Parry

ParryMelee, Physical, Duration, Channelling
Level: 1
Attack Time: 0.75 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attack Damage: 65% of baseRaise your Shield to Block all incoming Blockable hits. Release immediately after Blocking to perform a Shield Bash that damages and Stuns enemies. While your Shield is raised you cannot be Light Stunned by hits you Block, but Blocking too much damage may Heavy Stun you. You cannot Evade while your Shield is raised, but Evasion instead grants an equal chance to avoid this Heavy Stun buildup.Can't be Evaded
400% more Stun buildup
Parried Debuff makes targets take 50% more Attack Damage
Parried Debuff duration is 2 seconds
3 to 4 Added Physical Damage per 5 Evasion Rating on Buckler
Can Parry Projectiles fired from within 1 metreSkills can be Managed in the Skills Panel.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
Granted by BucklersMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemParry

Parry is a channelling skill granted by bucklers that causes the user to hold their buckler in front of them to block incoming attacks. After blocking a hit, the user will retaliate back at the attacker, dealing physical damage and applying a debuff on them that applies increased attack damage taken.

Skill functions and interactions

The user holds their buckler in front while holding this skill to maintain an "Active Block" state. While channelling Parry the character moves at 25% of their original speed. Active Block functions as a directional 100% chance to block strikes and projectiles in a cone from the direction the shield is raised towards. It cannot block area of effect skills by default. All effects related to block will trigger when blocked by Active Block.

Passive block chance still applies while using Parry for any hits not blocked by Active Block. Parry grants immunity to Light Stun while active.

Parry cannot can be supported by support gems.

Player Heavy Stun

Blocking hits with Parry builds up the Player Heavy Stun gauge. The amount the bar fills is relative to damage and stun value of the hits. If the bar is fully filled, the player is inflicted with a Heavy Stun. Increasing the stun threshold of the character will reduce the amount the bar fills during Active Block. After not using Raise Shield for a 2.3 seconds, the Stun bar will passively empty itself.

If a blocked hit also rolls a successful Evasion, it will not build up any Player Heavy Stun.

Related items

The following items grant the Parry skill:

Item
Leather BucklerLeather BucklerBuckler Chance to Block: 20% Evasion: 10Grants Skill: Parry	1	0	0	0
ParryParryAttack, Melee, Physical, Duration, Channelling Level: 1 Attack Time: 0.75 sec Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Attack Damage: 65% of baseReady your Buckler to parry the next Strike or Projectile that would Hit you, Blocking the Hit and retaliating with a quick sweep that leaves enemies off balance, causing them to take massively increased Attack damage for a short duration. Parrying causes you to accumulate Heavy Stun buildup. You cannot Evade a Hit you could parry, but Evasion instead grants an equal chance to avoid this Heavy Stun buildup.Can't be Evaded 400% more Stun buildup Parried Debuff makes targets take 50% more Attack Damage Parried Debuff duration is 2 seconds 3 to 4 Added Physical Damage per 5 Evasion Rating on Buckler Can Parry Projectiles fired from within 1 metreSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	1	—	—	—
Wooden BucklerWooden BucklerBuckler Chance to Block: 20% Evasion: 16Requires Level 5, 11 DexGrants Skill: Parry	5	0	11	0
Plated BucklerPlated BucklerBuckler Chance to Block: 20% Evasion: 26Requires Level 11, 22 DexGrants Skill: Parry	11	0	22	0
Iron BucklerIron BucklerBuckler Chance to Block: 20% Evasion: 33Requires Level 16, 30 DexGrants Skill: Parry	16	0	30	0
Ridged BucklerRidged BucklerBuckler Chance to Block: 20% Evasion: 43Requires Level 22, 42 DexGrants Skill: Parry	22	0	42	0
Spiked BucklerSpiked BucklerBuckler Chance to Block: 20% Evasion: 49Requires Level 26, 49 DexGrants Skill: Parry	26	0	49	0
Ringed BucklerRinged BucklerBuckler Chance to Block: 20% Evasion: 60Requires Level 33, 61 DexGrants Skill: Parry	33	0	61	0
Edged BucklerEdged BucklerBuckler Chance to Block: 20% Evasion: 70Requires Level 39, 72 DexGrants Skill: Parry	39	0	72	0
Oak BucklerOak BucklerBuckler Chance to Block: 20% Evasion: 79Requires Level 45, 83 DexGrants Skill: Parry	45	0	83	0
Painted BucklerPainted BucklerBuckler Chance to Block: 20% Evasion: 84Requires Level 48, 88 DexGrants Skill: Parry	48	0	88	0
Coiled BucklerCoiled BucklerBuckler Chance to Block: 20% Evasion: 89Requires Level 51, 94 DexGrants Skill: Parry	51	0	94	0
Spikeward BucklerSpikeward BucklerBuckler Chance to Block: 20% Evasion: 95Requires Level 55, 101 DexGrants Skill: Parry	55	0	101	0
Jingling BucklerJingling BucklerBuckler Chance to Block: 20% Evasion: 101Requires Level 59, 108 DexGrants Skill: Parry	59	0	108	0
Bladeguard BucklerBladeguard BucklerBuckler Chance to Block: 20% Evasion: 105Requires Level 61, 112 DexGrants Skill: Parry	61	0	112	0
Ornate BucklerOrnate BucklerBuckler Chance to Block: 20% Evasion: 111Requires Level 65, 118 DexGrants Skill: Parry	65	0	118	0
Gutspike BucklerGutspike BucklerBuckler Chance to Block: 20% Evasion: 122Requires Level 70, 129 DexGrants Skill: Parry	70	0	129	0
Ancient BucklerAncient BucklerBuckler Chance to Block: 20% Evasion: 133Requires Level 75, 139 DexGrants Skill: Parry	75	0	139	0

Version history

Version	Changes
0.2.0	Introduced to the game.