Thread: How would they fix PLD 4.0?

Originally Posted by Khalithar

I considered that as well and I'm a bit torn. On the one hand if we make blind better it won't help much with the lack of aoe damage and it still wouldn't be useful on bosses.

Now granted not every ability needs to be good in every situation since a warrior won't use overpower on a boss for example. But making Flash better (while certainly a buff) isn't really what's needed for the class in my opinion.

In fairness, for a change like that to benefit PLD AoE, Shield Swipe would need a Low Blow reset mechanic, and/or a sort of stacking mechanic allowing it to strike *every* enemy you recently blocked for a portion of main target damage.

...At that point though, you may as well have Bulwark cause your shield to work against magic as well, and change Shield Oath to simply forgo damage reduction on shield moves and revert it to -20% damage dealt for -20% damage taken.