Crystal Shield

An ornately decorated buckler made from an array of crystalline stone. It is too frail to swing around, but it can somehow grow and mantle its wielder in an indestructible crystal armor.

Tier	UT
While Key Held	Invulnerable on self -30 SPD on self for 5 seconds Disables all MP recovery MP Cost: 70 MP/sec
When Key Released	Shots: 1 Damage: 200-220 (average: 210) Projectile Speed: 13 tiles/second Lifetime: 0.4 seconds Range: 5.2 tiles Amplitude: 0.65 tiles Frequency: 0.2 cycles/second Effect on self: SPD decrease (-30 SPD) for 5 seconds
Cooldown	5 second(s)
Fame Bonus	6%
Soulbound
Feed Power	850

Loot Bag
Drops From	Crystal Worm Mother Crystallized Epic Quest Chest

Notes:
A bizarre and completely unique shield that functions similarly to a Ninja Star. In exchange for having no stat boosts, much worse damage output, and no Stun, the Crystal Shield allows the Knight to temporarily go invulnerable at the cost of a massive MP drain. Since Knight is already a frontline tank character, this shield has incredible potential, allowing them to laugh in the face of even endgame bosses while getting in close to deal damage.

However, the shield eats through your MP extremely quickly, and it disables all forms of MP healing while its effect is active. The speed drop during and after the invulnerability is also worth mentioning, with the max spd of a knight being 50 using this shield will put the player at a measly 20 speed. This calls for careful management of when you want to use its effect, since it lasts for precious few seconds, the user having to lock themselves in place for a while, and the user being left extremely vulnerable once the effect wears off, especially since the shield will go on cooldown.

Another feature, although likely a bug, is that the -30 SPD on key release is ONLY on key release. The -30 SPD will not occur if the spacebar is still held down when the ability’s effect ends. Of course you have to release the spacebar at some point to use the ability again, but this means it can be done when the player is safe. This quirk has a downside though, if the ability is activated and the spacebar is released too quickly the speed debuffs will stack to -45 spd. Alternatively, shift-click can be used as if the spacebar is always being held down.

Also worth noting is that invulnerability does not protect the Knight from status effects. Quiet and Silence are particularly deadly, as they will abruptly cancel the shield’s effect.

In summary, the Crystal Shield is an extremely powerful ability with a lot of potential uses in the right hands, but may also result in a sudden death if used unwisely.

Shields