
Shop decision
When this relic shows up — buy, hold, or skip.
- Best for
- Best for Vanguard boards built around Shield.
- Skip when
- Skip when you are not running Vanguard, or you rarely trigger Shield.
- Shop note
- Rare flex shop piece. Prefer it when the board already leans this direction. Stack Shield support around it. Read the trigger line before you lock it — condition frequency matters more than the number.
Synergies
Relics that share combat tags with this one — useful pairing candidates.

Vanguard's Aegis Banner
Unique
At start of combat, Vanguards gain Shields equal to 25% of their Max HP.
Vanguard
Shield
Max HP

Deceleration Aegis
Epic
After Stall (1, Stall 1, and Stall 0), Heroes gain 99 lasting Shields.
Stall
Shield

Deceleration Reactor
Rare
On Stall trigger, give Heroes a 100% Max HP Shield and 0 Mana.
Stall
Shield

Defensive Amplifier
Rare
Tanks and Vanguards gain 45 Defense and 300 Max HP.
Tank
Vanguard
Defense

Defensive Backup Prism
Epic
Heroes gain 1 Defense per rank of each Tank in the reserves and 1 Max HP per rank of each Vanguard in the reserves.
Defense
Tank
Max HP

Generation Conduit
Rare
Generate 25 Shards. On Shards generated, Heroes gain 15 Crit and 500 Shields.
Shards
Shard
Crit