Draft:Shiren 5 Vita:Shield
 | This article is a draft relating to Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate (Vita) for the PlayStation Vita. |
Shields (Japanese: 盾) are equipable items that appears in Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate. There are two hundred and ninety-six variants of them in total.
Summary
Shields may be called "armor" in different places in the UI or in past Shiren games.
Swords and shields are virtually identical in terms of gameplay mechanics, so much so that both categories are described in full on the Swords page rather than duplicating the information on two pages.
Shields
- For a list of every shield in the game, see the main article: List of Shields.
Here are all the "families" of shields, in Item Book order. Some shields improve their innate effect as they level up. This is an important consideration when choosing which item to use as your base. For example, if you want the best possible counter strike, use the Counter Shield as your base item, because its innate retribution effect improves as the item levels up, whereas the related rune is essentially stuck at level 1. On the other hand, rustproof protection is binary, so it does not improve as the item levels up, and the rune is just as effective as the innate effect (except for the fact that runes can be removed while innate effects cannot). When equipment gains new runes on leveling up, they are not innate and take up rune slots.
| Family | Defense | Rune Slots | Total Experience to Lv. 8 | Base Innate/Rune Effect | Lv. 8 Innate Effect | Added Runes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lv. 1 | Lv. 8 | Lv. 1 | Lv. 8 | |||||
| Plain Targe Type | 2 | 15 | 5 | ∞ | 28,410 | — | — | Lv. 4: Lively |
| Lv. 8: CR Diet | ||||||||
| Tin Shield Type | 18 | 99 | ∞ | 34,725 | — | — | Lv. 4: Lively | |
| Lv. 8: Rustproof | ||||||||
| Iron Targe Type | 20 | 99 | ∞ | 41,070 | — | — | ||
| Wolfshead Type | 22 | 99 | ∞ | 44,250 | — | — | ||
| Beast Shield Type | 23 | 99 | ∞ | 50,600 | — | — | ||
| Targite Type | 25 | 99 | ∞ | 57,000 | — | — | ||
| Red Shield Type | 27 | 99 | ∞ | 63,350 | — | — | ||
| Fuuma Shield Type | 30 | 99 | ∞ | 107,700 | — | — | ||
| Gold Shield Type | 14 | 99 | ∞ | 31,600 | Rustproof: Does not rust |
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| Diet Shield Type | 12 | 99 | ∞ | 63,000 | CR Diet: Hunger rate decreased to 50% |
Hunger rate decreased to 30% | ||
| Heavy Shield Type | 28 | 99 | ∞ | 54,500 | Hungry: Hunger rate increased to 200% |
Hunger rate increased to 130% | ||
| Midnight Shield Type | 15 | 99 | ∞ | 54,500 | Nocturnal: Night defense 25%, day defense -50% |
Night defense 60%, day defense -120% | ||
| Day Shield Type | 15 | 99 | ∞ | 54,500 | Diurnal: Day defense 25%, night defense -50% |
Day defense 60%, night defense -120% | ||
| Binary Shield Type | 17 | 99 | ∞ | 88,800 | Bit: 50% damage reduction when last digit of HP is 0 or 1 |
85% reduction | ||
| Counter Shield Type | 13 | 99 | ∞ | 50,800 | Retribution: Counter 28% of damage taken |
Counter 51% of damage taken | ||
| Student Shield Type | 15 | 99 | ∞ | 63,000 | Tiger Mom: Gain experience equal to damage taken |
It's unknown whether or not this improves | ||
| Bowl Shield Type | 13 | 99 | ∞ | 77,000 | Pain Fueled: Sometimes refills hunger when taking damage. 6% |
20% (Numbers from Japanese wiki, but I don't know how this rune works in the game) | ||
| Spry Shield Type | 13 | 99 | ∞ | 88,800 | Agile: 22% evasion rate |
43% evasion rate | ||
| Blast Shield Type | 15 | 99 | ∞ | 77,700 | Anti-Blast (1): 50% explosion damage reduction |
85% reduction | ||
| Lock Shield Type | 12 | 99 | ∞ | 44,500 | Anti-Theft: Items can't be stolen by monsters |
— | ||
| Safe Shield Type | 13 | 99 | ∞ | 44,800 | Anti-Burgle: Gitan can't be stolen by monsters |
— | ||
| Gyadon Blocker Type | 14 | 99 | ∞ | 77,700 | Anti-Peck: Items can't be eaten by monsters |
— | ||
| Snake Shield Type | 17 | 99 | ∞ | 84,000 | Anti-Fire: 50% fire damage reduction |
85% reduction | ||
| Steady Shield Type | 14 | 99 | ∞ | 44,500 | Unmoving: Immunity to movement effects |
— | ||
| Anti-Gaze Trge Type | 13 | 99 | ∞ | 63,000 | Anti-Hypno: Immune to hypnosis |
— | ||
| Swap Shield Type | 19 | 99 | 7 | ∞ | 77,000 | Magi-Twister: When hit by magic, take 10 damage instead |
Take 3 damage instead | |
| Shoddy Plank Type | 37 | 99 | ∞ | 112,000 | Expendable: Every hit decreases shield power |
— | ||
| Glass Buckler Type | 42 | 99 | 11 | 103,000 | Unsound: 50% chance to break |
36% chance | ||
| Pauper's Plank Type | 17 | 99 | ∞ | 54,500 | Costly: 15% damage reduction at the cost of 30 Gitan when hit. Without Gitan, defense drops to 0 |
50% damage reduction for 250 Gitan. See this external link for more info. | ||
| Rush Shield Type | 20 | 99 | ∞ | 127,000 | Offensive: Adds shield power to attack instead of defense |
— | ||
| Blazing Shield Type | 11 | 99 | ∞ | 57,000 | Grants a special non-rune ability that can't be synthesized. | — | ||
| Onigiri Shield Type | 16 | 99 | ∞ | 31,600 | Anti-Onigiri: Player and items can't be turned into onigiri |
— | ||
| Parry Shield Type | 15 | 99 | ∞ | 127,000 | Redirecting: 30% chance to redirect an incoming attack to another enemy |
51% chance | ||
| Nirvana Board Type | 18 | 99 | v | 127,000 | Unfamished: Sets max fullness to 1, but it won't deplete |
— | ||
| Pathetic Shield Type | 38 | 99 | ∞ | 127,000 | — | — | ||
| Fox Shield Type | 30 | 99 | 5 | 306,070 | — | — | ||
| Helix Shield Type | 40 | 99 | ∞ | 305,535 | — | — | ||
References
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