Stout Shield

Stout Shield was an item purchasable at the Base Shop, under Equipment.

Stout Shield

One man's wine barrel bottom is another man's shield.

Ability

Passive

Affects

Self

Grants the wielder a chance to block a fixed portion of physical attack damage.

Proc Chance: 50%

Blocked Damage: 20

Ranged wielders block less damage with the same proc chance.

Blocked Damage: 9

Damage Block uses pseudo-random distribution and has the following properties:
- When multiple different sources proc on the same attack, the one with a higher value takes priority. However, multiple sources of the same value stack multiplicatively.
- Does not work against damage from wards sources (e.g. Death Ward etc.).
- Does not reduce physical damage from abilities, except for these abilities.

Axe

Axe's high natural health regeneration combined with Stout Shield makes him much tougher in lane, especially after picking up another health regeneration item.

Spirit Breaker

Stout Shield's damage block keeps Spirit Breaker alive when charging into enemy lines, where he often takes damage from multiple sources.

Timbersaw

Reactive Armor still triggers after Stout Shield's damage block, making Timbersaw extremely resilient in lane.

Useful for tanking creep attacks as a melee hero, and more effective than a Ring of Protection against enemy physical attacks in the early game.

In The Lab, a VR game by Valve, there are some Bendie soldiers who wield Stout Shields in the minigame Longshot, along with other Dota 2 weapons like Axe's war axe, Huskar's spear and Legion Commander's sword.