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
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
User only
- 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
- 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
User only
Summoner spells
User only
Runes
Ally and/or User-targeted
Ally only
User only
Neutral buffs
User only
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
Ally only
User only
Items
User only
Runes
User only
Physical shields
A champion with a shield that blocks physical damage.
Champion abilities
User only
Increasing shield strength
Items
Runes
On-shield effects
The following will trigger an effect upon shielding an ally:
Items
Runes
Shield reduction
- Serpent's Fang (does not apply to magic damage shields)
Shield destruction
Some abilities fully destroy any shields before applying their damage:
- Blitzcrank's Static Field
- Rell's Shattering Strike
- Renekton's Ruthless Predator (Empowered)
- Execute effects ( Pyke's Death from Below, Urgot's Mercy, The Collector, Aspect of the Dragon)
Notes
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| Targeting Types | Auto (Passive · Self) · Direction · Location · Unit · Proximity · Vector (Collision · Radius) |
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| Unit types | Champion · Minion · Monster · Pets · Structures (Turret · Inhibitor · Nexus) |
| Effect types | Ability effects · Attack effects (On-hit) · Area of effect · Damage over time · Heal · Multi-hit · Redirected damage · Shield · Single-targeted |
| Ability types | Aura · Blink · Buff · Combat status · Crowd control · Damage (Ability · Basic · Magic · Physical · True · Nexus Obelisk · Execution) · Dash · Debuff · Invulnerability · Pet · Sight · Spell shield · Untargetability · Ward |
