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Description
Shield that guards against petrification.
Type
Shield
Absorb
16
Value
20,000 gil (20,000 gil on Easy)
Found In
Tower of Mirage 1F
The Aegis Shield is identical to the Diamond Shield, except that it offers resistance to Poison instead of Lightning. Since both the Diamond Armor and the Dragon Mail offer resistance to Lightning as well, this is a nice tradeoff. Your Knight will be virtually immune to Poison and Petrifying Gaze attacks, not to mention the Poison Spell.
Attack
6
Evasion Bonus
+10%
×(Icon)Shield skill + 1
Type
(Icon)Shield
Accuracy
-
Magic Penalty
70%
Value
20,000 gil
Found In
Jade Passage B4
Dropped By
Iron Giant
The Aegis Shield is the best shield in the game, evasion-wise. It also resists the four status Elements, which is generally more useful than the Dragon Shield's Elemental resistances since front-line fighters tend to have plenty of HP to soak damage attacks. Combined with the Dragon Armor, you'll have the same resistance as you would have with a Ribbon. If you want a second Aegis Shield (perhaps for the extra evasion), Iron Giants rarely drop them, but it's much easier to find a Dragon Shield for a second front-line fighter.
Randomly evades magic attack
Type
Icon
Shield
Value
1 GP
Defense
46
Evade %
20 (not used)
Mag.Def
52
MBlock%
40
The Aegis Shld is arguably the best all-around shield (except the Paladin Shld, of course). It offers moderate Defense but very high Mag.Def and 40 MBlock%. Only the Force Shld has more, and it offers no Defense at all. You can only find two of them, but they will both serve you well.