Throne And Liberty: Best Sword And Shield Skills

Summary

Throne and Liberty offers a diverse class system based on weapon choices for players to explore.
Sword and shield combination in the game focuses on defense, making it ideal for tanking roles.
Skills like Shield Strike and Stalwart Bastion provide essential tools for damage dealing and survivability in game.

Throne and Liberty is a massive multiplayer online game that has recently made itself available across consoles and PC. The game brings a classic MMO experience with a rich fantasy theme, lots of lore, amazing gameplay, and a wide variety of ways to play. Players can jump right into leveling up their character and choose up to two weapons to wield at once, searching for the best synergy from the available classes.

The shining jewel of Throne and Liberty is its class system, which revolves around the game's weapons. Players can equip two weapons simultaneously and use the abilities and beneficial effects of both. Throne and Liberty offers a long list of weapons, and among them, one of the classics that makes an appearance is the sword and shield. Focused on defensive abilities, the sword and shield are the ideal weapons for players seeking to fill the role of the tank or enjoy the feel of sword and board in the fantasy setting of the game. Here are some of the best skills for the Sword and Shield in Throne and Liberty.

8 Shield Strike

An Essential Skill For Any Loadout

Mana Cost: 120
Cooldown Time: 6 seconds

Shield Strike is a classic move for Sword and Shield weapons across multiple MMOs where the user draws their shield arm back and slams one or multiple targets with mighty blows that cause debilitating effects. In Throne and Liberty, Shield Strike allows the user to deal with a sizable amount of damage.

This skill also boosts the chance of Heavy Attacks. Heavy Attacks are a vital part of combat, with the opportunity to double the damage of an attack that hits a target.

7 Stalwart Bastion

A Great Defense Boost

Mana Cost: 310
Cooldown Time: 90 seconds

The Sword and Shield weapon is primarily used for tanking and is the best option for the role in the game, mostly when paired with the Wand. While tanking, there are a number of components vital to maintaining survivability, one of which is damage reduction.

Stalwart Bastion is the perfect survival skill, as it provides a tremendous boost to damage reduction up to a maximum of 144 for a total of 9 seconds.

6 Provoking Roar

A Perfect Tool For Drawing In Targets

Mana Cost: 270
Cooldown Time: 30 seconds

Provoking Roar is an excellent skill for grabbing the aggro from mobs and bosses while playing either solo or in a party. Since the Sword and Shield is a defensive choice there are synergies when surrounded by multiple targets, and Provoking Roar is a great way to kick-start the effects.

Upon casting Provoking Roar, the player draws the aggression of up to six targets within 3 meters for up to 4.8 seconds. This skill affects monsters more potently, with an increased effect chance and a duration increase as well.

5 Counter Barrier

Soak Up Some Damage And Dish Some Out

Mana Cost: 120
Cooldown Time: 21 seconds

Nothing helps a tank more than being able to shrug off damage and return it to the sender. Counter Barrier works in tandem with the Block skill. The skill boosts block chance by 44% and provides the ability to reflect a percentage of damage blocked, evaded, or reflected back to the attacker. The counterattack, when triggered, dished out damage equal to up to 250% of damage reduction, making this skill a must-have for tanks.

4 Chainhook

A Mobility Skill With Great Benefits

Mana Cost: 230
Cooldown Time: 25 seconds

Chainhook is the best way to stick to bosses and priority targets like glue. The user throws out a grappling hook that can pull lesser enemies toward them or pull them toward a more significant threat. While doing so, Chainhook maxes out the aggression toward the castor and binds the target for up to three seconds. In addition, casting this skill may inflict Collision on the target, which may cause displacement.

3 Annihilating Slash

A High Damaging Option

Mana Cost: 220
Cooldown Time: 20 seconds

Annihilating Slash is a wide-hitting powerful blow that can decimate multiple foes if affected by the player's weakening abilities. Upon cast, Annihilating Strike deals considerable damage to all foes within 1.5 meters.

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If the targeted enemies have been hit with other skills that inflict weakness, such as Piercing Strike, the damage of this skill is doubled along with its base range. In addition, the cooldown for this skill is reduced considerably thanks to this same synergy.

2 Resilient Mind

A Passive Skill That Earns Its Spot

Passive skill
Unlock Level: 7

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Luckily, Resilient Mind is a passive skill that unlocks for Sword and Shield at level 7. Upon evading an attack, using a block skill, or using a shield to block damage, the player regenerates mana. Blocking and evading regenerates a set rate of mana, while using a skill regenerates a percentage of damage received.

1 Impenetrable

Can Boost Ally Survivability

Passive skill
Unlock Level: 47

Impenetrable is the perfect support skill for party play when taking on end-game content in PVE or PVP. The tank's job is always to soak up as much damage as possible, and protect their allies. Impenetrable boosts Magic, Ranked, and Mellee protection to all allies within a certain radius. The amount is dependent on how many allies are in the player's proximity. The effect increases at three, six, and seven or more allies, boosting the effect each time.

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