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This page describes the effects and points required to learn Exploding Shield, a Sign Skill from the game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Read on to learn more about this ability and find whether it is any good or not worth investing points into.
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Exploding Shield General Information
Exploding Shield Basic Information
 Exploding Shield | |
| Base Effect | Quen shield pushes opponents back when it breaks. Stamina Regeneration in Combat: +0.5/s |
|---|---|
| Core Skill | Quen Sign |
| Skill Branch | Sign |
| Required Branch Points | 0 |
Leveling Up Exploding Shield
| Ability | Effect |
|---|---|
| Exploding Shield 1/3 | Quen shield pushes opponents back when it breaks. Stamina Regeneration in Combat: +0.5/s |
| Exploding Shield 2/3 | Quen shield pushes opponents back and deals damage when it breaks. Stamina Regeneration in Combat: +1/s |
| Exploding Shield 3/3 | Quen shield pushes opponents back and deals damage when it breaks, with a chance for knock-down. Stamina Regeneration in Combat: +1.5/s |
Is Exploding Shield Worth It?
| Skill Ranking |  |
|---|
Exploding Shield is a must-have skill!
Due to its versatility and overall usefulness, we recommend investing points into this skill as soon as possible. This skill will greatly help you throughout your quest, and is useful in many builds, so be sure to learn/level this skill. If you have extra points and do not know where to invest them, this is a solid option.
This skill becomes very essential especially if you are having a hard time evading an enemy's attack. If you have this skill equipped, you can keep attacking an enemy since their next attack will make them stagger from the skill.
The skill can also affect multiple enemies at once. If you are getting surrounded by enemies, the skill will stagger all nearby enemies and maybe even knock them down.
Conclusion
If you have extra skill points in stock, you should definitely get this skill. This skill is very cheap and easy to get, it becomes even more valuable if you can successfully abuse the time the enemy staggers from this skill.
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