Shield (weapon)

This article is about shields used as weapons. For shields used for defending, see Shields.

Primary type	Crush
Secondary type	N/A
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Shields are normally a piece of equipment used to defend. However, certain shields can be used to attack or wielded in the weapon slot.

Most of the shields that can be used to attack are wielded in the shield slot and use a chargeable special attack to deal damage. The only shield that can be wielded in the weapon slot is Dinh's bulwark.

All of these shields give far more defence bonuses than attack bonuses.

Combat styles

	Combat style	Type	Experience
	Pummel	Crush	Attack and Hitpoints
	Block	N/A	No attacking!

Wieldable shield weapons

Item	Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Dinh's bulwark	0	0	+110	0	0	+141	+145	+145	+18	+148	+38	0	0%	0

Non-wieldable shield weapons

Item	Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Ancient wyvern shield	-10	-10	-10	+15	-10	+72	+80	+75	+15	-5	-2	0	0%	0
Dragonfire shield	0	0	0	-10	-15	+70	+75	+72	+10	+72	+7	0	0%	0
Dragonfire ward	-10	-10	-10	-10	+15	+15	+20	+18	+22	+68	-2	0	0%	0

A player operating a charged dragonfire ward.

Aside from Dinh's bulwark, all other shields that can do damage can only do so via their special attacks. All of these special attacks require the shield to be charged.

For details, see Special attacks#Shields.