Caster shield?

I have been hearing about caster shield alot theese days and I wonder what is exactly caster shied?


thank you

caster weapons are usually weapons that they don't meet the requirements too, but still use them for the benefits of the mods (most commonly spears/shields).
armour +10 (vs. xxxx damage); health +30

an exception would be stance monks that spec in tactics, but this requires obtaining a low req. shield.
q.7 or q.8 tactics (or even lower) if its for a stance monk

in case of shields, basically they keep it as a separate weapon set (usually combined with a caster spear/sword/etc) for if/when they take dmg, to increase chances of survival.

just a small note.

Strength shields have an inherent (and probably unintentional) damage reduction of 1! (against non-armor ignoring damage)

can test it out with [[Wild Blow] etc.

never heard of this and I really doubt it, as I've tested a lot of shields in the past, but may test for this aswell.

A caster uses a shield for:

1. The +8 armor (if you don't meet the requirement for a +16 shield, you get half the protection)

2. The +30hp from the shield handle

3. The protection from the chosen inscription placed on the shield, which can be any of these that state can be used on a shield http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Inscr...d_inscriptions

thank you very much for the help

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