Shield Stance: question about wording

Elsydian

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Hand of Iniquity

E/Me

Does shield stance block all incoming attacks (including skills), or when it says attacks is it referring only to auto-attack. And if it's auto-attack only would it apply to all types (melee, arrows, wands, etc).

TIA

Jade Zephyr

Jade Zephyr

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2006

GWFC

Shield Stance = 75% chance to block attacks.
Wand attacks, Melee Attack, Bow Attacks. (Includes skills like Penetrating Blow, Punishing Shot, Hammer Bash and such.)

Ulivious The Reaper

Ulivious The Reaper

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Shadowed Assassins

W/Mo

also you can dodge flare and fire ball, but not aoe spells like meteor... atleast last time i used it in pvp it dodged flare

Dragannia

Dragannia

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

Venatio Illuminata [VEIL]

Me/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ulivious The Reaper
also you can dodge flare and fire ball, but not aoe spells like meteor... atleast last time i used it in pvp it dodged flare That's probably because you were moving. Defensive stances have no effect on things like Lightning Orb or Flare (otherwise they'd be rigged).