The Best Defense is a small shield in Seeker, Slayer, Survivor. It can also be used as an off-hand weapon, dealing Pierce and Crush damage.
Description[ | ]
The vindictive contestants of the Crucible gave birth to this brutal buckler design. A barbed steel spike projects from its center, designed to punch through plate, chain, and skin. No amount of scouring will cleanse the bloodstains from its base. The buckler's presence inspires fearful cringes from combatants and sympathetic winces from gentler audience members, evoking uninvited tales of seemingly lost battles turned by a timely shield bash to the gut, groin, or eye.
Though none seem to know who first crafted this buckler, Kazuwari denizens attest that dozens have worn it into the pit over the years of fighting. Your inheritance of it suggest that its previous bearers have learned the cruel, final lesson of the Crucible: even those bearing the best arms inevitably pay the pit its due.
Acquisition[ | ]
- Received from The Seeker's Path - The Tomb of Vathor Cadhu
Weapon stats[ | ]
- The weapon stats for The Best Defense are as follows:
Enchantment tree[ | ]
Penetrating Bash | |||||||||||||
Piercing Bash | |||||||||||||
Sharpened Bash | |||||||||||||
Sickening to Watch | |||||||||||||
Cruel Design | |||||||||||||
Terrifying to Face | |||||||||||||
Upgrades[ | ]
Base | Enchantment | Effects | Cost | Ingredients | |||
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Piercing Bash | Penetrating Bash | +2 Penetration | 3,000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Sharpened Bash | +25% Damage | 3,000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Cruel Design | Sickening to Watch | 50% chance on scoring Kill to apply Sickened to nearby enemies for 8.0 sec | 3,000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Terrifying to Face | 50% chance on scoring Kill to apply Terrified to nearby enemies for 4.0 sec | 3,000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |