Weapon Shild

[Besual]

Hail all mighty beserkers! I have a question: I just got Weapon Shild. It says that it buffs my parry skill. But when I use the buff neither my mitigation nor my avoidance changes in the stat window. Is the skill buggy? <div></div>

[kr8ztwin]

check your parry skill

[Teeuff]

Parry will go up, but one of your defense skills should go up also...mit or avoid...forget which.

[electron]

It'll increase your avoidance. I use a adept 1 for it atm and notice a .3-4% increase in avoidance. (although it may be weapon guard I'm using) <div></div>

[Pnaxx]

<P>very good skill to have..use it!</P> <P> </P>

[Besual]

I played around with my buffs and found this: Soldiers stands has +5 parry and weapon shield doesn't stack with soldiers stands. The 1 or 2 points weapon shield was better then soldiers stands wasn't enough to improve my avoidance. The upgrade from soldier stands has no longer the parry buff part <span>:smileysad:</span> so I have to cast weapon shild every 3min. <div></div>

[Pnaxx]

<DIV>ive had weap shield on same time alot as S9ldiers stance......so i would question that. </DIV>

[Ether]

<DIV>Need to clear some things up here.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Weapon Shield will increase PARRY</DIV> <DIV>Soldiers Stance will increase DEFENSE</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You should have both of thes up for EVERY SINGLE FIGHT YOU EVER ENGAGE.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The increase in avoidance by no means reflects the amount of actual avoided damage. In fights against blue heroics (I regularly fight these) if weapon shield drops I start taking hits for 700-800 damage. WIth it up, I might see 1 or two the whole fight. I have adept I at the moment only.</DIV>

[Besual]

<div></div><span><blockquote><hr>Etherin wrote:<div>Need to clear some things up here.</div> <div> </div> <div>Weapon Shield will increase PARRY</div> <div>Soldiers Stance will increase DEFENSE</div> <div> </div> <div>You should have both of thes up for EVERY SINGLE FIGHT YOU EVER ENGAGE.</div> <div> </div> <div>The increase in avoidance by no means reflects the amount of actual avoided damage. In fights against blue heroics (I regularly fight these) if weapon shield drops I start taking hits for 700-800 damage. WIth it up, I might see 1 or two the whole fight. I have adept I at the moment only.</div><hr></blockquote>Can't get online in the moment but the last time I checked the description of Soldiers Stance says something like -5 to weapon skills, +7 or +8 to defense and +5 to parry. When I got weapon shield it said +7 parry (or was it +6 only?).</span><div></div><p>Message Edited by Besual on <span class=date_text>07-25-2005</span> <span class=time_text>07:53 AM</span>

[Memmoch]

At lvl 50 I keep Unflinching Will (adept 1) and Weapon Guard (adept 1) up at all times, using Controlled Rage (app4) during hard fights <div></div>

[Khal]

I use Darkmoore's Protective Advance (Training Version of Weapon Shield, adds mitigation along with parry) at all times.  I will not use unfliching will or controlled range unless I am tanking a raid mob.   Will use unflinching will at times i need the mental resist. 

[Dherf]

<DIV>I use Darkmoore's Protective Advance and Unfliching Will at all times.  </DIV> <DIV>Controlled Rage only for very though mobs.</DIV>