Paladin. Is a sheild needed Hey people of the Warrior section. As I'm finally continuing my low leveled Page I made a long time ago I'm faced with this question.... Is a sheild really needed to make an effective Pally nowadays? I know that with Sheild Mastery and Guardian it's an small advantage over non-sheild users but is it really needed? I'm already been graced with a wonderful NRW sword from a previous Hero of mine so do I really need to switch to a 1H + Sheild or can I just stay 2H? Then there's also the fact that I could scroll the Sheild and get an extra %Str on it but like I asked, is it really needed?