Shieldbutt

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Shieldbutt

Type: Combat
MP Cost: 10

We all know that a shield is primarily used to, y'know, shield one from damage. With this skill, though, your shield becomes a powerful weapon as well. Your attacks will do extra damage based on your shield power. Just try and resist the urge to change into a blue leotard with little wings on the cowl.

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Source:	Guild Trainer
Price:	5,000 Meat
Class:	Turtle Tamer
Level:	10
Effect:	Deals damage (see formula below) in addition to your regular weapon attack, always hits if you are a Turtle Tamer, and has enhanced effects with a turtle blessing.
When Used:

With no blessing: You hit your opponent with your shield for X damage. or You wield your shield like a weapon, doing an ironic X damage. or You howl like a howling turtle and hit your opponent for X damage. or You force your opponent to yield to your shield, hitting for X damage. or You prove you're a true agent of shield by using it to hit for X damage. or You charge with your shield out, snapping it into your opponent for X damage. or You channel Steve Rogers and use your shield as a weapon, hitting for X damage. or You hold your shield out and charge your opponent, beaning it with it for X damage. or You decide not to cower behind your shield, and instead use your shield to hit for X damage. or You decide the best defense is a good offense, and whack your opponent with your shield for X damage. With a Blessing of the War Snapper: You let loose a war cry and charge with your shield, hitting for X damage. or You howl with the War Snapper's rage, charging with your shield for X damage. or The War Snapper guides you into a new tactic--using your shield to hit for X damage. or The War Snapper's fury thrums in your veins as you hit with your shield for X damage. or You snarl and howl, the War Snapper's fury filling your vision with red mist as you hit for X damage. or With a savage growl, you raise your shield and bull-rush your opponent, dealing X damage. or The War Snapper teaches you the art of war, making you artfully hit with your shield for X damage. or War Snapper! Ugh! What is it good for? Well, for starters, its power helps you hit with your shield for X damage. or The War Snapper turns your defense into offense, causing serious offense to your opponent when you hit for X damage. or The War Snapper's rage suffuses your being. You shout, for some reason, "this! Is! SPARTA!" as you hit with your shield for X damage. When your opponent is staggered by the War Snapper: The spirit of the War Snapper laughs as your foe is knocked onto its back and is unable to get up. With a Blessing of She-Who-Was: She-Who-Was guides your shield as it caroms into your opponent for a spectral X damage. or You glow with eerie spectral energy as She-Who-Was guides your shield to hit for X damage. or She-Who-Was sets your mind in motion, and you raise your shield and charge, hitting for X damage. or Your shield glows with eldritch energy as She-Who-Was guides it to hit for a frightening X damage. or She-Who-Was whispers ancient battle secrets into your ear. You raise your shield and charge, hitting for X damage. or She-Who-Was possesses you. You raise your shield and charge into your opponent, freaking it out and doing X damage. or You become insubstantial as you charge it with your shield, passing through it and dealing X damage. It freaks you out a little, but She-Who-Was comforts and consoles you. You gain some hit points. With a Blessing of the Storm Tortoise: You call down the thunder, hitting with your shield for X damage. or Your shield hits your opponent with a thunderclap, doing X damage. or Storm clouds gather above as you hit with your shield for X damage. or Thunder peals above you as you hit thunderously with your shield, doing X damage. or Deep within your heart, the thunder rolls as you charge with your shield for X damage. or A bolt of lightning strikes your shield as your shield strikes your foe, dealing X damage. or You strike like lightning with your shield. It's frightening, but the music is soothing, but the hit does X damage. or You strike with your shield like lightning. It's a little bit frightening, but you fight with expert timing, hitting for X damage.

Damage Formula

It is currently assumed that the base damage of a shield is 10% to 20% of its power. This is an assumption because shield power, unlike hat, weapon, or pants power, is not displayed in KoL. Prior to the Turtle Tamer revamp of November 2013, Shieldbutt hit for the shield's base damage. After the revamp, it appears to do double this amount, with an additional damage bonus granted by higher-level turtle blessings. Note that the polyalloy shield seems to do an unusually high amount of damage; it seems it gets a +17 damage "turtle bonus", similar to that given by turtle helmets when used with Headbutt. In addition, the spiky turtle shield also appears to deal twice the expected damage when using Shieldbutt.

