Consecrated Shield

Paladin skill · Retaliation line · tier 3

Beta 0.7.2

The shield catches the blow before it reaches the body.

It is only used in combat once it is placed on the hero's active bar, and its 10 s cooldown is before cooldown reduction.

Values by rank

Consecrated Shield scales with Absorption. Its value at each rank is 5 + 3 × rank:

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Value	8	11	14	17	20	23	26	29	32	35

The value is the game's internal number for this skill.

in combat = round(value × skill power × 5 × max(0.35, hero damage ÷ 600))
hero damage = Attack + all elemental damage
skill power = 1 + 1% per point in the other Retaliation skills + 2% per rank of each skill that boosts it

The damage factor has a minimum of 0.35 and no maximum. A hero with 600 damage and no line mastery or synergies gets the listed value × 5; how it becomes damage or healing per hit depends on the skill's type and timing.

How to unlock it

1
Rank 5 in Mantle of Thorns Tier 1 of the Retaliation line.
2
Hero level 12 at the earliest There is no level requirement, but a hero gets one skill point every 2 levels.
3
One skill point per rankUp to rank 10.

Rank 5 in Consecrated Shield opens Vengeance.

Mastery and synergies

Line mastery: every point in the other Retaliation skills makes Consecrated Shield 1% stronger, up to +40% with all of them at rank 10. Its own points do the same for the rest of the line.

Skills that boost Consecrated Shield

Aura of Protection

Each rank in one of these makes Consecrated Shield 2% stronger (+20% at rank 10).

Retaliation line

Skill	Tier	Type	Cooldown	Scales with
Mantle of Thorns	1	Buff	14 s	Thorns
Reprisal	2	Direct damage	6 s	Attack
Consecrated Shield	3	Guard	10 s	Absorption
Vengeance	4	Debuff	10 s	Curse
Holy Fury	5	Ultimate	16 s	Thorns