Shield

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School of Earth Magic
Symbol for School of Earth Magic
Level 1
 Magic Arrow *
 Shield
 Slow
 Stone Skin
 View Earth
Level 2
 Death Ripple
 Quicksand
 Visions *
Level 3
 Animate Dead
 Anti-Magic
 Earthquake
 Force Field
 Protection from Earth
Level 4
 Meteor Shower
 Resurrection
 Sorrow
 Town Portal
Level 5
 Implosion
 Summon Earth Elemental
School of Air Magic
School of Fire Magic
School of Water Magic
Shield
Shield.png
School:  Earth Magic
Level:  1st
Cost:  5/4
Duration:  1 rnd/sp
 Basic effect
Shields a selected friendly unit, reducing the amount of damage it received from hand-to-hand attacks by 15%.
 Advanced effect
Shields a selected friendly unit, reducing the amount of damage it received from hand-to-hand attacks by 30%.
 Expert effect
Shields all friendly units, reducing the amount of damage they received from hand-to-hand attacks by 30%.
 Probability of occurrence (%):
Town portrait Castle small.gif Castle   54
Town portrait Rampart small.gif Rampart   20
Town portrait Tower small.gif Tower   39 (31*)
Town portrait Inferno small.gif Inferno   20
Town portrait Necropolis small.gif Necropolis   54
Town portrait Dungeon small.gif Dungeon   30
Town portrait Stronghold small.gif Stronghold   31
Town portrait Fortress small.gif Fortress   31
Town portrait Conflux small.gif Conflux   31
Town portrait Cove small.gif Cove Horn of the Abyss   20
Town portrait Factory small.gif Factory Horn of the Abyss   31
* Without Library

Shield is a 1st level spell in the School of Earth Magic. It reduces melee damage done to the target allied stack(s).

Heroes that start with Shield:

Creatures immune to Shield:

Creatures capable of casting Shield:

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Some may find the information in this section subjective or irrelevant.

Unlike spells like Stone Skin that affect Defense, Shield directly multiplies the total damage by 70% (or 85% for Basic). (See the damage calculation page for details.) Since Defense is somewhat more complicated, it's hard to directly compare its effects, but a very rough estimate is that Shield is worth about 10 (5 for Basic) extra points of Defense.