Way of the Shield

• Way of the Shield
• Wary Blocks
  Shield Trickery
  Perseverance
  Skillful Blocking
  Never Say Die
  Efficient Shieldwork
  Ward of Justice
  Master of the Shield
• 2 Equipped:
     +[Level x 4] Block Rating
     Access to Shield Masteries
• 3 Equipped:
     +[Level x 4] Evade Rating
     Defensive Strike, Deft Strike and Goad now apply Potency 50% of the time.
• 4 Equipped:
     Adds 2 Pulses to Heal Over Time Skills
  Access to Fist Masteries
     Deft Strike, Defensive Strike and Goad always apply Potency
     +[Level x 8] Critical Defence
     After receiving a critical you are immune to critical strikes for a short time; you cannot benefit from this ability more than once every 45 seconds
• 5 Equipped:
     Access to Spear Masteries

Description

Way of the Shield is a Warden class trait set and also the legendary trait for this set.

Traits

	Name	Description	Level	Deed/Quest
	Wary Blocks	The duration of the benefits gained from all effects exclusively enhancing Block are increased by 10 seconds. +10s buff Duration to effects exclusively affect Block	1	Strike with Defensive Strike 200 times (50/day)
	Shield Trickery	Application of additional bonuses potentially applied by Basic Shield Gambit Builders is increased by 10%. Adds 10% to chance to apply bonuses when using Shield Bash, Shield Blast and Behind the Shield.	10	Strike with Shield-bash 250 times (50/day)
	Perseverance	All Warden Heal over Time effects will last two additional pulses. +2 Pulse Heal Over Time Skills	30	Strike with Persevere 500 times (50/day)
	Skillful Blocking	Your Block value is increased. +[Level x 8] Block Rating Successful Blocks or Partial Blocks will restore 1% of Warden's Morale	10	Block attacks 500 times (75/day)
	Never Say Die	Reduces the cooldown of Never Surrender and increases the base amount of power and morale healed by Never Surrender by 10%. Reduces the cooldown of Never Surrender by 60 seconds	20	Strike with Safeguard 200 times (35/day)
	Efficient Shieldwork	All of your Gambits initiated with a Shield symbol will cost less power. -5% to any Gambit beginning with a shield; this extends to masteries	20	Strike with Shield Up 200 times (50/day)
	Ward of Justice	Your Goad can now affect 3 additional targets. +3 Goad Targets	30	Complete the class quest A Defence in the Darkness
	Master of the Shield	So great is the Warden's Skill that their Shield Masteries now provide the benefits of their base Gambit Builders.	50	Strike with Shield Mastery, Celebration of Skill or Dance of War 500 times (50/day)

Legendary Trait

	Name	Description	Level	Deed/Quest
	Way of the Shield	You have mastered the Warden's art of defensive combat. +2 Pulse Heal Over Time Skills Increase the morale healed by Warden Heal over Time effects by 10% +30% Heal bonus for Conviction Requires: 5 traits in Way of the Shield line slotted.	None	Complete The Mines of Moria epic books