Divest Shield

Description

Forcibly strip the shield off a target. While used on players in PvP environment, the target cannot equip a shield for period of time. Used in PvM, this skill decreases the Hard DEF of a monster by 15%. The skill has a base success rate of 5%, and base duration of 60 seconds, which is improved with higher skill levels and adjusted by the difference in DEX between you and the target.

Skill Level	Bonus Success Rate	Duration Bonus	SP Cost
1	+5%	+15s	16
2	+10%	+30s	17
3	+15%	+45s	18
4	+20%	+60s	19
5	+25%	+75s	20

Information

Casting

• DEX affects the Cast Time of the skill.
• The Cast Time cannot be interrupted except by use of Spell Breaker.
• The skill's range is checked after the skill is finished casting. If the target is out of range when casting is complete, the skill will fail.
• If the opponent isn't wearing a shield, the skill will always fail.
• The Divest Shield status does not prevent players from using the shield slot for equipping two-handed weapons.

Duration and Effect

• Success Rate [%] = 5 + (5 * Skill Level) + (Dex Difference / 5)
• Duration [seconds] = 60 + (15 * Skill Level) + (Dex Difference / 2)
• Dex Difference is your dex minus the target's dex. If your dex is higher than the targets, the chance of success and duration will increase. If your dex is lower than the targets, the duration and chance will decrease.
• There is a base 5% chance of success, the success rate cannot be reduced below this 5%.

Example:

Level 5 with 100 Dex
Target's Dex	Success Rate	Duration
50	40%	160 seconds
150	20%	110 seconds
185	13%	92.5 seconds

Other Information

• The status cannot be removed normally. The skill Dispell does not remove the status. The High Priest card from a Minstrel's Tarot Card of Fate and a Paladin casting Battle Chant can remove the status.
• The divest status is lost when you log out.
• Can be used on Boss type monsters.
• When used against a monster, the monster's Hard DEF is reduced by 15%.
• Only shows animation on success.
• You can divest a target in frozen status, and on success the frozen status is not lost.