The Divine Protector: PLD Guide 2025

Point your attention to the shield size part of this page. Block rate and % of damage blocked is huge.

Ochain 90
* 40 DEF
* no shield skill
* 60% damage reduction on block
* 108% proc rate with skill
* Converts 25% of blocked damage to MP
* Net DT reduction = 60%

Duban stage 2
* 145 DEF
* 125 shield skill
* 60% damage reduction on block
* ~138% proc rate with skill
* 15% MDTII
* 25 MEva
* Net DT reduction = 60%

Srivatsa
* 150 DEF / HP / MP
* 129 Shield Skill
* 75% damage reduction on block
* 80% proc rate with skill
* 15 Enmity
* 8% DT
* 5% Annuls damage
* Net DT reduction = 1 - (1 - 0.75 * 0.8) * (1 - 0.05) = 62%



The true proc rate varies based on your attacker's combat skill, which is why it's valuable to have a nominally >100% proc rate. It's also nice to have 100% of hits be blocked for consistency reasons (no spikes) and to reduce interruptions, although people tend to use SIRD sets now. Also, Shield Defense Bonus (maybe 2 damage off each hit) applies to any block equally. As soon as Srivatsa's proc rate drops below 77% (any real content) it has less net DT than the other two shields, although 5% of its damage reduction is pretty unique and works when you're turned around.

You can see that Duban stage 2 blows the other options out of the water in any endgame tanking situation. Aegis is better than it for magic damage.

Stage2 also has the Slowly devours your soul: -1hp and -1mp per tic. Its really good for most PLD content since you can't be slept and with majesty can wake the rest of the party as needed.

Aegis handles most of PLDs endgame and Stage2 Duban handles the rest.

I do use Srivatsa for kiting in Sortie and casting majesty protect.

I see you list things like MEVA on Duban at rank 2 but I don't understand where that comes from. The rank 2 shield only has defense and shield skill on it. Are the other stats hidden?

That's stage3, not stage2.

Stage2 is +118 shield skill, big size shield and ilvl. Stage2 compared to stage3 lacks the def, mdt and meva.

Stage 2 gives it the same base block rate as ochain (>108~%) but also adds 118 shield skill so its even higher than ochains block rate, with +100 def ontop of that thus replacing it almost entirely unless you wanted the mp conversion