shields just kinda suck
they use up a valuable weapon slot, don’t do that much damage, and on top of that they also break if you use them for their intended purpose too much.
“oh but durability makes it so that people don’t just hold block all the time”
that’s already a horrible strategy, since your opponent can still damage you and you can’t damage them back. basically a lose lose situation for you.
“b-but the blocking power increase is too strong!! you have to make it only be for a certain amount of damage”
boxing.
BOXING
boxing just gives you a passive wooden shield for free. without durability.
“stacking boxing and shields would be 2 strong :(”
maybe… vetex should do something with armour piercing then… like idk, buff it?
no they aren’t lol
they are GOOD and STANDARD for savants, but not incredibly strong at all
incredibly strong would mean they wouldn’t be savant exclusive
but once redirect gets added you will be happy when someone’s shield is broken
almost every savant I have seen uses them, which is correct. but incredibly strong implies that shields alone makes savant broken or something similar. its just your wording.
Savants are pretty darn good, and shields complement their kits very well. The reason you never see them is practically nobody knows how to even play Savant to begin with.
They are incredibly strong, it’s just that they require excellent blocking and parrying skills to be effective which is only available to the good and low ping PvPers.
“They are incredibly strong, but only to the tiny minority of players that actually know where their G key is AND have decent enough computers to actually press this key in time every single time any attack gets close to them.”
with the upcoming balance changes, shields will need a bunch of weapon stats to use
so savants will only be able to use the worse shields which have mediocre blocking power and bad durability