whats the best shield

[Blondin]

A shield's hit points represent its protection against all types of damage, whereas armour is only effective against weapons which do not have bonus against shields.

If your shield has high armour, it will endure a lot of hits from swords (for example), but, if you want a shield that resists axes, the more hit points, the better, since weapons with bonus against shields ignore armour.

There were many discussion about this, and last one was that weapons that have bonus against shield double the damage but doesn't ignore armor, that's why a guy with 13 shield skill have an indestructible shield (against any type of weapon).

But anyway, the most hit point a shield have the more resistant it will be