Sword Shield

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	[Active] Summon a shield of 5 swords which damage and adds a chance to inflict the Bleed debuff to enemies.
	Vitality Skill Consumes Vitality gauge and acquire Destruction gauge 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)	Max Hits		Enemy DebuffBleedEnemy DebuffBleed			Duration	MP Usage	Cooldown
Mode	Spinning Blades (Physical)	Hits Per Blade	Blade Amount	Activation Chance	Damage (Physical/Magical)	Duration	Duration	MP Usage	Cooldown
Normal
PvE	107%	3	5	10%	30% / 66% / 102%	4 Seconds	12.5 Seconds	25 MP	5 Seconds
PvP	43%	3	5	10%	30% / 66% / 102%	4 Seconds	12.5 Seconds	25 MP	5 Seconds
[Enhanced]
PvE	107%	3	5	10%	50% / 110% / 170%	4 Seconds	12.5 Seconds	25 MP	5 Seconds
PvP	43%	3	5	10%	50% / 110% / 170%	4 Seconds	12.5 Seconds	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

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.
- The blades will neither proc the defense ignore effect of the Sharp Sword passive.
- 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.
Bleed inflicted by Sword Shield will do 30% average attack damage per second at 1 stack. Additional stacks will increase the damage by 36% each. Bleed can be stacked up to 3 times and lasts for 4 seconds.
- [Enhanced] Sword Shield can apply 3 stacks of Bleed at once and will do 170% average attack damage per second.
- Interestingly, the default Bleed caused by this skill is much weaker than other sources of Bleed, 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 Bleed, 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.