Rising to the Challenge

When to use it

The pay-off for leading with Shield Dash into incoming fire: the block that would merely have saved you instead converts the dash into a stun and a free combo.

Builds using this

• Mercenary — Parry Sword & Shield, solo — Master Deemo explains it at 18:30
  Called a must for shield bash: after successfully blocking during shield bash, enemies hit by the skill are stunned. Because the dash animation is already a block, anyone still shooting or swinging into you eats a stun and a free combo.
• Mercenary — Sword & Shield, Chaos — Firebox explains it at 02:30
  A successful block during Shield Dash stuns the enemy player — the build’s one remaining use of blocking, attached to movement.
• Mercenary — Skullcrusher hammer, PvP — Firebox explains it at 02:00
  Lets you block with Shield Dash, and is what makes the stun-then-Rock-Throw sequence available.

Where this comes from

Master Deemo — Best Mercenary Solo Build and Affix Guide — opens at 18:40, where the talent is explained.