Metal Buckler: Difference between revisions

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|image = [[File:Metal Buckler (basic).png]]

|premium = No

|variant_type = Item

|profession_a = Cryoknight

|profession_a_level = 0-500

A '''Metal Buckler''' is piece of [[Armor]] for the [[Cryoknight]] faction. All enemies capable of dropping combat equipment have a chance to drop Metal Bucklers, provided that the player has progressed through the main story to the point where they have chosen a [[Faction]], as before this point only non-faction equipment can be received.

Players who have chosen the Cryoknight faction are able to receive Metal Bucklers in {{Common}}, {{Uncommon}}, {{Rare}}, or {{Epic}} [[Rarity]]. Players who chose the [[Hammermage]] or [[Guardian]] factions will receive Metal Bucklers much less frequently, and only in {{Rare}} rarity, as these items are intended for other factions to use with the [[Infusion]] system to make {{Epic}} rarity shields for their own faction.

Metal Bucklers are also able to be crafted by the [[Blacksmith]] profession, at an item level up to the Blacksmith level of the crafter. Different level ranges of Metal Buckler require different variants of the materials, but they all require 5 [[Iron Ingot]]s.

==Variants==

The visual appearance of a Metal Buckler is dependent only on its level. Metal Bucklers crafted by the Blacksmith profession use different variants of the materials for each different visual appearance of the Metal Buckler.

{{ItemVariantsTable|variant=Metal Buckler}}

==Combat Stats==

As a piece of Armor, Metal Bucklers have resistance stats for all 6 damage types. The total resistance of a Metal Buckler obeys a rigid formula with no variation:

:<math>\text{Strength} = 6\times L + 90\times R + 10 </math>

Where

*<math>L</math> is the Item Level

*<math>R</math> is the Rarity, expressed as number of stars

This total resistance is divided up between the 6 damage tpyes with some variation for each individual value. Since the shield is for the Cryoknight faction, the [[File:Tempestae damage icon.png|18px]] Tempestae resistance will be on average 20 points lower than that of the other damage types. see [[Armor]] for a more detailed explanation of how resistances are calculated.

From this formula it can be seen that each increase in Rarity of a Metal Buckler is equivalent to 15 additional levels. Thus a Metal Buckler at level 0 {{Epic}}, at level 15 {{Rare}}, at level 30 {{Uncommon}}, or at level 45 {{Common}} will all have exactly the same total resistance of '''370'''.

A list of all different level and rarity combinations of Metal Bucklers, including their sell values, can be found here:

{{main|Metal Buckler/Levels}}

==Item Sources==

The Metal Buckler is able to be dropped by any monster that can access the [[Equipment drop table]].

{{ItemSources|Metal Buckler}}