Draft:Shiren 5 Vita:Binary Shield Type

The Binary Shield family of Shields was introduced in Shiren 5. It bears the Bit rune, which decreases the damage you take by 50% when the final digit of your HP is 0 or 1. Although the in-game description doesn't state it, this effect actually improves as the shield levels up. When the Binary Shield reaches its 6th level, the Grt. 0/1 Shield, it gains the Magi-Twister rune, which makes you take a fixed 10 damage from magic bolts rather than the normal effect. This shield does not resonate with any other piece of equipment.

Tips for use

As long as you can manage your HP to end in 0 or 1, the damage reduction is better than that of the Day Shield Type. And until the Day Shield levels up enough, its weak Diurnal effect is less reliable protection than the Binary Shield's higher base defense power, even without Bit.

Having a bracelet that can detect monsters on the floor lets you prepare your HP for when you run into them. Runes that increase HP can allow you to manage your HP by equipping and unequipping the sword/shield. It is good to have the last digit at 0 when you go down the stairs, because then you can start the next floor with a few turns of Bit protection before it goes up to 2.

The Binary Shield will reach level 6 and unlock the Magi-Twister rune faster than it takes the Plain Targe Type to get to level 8. The Swap Shield Type comes with this rune innately, but it only appears in certain dungeons, so it is good to be able to unlock this rune for free. It might even be the more convenient source of the Magi-Twister rune to put on other shields.

It is also the only source of the Bit rune to put on other shields. As a rune, it's worth having even if you don't pay attention to the last digit of your HP.

Binary Shield Type

Lv	Shield		Power	Upg. Max	Rune Max	Runes	Total EXP	XP to next	Buy	Sell	In-Game Description
	Japanese	English
1	イチかゼロの盾	Binary Shield	10	15	3	None	0		2,500	875	When the first digit of your HP is 1 or 0, damage inflicted by enemies is halved.
2	イチかゼロの盾中	Nice 0/1 Shld	11	25	4	None			2,800	980	An upgraded Binary Shield. When the first digit of your HP is 1 or 0, damage inflicted by enemies is halved. Nobody knows how it works, that's just the way it is. Sometime's that's how life works, okay!
3	イチかゼロの盾上	Good 0/1 Shield	12	35	5	None			3,100	1,085	An upgraded Nice 0/1 Shld. When the first digit of your HP is 1 or 0, damage inflicted by enemies is halved. If your max HP's first digit is 1 or 0, you're in luck! And if your max HP is at 1 or 0... Oh, at 0, you're dead.
4	イチゼロサイコー	Fine 0/1 Shield	13	45	6	None			3,400	1,190	An upgraded Good 0/1 Shield. When the first digit of your HP is 1 or 0, damage inflicted by enemies is halved. As you upgrade the shield, it'll reduce the incoming damage before it gets halved.
5	イチゼロバンザイ	Rare 0/1 Shield	14	55	7	None			3,700	1,295	An upgraded Fine 0/1 Shield. When the first digit of your HP is 1 or 0, damage inflicted by enemies is halved. One! Zero! Hip hip hooray!
6	イチゼロキター!	Grt. 0/1 Shield	15	65	8	+Magi-Twister			4,500	1,575	An upgraded Rare 0/1 Shield. When the first digit of your HP is 1 or 0, damage inflicted by enemies is halved. When you reduce the enemy's damage by half, you should yell out "Binary Half Damage Bonanzaaaaa!"
7	イチゼロパネエス	Epic 0/1 Shield	16	75	9	Magi-Twister			4,800	1,680	An upgraded Grt. 0/1 Shield. When the first digit of your HP is 1 or 0, damage inflicted by enemies is halved. One! Zero! You're my hero!
8	10サンカッケー	One/Zero Hero	17	99	∞	Magi-Twister		N/A	5,300	1,855	Binary Shield's ultimate form. When the first digit of your HP is 1 or 0, damage inflicted by enemies is halved. Who knows how much damage it has saved you from. You're the best, one and zero.