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The Daily Insight

How do you scale a facebreaker?

Author

Sarah Martinez

Updated on March 30, 2026

The best way to scale facebreaker is have flat phys wherever possible. flat physical damage is the best way to scale a Facebreaker. or a good Rare shield. preferably with a flat phys roll (which can appear on shields as well).

Why is Spectral shield throw good?

Spectral Shield Throw is a very unique Attack that fires a spectral copy of your equipped shield that deals higher base damage based on your Shield’s Armour and Evasion Attributes and has increased Critical Strike Chance based on Energy Shield.

Does shield count as unarmed?

Unarmed damage is counted under the attack keyword, but not the weapon keyword. A character with a shield or quiver equipped can still use an unarmed attack. However, skills that use offhand equipment, like Spectral Shield Throw, are not considered unarmed attacks.

Do claws count as unarmed?

@JeremyECrawford A natural weapon (a claw, horn, bite, etc.) is not an unarmed strike.

Can Spectral Shield throw Pierce?

Projectile Modifiers: The initial projectile from Spectral Shield Throw can be modified to chain and fork, but not to have additional projectiles or pierce. Shards: The shield will only explode into shards after it is done forking and chaining. The shards can pierce.

Is shield a weapon DND?

A shield is not a weapon, regardless of whether it’s being used as one or not. You only benefit from the Dual Wielder feat when you are actually wielding two weapons.

Can a shield be a weapon?

A shield is not a weapon, it is basically armor, that’s why heavy armored knights rarely used shield and that’s why hoplites didn’t wear armor on their torso and upper legs, because the shield was just enough to cover almost the entire body.

Does facebreaker scale more damage than the weapon?

(Weapon damage + added physical damage from other sources) = Total flat damage for weapon. If the damage facebreaker gets from scaling is bigger than the total flat damage for weapon, then facebreaker is scaling more damage than the weapon is. Wikis Content is available under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted.

How do you calculate facebreaker damage?

All calculations use a perfectly rolled facebreaker, which adds 800% more damage. (All non-weapon sources of added physical damage X 9) = Damage facebreaker gets in scaling. Total flat damage calculation for weapon and non-weapon sources. (Weapon damage + added physical damage from other sources) = Total flat damage for weapon.

What does facebreaker do exactly?

Facebreaker removes that flat weapon damage, but gives more physical damage added from non-weapon sources. The following calculations are meant to show that facebreaker can do the same unarmed damage as builds with weapons. They are purposefully not exact or perfect in order to make them simple.

What does facebreaker do in ESO?

Facebreaker grants a huge boost to physical damage of unarmed attacks. Many attacks are capable of scaling all or the majority of their flat damage from a weapon. Facebreaker removes that flat weapon damage, but gives more physical damage added from non-weapon sources.