Shield of the High Ruler

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Shield of the High Ruler

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Statistics

Type	Shield – Accessory
Damage	30 Melee
Defense	6
Tooltip	Grants immunity to knockback Immune to most debuffs +10 max life Grants an improved Shield of Cthulhu dash Bonking an enemy reduces the delay before you can dash again by 50% If you are facing a projectile when it hits you it will deal 15% less damage 'For the fate of the kingdom'
Grants immunity to
Rarity
Sell	12
Research	1 required

The Shield of the High Ruler is a craftable Hardmode shield accessory and the direct upgrade to the Shield of Cthulhu. It grants the following effects while equipped:

• +6 defense
• +10 maximum HP
• Immunity to knockback
• Immunity to several debuffs and fire blocks
• The ability to perform a bonk dash by double-tapping the ◀ Left or ▶ Right keys, with a base distance of 19 blocks. While dashing, the player can bounce off enemies like the Shield of Cthulhu, dealing 30 damage and granting the player 12 immunity frames. Successful bounces halve the delay of the dash from 0.5 seconds to 0.25. If a projectile is facing the player when hitting them, the player is granted +15% projectile damage reduction.

Crafting

Recipe

Crafting Station
Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
Ingredient(s)		Amount
	Shield of Cthulhu	1
	Cobalt Shield	1
	Life Alloy	4
Result
	Shield of the High Ruler	1

Trivia

• The accessory is a reference to the Hylian Shield from The Legend of Zelda franchise.
  • Its associated internal player variable is named copyrightInfringementShield, alluding to the name "High Ruler" being a homophone for Hyrule.

History

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These history sections are still a work-in-progress, and may not yet contain changes relevant to the current version of the Calamity Mod.

• 2.0.4.003: Nerfed defense boost from 12 to 6.

• 2.0.3.002: Fixed it being able to be enchanted and receive weapon modifiers.

• 2.0.2.003: Fixed it increasing the speed of other dash items.

• 2.0.2.001: Introduced.