Decorated Iron Scutum Vs Vintage Kite Shield

Scutum has better Def but Kite has better wield rate. What you guys think?

Decorated Iron Scutum

Defense - 66 - Win
Accuracy - 148
Critical Hit Rate - 148
Wield Rate - 10
Magic Accuracy - 118
Blocking - 99 - Win
Attack Power - 29
Magic Potency - 44


Vintage Kite Shield

Defense - 63
Accuracy - 150 - Win
Critical Hit Rate - 150 - Win
Wield Rate - 12 - Win
Magic Accuracy - 120 - Win
Blocking - 90
Attack Power - 30 - Win
Magic Potency - 46 - Win



I'm using the decorated iron.


Wield rate increases the time guard is up, or the chance to block ?


Anyway, self-preservation gives your guard a pretty long duration, and when my guard is up, I block almost every time I get hit.

The Vintage Kite wins on the stats I don't really care, however, I would use it for some specific things, like a solo build with lots of magic spells, or for that GLA/THM mix described in the other thread.

But for pure - normal - tanking, the decorated iron.

Wield rate is the time block is up.

Well it looks like the Scutum may have won this one for heavy tanking then.