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[Alan Drifter13]

Hi,

 

I recently started with the MP, and I had never played a tank in SP, so I'm not very familiar with the specifics of Shield Wall, but it seems to do nothing against bosses. Or close to nothing. Today I tried using it against a Revenant and the templar boss (can't remember the name now, the one who looks like Loghain and has a sort of whirlwind skill). Against the Revenant I seem to generate very little guard and take most of the damage. Against the templar boss I didn't get any guard at all, just full damage. 

 

So, shield wall works well against minions but not against bosses? Is this related to the amount of damage they make? If yes, is there a way of knowing the damage limit you can absorb? Will this change once my character levels up and/or gets a better shield/armor?

 

Thanks for your help on this. I feel like the answers to this should be on the skill's description, but apparently they aren't.

[Luke Barrett]

Shield Wall takes stamina on every instance of damage you block. The amount it takes is relative to the overall strength of the creature not the strength of the attack - the only exception is that all ranged attacks should be treated equally. As long as you have enough stamina to cover it you will take 0 damage, if you are short it will ratio out how short you are and damage you by the inverse ratio.

 

In ideal circumstances it is used to block arrows and all attacks from lesser creatures. Against a boss you'll probably want to make sure you're blocking only the very strong attacks.

 

Hope that helps

[Luke Barrett]

When you move left or right on PS4, whether you have something targeted or not your body turns to move in that direction. So if you are trying to move side to side to avoid projectiles, you will be hit by everything before you finish turning.

Target lock with shield wall very specifically let's you move backwards and side to side while the ability is active. It is the only one that works like this currently.

In fact, if I get a chance on the stream today (tune in in 105 minutes!) I will demonstrate. Your head will 'asplode!

[Luke Barrett]

Yep, you're right, I was only thinking of melee characters