See mod on its original page here.

I saw a few complaints about shields being worthless, since the only skill that boosts block is a level 20 skill on the destroyer.

so, I decided to make a small mod that changed a few things in the warrior skill tree, in order to make being a defensive-type warrior more feasible early in the game.

What was done:

Soul Rend and Block/Parry skills are switched. Block/Parry can now be selected from your first level up onwards. 2% increase in block per level. At around 5 points invested, combined with a decent shield, you can get up to 25% blocking fairly early on (you start seeing shields with bonuses to block around level 10).

Soul Rend is now a level 20 skill, but its power is exactly doubled. Stun values are the same (start at 50% for 2 sec). Should add around 150-200 points of lightning damage at first level, and about 60 extra for each level. Starts at 120% of wep DPS.

Shadow armor was changed to, well, boost armor. It now boosts 3% armor (instead of block) per level, starting at 4%. So 10% at level 3, and the duration times are unchanged (might need to nerf this up a little for it to be worth spending points in, or maybe change it to just base armor instead of percent - let me know if you think so).

descriptions of skills changed where relevant.

that's it. No other changes made to anything.

Have tested it for levels 10-20 of a destroyer I built to be a one-hander with shield tank. works out quite well. a bit slower slogging though the mobs, but also quite a bit safer.

so for those who want an easier time with mobs, and prefer shields over dual wielding, this mod is for you.

cheers.

EDIT:

Updated; turns out Soul Rend while moved to level 20 in the tree, still had the old levelup scheme. Fixed now. Actually becomes quite powerful as you add levels to it.

replace the old version with this one.