Shield Master

This article is about the trait. For the achievement, see Weapon Master#Shield Master.

Reflect missiles whenever you are blocking. Gain adrenaline when you block an attack or reflect a missile. — In-game description

Shield Master

Specialization

Defense (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

3 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Shield Master

Reflect missiles whenever you are blocking. Gain adrenaline when you block an attack or reflect a missile.

 Adrenaline: 1

 Reflect Missiles

— In-game description

Mechanics

Anomaly:

 Aegis appears to also reflect projectiles for the duration of its effect.

• Causes   Counterblow and   Riposte to reflect projectiles for the duration of their respective blocks.
• Projectiles reflected back will also generate adrenaline.

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Counterblow — Mace
•   Riposte — Sword
•   Shield Stance — Shield
•   Line Breaker — Staff
•   Bullet Catcher — Staff
•   Parry — Spear
•   Gunstinger — Pistol

Bundle skills that are improved by this trait

•   Cyclone Trigger — Unsheathe Gunsaber
•   Triggerguard — Dragon Trigger

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Banner of Defense — Banner
•   Shattering Blow — Rage
•   Sundering Leap — Rage

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Full Counter — Burst

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 04, 2022	This trait no longer reduces the cooldown of shield skills. Blocking an attack or reflecting a missile now grants adrenaline instead of might.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced might duration from 8 seconds to 1 second.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. Removed toughness bonus. Added: Blocking an attack grants 1 stack of might for 8 seconds. Added: If you block a missile attack, you reflect it instead.
June 25, 2013	This trait has been moved to the Adept tier.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Shield Master has been added to the game.