Shield-smash
- 2.5m Range
- Fast
- Melee Skill
- Strike a hard blow with your shield.
Requires the use of Bash or Shield-taunt.
Mounted Combat Enemies: Stun replaced with a mount speed debuff - ... Common Damage
- 3s Stun
- Interrupts Inductions
- Cost: ... Power
- Requires: Shield-smash Trait Equipped
- Cooldown: 5s
General Information
Class: Guardian
This skill is unlocked by selecting the trait 
Shield-smash in The Defender of the Free line.
Effects
Using this skill causes Stunned to occur on an enemy target.
Tactical Information
This ability lets you follow up a Bash or a Shield-taunt with another shield attack at high damage. It is, essentially, a second Bash: the effect is the same, and the animation is similar. Compared to Bash, Shield-smash does approximately 25% more damage and costs approximately 50% more power (without legacies).
Additional traits in The Defender of the Free can improve this skill. Follow Through makes it an area-of-effect skill affecting up to 4 targets; Disorientation gives this skill a chance (up to 100%) to cancel the avoidances of targets for a moderate duration.
If Bash misses or is avoided, you can still follow up with Shield-smash.
Provides 12,490 bonus threat at level 100.