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‎Shield Skills and Traits

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 Shields return as an item type in Diablo III. As in previous games in the series, shields provide blocking, which absorbs some set amount of damage with every successful block. Shields roll with powerful defensive properties, including huge boosts to Armor, Vitality, Life%, Life Regen, and more. They can also roll with good offensive bonuses, such as to [[Critical hit Chance]] and [[mainstat]], but will never provide the DPS boost that the other, non-defensive off-hand items deliver.
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-'''[[Legendary Crusader Shields]]''' - {{c_slate|Crusader restricted}}<br>
+'''[[Legendary Crusader Shields]]''' - {{c_slate|Crusader restricted}}
-* 12) [[Salvation]] {{c_slate|Act 5 Horadric Cache only}}<br>
+* 12) [[Salvation]] {{c_slate|Act 5 Horadric Cache only}}
-* 31) [[Akarat's Awakening]]<br>
+* 31) [[Akarat's Awakening]]
-* 31) [[Hallowed Bulwark]]<br>
+* 31) [[Hallowed Bulwark]]
-* 31) [[Hellskull]]<br>
+* 31) [[Hellskull]]
-* 31) [[Jekangbord]]<br>
+* 31) [[Jekangbord]]
-* 31) [[Sublime Conviction]]<br>
+* 31) [[Sublime Conviction]]
-* 31) [[The Final Witness]]<br>
+* 31) [[The Final Witness]]
 * 70) [[Piro Marella]] - [[Blacksmith Plans|Crafted]]

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+{{Template:Items navbox|normal}}
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-Shields are an item type found in Diablo 3.  Specific types of shields are not yet known, but they will be familiar to gamers from other RPGs; the Diablo 3 Team isn't reinventing this item type.
+Shields return as an item type in Diablo III. As in previous games in the series, shields provide useful defensive properties, plus a wide variety of magical modifiers.
 ==Shield Changes in Diablo 3==
 [[File:Shields1.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Shields.]]
-Shields are much changed in function in Diablo 3. On the whole, they'll be far less effective than they were in Diablo 2.
+Shields are much changed in function in Diablo 3. They are less effective defensive tools than they were in Diablo 2, since they block a much lower percentage of attacks, and only absorb a set amount of damage, rather than 100% of physical with a successful block. These changes are meant to provide a more compelling reason to upgrade your shield, and to make two-handed weapons and dual wielding more viable.
-They still block attacks, but while their % chance to block varies (as in D2), they only absorb a set amount of damage. For example The buckler, the weakest shield, absorbs 6-10 damage. Higher quality shields will take much more damage with a successful block.
+In retrospect, most fans agree with the [[D3 Devs]] that blocking was grossly overpowered in Diablo II. In that game, the ability to use any shield to completely negate up to 75% of incoming physical damage was unbalanced, and made dual-wielding or using a two-handed weapon a far less viable tactic than going with a one handed weapon and a shield.  Diablo III's less powerful shields are meant to increase the difficulty while easing the difficulty spikes (players will take more hits in D3, thus each hit doesn't have to be so potentially lethal)
-This differs greatly from Diablo II, where any shield could block (absorb) 100% of any physical attack, even huge hits from boss monsters that would have dealt hundreds of points of damage.
+The function of shields is quite varied, both from how they worked in Diablo II and between different types of shields in Diablo III. For example, here are the basic stats for the lowest and highest base type of shield in the game, as of beta patch 10.
-This change makes shields much more realistic, but also much less effective (mandatory) in Diablo 3 than they were in Diablo 2.
+[[Buckler]]
 [[File:Buckler1.jpg|frame]]
-The stats of a [[Buckler]] as of August 2010.
+Note that shield functions and stats have changed repeatedly during development. To the right you see the stats on a starting gear Buckler as of August 2010; it had a considerably higher % chance to block, at that point in development.
 * Armor: 78
 * Chance to Block: +25%
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 * Durability: 25/25
 * Sell value: 1
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 [[File:Shield-monk1.jpg|frame|Monk with shield.]]
-At one point during their development, [[Monk]]s could not use shield. [[Bashiok]] offered an explanation of this in a pair of forum posts in early March 2010 <ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-on-diablo-3-class-specific-weapons/ Class-Specific Weapons] - Blizzard, 11/3/10 </ref>
+At one point during their development, [[Monk]]s could not use shield. (Or many other types of weapons.) [[Bashiok]] offered an explanation of this in a pair of forum posts in early March 2010 <ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-on-diablo-3-class-specific-weapons/ Class-Specific Weapons] - Blizzard, 11/3/10 </ref>
-<blue>Bruce Lee would not use a shield, and neither would the monk.
+<blue>Bruce Lee would not use a shield, and neither would the monk. We have shields. Everyone but the monk can wield them. Of course that’s subject to change.</blue>
-We have shields. Everyone but the monk can wield them.
+It did. A Monk was first seen using a shield in August 2010, during the [[Artisan Video]] and the Monk remains able to use shields as of the [[Diablo 3 Beta]].
-It did. A Monk was first seen using a shield in August 2010, during the [[Artisan Video]] and he can still use them as of the [[Diablo 3 Beta]].
+==Shield Skills and Traits==
 [[File:Shield-barb2.jpg|thumb|300px|Two views of a low-level [[Barbarian]] with a hand axe and [[buckler]].]]
-There are no known shield attack [[skills]] in Diablo III, like the [[Paladin]]'s {{iw|smite Smite}} from Diablo 2. The only known shield-related [[traits]] are a couple possessed by the Barbarian. These are subject to change as development continues.
+Formerly, the shield [[traits]] were:
 [[Shield of Iron (trait)|Shield of Iron]]
 * '''Max points: '''3
 * '''Description:''' Increases your chance to [[block]] attacks.
 [[Shield Slam]]
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-Prior to the Traits switchover, the Barbarian had a Battlemaster skill called [[Shield Specialization]] that granted considerable blocking bonuses. Here are the stats for this skill, which is no longer in the game.
+Even earlier in development, before traits were introduced, the Barbarian had a Battlemaster skill called [[Shield Specialization]] that granted considerable blocking bonuses. Here are the stats for this skill, which was removed from the game in 2009.
 * '''Shield Specialization'''
 ** Passive Skill
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 ** Fury cost: None
-In retrospect, blocking was overpowered in Diablo II. That a shield gave your character up to a 75% chance to completely erase all incoming physical damage hardly seems fair, and was certainly not realistic. How can a weak Sorceress or Necromancer with a little wooden plate on their arm completely stop the damage from a massive polearm?
+While there are zero It's widely-speculated that the sixth class, to be added in [[D3X]], will specialize in some sort of sword/shield tactics, as that niche of combat is entirely missing from vanilla Diablo III.
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 ==Shields Listing==