Shield Name	Power	Base Damage
sewer turtle	20	2-4
barskin buckler	27	2-6
sebaceous shield	40	4-8
turtle wax shield	40	4-8
balloon shield	55	5-11
box turtle	55	5-11
coffin lid	55	5-11
flimsy clipboard	55	5-11
peanut brittle shield	55	5-11
pixel shield	55	5-11
pottery shield	55	5-11
BRICKO bulwark	60	6-12
clownskin buckler	60	6-12
hot plate	60	6-12
meat shield	60	6-12
giant clay ashtray	60	6-12
cardboard box turtle	70	7-14
ancient calendar	70	7-14
Cloaca-Cola shield	75	7-15
Dyspepsi-Cola shield	75	7-15
demon buckler	77	7-16
white satin shield	80	8-16
ancient stone head	85	8-18
gnauga hide buckler	95	9-19
hippo skin buckler	95	9-19
penguin skin buckler	95	9-19
yakskin buckler	95	9-19
detour shield	100	10-20
Loathing Legion pizza stone	100	10-20
padded tortoise	100	10-20
rxr shield	100	10-20
slippery when wet shield	100	10-20
speed limit shield	100	10-20
stinky cheese wheel	100	10-20
stop shield	100	10-20
tortoboggan shield	100	10-20
yield shield	100	10-20
hors d'oeuvre tray	115	11-23
snake shield	117	11-24
snarling wolf shield	117	11-24
painted shield	120	12-24
spiky turtle shield	142	28-57*
polyalloy shield	155	32-48*
black shield	160	16-32
sealhide buckler	160	16-32
washboard shield	160	16-32
star buckler	167	16-34
keg shield	175	17-35
wicker shield	175	17-35
catskin buckler	177	17-36
sawblade shield	180	18-36
six-rainbow shield	195	19-39
wonderwall shield	195	19-39
duct tape buckler	197	19-40
brass dorsal fin	200	20-40
eelskin shield	200	20-40
grisly shield	200	20-40
Mer-kin roundshield	217	21-44
battered hubcap	220	22-44
old-school flying disc	220	22-44
spongy shield	220	22-44
teflon shield	220	22-44
velcro shield	220	22-44
vinyl shield	220	22-44
antique shield	230	23-46
astral shield	240	24-48
Brimstone Bunker	240	24-48
Ol' Scratch's stove door	240	24-48
Operation Patriot Shield	240	24-48
Oscus's garbage can lid	240	24-48
pilgrim shield	240	24-48
Zombo's shield	240	24-48
Dallas Dynasty Falcon Crest shield	240	24-48

Notes

• You must be wearing a shield as your off-hand item.
• For players who are currently Turtle Tamers, Shieldbutt never misses, though it can be blocked by the Naughty Sorceress, The Bonerdagon, and the effect of Cunctatitis. The regular attack used with the shieldbutt never misses, except if the effect QWOPped Up is active, in which case BOTH parts always miss.
• If the shield also bears bonus melee damage, it is only applied to the initial melee attack. It is not re-applied during the shieldbutt.
• The effect and the damage dealt depend on your current blessing:

Blessing	Damage	Other effects
None	2*(10%-20% shield power)	None
Blessing of the War Snapper	2*(10%-20% shield power)	Chance to stagger
Grand Blessing of the War Snapper	2*(10%-20% shield power)+10	Chance to stagger
Glorious Blessing of the War Snapper	2*(10%-20% shield power)+20	Chance to stagger
Blessing of She-Who-Was	2*(10%-20% shield power) spooky	Restores 6-8 HP
Grand Blessing of She-Who-Was	spooky	Restores HP
Glorious Blessing of She-Who-Was	spooky	Restores HP
Blessing of the Storm Tortoise	2*(10%-20% shield power)	Initiates passive storm damage equal to the Shieldbutt's damage.
Grand Blessing of the Storm Tortoise	Damage
Glorious Blessing of the Storm Tortoise	Damage

• The Storm Tortoise passive damage occurs in the initial and all subsequent rounds. This damage stacks with the storm damage caused by Spirit Snap and all subsequent uses of Shieldbutt.

History

• Prior to the Turtle Tamer skill revamp on November 7, 2013, this skill used the following combat messages:

• Before regular attack:

Shield in hand (er, well, offhand,) you bull rush your opponent like Moses, overwhelming his defense.

• After regular attack message and any other -butt attacks:

You brain <it> with your shield for X damage. Your fierce blow leaves your opponent <dazed or confused>. Now <it> knows that whenever you wield your mighty shield, all those who chose to oppose your shield shall yield.

Monster attack power reduced by Y

• Monster attack reduction (Y in the skill listing above) upon a successful shieldbutt is determined by ceiling(level / 2), capped at 10 (for a minimum reduction of 1 and a maximum reduction of 5).
• Attempting to use this skill with a ranged weapon was previously impossible and produced the following message:

You can't use Shieldbutt with a ranged weapon. Because, y'know, that's not how ranged weapons work.

References

• The line about wearing "a blue leotard with little wings on the cowl" is a reference to the costume of classic Marvel Comics superhero Captain America, who used his shield as a weapon (though he usually threw it instead of bashing people with it). The Captain America cartoon theme song from the 60s is alluded to as well: "Your fierce blow leaves your opponent dazed. Now he knows that whenever you wield your mighty shield, all those who chose to oppose your shield shall yield."
• "You bull rush your opponent like Moses" refers to the biblical story of Moses, who was floated downstream by his mother in a little boat made of bulrushes coated in pitch.

See Also

• Passive Damage
• Turtle Blessings