In a rough place like Pandora, you are going to need protection and Shields protect you in Borderlands 2. Shields have the regeneration capacity so if you are being shot from all directions, you can get to cover and take a breather. In this guide, we will talk about all the usable Borderlands 2 Shields.
Borderlands 2 Shields
How fast your shield regenerates will depend on the type of shield being used. Some shields also provide protection against the elemental damage as an additional functionality. All manufacturers except for Jakob’s cranks are there to provide these protective barriers in the game.
For more help on Borderlands 2, read our Legendary Weapons, Grenades and Relics Guide.
Common Shields
Standard
- A normal type with no particular specialty.
- Manufacturer: Tediore
Roid
- It increases the melee damage when it’s depleted.
- Manufacturer: Bandit
Turtle
- The health is sacrificed to give a boost to the shield capacity. Not fair? Well, in the battle, it looks like to be fair.
- Manufacturer: Pangolin
Booster
- It is able to deploy booster packs that can refill it.
- Manufacturer: Dahl
Absorption
- It can absorb bullets and later use them as reserves.
- Manufacturer: Vladof
Amplify
- If the shield is fully charged, it will add power to your next gunshot that can do some extra damage.
- Manufacturer: Hyperion
Adaptive
- The elemental resistance of the shield is changed to the elemental damage taken at the last.
- Manufacturer: Anshin
Explosive Spike
- It can damage the opponents nearby through explosion.
- Manufacturer: Torgue
Explosive Nova
- The shield will be depleted in the form of an explosion when it’s not full.
- Manufacturer: Torgue
Elemental Spike
- The enemies in the close proximity receive elemental damage by the shield.
- Manufacturer: Maliwan
Elemental Nove
- The shield will cause an elemental blast when it is depleted.
- Manufacturer: Maliwan
Maylay
- While it is depleted, you get a specific amount of roid damage added to you melee attacks.
- Manufacturer: Bandits and Scavs
Rare Shields
1340 Shield
You have the chance to absorb enemy bullets that will be added to your backpack.
- Location: Out of Body Experience.
- Manufacturer: Vladof
Aequita
First, you get 10% additional ‘Fight for your life’ time duration for one Aequitas or Veritas in your party. You also get the chance to absorb the enemy bullets that will be stored in your backpack.
- Location: Clan Wars: Wakey Wakey
- Manufacturer: Vladof
Order
Melee damage dealt will also heal you if the law is in your hands. When the shield is depleted, it will get you extra roid damage.
- Location: BFFs
- Manufacturer: Bandit
Pot O’ Gold
When hit, the Pot O’ Gold will drop money bundles worth $1 each
- Location: Clan Wars: End of the Rainbow
- Manufacturer: Bandit
Deadly Boom
When your shield or health is depleted, it will release an explosive nova blast.
- Location: The Overlooked: This is Just a Test
- Manufacturer: Torgue
Love Thumper
When the shield is depleted, the melee attacks will get you additional roid damage. The shield has extremely long recharge delay.
- Location: Best Mother’s Day Ever
- Manufacturer: Bandit
Captain Blade’s Manly Man Shield
This shield seems like just a regular shield, except it is much more vulnerable to elemental attacks.
- Location: Message In A Bottle (Wurmwater)
- Manufacturer: Torgue
The Rough Rider
The Rough Rider shield as 0 shield capacity, and the wearer will benefit from all the ‘when shields are depleted’ effects, as long as they don’t equip another shield. The effects which activate when shield is at full do not work if The Rough Rider is equipped.
- Location: The Bulwark in Hunter’s Grotto can drop it.
- Manufacturer: Jakobs
Cracked Sash
The Cracked Sash shield comes with a very low shield capacity, coupled with a fast recharge speed and super low recharge delay; which ranges from 1.48 seconds to 0.98 seconds.
- Location: Chubby enemies of Super Badass Varkids can drop it.
