User blog comment:Johannah14/Maxing some Abilities/@comment-3466579-20130530085324

I can only speak about Lulu, and i'm telling you that i usually do the same. I agree with your comment on Lulu's shield and i think it's not worth to max unless the opponents have annoying pokes AND sustain (since you too have an amazing poke to trade with). Just don't forget to pick one point of your E in the first levels so that you can E -> Q targets far away.

Overall, Whimsy is a much more useful tool then the shield, even defensive wise.