User blog comment:Willbachbakal/(Champion Concept) Skjold, the Shield Warrior/@comment-5088437-20130119205028/@comment-1330314-20130119224926

Alright, I see what you mean. To me, a tank is supposed to a champ made to attract the enemy's attention as much as possible, mainly through disruption and damage mitigation. The tanks in LoL all have at least one form of strong CC plus some kind of defensive ability, which is the kit I gave Skjold. Though you could build him as a fighter a la Malphite, his abilities don't deal that much damage themselves and are relatively hard to land, so you'd best benefit from the disruption (and his passive) by getting him tanky items. I'd also disagree with you: Skjold's barrier lets him protect his teammates while he initiates, and popping his ult and then his W can peel enemies off of your carry.

Regarding the math, I may change the numbers and maybe even add AP scaling, but right now I'm not entirely convinced it should change.