Medium shield: Either brass (highest guard boost) or Carian (high phys and magic resistances, good stability);

Shoes Anti-wrinkle（3 Pairs), Shoe Crease Protectors for Shoes Anti-wrinkle（3 Pairs), Shoe

Passive stamina regeneration bonus (+8%) while in use. This passive remains active if you're two-handing your main weapon. My biggest issue with the shoe shield is that I had to adjust my setup, my seat had to be raised a tiny amount and the position of my cleats slightly adjusted. Finding the perfect setup again for me took a fair amount of time. Maybe that’s not the case for you, but I’m quite particular about my setup.

Heavy shield: Jellyfish (boost att% only when not two-handed), Fingerprint (highest guard boost), Icon (hp regen when not two-handed). Visage and one eyed if you ever wish to deal damage, or ant's skull if you want best deflection. Erdtree can deflect spells, but it's meant to go in pvp. Very light for a Medium Shield, has low requirements, while still having 100% physical negation and decent Guard Boost. An ideal earlygame selection for many characters. After using the Crankbrothers Shoe Shields for a few months I’m quite satisfied. The shields are still in great shape, but more importantly the soles are well protected. You can see where the pedals were rubbing against the Shoe Shields but there aren't signs of the pedals digging in to the shields, so it works as expected. Has the best Guard Boost among Medium Shields, but is also the heaviest and requires significant Strength investment. When selecting a Shield players need to factor in many things including; Requirements, Weight, Guard Boost, and the Damage Reductions of the Shield.