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Gloria Victis Shieldman (1H + Shield Tank) Build — Passives, Stats & Playstyle
Frontline tank, damage soak, shield-wall anchor, door-plugger.
Stat spreads are community consensus / endgame targets (assume the +20 Attribute Point cards), and some figures are pre-relaunch values that the V1.5.0 build retains — confirm exact numbers in the live in-game builder. The combat framework was unchanged at the June 2026 relaunch (changelog audited). See the combat math and sources.
Role: Frontline tank, damage soak, shield-wall anchor, door-plugger.
Weapons
- 1H Mace/Pick + Heavy Shield (vs heavy targets — blunt ignores their armor)
- 1H Axe vs shields/light (5% OH pen)
- 1H Spear for reach over the wall — carry mace AND axe and swap to the right damage type
Attributes
STR 185 / CON 275 / DEX 80
Book-heavy: STR 150 / CON 275 / DEX 150
You're the wall, not the damage. CON gives the HP (~795) + stamina (~841) to survive being swarmed; STR powers 1H swings + slash resist.
Passives & skill order (Footman tree unless noted)
Shield Bash 5 → Shieldman 10 → Vanguard 10 → Breath Control → Protector (block arrows) → Tough One 10 → Awareness → Evade 10 → Veteran → You Shall Not Pass 10 → Man of Steel 10
Top-tier (your one Tier-7 capstone): Unstoppable (stuns become staggers — you can't be locked down)
Armor
6 heavy + heavy shield (4-heavy set +10% reductions; Man of Steel +15% more in heavy)
Playstyle
Hold blocks economically (perfect block ≤300ms costs ≤50 resist), Shield-Bash to stagger, body-block doorways; on offense push first and tank the alpha.
Strengths
- highest survivability
- immune to lockdown (Unstoppable)
- hard-counters archers (shield blocks arrows)
Weaknesses
- lowest damage
- bleeds stamina if swarmed
- hard-countered by maces/hammers + Breaker shield-breakers
- slow