- Manufacturer: Tediore
Legendary Shields
Flame of the Firehawk
It will continuously fire nova blasts when it’s depleted. It must be fully recharged between the successive nova blasts.
- Location: Cult Following: The Enkindling
- Manufacturer: Maliwan
The Transformer
You have the chance to absorb the enemy bullets which go to your backpack.
- Location: Pimon, Wildlife Exploitation Preserve
- Manufacturer: Vladof
The Bee
When the shield is fully charged, you will get extra amp damage in your next shot.
- Location: This Just In
- Manufacturer: Hyperion
The Sham
You get a chance to drop an IED booster when it’s damaged.
- Location: BNK3R
- Manufacturer: Vladof
Fabled Tortoise
The movement speed is increased when it’s depleted.
- Location: ‘Safe and Sound’ – Blue, Caustic Caverns
- Manufacturer: Pangolin
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Just like the sham, you get a chance to drop an IED Booster when damaged.
- Location: Chubby Enemies
- Manufacturer: Dahl
Black Hole
It releases a shock nova blast when the shield is depleted.
- Location: Hell Hath No Fury
- Manufacturer: Maliwan
Neogenator
You get the same elemental resistance equivalent to the damage taken in the last hit. It will also regenerate your health, and the health regeneration rate is increased.
- Location: Monster Mash: Part 3 – Zed’s Abomination
- Manufacturer: Anshin
Impaler
When you are taking damage with bullets, it will launch corrosive homing spikes.
- Location: The Talon of God – Second Target
- Manufacturer: Maliwan
Hide of Terramorphous
This shield is like a fusion of the Maylay, Fire Nova, and Fire Spike shields. It grants a significant roid damage increase.
- Location: Terramorphous the Invincible, in Terramorphous Peak can drop it.
- Manufacturer: Bandits
The Cradle
This shield causes an explosion; releasing explosive nova, when it is depleted.
- Location: Henry, in The Highlands can drop it.
- Manufacturer: Tediore
Seraph Shields
Antagonist
Enemy bullets bounce off the Antagonist shield, and it boosts damage to enemies close by. When damage is inflicted onto it, it throws homing balls of slags at the enemy. It has increased shield capacity, innate damage reduction, low recharge relay, and fast recharge rate.
- Location: The Seraph Vendor in Flamerock Refuge can trade it.
- Manufacturer: Maliwan
Big Boom Blaster
The Big Boom Blaster features a very high chance to drop boosters. The boosters also have the ability to restore rocket and grenade ammo.
- Location: In True Vault Hunter/Normal modes, The Seraph Vendor in the Badass Crater of Badassitude can trade it. In Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode, Pyro Pete the Invincible can drop it.
- Manufacturer: Torgue
Blockade
The Blockade shield is very well-rounded. It doesn’t have any exceptional stats, but it has very well-balanced stats overall. It grants decent damage reducation to the wearer.
- Location: The Ancient Dragons of Destruction can drop it.
- Manufacturer: Anshin
Evolution
The Evolution shield has low shield capacity, high elemental resistance, and it grants increases maximum health, and health regeneration. As the shield is damaged, health regeneration is boosted.
- Location: The Seraph Vendor in Oasis sells it.
- Manufacturer: Anshin
Hoplite
The Hoplite shield has high shield capacity, with it increasing for each user in the party using a Hoplite.
- Location: In True Vault Hunter and Normal mode. the Seraph Vendor in the Badass Crater of Badassitude trades it. In Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode, Pete the Invincible drops it.
- Manufacturer: Pangolin
Pun-chee
The Pun-chee shield has high capacity, roid damage and recharge rate, plus low recharge delay. It works well with classes which use melee a lot.
Location: The Seraph Vendor in the Badass Crator of Badassitude trades it.
Manufacturer: Bandits
Sponge
The Sponge shield features high capacity and a chance to absorb bullets.
- Location: The Seraph Vendor in the Badass Crator of Badassitude trades it.
- Manufacturer: Vladof
