Battering shield

For the feat, see Battering Shield.

Battering shield

Fighter Attack 23

You hack into your foe, leaving it defenseless for a critical moment. As another foe closes to attack, you ready your shield to deflect the attack into your target.

Encounter ✦ martial, weapon

Standard Action

Melee weapon

Requirement: You must be using a shield

Target: One creature

Attack: Strength vs. AC

Hit: 2[W] + Strength modifier damage, and the target is dazed until the end of your next turn. The next time an attack hits you before the end of your next turn, the target is also hit by that attack if it is adjacent to you. This benefit does not apply to attacks that target both you and your target.

Battering shield is a 23rd-level fighter encounter attack power. The power was introduced in Dragon Magazine article Class Acts: Fighter, authored by Stephen Radney-MacFarland.

It is rated an average choice, as the benefit of the inbound attack is conditional, but can be beneficial depending on the related inbound attack.^{[Char-op Fighter]}