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| Shield Swiftness
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| Available To
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Warriors, Rogues
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| Mnemonic
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[SWIFTNESS]
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| Cost
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Passive
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| Requirements
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Small or medium shield
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| Prerequisites
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Shield Focus rank 3
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Shield Swiftness is a passive shield specialization that reduces the dodge DS penalty from holding a shield. Each rank reduces the shield penalty by about 4%. This grants a corresponding increase of 0.04 per rank in the "Shield Factor" component of the dodge formula.
Dodge DS Penalties
| Ranks
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Small shield
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Medium shield
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| 0
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22%
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30%
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| 1
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18%
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26%
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| 2
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14%
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22%
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| 3
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10%
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18%
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