Summary: 10. Blockade 9. Big Boom Blaster 8. Rough Rider 7. Fabled Tortoise/Hoplite 6. Flame of the Firehawk 5. Love Thumper 4. Hide of Terramorphous 3. Sham 2. Bee 1. Antagonist

Krieg actualy mostly benefits from Rough Rider. He lowes all health stacking and damage resistances.

Back in the day, Bee + Conference Call = OP

Thought I didn’t have any dlc than I realized i have the handsome collection, here I come antagonist!

Flexing with the 94% sham shield

"to acquire the hide of terramorphus , youll need to beat terramorphus in terramorphus peak" OH IS THAT SO? OH I THOUGHTI WAS GONNA GET IT FROM DUKINOS MOM IN LYCHWOOD ! tHaNkS fOr ThE iNfO ! nah for real tho nice vid :)

the hopelite does 20 percent lower movement speed for every hoplite too.

I like the black hole. It's fun.

Blockade is worth it to acquire if you want to farm a perfect version of every single unique item in the game.

I couldn't live without the bee, It is by far the best shield for my kinda play and I actually love it.

The Bee and the Ladyfist make killing the Warrior an absolute joke on your first two playthroughs

**Sees The Bee** **Sees Sandhawk** *You've got to be kidding me.*

I find as Krieg at op8 does pleanty of damage with out a roid shield. Extra roid damage only causes you to one shot your self with silence the voices

U forgot Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Kappa

However, Krieg has Silence the voices so if he hits him self with a broken Roid sheild he's lost basically all of his health. With the Rough Rider he resists his own punches so he takes less damage. Not to mention Krieg already has enough +100% melee damage skills.

Could you do a top list on best Relics in Borderlands 2? Great video btw.

Talking about Tortoise/Hoplite, doesnt mention when the penalty is greater than your entire health.

Evolution Wheres the love for adaptive shields

Hi there. Since I was playing this game almost non-stop, I just found your channel. You have an excellent was of explaining things coupled with your videos which complement it perfectly. Great job and keep up the good work. I will keep using your videos as a constant reference source.

By the way, if you're farming The Bee, and you have the DLC, the tree ents are a much better way than Hunter Hellquist. They seem to drop much more often, and from I've seen tend to have better stats.

my first lgendary was the bee shield because its the only one I knew at the time

I knew just from the title either bee or antagonist was gonna be first

Krieg is the one who benefits the most from rough rider. Roid shields apply the roid damage to himself if he gets the self hit from silence the voices, so a full melee build for krieg does NOT want a roid shield. On top of that, one of Kriegs earliest skills gives him a bonus melee dmg boost, which is increased if he doesn't have a shield or of his shield is down.

I find that on Gaige the fabled tortoise also works very well with unstoppable force to have actually decent movement during fights

Mr Puma Gaming you forget one crucial thing you see the rough rider to a Melee krieg is actually really good since you get a higher base health and you get the dmg resistance meaning your skill wich heals you fully if below 30% and since u got higher health meaning your not gonna be deringly close to fight for your life when u proc it the higher health u got on higher dificulty puts u in a more beneficial situation compared to a roid shield. (Yes i do know that roid shields might be better but with the right skills the ROugh rider is more beneficial) :D

@ VinylicPumaGaming ~~ the Evolution doesn't fit into your top ten shields for BL2?! If it's not the game's best adaptive shield, I dunno what is.

8:00 my favorite grenade, the storm front

im going to call it the bee is number 1

3:46 : Krieg is awful with Roid Shields, because of Silence the Voices. The Rough Rider may be its best option for melee, and a great option (the best imo) for Hellborn. Also, the Rough Rider is MADE for Krieg since he gets a lot of boosts by having his shield depleted OR taking damage directly on health. Great video anyways :D

i like the new design of thumbnail

I randomly got the bee without noticing, I just looked in my inventory and saw it. I had no idea how I got it until now.

