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Shields can block a large number of melee are crafted items used to protect the player from attacks, Shields must be equiped on during combat. Equipped in the shield slot of your left arm. Shields damage quite fast when in use, so repair them often. The subskills for each shield type only help when using that type of it automatically blocks melee and ranged attacks based on your sub-shield skill and other varying factors (eg: Combat Rating and is the only skill that matters. Overall Shields skill does next to nothingBody stats).

Shields can be used The default shield given to [[Shield-Bashing|new accounts is a medium wooden shield bash]] an opponent, stunning them for a short time and causing a small amount of damage. Stunning opens the enemy to attack, and also resets their attack position to centerwhich cannot be improved.

Shields are In PVP, to block arrows effectively, you need to turn your body approximately 90` to the right so that your shield is facing the enemy archer. The shield size also extremely determines the effective at arrow blocking arrowsradius. Smaller shields will have a tighter radius. They are only effective if you are looking at your target  With regards to shield bashing, metal shields have a slightly higher chance to succeed and do not block arrows and attacks from behind youdeal a slightly longer stun as opposed to their wooden counterparts. Larger shields also have a slightly longer cooldown timer for shield bashing.

There are 6 types of multiple [[:Category:Shields|Shieldshields]], each has with its own subskill, with the exception of the Tortoise shield, which utilises ''Small wooden shield'' skill.:*[[Small metal shield]] :*[[Metal Medium metal shield]]

==TheoryEffective ql curve ==''NOTE:'' '''This is not confirmed'''Shields up to quality 70 have an effective ql curve.

The larger shields seem to block more often, but it also seems that while using a Large iron shield, I attack less then if I was just using a single one{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"!Actual QL!Effective QL|-| 1 || 20|-handed weapon| 10 || 34. So it may be that the larger the shield the more it blocks, but it also inhibits your attacks more7|-| 20 || 43.6* This would stand to make sense as a larger shield, especially metal, is heavier and will factor a combatants agility and movement|- | 30 || 50.4|-| 40 || 56.1|- |50 || 61.2|- | 60 || 65.8|-| 70 || 70|-| 80 || 80|- | 90 || 90|- | 100 || 100|}

* Shieldsman /Shieldswoman at 50 skill* Defender /Defendress at 70 skill* Protector at 90 skill* Invincible Wall at 100 skill

[[Category:Skills]][[Category:ShieldsBabel/S]][[Category:Babel/SAny-metal products]]