Aldor's Tower Shield
The Aldor's Tower Shield is an Uncommon artifact in Symphony of War.
Stats
| Stats | |
|---|---|
MHP 
|
0 |
ARM 
|
+10 |
STR  |
0 |
MAG 
|
0 |
SKL 
|
-5 |
| CAP | +2 |
Effect: -15% damage taken from Archery attacks.
Strategies
Aldor's Tower Shield offers one of the best DEF bonuses relative to it's cost, capacity, and rarity.
It's a useful addition to a squad that will be in the line of fire from any physical threat, and scales vary well with other +Def or +%DR artifacts. It can even enable 1 otherwise squishy archer in the middle of a bulky squad to out damage entire enemy archer squads when under fire, gaining back Morale while getting free chip damage.
It's also one of the few +DEF artifacts that can be a big help on frail squads (like full archer squads), given how effective it is at stopping the comparatively low damage output of enemy archers, particularly when sieging other archer squads on top of walls or forts.
This help on frail units can also often mean the difference between a healer hanging on by a thread or dying outright.