Crippling Shield

Throw your shield in a line, crippling struck foes. This attack deals bonus damage if you have barrier. — In-game description

Crippling Shield

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Parent skill

  Conjure Earth Shield

Bundle

Magnetic Shield

Activ. type

Chain

Sequence

 →  → 

Game link

API

5746

“

0.75¾  

Crippling Shield

Throw your shield in a line, crippling struck foes. This attack deals bonus damage if you have barrier.

 Damage: 266 (0.75)^?

 Damage Increase: 100%

₂ Bleeding (10s): 440 Damage

 Cripple (2s): -50% Movement Speed

 Range: 450

— In-game description

Related traits

Earth

• Serrated Stones — Bleeding you inflict has increased duration. Deal increased damage to bleeding foes.

Weaver

• Elemental Pursuit — Gain superspeed when inflicting inhibiting conditions on enemies.

Notes

• If you don't have barrier, this skill applies no bleeding damage.
• Attack chain will reset even if the shield has not visually returned to your hand.
• This skill can hit twice - once as the shield is thrown, and once as it returns.
• This skill pierces.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 07, 2017	This skill now deals double damage and inflicts 2 stacks of bleeding for 10 seconds (per target) if the user is under the effects of barrier.
October 15, 2013	This skill is now the third skill in the auto-attack chain. Increased the damage by 50%. Reduced the range to 450.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Crippling Shield has been added to the game.