The Sword and Shield, the classic equipment of a knight on the front lines. This weapon serves as an iconic choice in Throne and Liberty, focusing on protections, tanking and crowd control. Learn everything you need to know about Throne and Liberty’s premier frontline weapon in our Throne and Liberty Sword and Shield Guide!

Sword and Shield Active Skills

Active Skills in Throne and Liberty go on your Skill Bar and can be cast to affect both enemies and teammates. Currently, there is a total of 12 Skill Slots on your Skill Bar. To create your build, you must choose between both weapon’s Active Skills to fill out your 12 slots!

The Sword and Shield’s Active Skills are focused on Crowd Controlling opponents, protecting yourself & allies and dealing some damage in return. Below is a list of all the Active Skills for the Sword and Shield.

Active Skill	Icon	Description
Shield Survival Technique		Defends against an attack. Consumes additional Stamina based on the damage defended. Upon defending against a Fury Attack, restores Health by 230, and a perfect defense increases Damage Reduction by 49 for 6 sec. Upon defending against a Fury Attack, Shield Survival Technique changes to Retaliatory Strike. Retaliatory Strike | Deals damage equal to 200% of Base Damage + 14 to the target. Defending against a Fury Attack before using Retaliatory Strike increases its damage by 50%. This bonus stacks up to 4 times.
Shield Strike		Deal damage equal to 390% + 17 of base damage. For every 1% of Shield Block Chance, Heavy Attack Chance is increased by 18. when dealing damage with this skill.
Drastic Charge		Charges forward and deals damage equal to 160 of Base Damage + 13 to up to 5 targets with a 70% (70% against monsters) chance to inflict Collision: Push. If the pushed targets collide with a wall, they are stunned for 2 sec.
Counter Barrier		For 6s, increase Shield Block Chance by 11%. Upon successfully evading a melee attack or performing Shield Block, perform a counterattack that deals damage equal to 250% DR.
Chain Hook		Fury Attack | There is a 70% (70% for monsters) chance to inflict Collision: Pull effect and for 3s, decrease Move Speed by 60%. Using it on a boss monster will move you to its location.
Provoking Roar		Has a 70% chance of inflicting Enfeeble: Provoke on all enemies within 3m for 1.5 – 3 sec (Effect lasts 1.5 – 4.5 sec against Monsters). Provoked targets direct their attacks and skills toward you.
Shield Throw		Throws a shield that deals damage equal to 200% of Base Damage + 0 to all targets in its path before returning to you. All Heavy Attack Chances are increased by 65 per target damaged by the returning shield.
Fortress		Increases Damage Reduction of you and your party members within 10m by 82 for 9 sec. The effect range remains for 2 sec.
Annihilating Slash		Deals damage equal to 170% of Base Damage + 13 to all surrounding enemies with a sword. Enfeebled targets take damage equal to 220% of Base Damage + 16
Fierce Clash		Fury Attack | Deals dmg equal to 220% of Base Damage to the target, with a 80% (80% for monsters) chance to inflict Collision:Push on them. Has the same chance to inflict Push on other enemies that collide with the target, along with reduced damage. If the pushed targets hit a wall, they are stunned for 3s.
A Shot at Victory		Deals damage equal to 410% of Base Damage + 33 to the target. Has a 20% chance of activating A Shot at Victory one more time, and this chance increases by 5% per Enfeebled target around you.

Sword and Shield Passives

Alongside your Active Skills, you can mix and match up to 8 Passives between both of your weapons to create a build of your preference!

The Sword and Shield Passive Skills are focused around increasing evasion, restoring resources and increasing resistances/block chance. Below are all of the Sword and Shield Passive Skills.

Passive	Icon	Description
Experienced Evasion		The closer you are to a target attacking you within 10m, your Ranged and Magic Evasion increase even more; 9 per 1m, up to 90.
Resilience		Evading an attack restores Mana by 8.4, and each successful shield/attack block restores Mana by 4.2% of the damage blocked.
Aegis Shield		For every 1% of Shield Block Chance, all Defense increase by 4.4.
Spectrum of Agony		Whenever you successfully attack a target you have Provoked, deals damage equal to 44% of Base Damage + 22 to other Provoked targets within a 3m radius.
Gerad’s Patience		Each successful dodge or shield/attack block increases all CC Resistance by 16 for 3 sec. Can be stacked up to 10 times.
Impenetrable		Melee, Ranged, and Magic Defense▲ 2 or fewer 205▲ 3 – 6 320▲ 7 or more 800▲
Eternal Knight		When Health is below 20%, draws out the power of eternal survival to increase Health Regen by 8200% for 6 sec. Once the effect is activated, it will not activate again for 150 sec.
Morale Boost		Reduces all active cooldowns by 10% each time you make an enemy collide with another enemy. Applied for up to 5 collisions.

Mastery Tree

Provoke & Counter

Provoke and Counter is a Mastery Tree that excels in providing Health, Regen and Damage Reduction to stick in the fight for as long as possible.

• Melee Defense
• Health Regen
• Decayed Sword God
• Max Health
• All Evasion
• Impregnable Stance
• Buff Duration
• Damage Reduction
• Indomitable Spirit

Boss

Boss is useful against PVE Bosses that require you to Stun and resist stuns.

• Melee Hit
• Base Damage
• Undefeated Perseverance
• Max Health
• Stun Resistance
• Desperate Evasion
• Mana Cost Efficiency
• Melee Hit
• Subjugator’s Punishment

Collision

The Collision Mastery Tree provides a bit of damage, but also provides higher chances of Crowd Controlling a target AND resisting it.

• Max Health
• Melee Hit
• Calculated Rush
• Damage Reduction
• Enfeeble Chance
• Steely Physique
• Base Damage
• Melee Defense
• Blade of Rage

Recommended Weapon Combinations

Greatsword

The Greatsword is by far the best combination with the Sword and Shield. As a melee tank-like frontline player, the Greatsword provides fantastic passives such as Max Health increases, damage increases based on how many enemies are around you and finally – increased Hit Chances when stunning targets!

Wand

Wand is also an interesting choice when pairing with the Sword and Shield. This combination works pretty much like a “Paladin” build would. However, it is important to note, the damage this combination has is fairly low!

Throne and Liberty Sword and Shield Guide Conclusion

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