Beater's Aspis

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Statistics Beater's Aspis All Races DEF: 3 Latent effect: Evasion +2 Lv. 30 All Jobs Latent effect Active while Ranger is set as your Support Job. This is a Buckler Shield, a Size 1 shield. It absorbs the least damage, but blocks more often than the other shield types.	Other Uses Resale Price: ~1,500 gil
Synthesis Recipes None	Used in Recipes None
Desynthesis Recipe None	Obtained From Desynthesis None

How to Obtain

Auction House Category: Armor > Shields (

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BCNM

Name	Level Cap	Zone
Dropping Like Flies	Level 30, 30 minutes, 6 members	Horlais Peak
Toadal Recall	Level 30, 30 minutes, 6 members	Ghelsba Outpost

Historical Background

An Aspis is the generic term for the word shield. The Aspis, which was carried by Greek infantry (hoplites) of various periods, is often referred to as a Hoplon.