Shields are pieces of armor held in the hand to deflect blows. Available in both heavy and light variants, the shield is favored by many warriors and other offensive classes.

The effectiveness of shields is governed by the Block skill and the corresponding armor type -- Light or Heavy. All three contain customizable perk trees. When allocated with the right perks, shields are able to block not only direct melee attacks, but also incoming arrows, power attacks, and even fire, frost, and shock damage.

They can also be used as weapons due to their bash ability, able to stagger and even knock down opponents.

Contents 1 Heavy Armor 2 Light Armor 3 Unique shields 4 Enchanting 5 Bugs

Heavy Armor

Piece
Iron Shield	60	12	22
Banded Iron Shield	100	12	22
Steel Shield	150	12	24
Dwarven Shield	225	12	26
Orcish Shield	500	14	30
Falmer Shield	10	15	28
Ebony Shield	750	14	32
Dragonplate Shield	1050	8	34
Daedric Shield	1600	15	39
Imperial Shield	50	12	20
Hold Guard Shields	40	3	17

Light Armor

Piece
Hide Shield	15	4	15
Imperial Light Shield	40	4	19
Elven Shield	115	4	21
Glass Shield	450	6	27
Dragonscale Shield	750	6	29

Unique shields

Piece				Enchantment
Blades Shield	255	12	26	No Enchantment
Shield of Ysgramor	1715	12	30	+20 Health, Magic Resistance increased by 20%
Shield of Solitude	1540	12	32	Magic Resistance Increased by 30% and Damage Blocked +35%
Targe of the Blooded	300	8	20	When bashing, does 3 points of bleeding damage for 5 seconds.
Spellbreaker	225	12	38	While blocking, creates a ward that protects against spells for up to 50 points.
Auriel's Shield (Dawnguard)	755	14	41	Stores the energy of blocked attacks. Performing a power bash will release the stored energy.
Aetherial Shield (Dawnguard)	2000	12	26	Enemies struck by this shield become ethereal for 15 seconds, making them unable to attack or be attacked.
Dawnguard Rune Shield (Dawnguard)	450	8	27	+10 Bash damage against vampires, and sustained blocking creates a minor sun shield doing 10 points of damage while draining the wielder's stamina.

Enchanting

The following is a list of enchantments that can be applied to shields.

• Fortify Block
• Fortify Health
• Resist Disease
• Resist Fire
• Resist Frost
• Resist Magic
• Resist Poison
• Resist Shock

Bugs

• For certain enchanted sheilds, such as Spell Breaker, power attacks will sometimes not work; they will take up no stamina, and not do the damage that the attack would normally do.

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