Quick Q on pen and shields....

taco_suave

With the shield changes in Murkmire, does penetration now affect shields like Hardened Ward, since the shields now have resistances applied? Or does pen not affect shields and spell/weapon damage and crits the way to get through them?

Thanks!

macsmooth

I believe it still doesn’t effect shields like sharpened doesn’t effect shields still but I could be wrong

MashmalloMan

Your shields now behave the same way your health does. So yeah, debuffs like major/minor fracture. Penetration. Crits. Status effects. Everything.

Oblivion dmg still passes through shields and hits your max hp - I think

Bleeds ignore resists, but still have to get through shields.

Shields effectively just increase your max health.