Stalwart Defender I, II, III Bonus Questions

[Saridha]

I've been working on a Stalwart Defender build for some time now and I was hoping that some of you who have made them can answer a few questions about the actual bonuses they receive.


1. Stalwart Defender I, II, and III all state that the enhancement "grants additional armor class and damage reduction when blocking with a shield."

Q: What exactly is the bonus to Damage Reduction and Armor Class WHILE BLOCKING for each tier?



2. Stalwart Defender II states that the enhancement "increases your maximum dexterity bonus allowed by heavy armor and shields"

Q: What is the bonus to max dex for heavy armor and shield? I have been led to believe it is a +1 bonus each.



3. Stalwart Defender III states that the enhancement "increases your maximum dexterity bonus allowed by medium or heavy armor and shields"

Q: What is the bonus to max dex for medium or heavy armor and shield? I have been led to believe it is a +1 bonus each.



4. Lastly, each enhancement offers that "You may expend a use of Fighter action boost to to enter a defensive stance."

Q: What is the duration of the defensive stance? Is it the standard 15 second click or does it operate similar to Combat Expertise or Power Attack?



Thanks a ton for taking the time to clear this up for me!

[blitzschlag]

http://ddowiki.com/page/Stalwart_Defender_enhancements

all your questions answered except #4 (its like ce or defensive fighting).

edit:
i've seen that your questions are more specific than the ddowiki entry.

#2 and #3 are indeed 1 each if i'm not mistaken. can't answer #1...

[EKKM]

I've been working on a Stalwart Defender build for some time now and I was hoping that some of you who have made them can answer a few questions about the actual bonuses they receive.


1. Stalwart Defender I, II, and III all state that the enhancement "grants additional armor class and damage reduction when blocking with a shield."

Q: What exactly is the bonus to Damage Reduction and Armor Class WHILE BLOCKING for each tier?

I believe it is +1 for each tier, but I am going from a poor memory of my character screen.

2. Stalwart Defender II states that the enhancement "increases your maximum dexterity bonus allowed by heavy armor and shields"

Q: What is the bonus to max dex for heavy armor and shield? I have been led to believe it is a +1 bonus each.

It adds + to tower shields at each tier, and +1 to heavy armour and lower at tiers 2 &3 (med armour at tier 1).

3. Stalwart Defender III states that the enhancement "increases your maximum dexterity bonus allowed by medium or heavy armor and shields"

Q: What is the bonus to max dex for medium or heavy armor and shield? I have been led to believe it is a +1 bonus each.

as above

4. Lastly, each enhancement offers that "You may expend a use of Fighter action boost to to enter a defensive stance."

Q: What is the duration of the defensive stance? Is it the standard 15 second click or does it operate similar to Combat Expertise or Power Attack?

Just like CE or PA. Note that your movement is slowd shile in stance. 33% movement rate in I, 50% in II and 66% in III.

Thanks a ton for taking the time to clear this up for me!

In Red

[Aeolwind]

One thing to also keep in mind, Mithral Full Plate counts as Medium armor, so it benefits from all 3 ranks of SD right out the gate reducing the need for more than rank 2 (possibly 3) of armor mastery.

If your dex is much higher, then you may want to look at monk/rogue splash and robes.

[Kourier]

I'm a Defender of Siberys and I think the bonus to blocking AC is 1 per tier (I have +5, but on a new character I have +2 AC)

[MrWizard]

http://forums.ddo.com/showpost.php?p...70&postcount=4

I've been working on a Stalwart Defender build for some time now and I was hoping that some of you who have made them can answer a few questions about the actual bonuses they receive.


1. Stalwart Defender I, II, and III all state that the enhancement "grants additional armor class and damage reduction when blocking with a shield."

Q: What exactly is the bonus to Damage Reduction and Armor Class WHILE BLOCKING for each tier?



2. Stalwart Defender II states that the enhancement "increases your maximum dexterity bonus allowed by heavy armor and shields"

Q: What is the bonus to max dex for heavy armor and shield? I have been led to believe it is a +1 bonus each.



3. Stalwart Defender III states that the enhancement "increases your maximum dexterity bonus allowed by medium or heavy armor and shields"

Q: What is the bonus to max dex for medium or heavy armor and shield? I have been led to believe it is a +1 bonus each.



4. Lastly, each enhancement offers that "You may expend a use of Fighter action boost to to enter a defensive stance."

Q: What is the duration of the defensive stance? Is it the standard 15 second click or does it operate similar to Combat Expertise or Power Attack?



Thanks a ton for taking the time to clear this up for me!