Static Shield

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

Static Shield

20.5½  30  

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Weapon

Shield

Sequence

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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

— In-game description ^[?]

Related traits

 Inventions

•  Over Shield — Shield skills gain reduced recharge and grant protection to nearby allies. Protection on you gains increased damage reduction.

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 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
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.