Shield

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
	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 (%):
Castle   54 Rampart   20 Tower   39 (31*) Inferno   20 Necropolis   54 Dungeon   30 Stronghold   31 Fortress   31 Conflux   31 Cove    20 Factory    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:

• Theodorus the Wizard
• Neela the Alchemist
• Piquedram the Alchemist
• Galthran the Death Knight (NOTE: Banned by default in Horn of the Abyss )
• Jaegar the Warlock
• Nimbus the Necromancer
• Styg the Witch
• Todd the Artificer  

Creatures immune to Shield:

•   Green and Gold Dragons
•   Red and Black Dragons
•  Azure Dragons

•  Magic Elementals

Creatures capable of casting Shield:

•  Master Genies (Advanced level)

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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.