Class: Shield Warrior Class-line: Warrior Tier: Intermediate Requirement conditions: VIT: 150+ RES: 120+ Skill: [Shield Proficiency] Stats: HP+ VIT+ RES+ MAG- SPD- Class Traits: Positive correction to shield-related skills and battle arts that uses a shield. Unlocks shieldsmanship-related skills.

Description:

[Shield Warriors] is a Warrior-line class that focuses on the shield. Due to their choice of weapon, they are ironically not classified as a "Path of Weapon" class, but are instead considered one from the "Path of Armor".

[Shield Warrior] is a defense master. They use their shields and defensive combat arts to protect themselves and their allies. They are also granted the [Taunting] skill that allows them to redirect aggression of hostile targets to themselves, not that this effect is foolproof against more intelligent targets, but it works most of the time.

Unlocked skills:

Unlocks from having Shield Warrior as the Main Class: [Element Shield Lv.1] Unlocks at Lv.1: [Guard Lv.1] Unlocks at Lv.1: [Covering Lv.1] Unlocks at Lv.10: [Taunting Lv.1] Unlocks at Lv.20: [Parry Lv.1] Unlocks at Lv.30: [Defense Reinforcement Lv.1] Unlocks at Lv.40: [Energy Warfare Lv.1] Unlocks at Lv.50: [Shield Stance Lv.1] [Element Shield]: A skill that grants any shield the Shield Warrior has equipped an attribute-based enhancement based on what Element-type skills they possess. Only 1 attribute can be used to enhance the sword. [Guard]: A skill that grants access to defensive battle arts that centers around guarding attack. [Covering]: An active skill that allows the user to redirect attacks aimed at allies the skill user is guarding towards themselves, even if the said attack is an AoE attack. Also grants a slight defense boost. [Taunting]: An active-type skill that allows the user to direct the attention of hostile targets towards themselves. [Parry]: A skill that grants access to defensive battle arts that focus on parrying attacks. [Defense Reinforcement]: A passive skill that improves the damage-reducing effects of defensive skills. [Energy Warfare]: An active skill that enhances the Swordsman stats by continuously consuming SP. [Shield Stance]: A battle arts-type skill that revolves around "stances". One can initiate a stance to gain various passive effects. One needs to wait a certain amount of time before switching to a new stance. This skill focuses on stances that require a shield, or just defense in general.

Filyn's comment: Taunting? I can do that all on my own!

Garami's comment: Yeah, no skills are required here...