Monado Shield (XC1)

Monado Shield
User	Shulk
Type	Talent art
Colour	Black
Target	All party members
Effect(s)	Blocks talent arts of the same level or lower
Description	Deflects enemy Talent Arts of the same level or lower.
First available	Arachno Queen battle

For other articles titled "Monado Shield", see Monado Shield (disambiguation).

Monado Shield (モナドシールド, Monado Shield), often shortened to just Shield (シールド, Shield), is one of Shulk's Monado Arts in Xenoblade Chronicles and Future Connected. It makes all party members immune to the next enemy Talent Art of the same level as Shield or lower that targets them, only taking 1 damage from each hit.

Overview

Many protective Arts explicitly do not work against enemy Talent Arts, making Monado Shield one of the few ways to defend against them. If Shulk gets a vision about a talent art, it is essentially always the right option to use Shield to neutralize it entirely. Since the entire party is protected by Shield, there's no need to worry about predicting changes in aggro when using it. However, the player does have to be careful to not use it too early—other enemies may use their Talent Art and cause the Shield to disappear before the vision comes true, or if a vision is delayed the Shield might expire before the enemy uses their Talent Art.

Monado Shield can only protect against Talent Arts that are the same level as it or lower. As the level of Shield can only be seen in the upgrade screen, the player must remember to check it occasionally to ensure that they're upgrading it to match the level of the Talent Arts for the enemies they're facing.

Monado Shield is useless against Bionis Slash X, even if levelled up to level X.

Data

Art

Damage type	Status
Category	Talent
Talent gauge used	50%
Cooldown	—
Accuracy	+0%
Obtained	Event

Power

Power	1.00
Hits	0
Element	Earth

Timing

	Frames	Seconds
Hit	60	2
Duration	96	3.2

Range

Target	Self
Area	All
Range	500.00m

Status

Effect	Shield
Duration	15.0s

Miscellaneous

AI type	Normal
Aggro	10
Knockback	None
Flags	Anti-air: False Single effects: False Monado art: True

Battle text

Original	Protects against enemy Talent Arts.
DE	Protects against enemy Talent Arts ().

Levelling

	Basic				Intermediate			Advanced
	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X
AP cost	0	320	640	1,280	2,560	3,840	5,760	8,320	11,520	15,360

In the Super Smash Bros. games

Main article: Monado Arts on SmashWiki

In the Super Smash Bros. series, Shulk uses Monado Shield as one of the options of his neutral special move, Monado Arts. While Shield is active, the damage and knockback Shulk takes and deals are massively reduced, his shield becomes exceptionally strong, and his mobility is drastically reduced. These effects are more akin to Monado Armour.

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In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Shield	—
Japanese	シールド	Shield
French	Bouclier	Shield
German	Schild	Shield
Spanish	Barrera
Italian	Scudo
Dutch	Schild	Shield
Portuguese	Escudo	Shield
Russian	Щит
Chinese (simplified)	护盾
Chinese (traditional)	護盾
Korean	실드	Shield