Shields do not strike but absorb blows. Block power is how much damage the shield absorbs, and the parry bonus multiplies it if you raise the shield exactly as the hit lands. Bucklers parry best, tower shields hold a direct block best but slow you down.
All weapons
Bronze Tower Shield Black Forest 
34 
lvl 1 
Bronze Banded Shield Black Forest 24 lvl 1 
Chitin Tower Shield Swamp 43 lvl 1 
Chitin Buckler Swamp 22 lvl 1 
Barnacle Shield Swamp 33 lvl 1 
Silver Buckler Mountain 40 lvl 3 
Blackmetal Buckler Plains 59 lvl 3 
Carapace Scale Dome Mistlands 124 
lvl 1
Other weapon classes in this mod
