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Shield Swiftness
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Mnemonic
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[swiftness]
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Type
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Passive Buff
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Requirements
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You must be wielding a shield of a size that you are maintaining the prerequisite ranks of Shield Focus in.
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Available To
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Warriors, Rogues
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Available In
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Shield Specializations
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Prerequisites
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Small or Medium Shield Focus (at rank 3)
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Rank
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Square
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1
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6
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2
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12
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3
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18
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4
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-
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5
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-
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Description
Your shield is like an extension of your arm, barely weighing down your movements.
Mechanics
The shield penalty to
Dodge DS is reduced by approximately half the difference between a small and medium shield per rank.
Additional Information
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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