plain cav shield.

[Spawny]

There was this one guy with a blue arena shield and I kept chop chopin on it with a long axe (think I had around 7ps) and it didn't break. Must have hit it at least 7 or more times . Eventually I just left and moved on to another foe because it was getting comical and ridiculous.  Don't know if it was a bug or not (like that invincible bug that happens once in a while). Maybe his shield eventually broke..or not. Must have been crafted out of enchanted elven oak or something, lol.

Have you even read the above posts? 13 shieldskill makes any shield indestructible.

[Phew]

I made a 13 shield skill Skip the Fun char. It's a blast. Amazing how few people know how to press the E button. The build allows use of the Nordic Short Sword, which is a very good weapon for having a 3 str requirement. Although with 1 Power Strike, you aren't going to kill anyone wearing above medium armor. This build can have a MAJOR impact on a siege match, regardless.

[Ginosaji]

I made a 13 shield skill Skip the Fun char. It's a blast. Amazing how few people know how to press the E button. The build allows use of the Nordic Short Sword, which is a very good weapon for having a 3 str requirement. Although with 1 Power Strike, you aren't going to kill anyone wearing above medium armor. This build can have a MAJOR impact on a siege match, regardless.

I went for 11 shield skill, but beside that this is basically my fun-agi-skipthefun-character build.
Nordic short sword and long dagger are awesome, but I glance too often which is my #1 death cause :/

[Patricia]

I made a 13 shield skill Skip the Fun char. It's a blast. Amazing how few people know how to press the E button. The build allows use of the Nordic Short Sword, which is a very good weapon for having a 3 str requirement. Although with 1 Power Strike, you aren't going to kill anyone wearing above medium armor. This build can have a MAJOR impact on a siege match, regardless.

The E button is pretty hard to use when you're fighting a shielder always moving, I can understand one standing still but try kicking one that's moving around.

[jspook]

This build can have a MAJOR impact on a siege match, regardless.

Pretty much all they would have to do is stand in the way, at the top of a ladder.  This effectively would block up all entrances, and force the opposing team to use deployable ladders, which a team thats heads up can just keep knocking down.

[Patricia]

Pretty much all they would have to do is stand in the way, at the top of a ladder.  This effectively would block up all entrances, and force the opposing team to use deployable ladders, which a team thats heads up can just keep knocking down.

In the case of a shielder standing still you can just kick him, if he's moving around at the top of the ladder you can probably squeeze in and pass him easily, if not crush through is always there and will screw up any 13 shielders.

[Tears of Destiny]

In the case of a shielder standing still you can just kick him, if he's moving around at the top of the ladder you can probably squeeze in and pass him easily, if not crush through is always there and will screw up any 13 shielders.

Strange how there are natural counters to everything... No, wait, everyone has to be a one man army... This must mean we need to nerf something...

[jspook]

So.  With ARCHERS shooting down the ramps and ladders, you think you are going to have tons of time to just get to the top and kick him?  as if you had all the time in the world?  Not to mention the 5 or so people waiting BEHIND the shielders with GLA or some other form of pole or heavy 2H waiting to overhead you as soon as you hit someone or get past the front?

I challenge you to try it.

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Get a group of people together with some legit shielders with a team gaurding the top of a ladder.
I have seen this happen with ATS on a few map in the siege server.  the result was 3 or 4 complete maps of x5.  And I am pretty sure not a single one of the guys who participated had 13 in shield.
All it takes is coordination from the defenders.  the attackers only have a few points of egress, even when they are struggling to make their own holes.