[The best offense is a good defense - ahh, well, yes, he thinks he's heard so before! He's listening intently as he can, pauses to be sure he's parsing the point properly, especially what with this guy's accent...]

Uh - oh -- so you're saying, like...

[He is figuratively feeling and pawing up forward, hopefully - if they cannot hit you, they'll hit themselves...]

...if you can shield, the enemy's attacks will bounce off you back at them! [He thinks he completely missed the mark.] Or. Something.