Mad Island – Shield Tier List

As with weapons, these are purely my opinions and only for equipment that Yona and the Male MC can use.

Tier List of Shield

By BloodFox

Note: As of now, none of the shields really stand out to be as being worthy of being S tier. The best thing to do ultimately atm is to just not get hit by something. But, who knows for the future.

When blocking, the shield takes the entirely damage to its durability, regardless of if it blocked that much: If a shield blocks 50% damage, if the enemy would deal 20 damage, they do 20 damage to the shield and 10 to you.

This makes them a bit niche; higher level enemies in raids that can hit hard can really just chew through a shield. That said, most regular enemies won’t damage it enough for that to matter for the most part.

You can also perfect guard, reducing damage taken by the shield by half however but requires timing. Perfect guarding does not seem to increase the secondary effects of most shields.

A Tier

• Wing Shield: 90% guard, movement speed +10%, 1000 dura. IMO the best daily use shield with its passive movement buff.
• Mushroom shield: 100% guard. Instead, its effect heals you for the damage it takes. And if you perfect block, it would heal you for double that damage instead. If it didn’t have a crippling 300 durability, this shield might actually be in S tier. Still, healing 300-600 hp from it is nothing to sneeze at. And it will heal for the full amount regardless of it the damage will kill the shield, so even a 1 HP mushroom shield will heal you for 400 hp if it gets hit for that much.
• Cactus shield: Very cheap. 90% guard, reflects half the enemy’s damage, 1000 durability. If you happen to be in a rough spot fighting an enemy you want to kill, this shield will serve you well. Possibly the best combat shield atm.

B Tier

• Spider shield: 75% guard, reduces enemy attack speed, 800 dura. The enemy seems to have their attack speed reduced by half from testing. This only lasts 1 attack though.
• Mirror shield: 0% guard, ruin level 5 boss chest. At 0% guard, it literally is useless for defense – except for its perfect guard effect. If you perfect guard an enemy, the shield and you will take 0 damage at all AND the enemy takes the full hit of their own attack. Perfect for dark souls parry enthusiasts. Careful though, its prone to breaking if you mess up with its meager 200 durability.
• Turtle shield: 100% guard, -10% speed while equipped, 1200 dura. Basically a straight upgrade to the iron shield with a smaller but same drawback of speed down.

C Tier

• Iron shield: 100% guard, but slows speed by 20%, 1500 dura. High durability and total protection is good, but the speed down is always active.
• Flesh shield: 80% guard, deals 10 faint on block, 800 dura. The 10 stun is ok, but needing to take damage for it to happen is not good if using against higher level enemies.
• Poison spitting shield: 90% guard, spits out a pool of poison that lasts a while on block, 800 dura. For something found at level 10 ruins boss chest, this should have been something good. Except the goddamn cactus shield is far better – even the mirror shield. The poison is a stationary pool that deals 1 damage per second – which is literally nothing except to like a grandma or grandpa. its still ok for a shield in the end with 90% block, but not for something a boss should drop.

D Tier

• Wood Shield: 50% guard, 500 dura
• Bone Shield: 75% guard, 800 dura