The Shield Saw
The Shield Saw is a weapon in Doom: The Dark Ages. It is a shield with a chained edge that rotates around its circumference. When used, it can absorb enemy projectiles, albeit at a cost of the Doom Slayer's speed. It can also be thrown as a projectile, at which point it returns to the Slayer, damaging any enemies it hits on the way back.[1]
The shield can be used in conjunction with one-handed weapons.[1]
Functions: throw, block, bash, parry, charge, returning on command, and the Shield Recall Jump.
Base Upgrades[]
- Retaliation: Parrying Hell Surge attacks will trigger a larger, more powerful shockwave that causes nearby demons to Heavy Falter.
- Power Surge: Energy Shields that a throw hits will cause your shield to bounce to nearby enemies.
- Extended Edge: Shield throw has an extended reach against fodder demons.
- Steadfast: The shield will recover faster from taking damage, and also recover faster after breaking.
- Harvester: Killing multiple generic demons with Shield Throw will empower your next Shield Charge, allowing it to damage the primary target more.
- Blade Master: The stun duration of the Shield Saw is increased.
Shield Rune Upgrades[]
- Ground Fissure: Summon a ground-splitting fissure that travels before you, damaging and faltering demons in its path.
- Aftershock: The distance the ground fissure travels is increased.
- Wavefront: Demons hit by the ground fissure are scorched and drop armor.
- Megathrust: The size and damage of the ground fissure are increased.
- Holy Swarm: Unleash a swarm of ethereal daggers that spread out and seek nearby enemies.
- Outbreak: Summon additional ethereal daggers and increase dagger damage.
- Upsurge: Summon even more ethereal daggers and increase dagger damage.
- Plague: Summon the maximum amount of ethereal daggers and increase dagger damage.
- Auto Turret: A shoulder-mounted Auto Turret that fires ballistic rounds at a single target in front of you.
- Extended Magazine: The duration of the Auto Turret is increased.
- Health Extractor: Demons damaged by the Auto Turret drop health.
- Rapid Fire: The Auto Turret’s rate of fire and damage per shot increase.
- Heaven Splliter: Transform Hell Surge projectiles into a bolt of energy that calls lightning down, stunning nearby demons.
- Induction: The stun duration of the Heaven Splitter is increased.
- Megaburst: The area affected by the Heaven Splitter is increased.
- Gigawatt: Inflicts the Shock effect on demons affected by Heaven Splitter.
Trivia[]
300, specifically Leonidas's use of his spear and shield, was the inspiration for the Shield Saw.[1]
Gallery[]
Shield Saw concept art