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-Shields are an item type found in Diablo III.  Specific types of shields are not yet known, but they will be familiar to gamers from other RPGs; the D3 Team isn't reinventing this item type.
+Shields are an item type found in Diablo 3.  Specific types of shields are not yet known, but they will be familiar to gamers from other RPGs; the Diablo 3 Team isn't reinventing this item type.
-==Shield Changes in Diablo III==
+==Shield Changes in Diablo 3==
 [[File:Shields1.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Shields.]]
-Shields are much changed in function in Diablo III. On the whole, they'll be far less effective than they were in Diablo II.
+Shields are much changed in function in Diablo 3. On the whole, they'll be far less effective than they were in Diablo 2.
-They still block attacks, but while their % chance to block varies (as in D2), they only absorb a set amount of damage. The buckler, the weakest shield and the only one we know the stats of, absorbs 6-10 damage. Higher quality shields will take much more damage with a successful block.
+They still block attacks, but while their % chance to block varies (as in D2), they only absorb a set amount of damage. For example The buckler, the weakest shield, absorbs 6-10 damage. Higher quality shields will take much more damage with a successful block.
 This differs greatly from Diablo II, where any shield could block (absorb) 100% of any physical attack, even huge hits from boss monsters that would have dealt hundreds of points of damage.
-This change makes shields much more realistic, but also much less effective (mandatory) in Diablo III than they were in Diablo II.
+This change makes shields much more realistic, but also much less effective (mandatory) in Diablo 3 than they were in Diablo 2.
 [[File:Buckler1.jpg|frame]]
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 * Durability: 25/25
 * Sell value: 1
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 [[File:Shield-monk1.jpg|frame|Monk with shield.]]
-At one point during their development, [[Monk]]s could not use shield. [[Bashiok]] offered an explanation of this in a pair of forum posts in early March 2010. [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-on-diablo-3-class-specific-weapons/] [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-on-diablo-3-class-specific-weapons/]
+At one point during their development, [[Monk]]s could not use shield. [[Bashiok]] offered an explanation of this in a pair of forum posts in early March 2010 <ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-on-diablo-3-class-specific-weapons/ Class-Specific Weapons] - Blizzard, 11/3/10 </ref>
-::Bruce Lee would not use a shield, and neither would the monk.
+<blue>Bruce Lee would not use a shield, and neither would the monk.
-::We have shields. Everyone but the monk can wield them.
+We have shields. Everyone but the monk can wield them.
-::Of course that’s subject to change.
+Of course that’s subject to change.</blue>
 ==Shield Skills and Traits==
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 ==Shields==
-{{Buckler}}
-{{Targe Shield}}
+<item type="list">Shield</item>
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 [[category:Armor]]
 [[category:Shields]]

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	This item is presumed to be part of the Barbarian's starting equipment, since the sell value is just 1.		This item is presumed to be part of the Barbarian's starting equipment, since the sell value is just 1.
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		+	==Shields==
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		+	{{Buckler}}
		+	{{Targe Shield}}
		+	{{Heater Shield}}
		+	{{Kite Shield}}
		+	{{Large Shield}}
		+	{{Gothic Shield}}
		+	{{Tower Shield}}
		+	{{Pelta}}
		+	{{Rondache}}
		+	{{Knight Shield}}
		+	{{Ironwood Shield}}
		+	{{Pavise}}
		+	{{Bone Shield}}
		+	{{Savior}}
		+	{{Aspis}}
		+	{{Hoplon}}
		+	{{Defender}}
		+	{{Scutum}}
		+	{{Aegis}}
		+	{{Dread Shield}}
		+	{{Sacred Shield}}

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-[[Category: Armor]]
+[[category:Armor]]
-[[category: shields]]
+[[category:Shields]]
-[[category: items]]
+[[category:Off-Hand]]
+[[category:Items]]

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 There are no known shield attack [[skills]] in Diablo III, like the [[Paladin]]'s {{iw|smite Smite}} from Diablo 2. The only known shield-related [[traits]] are a couple possessed by the Barbarian. These are subject to change as development continues.
-[[Shield of Iron]]
+[[Shield of Iron (trait)|Shield of Iron]]
 * '''Max points: '''3
 * '''Description:''' Increases your chance to [[block]] attacks.
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 ** Description: Increases the Barbarian's chance to block with a shield and the amount of damage he can block.
 ** Rank 1: +8% chance to block, +6 damage blocked.
 ** Fury cost: None
 ==Blocking in Diablo II==

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