I got a shield called the bee it’s the first and only orange shield I’ve picked up

when i was watching this videos i was playing borderlands 2 farming the snowman and i opened the loot and as soon as he started talking about the fabled tortoise i got one out of the chest lol

I would put the antagonist at number 3 and bump the sham and bee up one:p but those are really the best shields, but if your trying to deal with surveyors I would personally go with a Transformer shield

i dropped the bee in my first playthrough of the dragon dlc in TVHM and it carried me through the TVHM with ease

When it comes to shields in borderlands 2 its always the bee and sham when i farm and now the antagonist.

I always get mad when you just walk over the "out of body experience" quest.

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I actually got Fabled Tortoise as a drop from Blue in the Caustic Caverns when doing the "Safe and Sound" side mission on ps3 as Axton :D (Though I sold it right away 'cause its movement penalty was pain in the ass)

Actually little disappointed evolution didn't make it but good list overall. Starting to love this channel

my personal top would be: 10. white turtle shield. for extreme healgate builds, really funny but of cause you sacrifise some damage with... 9. the bee, yeah the bee ! its a weapon not a shield and as a shield it really suck the most ridiculus source of damage healthgate you directly. really usefull against raid 8. flame of the Firehawk, kind of a niche shield for krieg but a really good one, although maya can make great use of it. 7. Hide of terra, the best roid shield in the game and the best roid option for zero. really good on deathtrap. 6.neo/evolution I just happen to love them, I remember first time a beat the dragon a was wearing those, as Maya, took me a hell lot of time but I almost didn't take critical damage 5. rough rider. best roid option for krieg, a lot of great uses with the other characters, and its always fun to watch a 10+ teen raging online because he is dying as banshee Maya. 4. big boom, really usefull shield if playing grenade/fastball axton plus it as a high capacity and recharge rate 3. the sham. even though I don't like the shamefleeting morons polluting matchmackings no-one can deny that it may very well be the best shiel in the vanilla game (for bullet area of cause, if you're wearing thise against a rabid ennemy you're dead) 2. antagoniste. bullet reflection, damage reduction (only on bullet), damage increase up tu 880%on deflected bullet, and throw slag at attackers, really good cap/rate/delay do I relly need to explain why its a must have ? 1. blockade. 32% flat damage resistance on your shield and your health, yeah its hard to get but when you'll have it you'll be able to see a rabid wathever and take 3 or 4hit before he can break your shield and then tank 3 or 4 more hit before he can see you down, tank launcher enemy while having a good laugh, nova's like vorac/hyperyus will be nothing against your mightyness, Pyropete nova's if taken will take forever to kill you, the healthgate will become a long and distant memory that you will remember only when switching for the bee to fight an invincible

I think the bee is overrated. Not specifically on this list, but in general. It can be a bad choice for mobbing because it has no defensive perks, aside from a fast recharge rate. You're udually much better off with a smart build and something like an antagonist or blockade. Or the sham, I guess, though I don't like the sham either...

Was in a game yesterday and a Bee Shield was the Item of the Day in Zeds Vendor, and also got a Sham from a random locker in Caustic Caverns, these were just so random.

Very good top ten list - in the end I think for my zero it's obviously the bee that is perfect, and for maya either this one or then the antagonist. Thanks for the good information!

Seriously? You include Tortoise/Hoplite but not Neo/Evo? Wow that's sad.

the blockade is by far the best shield in the game.

Love the videos you put out! Both informative and hilarious!

Puma: the SHAM brain: WOW

Bee + booster would + sham = death to everything... RANDY WE NEED THIS NOW

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I don't know what the name of it is, but I've got a pretty badass Legendary Shield that is a Corrosive Spike shield. Besides spiking melee attackers, it also launches homing spikes at gun attacks!!!

Damn son, vinylic puma got dat sweet 94 sham If only killer six watches this

Where's my the wiskey tango foxtrot? It's mega op w.t.f. > sham

blockade is easy to get

I got a level 54 bee shield from the leviathan's chests yesterday. If you can glitch it to get past the treasure room door maybe it is worth it. Also i got a legendary hunter class mod for Zer0

I gotta say the antagonist is the best shield, if you dont look at amp damage from the bee.

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dude, roid sheilds are horrible for kreig. either you're not using melee at all, and on dedicated melee builds for kreig you risk the chance of hitting yourself with a roid boosted silence the voices.

