Every point in this skill provides up to an extra 0.2% chance of parrying melee attacks while dual wielding. This skill also works while using a shield with slashing, piercing, or crushing weapons provided they are not whips or staves. Dual Parry is a Protection skill, that can be leveled starting at character level 20. Raising this skill at or above your character level will incur an experience point penalty. As a Protection skill, Dual Parry can be raised actively, by sacrificing combat trophies to the Altar of the Shield in town, or raised passively. The effects of this skill add, rather than stacks on top of, the effects of the Parry skill. Dual Parry does not benefit you if you are using a staff, or if you are using a whip AND shield.