Shield of Courage

Virtue: Grants aegis periodically. Activate: Grant aegis to nearby allies and create a shield in front of you that blocks attacks. You are vulnerable from the sides and behind while this shield is active. — In-game description

Shield of Courage

60  

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Specialization

Dragonhunter

Slot

Profession mechanic

Type

Virtue

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Virtue: Grants aegis periodically.
Activate: Grant aegis to nearby allies and create a shield in front of you that blocks attacks. You are vulnerable from the sides and behind while this shield is active.

  Aegis (20s): Block the next incoming attack.

  Virtue of Courage: Gain aegis at a set interval.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Aegis Refresh: 40 seconds

  Duration: 3 seconds

  Radius: 180

— In-game description ^[?]

Related traits

See also: Virtue#Related traits

Zeal

• Wrathful Spirit — Aegis grants boons when it ends.
• Shattered Aegis — When an aegis you applied blocks an attack, it unleashes a Mystic Rebuke.

Valor

• Communal Defenses — Blocking an attack grants aegis to nearby allies.
• Might of the Protector — Gain might when you block attacks.
• Altruistic Healing — Heal yourself when you grant a boon to an ally.

Honor

• Invigorated Bulwark — Increase your healing to other allies each time you block an attack. Mace skills gain reduced recharge and their boons gain increased duration.
• Pure of Heart — Aegis heals when it blocks an attack.

Virtues

• Inspired Virtue — Virtues apply boons to allies when activated.
• Unscathed Contender — Deal increased damage while you have aegis.
• Virtue of Retribution — Gain retaliation when you activate a Virtue. Retaliation you grant has increased duration.
• Power of the Virtuous — Deal increased damage for each boon on you. Virtues gain reduced recharge.
• Indomitable Courage — The active effect of Virtue skill 3 breaks stun and grants stability to nearby allies. Its passive effect gains a shorter interval.

Dragonhunter

• Virtuous Action — The guardian's resolve has further increased, allowing Virtues to be manifested as physical aspects. Gain access to Traps.
• Defender's Dogma — Blocking an attack causes justice to reach its maximum charge and reduces the cooldown of Spear of Justice.
• Bulwark — Shield of Courage gains increased radius and duration.
• Hunter's Fortification — Remove conditions when blocking attacks. Receive less damage when you have no conditions on you.

Notes

• Applies the Shield of Courage buff to the Dragonhunter and allies inside the shield cone.
• Blocks attacks on the allies with the buff as long as the enemy attacking is not flanking the Dragonhunter.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 16, 2017	Shield of Courage: Decreased active duration of this skill from 4 seconds to 3 seconds. The cooldown has been decreased from 75 seconds to 60 seconds.
December 13, 2016	Fixed a bug that allowed this ability to grant benefits without going on recharge.
November 22, 2016	Fixed a bug that allowed the user to gain certain benefits without the ability going on full cooldown.
October 18, 2016	The baseline duration of the blocking effect has been reduced from 5 seconds to 4 seconds.
July 26, 2016	With the Indomitable Courage trait equipped, this skill will now grant stability when the skill begins rather than when it completes.
February 23, 2016	Fixed a bug that prevented aegis from refreshing when it was stolen by a thief using the Bountiful Theft trait.
January 26, 2016	Added text to the effect description to indicate the active block.
December 01, 2015	The text of this ability has been updated to indicate that it blocks all attacks for allies in the area (and the guardian from the front) while leaving the guardian vulnerable from the flanks.
October 25, 2015	Fixed a bug that caused Shield of Courage to be unaffected by Courageous Return.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Shield of Courage has been added to the game.

See also

•   Virtue of Courage
•   Tome of Courage