. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Even with magick evasion, shields never block status effect spells. Shield Block augments add +5% to both physical and magickal evasion per augment purchased (as long as the shield provides both; if a shield only offers physical evasion the augment boosts affect only that). Some enemies have Ignore Evasion as a passive ability, which makes using shields pointless. The player can gain the same ability by equipping the Cameo Belt. FFXII IZJS"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "List of Final Fantasy XII armor"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Even with magick evasion, shields never block status effect spells. Shield Block augments add +5% to both physical and magickal evasion per augment purchased (as long as the shield provides both; if a shield only offers physical evasion the augment boosts affect only that). Some enemies have Ignore Evasion as a passive ability, which makes using shields pointless. The player can gain the same ability by equipping the Cameo Belt. In the International Zodiac Job System version, shields can be equipped by Foebreakers, Knights, Red Battlemages, Shikari (up to Shield License 7), and Bushi (Genji Shield only). Also, the original Escutcheon no longer exists, and Ashe's initial shield has been replaced with a Buckler. FFXII IZJS"@en . . . . .