increased by one for every two skill points spent, starting at character level value. It is capped at 250.

• The Defense Bonus and Chance to Block are increased in steps as shown in the Shield Lore full table.

The Defense bonus at a given skill level x is given fairly precisely by the following formulas:

• 400*(x+1.5)/(x+100) Pre-Mastery
• 600*(x-32.5)/(x+66) Mastery

The Chance to Block bonus at a given skill level x is given fairly precisely by the following formulas:

• 60*(x-32.5)/(x+66) Mastery

The bold marked numbers are the smallest upper bounds of this progression, which will never at any skill level be exceeded.

As an example, defense at x=75: 75 is the first mastery level, so we take the mastery formula and we have

600*(75-32.5)/(75+66) = 600*42.5/141 = 180.85

This value compared with the table value is a good example of the precision the formulas offer.

Types

Shields consist of:

• Crest Shields‎
• Round Shields‎
• Spiked Shields‎
• Tower Shields

Modifiers unlocked

• Block chance: Close Combat
• Block chance: Projectiles
• Defense Value

See Also

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• Skills
• Combat Arts
• Items
• Item Modifiers
• Player Contributed Guides