Guild Wars 2

EDIT: This was my HP going below 90% and losing thick skin. Shield Master is fine!

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Defense Trait XI is Shield Master

“Gain +90 toughness while using a shield. Shield skills recharge 20% faster.”

This works fine in the mists, but in combat, it sometimes yields incorrect results.

In this test video, I start with hammer equipped, and with a base toughness of 1291.

My friend then puts me in combat. I switch to axe/shield, and my toughness goes up to 1381 (+90, correctly).

The first time I use my Axe autoattack, and my toughness jumps down to 1281 (-100, incorrectly).

I then switch back to hammer, and my toughness jumps down to 1191 (an additional -90).

The net result is that I’m running around with a hidden -100 toughness debuff in combat.

I wasn’t able to reproduce this every time, but it definitely happens.

3-5 more days bro :x

You may have already checked this but too be sure, does your mace and shield have the same stats as your Hammer? for example M&S=179 power, 128 Vitality, 128 toughness and Hammer = " "?

Sounds really obvious but important to check.

Edit:
After trying this my self, I also go from having 24xx Toughness down to 23xx toughness after switching to bow, and then back to mace & shield again. Rather awkward. Until I am out of combat and do another switch back and fourth it ends up back at 24xx… needs fixing traits shouldn’t affect you negatively!

You should also check, if you got the Level 5 trait in Defense, which gives you 100 Toughness when above 90% HP, this might be the problem.

@andreasels, just check, its not that. I really do think this is a bug

ive noticed this as well, and i only have 15 points in defense (meaning i can reproduce your problem without actually using shield master). im almost positive its because of the 5 pt minor trait.

if you take significant fall damage your armor goes down by 100 too, until you weapon swap.

EDIT: after watching your vid, i calculated that 90% of your 27,102 health is 24,391, and the moment your health hit that level, your armor dropped by 100

it’s your HP man. the trait works perfectly. you’re dipping below 90%, can even see it in the video.

Yes – this was my HP dropping below 90%. Sorry for the false alarm.

yea so that part was working as intended.

the thing that bugs me is that when your hp regens above 90%, it still doesnt seem to add the 100 armor back until you weapon swap (unless the hero window tooltip is wrong, but ive never checked)