If not for Tiamat's power coursing through him, he likely would have been flung quite the distance from the back lash of the two attacks hitting each other. As it was, he was knocked back onto his back foot, and backwards about ten feet. He discarded the shield back into its storage area, and drew his rapier, before flash stepping forward. It wasn't exactly the most heroic course of action, but they needed one opponent down now, and his rapier had the most 'reach' techniques if the goblin dodged.