Shield Bash rune Minor Rune
Rune Inspect

Shield Bash

Whenever you gain a shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals bonus adaptive damage.

Resolve Tree Data Dragon 16.14.1
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Rune Effect

Whenever you gain a new shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals 5 - 30 (+2.5% Bonus Health) (+15.0% New Shield Amount) bonus adaptive damage.

You have up to 2s after the shield expires to use this effect.

Position in the Tree

TreeResolve
TypeMinor Rune
RowRow 2

Alternatives in the same row — picking Shield Bash means giving these up:

Best Champions With Shield Bash

From real ranked build data — win rate and games refer to the champion's build that includes Shield Bash.

Builds Featuring Shield Bash

About Shield Bash

Shield Bash is a minor rune in the Resolve tree of League of Legends. Its effect: Whenever you gain a shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals bonus adaptive damage. In the current patch it appears in real ranked builds for Nautilus, Viktor, Diana and 11 more champions — Nautilus’s Support build runs it at a 50.5% win rate across 401,033 games.

When picking it you give up Demolish and Font of Life from the same row, so the choice depends on your champion and matchup. Rune data comes from Riot’s Data Dragon (version 16.14.1) and champion usage is based on real ranked statistics, refreshed automatically.

Shield Bash — Rune Questions

Whenever you gain a shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals bonus adaptive damage.