Holy Shield

Holy Shield is a powerful buff that blocks the next incoming instance of damage entirely, regardless of how much damage the attack would have dealt. Once the shield absorbs one hit, it is consumed. Holy Shield does not stack in the traditional sense but can be reapplied, and it blocks a single attack of any magnitude.

Holy Shield is most valuable against enemies with massive single-hit attacks, where a normal Shield stack would be overwhelmed. Blocking a 50-damage boss attack with a single Holy Shield charge is far more efficient than stacking 50 points of regular Shield. However, Holy Shield is wasteful against rapid multi-hit enemies, since it only blocks one hit regardless of how small that hit is. Paladin and holy-themed builds commonly generate Holy Shield, and it is one of the strongest defensive tools available for surviving boss encounters with telegraphed high-damage abilities.