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{{disambiguation|Shield}}
Shield skill is a [[:Category:Combat Skills|combat skill]] that determines a player's ability to activate an equipped shield to block an incoming physical attack. When a physical attack is successfully '''blocked''' by a [[Shield]], the damage taken from the attack is significantly reduced.
*Shields can block any physical attacks '''coming from the front''' of the player
*The player '''does not''' need to be engaged to an enemy to block an attack.
*All shields have a hidden game statistic: Shield Size.
**While not viewable in game, it is programmed into the game to each individual shield and can be seen on the individual wiki pages for each shield.
*The amount of damage reduction from a successful shield block is based on the [[Shields|shield size]], its [[Defense|DEF]], [[Damage Taken]], and [[Shield Defense Bonus]].
**<code>PercentDamageBlocked = SizeDamageReduction + {{color|blue|(}}ShieldDEF / {{color|red|(}}{{color|green|(}}max{{color|orange|(}}ShieldItemLevel, 99{{color|orange|)}} - 99{{color|green|)}} / 10 + 2{{color|red|)}}{{color|blue|)}}</code>
***Only the listed DEF value on the shield itself and its augments are included in <code>ShieldDEF</code>. No other source of DEF is factored in.
***Some simplified values for the ShieldDEF contribution to block damage reduction.
****Use <code>ShieldDEF/2</code> for non-ilvl shields.
****Use <code>ShieldDEF/4</code> for ilvl 119 shields.
****Use the full formula for ilvl 100~118 shields.
**<code>FinalDamageTaken = {{color|blue|(}}IncomingBaseDamage - ShieldDefenseBonus{{color|blue|)}} {{math|times}} {{color|blue|(}}1 - PercentDamageBlocked/100{{color|blue|)}} {{math|times}} {{color|blue|(}}1 - PDT/100{{color|blue|)}}</code>
***Where <code>PDT</code> is the sum of "Physical Damage Taken -%" and "Damage Taken -%" from gear, up to the gear cap of 50.
**The total damage reduction from Shield blocks is not subject to the -87.5% cap on Physical Damage Taken.

*A shield's block rate is determined by the attacking enemy's combat skill (determined by their level), the shield's Size Base Block Rate, and the player's shield skill, such that:
**<code>BlockRate = SizeBaseBlockRate + {{color|blue|(}}{{color|red|(}}ShieldSkill - AttackerCombatSkill{{color|red|)}} {{math|times}} 0.2325{{color|blue|)}}</code>
**0.2325 is the average skill:block rate conversion over all skill ranges. For example, some skill levels the conversion factor is 0.25, for others it is 0.2. This average is used as all the Shield Skill:Block Rate tiers are currently unknown and this yields fairly accurate observable results.
**The spell [[Reprisal]] and the [[Job Ability]] [[Palisade]] artificially increases the shield block rate by a set percent independent of the above formula.
* An Attackers Combat Skill can be determined by reversing the block rate formula using your Known block rates from parsing.
**<code>AttackerSkill = ((-1 {{math|times}} (ActualBlockRate - SizeBaseBlockRate) {{math|divide}} 0.2325) + ShieldSkill</code>
***where <code>ActualBlockRate</code> is equal to your Parsed unmodified block rate, and is greater than 5%, but less than 100%. it is impossible to determine attacker skill above or below those thresholds due to the minimum and maximum rate for blocking.
***When obtaining this value in parsing, Use a substantial data set, without block rate gear, and without gear changing for the length of the parse.
*'''Ultimate shields do not follow normal rules regarding block rate and damage reduction.''' See the table below or their individual pages.
*The job trait [[Shield Mastery]] prevents the casting of spells from being interrupted by a physical attack if all hits while casting are successfully blocked and allows successful blocks to generate additional TP return for the player.

