2012-12-09, 01:19 PM
Bomber Wrote:Guardian is more useful than simply blocking.
And shield mastery blocks as well. I don't see why it is over glorified. :f6: Taking misses does not give you status effects.
And shield mastery easily gets you maximum magic defense.
Having the weapon attack on a shield is also better than the weapon attack on just a 2h sword. Paladins need more attack.
Are you implying that I don't use Guardian for its other passives?
I say it's glorified because some people think you can't live without it.
Shield Mastery doesn't stack at all with Guardian. I tried it with the SP resets we keep getting. When you have lvl1 Guardian, only Guardian activates and Shield Mastery doesn't block at all. You can test max Guardian and see if you get 62% guard rate. If you reset, leave Divine Shield at lvl0 to make it easier to test.
WDEF/MDEF isn't that important. The only thing that kills Paladins is DR anyway.
There's only a marginal difference in WATK on 2h vs 1h+Shield. Besides, higher attack multiplier makes 2H do way more damage anyway. Plus, Rosaries have stats too <_<.