I gotta say that flame of the firehawk & love thumper is my all time favorite for Krieg

I just found your channel from watching a few other Borderlands 2 videos and I have to say you're pretty cool!

oh the hoplite, i remember that one, i never realised how much speed is reduced until you take the shield back off again

My first legendary shield was the Impaler

It sounds like The Blockade is good at warding off a single huge first attack, like an explosion, but not so good with subsequent attacks (while it's not fully charged).

I don't know if it was an update, or something, but since I've started playing Tiny Tina's DLC, I've gotten almost 6 Bee shields.

I actually got The Bee off a base Treant today, barely made it into the forest for the first time and on my second kill. I just laughed like a hyena.

I got 2 bee shields from the the trees in like 30 minutes I wasn't even farming them I was doing side quest

You should honestly do a video on gear that used to be really great tell it was nerfed

For me personally the Blockade is the best defensive shield in the game. The Antagonist is also cool, though you have to watch not to get slagged if you take cover. The rough rider, the sham, the bee and the hide of terra for certain situations...

I didnt see an impaler shield on here. I can literally stand still as gaige in a low level area and people will shoot me and die because of spike damage as well as the fact that it shoots corrosive spikes at bullet attackers. I got like 150 stacks of anarchy from running around in frostburn canyon for a while. Definitely a great shield for most dlcs

Got 2 Bee shields in Forrest from the sane tree near the dice chest. All in a week on-and-off. 1st was 6-10 serious attempts then the 2nd bee came from a casual, I wonder what my chances of getting 1 more are. I think I'll out one on ZerO and the other on Maya perhaps. I got sham off Bunker boy too. 85% and don't know who needs it out of the characters. I can't be bothered building them all up. I focus on 1 and have 2 In the wings. But grinding one character to help the others is the annoying part. But I learned that storing higher levelled gear does help as the lvl comes down. I think only on a new post through on higher lvl. My friend gave me 80 levelled guns and when I got to 30 they came down to my lvl.

Hey guys, I need your help. I'm trying to figure out whether I should use the Sham shield or the Black Hole shield. Info about the shields and my character is below. I am using Gaige, and I have finished the BFF and am almost done with the LBT skill tree. I will never do the Anarchy skill tree, because I like big magazine sizes. Shield Stats: LEVEL REQUIREMENT: 50 *Grounded Black Hole* Capacity - 38367 Recharge Rate - 3911 Recharge Delay - 4.48 Nova Damage - 131254 Nova Radius - 1304 - _You are the center of the universe._ - Releases a Shock Nova blast when depleted. - Must fully recharge between Novas. - Grants immunity to Electrocute damage.. LEVEL REQUIREMENT: 50 *The Sham* Capacity - 15426 Recharge Rate - 4616 Recharge Delay - 1.82 Absorb Chance - 94% - _Wow, I CAN do this all day._ - Chance to Absorb enemy bullets. - Absorbed ammo is added to your backpack. Also, my badass ranks: Maximum Health +9.5% Shield Capacity +9.1% Shield Recharge Delay -7.6% Shield Recharge Rate +8.7% Melee Damage +8.4% Grenade Damage +7.6% Gun Accuracy +8.4% Gun Damage +8.7% Fire Rate +9.5% Recoil Reduction +7.6% Reload Speed +9.1% Elemental Effect Chance +7.2% Elemental Effect Damage +7.6% Critical Hit Damage +7.2% (18760 badass rank) Also some parts for the shields would be nice, maybe I can farm for the parts.

The Bee with the Lady Fist ... Massive critical hits

good video puma keep up the good work also some new games here and there and some lore videos would be awesome anywho just a suggestion keep it up! :D

glad to see more borderlands content being uploaded

With the rough rider don't use axton one of my favorite skills is the abilith to regen heatlh with a full sheild

They should make shield types out of the antagonist's capacities in BL3, it'd be awesome to have shields launching a homming swarm of elemental balls as a legendary/unique/seraph/whateverraritytheyadd shield

The only real downside to using a rough rider on salvador is that if you want the benefits of it. You can never use titan or raider class mods. Since they reduce shield capacity if they are equipped it actually breaks the shield and the game acts like you don’t have one equipped, making skills benefiting from an empty shield useless. I’m just lucky i was able to find a better class mod I could benefit from.

