Since the release of Blue Protocol: Star Resonance, it has been loved by players from over the globe because it brings that anime style MMORPG gamestyle for both PC and Mobile devices. The game blends fast paced real time combat with cooperative PvE content and class driven gameplay, so if you are a former Genshin enjoyer, you will definitely love the game. Set in the vibrant world of Regnas, the game features a number of classes, each having their unique identity, skill sets, and playstyle that allows players to tailor their playstyle through their own choices.
One of the best classes to try out as a beginner in Blue Protocol: Star Resonance is the Shield Knight. Although she is primarily a tank who stays on the frontline, she is also one of the few classes that has a perfect balance of both offense and defense. In this guide, we will give you a complete breakdown of Shield Knight’s skill set, talent tree, gear setup and how to build her as a pro. Do a Blue Protocol: Star Resonance top up from LootBar to get an upper hand against your enemies while playing the Shield Knight class.
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Shield Knight Overview
Shield Knight is your traditional knight that wields a sword and a shield who excels in close range combat. She also wears radiant lightforged armor, boasting exceptional defense and self healing. She is easy to play with plenty of raw HP but suffers a bit of poor mobility and loses effectiveness in Downtime. The Shield Knight can be built in two specs:
Recovery Specs | Shield Specs |
The Recovery specs uses Valor Bash as the special attack and focuses more towards sustaining through self healing. It is much easier to use than the Shield spec because the Shield spec requires more precise positioning. | The Shield spec is a tank build where the playstyle is to be involved as the front line to stack Lightforged Barrier with the skills. Its shield spec also has some decent damage-dealing capabilities. |
Mechanics
Here are the important class mechanics you should know to improve your mastery over the Shield Knight class:
- Lightforged Barrier – The Lightforged barrier is the core defensive mechanic for the Shield Spec where each stack increases your Max HP by 2% (max 10 stacks). It loses one stack for every incoming damage.
- Vanguard Strike grants 2 stacks
- Sacred Blade grants 5 stacks
- Zeal Crusade consumes up to 8 stacks and grants 1 stack per second.
- Shield – Shield Knight’s shield is used to block incoming attacks and has the block limit equal to the character’s max HP. Remember that it does not block all damage.
- Holy Sigils – Holy Sigils are one of the key power sources for using the skills. You have a maximum of 5 Sigils and one sigil requires 10 seconds to regenerate.
- Photon Energy – The photon energy gained from Holy Sigil based skills and Ultimate move. Currently, Judgment is the only skill that consumes Photon energy.The energy bar is capped at 100.
Equipment Build
Equipment is important so it is advised to upgrade them to max level as a priority even if it means having to top up BPSR resources. Here is the suggested equipment build for Shield Knight:
Equipment Slot | Equipment Recommendation |
Helmet | Agility Steel War Helm |
Armor | Agility Steel Chest Armor |
Gauntlets | Dominion Steel Gauntlets |
Boots | Agility Steel Greaves |
Weapon | Wall Shield – Daybreak |
Earrings | Agility Blazheart Earrings |
Necklace | Dominion Blazheart Necklace |
Ring | Agility Blazheart Ring |
Bracelet L | Agility Blazheart Bracelet |
Bracelet R | Agility Blazheart Bracelet |
Charm | Agility Blazheart Charm |
Skills
As you know, there are a total of 8 Expertise Skills and 3 Fixed Skills for every class, where the expertise skills can only be unlocked at level 20. Initially, one can only equip 3 of these Expertise skills but it can be further increased to 4 at level 30. Here are the best Skills and abilities for Shield Knight:
Skill Slot | Skill Name | Description |
Expertise Skill 1 | Judgement | Using holy light, deals AOE based damage and also provides self healing. |
Expertise Skill 2 | Sacred Blade | Deals damage using a summoned sword beneath the target. |
Expertise Skill 3 | Zeal Crusade | Forms a spiral spinning energy barrier near you that deals damage to the nearby enemies. |
Expertise Skill 4 | Radiance | Throws Shield on the target to deal damage |
Basic Attack | Blade of Justice | Performs a 3 hit combo followed by a swing. |
Special Skill | Vanguard Strike | Performs a fierce forward sweep with the sword. |
Ultimate | Radiant Infusion | Deals massive AOE damage using the holy energy, gains shield and regenerates Sigils. |
Class Role Skills
The Class role skills differ from the normal Class specific skills as they help you depending on the role you choose. There are four skills for three specific Class roles – DPS, Support, and Tank. As we are going to use Shield Knight, we will be equipping the Tank skills that are:
- Mocking Roar - Taunts the current target and increases the aggro for that target for 5 seconds. Cooldown: 15 seconds.
- Overclock Explosion - For enemies in a 10m range, apply AoE that interrupts non-boss enemies, applies taunt, and greatly increases the amount of aggro you generate to the affected targets for 10 seconds. Cooldown: 45 seconds.
- Adamant Will - +45% bonus damage reduction and super armor for 10 seconds. Cooldown: 80 seconds.
- Veil of Shadow - Dispels specific ailments and for 10 seconds you can no longer generate aggro, with a cooldown of 30 seconds.
Talents
- Conquest Pursuit: Grants Vanguard Hunt, increasing damage dealt while Zeal Crusade is active.
- Holy Radiance: Using Sacred Blade applies a Holy Mark that deals 20% ATK over 10s, with a 10% chance to restore 0.5% Max HP.
- Holy Barrier: After using your Ultimate, creates a ground shield that absorbs damage equal to 200% of your Max HPand grants allies +10% Max HP for 10s.
- Zeal Haste: Reduces cooldowns by 1 second per 15 Photon Energy spent.
- Radiant Core: Triggered via Vanguard Hunt, dealing 500% ATK physical damage and restoring 15% HP.
- Holy Strike: Each consumed Lightforged Barrier stack has a 10% chance to generate 1 Holy Sigil.
- Light Barrier: Increases the Lightforged Barrier stack cap by 2.
Modules
Coming to the Modules, you have a plenty of choices but you should be prioritising them in this order:
- Final Protection > Attack SPD > Resistance > Armor
You can use other modules on the basis of the priority if your highest priority Modules is weaker.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the Shield Knight might be the best beginner friendly class to level up faster in Blue Protocol: Star Resonance. Use the recommended builds to dominate those much important early games and progress as fast as you can.
