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what is good/bad with shields??

good: harder to hit & more xp for you (blocking gives XP) Bad: fights take longer, low level shields are worse than 2 weapons

then its best to use shield at higher lvl??

typically the str of a dex/shield bot is lower than balanced/str bots thus not allowing for higher defense armor. shields help increase the overall defense of the dex bot as well as add to block chance.

The level doesn't necessarily play a factor as much as over all block chance. I'd suggest not using a shield until your block chance (total dex + shield) is over 50%, I usually wait until it reaches between 55% and 60% myself.

Just play around a bit and see for yourself if using a shield or dual-weapon wielding is more beneficial at your current level.

Aqua has a script for this. It factors in your absorb also. Some shields give more block, but less defense.

Which is another reason to wait until later when the shields aren't split with same block chance less/more defense. :P

Shields didn't really start to help me until block was >60%.