<onlyinclude>
'''Standard Shields'''
{| border="0" style="text-align:center; background-color:#000878;"
|- style="background:#C3C6DD;"
! width="20%" | Shield Size
! width="40%" | Base Damage Reduction
! width="40%" | Base Block Rate
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|1
| -20%
| 55%
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|2
| -40%
| 40%
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|3
| -50%
| 45%
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|4
| -65%
| 30%
|}

'''Ultimate Shields'''
{| border="0" style="text-align:center; background-color:#000878;"
|- style="background:#C3C6DD;"
! width="20%" | Shield
! width="40%" | Total Damage Reduction 
! width="40%" | Base Block Rate
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[File:Aegis icon.png|Aegis|link=Aegis]] [[File:Srivatsa icon.png|Srivatsa|link=Srivatsa]]
| -75%
| 50%
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[File:Ochain icon.png|Ochain|link=Ochain]] [[File:Duban (Incomplete) icon.png|Duban|link=Duban (Incomplete)]]
| -60%
| ~108%
|}
</onlyinclude>

==Shield Skill Caps==
{| border="0" width=600px style="text-align:center; background-color:#000878"
|- style="background:#C3C6DD;"
! width="25%" | Job
! width="25%" | Grade
! width="25%" | Level 49
! width="25%" | Level 99
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[PLD]]
| A+
| 150
| 424
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[WAR]]
| C+
| 139
| 378
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[WHM]]
| D
| 133
| 334
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[BST]]
| E
| 124
| 300
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[RDM]]
| F
| 114
| 265
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[THF]]
| F
| 114
| 265
|}

