Templar — skills, stigmas and weapons

Templar: Shield Smite, Shield Rush and Judgment

The Russian Global localization gives two different active skills the same name, «Удар щитом». Their English names are Shield Smite and Shield Rush. Each link below opens a distinct skill card. Compare their range and use conditions before choosing a rank in the planner.

Shield Smite: damage within 4 m

Shield Smite describes damage to up to four enemies within 4 m, a chance to inflict Stun, and 10 Stagger Gauge Damage. Stun chance and duration are variables shown as “…”; the text separately lists a 100% Stun chance on NPC targets. This describes the effect and does not verify a particular enemy’s immunity in the game.

Shield Rush: a rush after Dodge or while flying

Shield Rush selects a target within 10 m and rushes to it. The description requires using Dodge or being in flight. It lists Stun and 20 Stagger Gauge Damage. Meeting a character-level requirement and learning a rank do not establish that the rush condition is met.

The 10 m range belongs to the rush’s target selection; it does not apply to Shield Smite or every Templar skill. The 10 and 20 gauge-damage figures are not HP damage. They cannot rank the skills by DPS: HP damage, chances and durations contain unresolved variables in these descriptions.

How the descriptions refer to Judgment

Both shield skills examined here mention triggering Judgment. Judgment has its own card describing damage to a target within 4 m and 5 Stagger Gauge Damage. The Russian description ties increased Enmity to using a shield skill; the English text lists increased Enmity without that qualification. Check the condition in the game. The trigger descriptions do not establish a precise activation window or a complete action sequence here.

Planner example: level 13

Full example cost: 6 mastery points; stigma shards: 0; superior stigmas: 0. The total includes every rank through the selected ranks and does not subtract ranks already learned. Learning costs are different from MP consumption when using a skill.

1. At level 12, only rank 3 Shield Rush shows a warning: it requires level 13. The selected ranks of Shield Smite and Judgment already meet their character-level requirements.
2. At level 13, the warning clears. The planner checks learning requirements; it does not check Dodge, flight, range, Stun or Judgment activation.

Prepared with AI assistance from the Global snapshot identified above. This explains skill cards and requirements; it is not a tested combat rotation. Use separate regional records for TW. How ranks and costs are checked →