Stygian Shield

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Stygian Shield

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Statistics

Type	Shield – Weapon
Damage	180 Melee
Knockback	6 (Average)
Defense	16 (When held)
Use time	40 Extremely Slow
Velocity	10
Tooltip	Hold Left Click to charge an omni-directional dash which slams through enemies Right Click to throw a buckler which bounces towards a nearby foe upon collision Grants knockback immunity and 16 defense while held However, dashes are disabled until you stop holding this weapon for 1.5 seconds
Rarity
Sell	12
Research	1 required

Projectiles created

Shield of Chaos

Stygian Shield

Sounds

Shield Throw

Shield Catch

Dash Charge

Dash

Dash Hit

The Stygian Shield's right-click throw, and 2 left-click dashes.

The Stygian Shield is a craftable Hardmode melee weapon. While the weapon is in use, it provides the player 16 defense and grants immunity to knockback, at the cost of being unable to perform dashes. The player will regain the ability to dash if the weapon is not used for at least 1.5 seconds.

Holding left-click for at least 0.25 seconds charges up a dash which is aimed towards the cursor, indicated by a white arrow. Releasing grants the player 21 immunity frames and initiates the dash which lasts for 0.35 seconds, damaging enemies upon contact. Holding for longer linearly increases the damage and distance given from dashing up to a maximum of 600% damage and 45 tiles when holding for 0.75 seconds.

Pressing right-click throws up to 2 shields which return to the player after 0.5 seconds and can be autofired similar to a boomerang. Upon contact with a tile or an enemy, it is able to bounce towards another enemy within a 40-tile radius. The thrown shield pierces infinitely as it returns. Each enemy hit with the shield while it is returning, as well as hits from the dash reduce the damage of subsequent hits by 40%.

Its best modifier is Godly. It cannot get modifiers that affect size.

Crafting

Recipe

Crafting Station
Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
Ingredient(s)		Amount
	Ornate Shield	1
	Scoria Bar	6
	Hellstone Bar	6
	Living Shard	6
Result
	Stygian Shield	1

Notes

• If the destination of the dash is outside the map, the dash will be cancelled upon releasing and the arrow turns red as indication.
• If the player attempts to perform a dash while on a mount, they will be dismounted as soon as the dash is performed.
• The dash performed by the Stygian Shield will not be disabled if the player has the Ball and Chain favorited in their inventory.

Trivia

• This weapon is a direct reference to the Shield of Chaos from the game Hades.

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.

• 2.0.4.001:
  • Added new sounds for dash charge, dash, dash hit, shield throw, and shield catch.
  • Nerfed damage from 250 to 180, but buffed charge's maximum damage modifier from 400% to 600%.
  • Decreased the maximum charge-up time from 1 second to 0.75 and maximum charge distance from 50 tiles to 45, and it now always grants the player 21 immunity frames instead of 6-21 depending on how long it was charged up.
  • Right click now auto-fires and can throw out 2 shields at once, and the shields now return to the player 33.33% faster.

• 2.0.3.005:
  • Buffed damage from 200 to 250, but decreased maximum dash damage from 600% base damage to 400%.
  • Now grants 16 defense while held instead of 12, and gives up to 9 more immunity frames from its dash.
  • Dashes are now disabled for 1.5 seconds after not being held instead of 2.

• 2.0.3.001: Introduced.