- Win Rate
- 50.3%
- Pick Rate
- 5.6%
Shield Bash Rune Effect & Numbers
- Patch
- 26.20
- Games with rune
- 55,815
- Lane
- All Lanes
- Tier
- All Tiers
- Last Updated
- Oct 19, 2026 UTC
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
You have up to 2s after the shield expires to use this effect.
- Rune tree
- Resolve · Row 1
- Win Rate
- 50.3%−0.3 vs row avg
- Pick Rate
- 5.6%
- Best champion
- Yone · 57.1%
- Most played by
- Nautilus
- Main lane
- Top · 40%
How Shield Bash works
Resolve · Row 1Shield Bash: gaining a new shield empowers your next attack on a champion to deal 5–30 (+2.5% bonus health, +15% of the shield) bonus adaptive damage.
- You have up to 2 seconds after the shield expires to use the empowered attack.
- Larger shields mean more damage, so champions with strong or frequent self-shields get the most out of it.
- Fits tanks and enchanters who shield in nearly every trade, including shields from items and allies.
Same row in Resolve:
Demolish
Font of Life
More Resolve runes:
Shield Bash numbers by level
Patch 26.20Base values of Shield Bash at champion levels 1, 5, 9, 13 and 18. AP, AD and health scaling is listed in the last column.
| Value | Lv 1 | Lv 5 | Lv 9 | Lv 13 | Lv 18 | Scaling |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adaptive damage | 5 | 10.9 | 16.8 | 22.6 | 30 | +2.5% bonus health, +15% of the new shield |
Values between level 1 and level 18 are interpolated linearly from the tooltip's range.
Shield Bash calculator
Set your level and stats to see exactly what Shield Bash gives you.
Your champion
| Adaptive damage | 16.8 |
Level-scaled values are interpolated linearly between the level 1 and level 18 values.
Is Shield Bash good in Patch 26.20?
Patch 26.20Shield Bash is situational this patch: a 50.3% win rate over 55,815 games, so take it on the champions that use it best. That is 0.3 points below the average of its row (50.6%).
- Tier
- B
- Win Rate
- 50.3%vs row −0.3
- Pick Rate
- 5.6%
- Games with rune
- 55,815Large sample
Best lanes for Shield Bash
All ranksShield Bash is played mostly in Top (40% of games). It wins most in Jungle at 51.8%.
| Lane | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Share | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 50.1% | 11.3% | 40% | 22,500 |
| Support | 49.6% | 9.1% | 33% | 18,243 |
| Mid | 51.5% | 5.5% | 20% | 11,067 |
| Jungle | 51.8% | 1.1% | 4% | 2,283 |
| ADC | 49.7% | 0.8% | 3% | 1,694 |
Best champions for Shield Bash
All ranksYone leads with a 57.1% win rate with Shield Bash; 33 champions take it this patch.
Shield Bash win rate by game length
Shield Bash is strongest early: 50.0% in games of 25 minutes or less vs 50.0% after 35.
Runes paired with Shield Bash
On the best rune pages that include Shield Bash, Overgrowth shows up most (60% of pages).
Who takes Shield Bash
Tank champions account for 57% of Shield Bash games.
- Tank · 57%
- Fighter · 32%
- Mage · 8%
- Support · 2%
- Marksman · 0%
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Shield Bash FAQ – Patch 26.20
What does Shield Bash do in League of Legends?
Shield Bash: gaining a new shield empowers your next attack on a champion to deal 5–30 (+2.5% bonus health, +15% of the shield) bonus adaptive damage. It is in the Resolve tree (Row 1).
What are Shield Bash's exact numbers?
Shield Bash: 5–30 adaptive damage. It has no cooldown.
Is Shield Bash good in Patch 26.20?
It is situational: a 50.26% win rate over 55,815 games in Patch 26.20, so it pays off mainly on the champions that use it best. It is B tier on the rune tier list. That is 0.3 points below its row's average of 50.6%.
Which champions should take Shield Bash?
By win rate with the rune: Yone (Mid), Yone (Top), Shen (Jungle). Yone leads at 57.1% over 828 games. Most played with it: Nautilus (Support), Shen (Top), Viktor (Mid). Tank champions make up 57% of its games.
Shield Bash vs Font of Life: which is better?
On the same champions, Shield Bash wins 0.7 points more often than Font of Life (across 12 champion-lane pairs). Across all games: Shield Bash 50.3%, Font of Life 51.2%.
Is Shield Bash better early or late?
Early: Shield Bash wins 50.0% of games that end by 25 minutes but 50.0% of games past 35.