Shield

A champion with a shield that blocks any type of damage.

Shields are not to be confused with similar effects like Spell shield and visual shielding effects like Eclipse.

 Shields are an addition of hit-points that absorb damage in place of actual
 health, this distinction separates the amount from calculation by health based effects like Primordial Burst, Blade of the Ruined King or Death from Below. It may persist on the recipient to absorb a set amount of damage (shield strength) and/or until the duration runs out (shield duration). When shielded from multiple sources, damage taken is mitigated by the shield that will expire the soonest, with the exceptions of Adaptive Defenses and Black Shield, which take priority over all other shields.

The unit's resistances ( armor and  magic resistance) will still mitigate the damage before being absorbed by shielding. The shield's strength can be increased by  heal and shield power.

Shield types

An active shield is indicated on the champion's overhead health bar in a distinct color.

• Normal shields: They absorb all types of damage (physical, magic and true), and appear greyish-white.
• Magic shields: They only absorb magic damage, and appear purple.
• Physical shields: They only absorb physical damage, and appear orange.

Shield as scaling

Runes

• Shield Bash

Normal shields

Champion abilities

Ally and/or User-targeted

• Annie's Molten Shield
• Ivern's Triggerseed
• Janna's Eye of the Storm
• Karma's Inspire and Defiance
• Lee Sin's Safeguard
• Lulu's Help, Pix!
• Lux's Prismatic Barrier
• Orianna's Command: Protect
• Senna's Dawning Shadow
• Seraphine's Surround Sound
• Sona's Aria of Perseverance
• Taric's Bastion
• Thresh's Dark Passage
• Yuumi's Bop 'n' Block

Ally only

• Rakan's Battle Dance
• Shen's Stand United
• Tahm Kench's Devour

User only

• Akshan's Dirty Fighting
• Aphelios' Severum
• Azir's Shifting Sands
• Blitzcrank's Mana Barrier
• Diana's Pale Cascade
• Ekko's Parallel Convergence
• Garen's Courage
• Jarvan IV's Golden Aegis
• Kai'Sa's Killer Instinct
• Kled's Chaaaaaaaarge!!!
• Malphite's Granite Shield
• Mordekaiser's Indestructible
• Nautilus' Titan's Wrath
• Neeko's Pop Blossom
• Nunu's Absolute Zero
• Poppy's Iron Ambassador
• Rakan's Fey Feathers
• Rell's Ferromancy: Crash Down
• Riven's Valor
• Rumble's Scrap Shield
• Sett's Haymaker
• Shen's Ki Barrier
• Sion's Soul Furnace
• Skarner's Crystalline Exoskeleton
• Tahm Kench's Thick Skin
• Udyr's Turtle Stance
• Urgot's Disdain
• Vex's Personal Space
• Vi's Blast Shield
• Viktor's Siphon Power
• Volibear's Sky Splitter
• Yasuo's Way of the Wanderer
• Yone's Spirit Cleave

Items

Ally and/or User-targeted

• Locket of the Iron Solari ( Reliquary of the Golden Dawn)

User only

• Bloodthirster
• Eclipse ( Syzygy)
• Gargoyle Stoneplate
• Immortal Shieldbow ( Bloodward)
• Sterak's Gage

Summoner spells

User only

• Barrier

Runes

Ally and/or User-targeted

• Guardian

Ally only

• Summon Aery

User only

• Overheal

Neutral buffs

User only

• Mountain Dragon Soul

Other

User only

• Rift Scuttler's shield

Magic shields

Champion abilities

A champion with a shield that blocks magic damage.

Ally and/or User-targeted

• Morgana's Black Shield

Ally only

• Galio's Hero's Entrance

User only

• Camille's Adaptive Defenses
• Galio's Shield of Durand
• Kassadin's Null Sphere

Items

User only

• Hexdrinker
• Maw of Malmortius

Runes

User only

• Nullifying Orb

Physical shields

A champion with a shield that blocks physical damage.

Champion abilities

User only

• Camille's Adaptive Defenses

Increasing shield strength

Items

• Ardent Censer
• Forbidden Idol
• Mikael's Blessing
• Moonstone Renewer
• Redemption
• Staff of Flowing Water
• Spirit Visage

Runes

• Revitalize

On-shield effects

The following will trigger an effect upon shielding or being shielded by an ally:

Champion abilities

• Lucian's Vigilance

Items

• Ardent Censer
• Chemtech Putrifier
• Staff of Flowing Water

Runes

• Summon Aery

Shield reduction

• Serpent's Fang (does not apply to magic damage shields)

Shield destruction

Some effects fully destroy any shields before applying their damage:

• Blitzcrank's Static Field
• Rell's Shattering Strike
• Renekton's Ruthless Predator (Empowered)
• Executes ( Draven's Whirling Death, Pyke's Death from Below, Urgot's Mercy, Ziggs' Satchel Charge, The Collector, Aspect of the Dragon)

Notes

Type	Heal and Shield Power	Spirit Visage	Revitalize*	Grievous Wounds
Health regeneration
Life steal
Omnivamp
Physical vamp
Drain effects
Self heals
Self shields
Incoming heals
Incoming shields
Outgoing heals
Outgoing shields
Bonus health

Gameplay Elements