Orianna shields herself with 
Command Protect
- Shields are not to be confused with armor and magic resistance bonuses.
Shields are a temporary increase in the target's health, they will absorb all incoming damage before the target's health is damaged. They will do so for a set amount of damage (shield strength) or until their duration run out (shield duration). They are marked by an extra white bar in the champion's health bar.
Shields can increase a unit's current health over its maximum, but they do not count as maximum health. Before receiving damage, shields take into account the unit's resistances (armor or magic resistance). The shield strength can be increased with some items and runes.
Shield types
Shields are classified by the type of damage they absorb.
- Normal shields: They absorb all types of damage (physical, magic and true), and appear white.
- Magic shields: They only absorb magic damage, and appear purple. Champions with magic shields take direct damage to their health from physical and true damage.
- Physical shields: They only absorb physical damage, and appear orange. Champions with physical shields take direct damage to their health from magic and true damage.
Others
The following are not considered a type of shield:
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Spell shields allow you to completely block the effect of one single ability.
- Some abilities can be seen as shields such as Leona's Eclipse grant armor, magic resistance or damage reduction when activated, but these don't give any temporary health.
Shield as scaling
Runes
Normal shields
Champion abilities
Ally-targeted
- 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
- Rakan's Battle Dance
- Sona's Aria of Perseverance
- Shen's Stand United
- Taric's Bastion
- Thresh's Dark Passage
User only
- Blitzcrank's Mana Barrier
- Diana's Pale Cascade
- Jarvan IV's Golden Aegis
- Kled's Chaaaaaaaarge!!!
- Malphite's Granite Shield
- Mordekaiser's Iron Man
- Nautilus' Titan's Wrath
- Neeko's Pop Blossom
- Ornn's Bellows Breath
- Poppy's Iron Ambassador
- Rakan's Fey Feathers
- Riven's Valor
- Rumble's Scrap Shield
- Ryze's Overload
- Shen's Ki Barrier
- Sion's Soul Furnace
- Skarner's Crystalline Exoskeleton
- Tahm Kench's Thick Skin
- Udyr's Turtle Stance
- Urgot's Purge
- Vi's Blast Shield
- Viktor's Siphon Power
- Yasuo's Way of the Wanderer
Items
- Circlet of the Iron Solari
- Locket of the Iron Solari
- Seraph's Embrace
- Sterak's Gage
- Timeworn Face of the Mountain
- Timeworn Targon's Brace
- The Bloodthirster
Summoner spells
Runes
Magic shields
Ally-targeted
User only
Items
Runes
Physical shields
User only
Increasing shield strength
Items
- Ardent Censer: +10% (Unique) heal and shield power.
- Forbidden Idol: +5% (Unique) heal and shield power.
- Mikael's Crucible: +20% (Unique) heal and shield power.
- Redemption: +10% (Unique) heal and shield power.
- Salvation: +10% (Unique) heal and shield power.
Runes
Shield Deterrents
Gameplay Elements
| Targeting Types | Auto (Passive · Self) · Direction · Ground · Unit |
|---|---|
| Unit types | Champion · Minion · Monster · Pets · Structures (Turret · Inhibitor · Nexus) · Terrain |
| Effect types | Ability effects · Attack effects (On-hit) · Area of effect · Damage over time · Heal · Multi-hit · Redirected damage · Shield · Single target |
| 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 |