==Equipment Bonuses==
{| class=sortable border="0" width=800px style="text-align:center; background-color:#000878"
|- style="background:#C3C6DD;"
! width="22%" | Item
! width="7%" | Level
! width="10%" | Slot
! width="30%" | Jobs
! width="10%" | Amount
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Fighter's Mufflers +1]]
| 74
| [[:Category:Hands|Hands]]
| [[WAR]]
| 15
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Gallant Leggings +1]]
| 74
| [[:Category:Feet|Feet]]
| [[PLD]]
| 12
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Acheron Shield +1]]
| 75
| [[:Category:Shields|Shield]]
| [[WAR]] [[RDM]] [[DRK]] [[BST]] [[BLU]]
| 11
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Ker's Mask]]
| 99
| [[:Category:Head|Head]]
| [[WAR]] [[PLD]] [[DRK]] [[DRG]]
| 11
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Testudo Mantle +1]]
| 99
| [[:Category:Back|Back]]
| [[WAR]] [[MNK]] [[RDM]] [[THF]] [[PLD]] [[DRK]] [[BST]] [[BRD]] [[RNG]] [[SAM]] [[NIN]] [[DRG]] [[BLU]] [[COR]] [[DNC]]
| 11
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Acheron Shield]]
| 75
| [[:Category:Shields|Shield]]
| [[WAR]] [[RDM]] [[DRK]] [[BST]] [[BLU]]
| 10
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Boxer's Mantle]]
| 70
| [[:Category:Back|Back]]
| All jobs
| 10
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Fighter's Mufflers]]
| 54
| [[:Category:Hands|Hands]]
| [[WAR]]
| 10
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Gallant Leggings]]
| 52
| [[:Category:Feet|Feet]]
| [[PLD]]
| 10
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Master Shield]]
| 52
| [[:Category:Shields|Shield]]
| [[WAR]] [[WHM]] [[RDM]] [[THF]] [[PLD]] [[BST]] [[SAM]]
| 10
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Rogue's Culottes]]
| 56
| [[:Category:Legs|Legs]]
| [[THF]]
| 10
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Steadfast Shield]]
| 99
| [[:Category:Shields|Shield]]
| [[PLD]] [[DRK]]
| 10
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Testudo Mantle]]
| 99
| [[:Category:Back|Back]]
| [[WAR]] [[MNK]] [[RDM]] [[THF]] [[PLD]] [[DRK]] [[BST]] [[BRD]] [[RNG]] [[SAM]] [[NIN]] [[DRG]] [[BLU]] [[COR]] [[DNC]]
| 10
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Warlock's Boots]]
| 52
| [[:Category:Feet|Feet]]
| [[RDM]]
| 10
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Warlock's Boots +1]]
| 74
| [[:Category:Feet|Feet]]
| [[RDM]]
| 10
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Creed Armet +2]]
| 85
| [[:Category:Head|Head]]
| [[PLD]]
| 7
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Fazheluo Radiant Mail]]
| 90
| [[:Category:Body|Body]]
| [[WAR]] [[PLD]] [[DRK]] [[BST]] [[SAM]] [[DRG]]
| 7
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Shield Torque]]
| 65
| [[:Category:Neck|Neck]]
| All jobs
| 7
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Fazheluo Mail +1]]
| 90
| [[:Category:Body|Body]]
| [[WAR]] [[PLD]] [[DRK]] [[BST]] [[SAM]] [[DRG]]
| 6
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Kaiser Schaller]]
| 73
| [[:Category:Head|Head]]
| [[WAR]] [[PLD]]
| 6
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Skeld Sword]]
| 90
| [[:Category:Weapon|Weapon]]
| [[WAR]] [[PLD]] [[DRK]]
| 6
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Creed Armet +1]]
| 85
| [[:Category:Head|Head]]
| [[PLD]]
| 5
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Fazheluo Mail]]
| 90
| [[:Category:Body|Body]]
| [[WAR]] [[PLD]] [[DRK]] [[BST]] [[SAM]] [[DRG]]
| 5
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Knight's Earring]]
| 72
| [[:Category:Earrings|Earring]]
| All jobs
| 5
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Koenig Schaller]]
| 73
| [[:Category:Head|Head]]
| [[WAR]] [[PLD]]
| 5
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Light Buckler]]
| 40
| [[:Category:Shields|Shield]]
| [[WAR]] [[WHM]] [[RDM]] [[THF]] [[PLD]] [[BST]] [[SAM]]
| 5
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Portus Annulet]]
| 94
| [[:Category:Rings|Ring]]
| All jobs
| 5
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Sinfender]]
| 69
| [[:Category:Weapon|Weapon]]
| [[PLD]] [[DRK]]
| 5
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Storm Shield]]
| 70
| [[:Category:Shields|Shield]]
| [[WAR]] [[WHM]] [[RDM]] [[THF]] [[PLD]] [[BST]] [[SAM]]
| 5 ([[Assault]])
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Pilferer's Aspis]]
| 30
| [[:Category:Shields|Shield]]
| All jobs
| 5 (THF Sub job)
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Shield Belt]]
| 30
| [[:Category:Waist|Waist]]
| All jobs
| 5 (PLD Sub job)
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Buckler Earring]]
| 35
| [[:Category:Earrings|Earring]]
| All jobs
| 3
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Creed Earring]]
| 90
| [[:Category:Earrings|Earring]]
| [[PLD]]
| 3
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Fortified Chain]]
| 60
| [[:Category:Neck|Neck]]
| All jobs
| 3
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Mu Necklace]]
| 75
| [[:Category:Neck|Neck]]
| All jobs
| 3 ([[Salvage]])
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Shotel +1]]
| 42
| [[:Category:Weapon|Weapon]]
| [[WAR]] [[THF]] [[PLD]] [[DRK]] [[SAM]] [[DRG]] [[BLU]]
| -3
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Shiva's Shotel]]
| 72
| [[:Category:Weapon|Weapon]]
| [[WAR]] [[THF]] [[PLD]] [[DRK]] [[SAM]] [[DRG]] [[BLU]]
| -5
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Shotel]]
| 42
| [[:Category:Weapon|Weapon]]
| [[WAR]] [[THF]] [[PLD]] [[DRK]] [[SAM]] [[DRG]] [[BLU]]
| -5
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Agelast Torque]]
| 99
| [[:Category:Neck|Neck]]
| All jobs
| 15
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|[[Combatant's Torque]]
| 99
| [[:Category:Neck|Neck]]
| All jobs
| 15
|}

==References==
*[http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/103597-Random-Facts-Thread?p=4859143&viewfull=1#post4859143 Shield Skill vs. Block Rate Testing (Martel, BG/FFXIAH)]
*[https://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/21671/paladin-faq-info-and-trade-studies/34/#2581818 Block Rate Unified Formula Testing (Showmo, FFXIAH)]

*[https://www.bluegartr.com/threads/124851-Shield-Block-Rate-Testing?p=7209068&viewfull=1#post7209068 Size 1+2 Block Rates (Martel, BG/FFXIAH)]

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Shield Skill - Revision history

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zenithxi>Koume: changed Shield Belt's category from Shield to Waist