Static Shield

Electrify your shield, preparing to throw it at foes. Stun nearby enemies that attack you while blocking. — In-game description

Static Shield

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Weapon

Shield

Activ. type

Channeled

Sequence

 → 

Game link

API

6054

“

20.5½  

24

30

 

Static Shield

Electrify your shield, preparing to throw it at foes. Stun nearby enemies that attack you while blocking.

 Stun: 1 second

 Block Duration: 20.5½ seconds

 Defiance Break: 100

— In-game description

Related traits

Inventions

• Over Shield — Shield skills grant protection to nearby allies. Protection on you gains increased damage reduction.
• Bunker Down — Create a proximity mine at your target's location and a med kit at your location when you disable an enemy.

Tools

• Lock On — Striking a stealthed foe triggers Invisible Analysis. Disabling a foe triggers Controlled Analysis. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Scrapper

• System Shocker — Disabling a foe grants barrier to nearby allies. Your function gyro dazes foes when cast. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Notes

• Static Shield will keep blocking until the end of the channel.
  • Throwing the shield, or attacking, interrupts the channel, ending the block prematurely.
• The skill blocks melee and ranged attack, but only enemies in melee range will be stunned when they attack. Only the enemy that attacks is stunned.
• The stun is able to interrupt skills like Blurred Frenzy or Pistol Whip despite the dodging effect of these skills.
• The stun can also interrupt Block skills like Shield Stance or Counterattack if the Engineer blocks another skill used by their foe, such as a ground effect.
• The skill applies the effect Static Shield.
• The stun effect does not have an internal cooldown, allowing this skill to obliterate defiance bars if timed correctly by blocking attacks that hit multiple times.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 04, 2022	Reduced cooldown from 40 seconds to 30 seconds in PvP only. Reduced cooldown from 30 seconds to 24 seconds in PvE and WvW.
May 10, 2022	Increased cooldown from 30 seconds to 40 seconds in PvP only.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
July 07, 2020	Increased the block duration of this skill from 2 seconds to 2.5 seconds. Improved the tooltip for better clarity.
October 18, 2016	The recharge time of this ability has been reduced from 40 seconds to 30 seconds. Block duration has been increased from 1.5 seconds to 2 seconds.
June 25, 2013	The Static Shield buff is now removed if the player cancels this skill. The buff is no longer removed when the player blocks a melee attack. The stun duration has been reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Static Shield has been added to the game.

Trivia

• The shield in this skill's icon resembles a Whisper's Secret Shield.