User blog comment:Nhan-Fiction/The Game Needs a Shield-Destroying Item/@comment-3391671-20170320090853

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The idea of being able to deal bonus damage to shields sounds like a splendid idea, especially as it would offer champions a means in taking care of enemy champions who heavily rely on shields to outlive one's burst of damage (thus, it may prove well on Assassins and Mages).

I'm no stranger to the idea, and one thought that came was that this idea of dealing more damage to shields felt better if it was given as a niche to a champion. Essentially a champion who is able to ignore resistances, or deal more damage, when faced with higher amounts of defenses. This idea is influenced by characters such as Marth (of the series) in Super Smash bros, thus to an extent the Rapier of the FE series as Marth's SBB Shield Breaker move represents the high effectiveness the rapiers have against armored targets; in general, the armor-piercing attack game mechanic implemented in multiple games.

Sadly, the only setback of making this idea into that of a champion would be providing other aspects of the champion that is appealing, thus offering bonus damage against shields is not a bad idea to be part of an item...