Sword Shield

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	[Active] Summon a shield of 5 swords which damage and adds a chance to inflict the Enemy DebuffBleedEnemy DebuffBleed debuff to enemies.
	Vitality Skill MP consumption ↓ MP gains ↑ when Vitality is activated
	Final Enhanced Skill Enemy DebuffBleedEnemy DebuffBleed's effect increased.

Requirements

Class	Level Required
Sheath Knight	15

Mode	Spinning Blades (Physical)	Enemy DebuffBleedEnemy DebuffBleed			Blades Duration	Max Hits		MP Usage	Cooldown
Mode	Spinning Blades (Physical)	Activation Chance	Damage (Physical/Magical)	Duration	Blades Duration	Per Blade	Blade Count	MP Usage	Cooldown
Normal
PvE	107%	10%	30% / 66% / 102%	4 Seconds	12.5 Seconds	3	5	25 MP	5 Seconds
PvP	43%	10%	30% / 66% / 102%	4 Seconds	12.5 Seconds	3	5	25 MP	5 Seconds
[Enhanced]
PvE	107%	10%	50% / 110% / 170%	4 Seconds	12.5 Seconds	3	5	25 MP	5 Seconds
PvP	43%	10%	50% / 110% / 170%	4 Seconds	12.5 Seconds	3	5	25 MP	5 Seconds

Light Sword Shield		Persistent Sword Shield
Attribute Effect	MP Usage	Attribute Effect
MP Usage decreased to 70%	17.5 MP	Skill will reduce 3 KD per hit

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Average damage is tested on small (e.g., Lowe) to medium targets (e.g., Wooden Doll) with realistic positioning.
Maximum damage for large-hitbox skills may be unattainable in-game and is estimated.
Timed buffs are included only if they alter skill function or appear in the tooltip; permanent boosts are always included.

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Mode	Base
PvE	1,605%
PvP	645%

Only the summoning animation of Sword Shield inflicts any hitstun. The blades themselves, even if they have yet to come into contact with any enemies, will never inflict any hitstun.
- Since each blade has its own hit limit, this skill is very ineffective against multiple opponents as the blades will disappear once they've dealt all their hits.
Enemy DebuffBleedEnemy DebuffBleed inflicted by Sword Shield will do 30% average attack damage per second at 1 stack. Additional stacks will increase the damage by 36% each. Enemy DebuffBleedEnemy DebuffBleed can be stacked up to 3 times and lasts for 4 seconds.
- [Enhanced] Sword Shield can apply 3 stacks of Enemy DebuffBleedEnemy DebuffBleed at once and will do 170% average attack damage per second.
- Interestingly, the default Enemy DebuffBleedEnemy DebuffBleed caused by this skill is much weaker than other sources of Enemy DebuffBleedEnemy DebuffBleed, dealing a total of 30% + 36% + 36% = 102% Average Attack Damage as opposed to 50% + 60% + 60% = 170% Average Attack Damage.
  - This means that [Enhanced] only brings the skill's bleed up to par with other sources of Enemy DebuffBleedEnemy DebuffBleed, with the added benefit of immediately applying 3 stacks.
Oddly enough, when Sword Shield is activated there is no way to determine the remaining time (without counting) because there is no buff icon in the top right.

Date		Changes
KR	NA	PvE	PvP
06/27/2013	11/06/2013	Sword Shield added.
07/04/2013	07/04/2013	▼ After 2 seconds after activation, elements will not activate and there will be no more stagger for the rest of its duration.
05/15/2014	09/17/2014	▲ Duration increased. ▼ Hitstun decreased.
07/23/2015	12/16/2015	▲ Casting speed slightly increased.
02/04/2016	03/16/2016	Absorbing trait changed to Persistent.
01/12/2017	01/24/2017	▲ Damage increased.
04/27/2017	05/10/2017	▲ Damage increased.	None
07/27/2017	08/09/2017	▲ Damage increased.
04/05/2018	04/18/2018	None	▲ Damage increased.