Mountain Peak
Node 1/4: +12% shield block chance, +30% shield damage blocked. Your retaliation damage is halved.
Node 2/4: +30 DA, +3% DA
Node 3/4: +150 armor
Node 4/4: |Superior shield tactics. Always active. Requires a shield|:
Shield block has 2 charges, with individual cooldown recoveries. One charge will only block damage that deals less than 15% of your total life pool. The second charge will only block damage that deals more than 15% of your total life pool.
Valkyrie
Node 1/6: -20% shield recovery time. Your retaliation damage is halved.
Node 2/6: +5% maximum movement speed, +5% movement speed
Node 3/6: +30% shield damage blocked. +80 armor.
Node 4/6: -30% reflected damage taken, +30% stun resist
Node 5/6: +25% cold resistance, +2% max cold resistance, -15% freeze duration
Node 6/6: |Claim Ground| Requires a shield|:
10% less damage taken from damage over time and ground effects while not moving. +50% damage blocked when not moving. Blocking an attack from a boss permanently reduces their DA and OA by 0.1%, stacks indefinitely.
But I hope in GD2 retal and shields as a defense will have mutually exclusive paths in regards to retal.