Kaia's Shield

 is an active skill that can be taught to Priests at level 42 and can be ranked up at later levels.

can be performed with a staff by the Priest to give a strong short-term damage absorbance buff to all party members near the Priest. This buff also grants resistance to stagger and knockdown, making it great for PvE, but even better for PvP.

Strength of the shield varies depending on skill rank.

Rank table
To obtain and upgrade, one must find a Magic Instructor and pay a certain price of gold dependent on rank.

Glyphs
To glyph, a glyph must be obtained and learned only once. At level 60, a character has 50 glyph points available to spend on all available priest glyphs. Most glyphs, specifically common glyphs can be purchased from a Glyph Master, while fine glyphs must be looted from enemies.

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