[Exxy]

How about a chance to go into the enemy's weapon path ((scaled DEF%+ scaled CEL%)/2) instead of 100% chance that soldier protect gives?

I feel like forcing it to rely partly on Celerity and then average it out with Defence would ultimately gimp it and make it underwhelming. I'm kind of in favor of Snake's suggestion and maybe locking it behind a 5-to-10 percent damage up for not having a shield - that way it remains functional and have some sense of a trade-off.

Edit: Amended a minor typo, added a bit of wording to the end.