Throws the roundshield like a discus using the smithing arts. Once thrown, the shield will remain airbone for a moment before beginning a vertical rotation that chases down its target.
Unique Skill: Discus Hurl
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Unique Skill: Discus Hurl is a Skill in Shadow of the Erdtree. It is exclusive to the Smithscript Shield.
Description
Acquisition
- Exclusive and innate to the Smithscript Shield.
Effect
Swipe up with the shield with 110% shield Attack Power and launch it into the air. After a moment it crashes down with 220% shield Attack Power.
Frame data
After being thrown up the shield will begin to come down after 21 frames/0.70 seconds. The skill takes 29 frames/0.97 seconds to complete.
Notes
- The skill costs 10 points of Stamina to use.
- The Smithing Talisman increases the Attack Power of both hits of the skill by 10%.
- The initial up-throw will usually only hits at melee range, and even then mostly against large foes such as dragons.
Trivia
- Patch 1.14 (PvP-exclusive balance adjustment): Decreased the damage animation value generated by this skill when hitting another player.
- The damage level against other players was lowered from 3 to 1.
- This decreased the length of the stun animation from about a third of a second to nothing.
- The damage level against other players was lowered from 3 to 1.
- Patch 1.12.3 (Balance adjustment): Fixed a bug where some special effects of a right-handed weapon would also be applied to the following Weapon Skills when cast with the left hand: Feeble Lord's Frenzied Flame/Discus Hurl.
- The bug was that the on-hit effects from certain Weapon Buffs, such as Black Flame Blade and the Eclipse Shotel's Unique Skill: Death Flare, when applied to a right-handed weapon would also applied through this skill's attacks.