Love the new Thumbnail, good job Puma!

I had an awsom shield that had an insainly fast recharge delay, and speed. With my siren build i could stand infront of a psyco hed hit me, and by the next hit my shield would be fully charged. Of course this was during my first playthrough, and it only had a capacity of 210. I used it up to the bunker

The rough rider is one of the best invincible Krieg shields though, with his potentially constant 75% damage resistance; the rough rider will both roid his ridiculous health, and raise that to a constant 80%; which again is considering he is always on fire and is mutating all the time. A few Adaptive shields and flame of the firehawk are other invincible Krieg shields as well

Flame of the firehawk! Works well with gaige as it turns deathtrap into a walking explosion and works infinitely well with hellborn krieg.

Could you please show the location of each shield mentioned in this list as you discuss them? So, showing the actual DLC where each shield is located, and how to get it? Thanks.

Definitely the Bee for me. I finally killed Teramorphous by myself

I been needing this video, thanks VPG

I like the sham with two rocketlaunchers and Logan's gun on gunzerker.

If you have something that increase sheild percentage will the second shield the one with no auctual shield have some sheild

Tbh, the real use of fable tortoise is, acquire low level fabled tortoise, equip any COM that reduces shield capacity (I use raider on gunzerker for +6 moneyshot) and now you can move fast without speccing into any movement speed skills

That "zero is better off with a roid shield cus hes more melee based anyways" legit triggered me because my chaotic neutral rogue class mod actually makes my DPUH shoot like 8 times every second so the rough rider is amazing for the pure dps boost for always having Fearless active.

The antagonist with the siren is really good

Your Hoplite demo reminded me of watching a ManOfLowMoralFiber video :3

Heres a question. Does Maya's Ward skill, or similar skills benifit the Rough Rider? Or should you respec out of them if you plwn to use that shielf

The thing I don´t really like about roid shields is that they basically are the opposite of what you want to have as Zer0 who is one of only 2 melee characters in the game. He is just extremely squishy, is one of the only characters to never get a constant health regen effect from a skill(apart from innervate but that is only active while you are in deception which happens to be a skill that does only last 5 seconds and only can be prolonged with many must fall which is extremely hard to pull off at higher difficulties) and he also doesn´t get any damage resistance. There is only one skill that kicks in when his shield has run out and this skill again doesn´t benefit melee builds(it only boosts gun damage and rate of fire and no, it isn´t powerfull enough to justify using the rough rider). Zer0 would actually benefit a lot more if roid shields worked like amp shields, so they boost melee when they are fully charged rather than depleted. His melee kit is mostly about taking down the target in one strike and since one of his skills actually provides improved shields recharge rate upon killing any enemy(it is a mandatory skill anyways because it also provides improved action skill cooldown rate which is vital for most Zer0 builds) it would make for a really good synergy. Considering that Krieg, who synergizes a lot better with roid shields is a DLC character and wasn´t avalable when the game got released at first you´ve really gotta wonder what the devs were thinking when designing roid shields. On the other hand, you don´t need roid shields until TVHM where the entire scaling messes up your melee damage and so they probably didn´t even think about roid shields being a main damage source but rather as some kind of utility tool if you get swarmed by skags for example.

On 4 seperate occasions ive gotten the bee shield every time i killed the trees in the blood area of tiny tinas dlc easy to farm it there.

Loving the Impaler Shield with corrosive spikes

Damn, Hellborn Kreig looks like a lot of fun. I tried playing melee Kreig and got to about level 20 before I gave up out of frustration. Maybe I'll respec, re-gear, and give it another shot.

Good vid puma keep up the good work

Gaige has good synergy w/ the rough rider. It's called the Buck Up bug.

A modder helped me get op10 and dropped hundreds of all these shields on the ground so I had every shield on this list including some others like the easy mode

Comes to Video Goes to End Sees Antagonist at #1 "Alright, I'll watch this video. Puma knows."

I am a level 50 gunzerker and I use the sham with the a low level legendary and my poissant norfleet. I can basically get unlimited ammo and the fire rate on the norfleet is ridiculous. By far one of my favorites