Sword and Shield Mastery

Sword and Shield Mastery is the weapon mastery for the Sword and Shield in New World. It is divided into the Swordmaster and Defender trees.

"Points" refers to how many points you must spend in that particular skill tree before you can unlock that particular ability.

Swordmaster[]

Title	Points	Description
Whirling Blade	0	Deal 145% weapon damage to all foes within 2 meters. Cooldown: 15.0 seconds.
Opportunity		Whirling Blade causes 5% Rend for 10s. (Rend reduces targets armor.)
Tactical Strike		Whirling Blade reduces cooldown on the ability by 10% for each enemy hit.

Icon	Title	Points	Description
	Reverse Stab		A stab attack that deal 175% weapon damage. Cooldown: 20.0 seconds.
	Unstoppable Stab		Reverse Stab now has Grit, making the attack unstoppable.
	Tactician		On successful hit with Reverse Stab, all Sword cooldowns are reduced by 25%.

Icon	Title	Points	Description
	Leaping Strike		Leap 6 meters and deal 150% weapon damage. Cooldown: 18.0 seconds.
	Final Strike		If you hit a foe below 30% health, deal 50% more damage.
	Cowardly Punishment		If Leaping Strike hits a target in the back, it inflicts a 50% slow for 8s. (Slow reduces target's movement speed.)

Icon	Title	Points	Description
	Empowered Stab		Successful Heavy attack grants you 30% Empower for 5s. (Empower increases damage.)
	Achilles Heel		The final attack in your light attack chain causes a 20% Slow for 2s. (Slow reduces movement speed.)
	Precision		Swords critical strike chance increased by 10%.
	Freeing Justice		Successfully hitting with a Heavy attack cause you to lose one debuff.
	Mobility		Move 33% faster while blocking.
	Counter Attack		When you block an attack, gain a stack of Empower, granting a 3% damage increase for 5s. Can stack up to 5 times for a max of 15% Empower bonus.
	Opportunist		Deal 10% more damage to slowed foes.
	Confidence		While health is full, deal 15% more damage.
	Critical Precision		On critical hit, gain 20% haste for 5s. (Haste increases movement speed)
	Leadership		While holding a sword, all group members damage is increased by 10%.

Icon	Title	Points	Description
	Shield Rush		Rush forward 5 meters, knocking back foes and dealing 125% weapon damage. Cooldown: 20.0 seconds.
	Improved Rush		On successful hit, all enemies within 5m gain 10% Weaken for 10s. (Weaken reduces damage.)
	Intimidating Rush		On successful hit, all enemies within 5m of you are 30% Slowed for 4s. (Slow reduces movement speed.)

Icon	Title	Points	Description
	Shield Bash		Deals 50% weapon damage and stuns foes in front of you for 2s. Taunt Gem Compatible: If you have a Carnelian gem equipped in your sword, This ability cause a 6s taunt to all enemies hit. (Taunt causes monsters to focus only on you.)
	Intimidating Bash		Shield Bash causes greatly increased threat and 100% more damage.
	Concussive Bash		Shield Bash stun duration increased by 1s.

Icon	Title	Points	Description
	Defiant Stance		For 8s, reduce the incoming base damage from attackers by 30%. Taunt Gem Compatible: If you have a Carnelian gem equipped in your sword, This ability cause a 6s taunt to all enemies hit. (Taunt causes monsters to focus only on you.)
	Final Count Down		If your health is above 50%: damage reduction increased by 20%.
	Restoration		Gain 15% of your max health when Defiant Stance ends.

Icon	Title	Points	Description
	Sturdy Shield		Grants an additional 15% physical armor.
	Sturdy Grip		Stamina damage is reduced by 15% when blocking a melee attack with a shield.
	Elemental Resistance		Reduce damage from all magical types by 10%.
	Defensive Training		When you block an attack, gain 10% Fortify for 5s.
	High Grip		Stamina damage is reduced by 15% when blocking a ranged attack with a shield.
	One with the Shield		When you block with a shield, all shield skills recharge 1%.
	Final Blow		The 3rd attack in your light attack deals 15% more damage and cause more threat.
	Invigorating Bulwark		Grants 15 stamina on hit of Shield Rush or Shield Bash.
	Recuperation		All incoming healing and regeneration increased by 10%.
	Defensive Formation		While blocking reduce damage to all allies within 2 meters by 30%. (1s cooldown)