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 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.

Properties

• "Item Level Without Penalty" reduces the speed penalties for equipping high-level shields; it doesn't allow equipping shields above certain threshold (which depends on character level)
• 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 with no innate defense value will 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.