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Aetherial Shield
Skyrim Armor
Dawnguard
Enemies struck by this shield become ethereal for 15 seconds, making them unable to attack or be attacked.
28
armor
Base rating26
Heavy Armor 15×1.06
Aetherial Shield is a unique heavy shield in Skyrim, with a base armor rating of 26. Its rating scales with the Heavy Armor skill and with tempering at a workbench. It was added by the Dawnguard expansion.
It carries a built-in enchantment and cannot be enchanted further. The Deflect Arrows and Elemental Protection perks boost it.
Aetherial Shield Builds
Jump into the character build planner with this piece already equipped, tempered and skilled as you set it here, then build perks and the rest of your loadout around it.
Create a build with Aetherial ShieldStats
interactive
28
armor
Base rating26
Heavy Armor 15×1.06
2000
12
improve · Fine
Heavy Armor skill
0
1
5
Smithing skill
0
2
0
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