Diablo II/Shields

A character can equip one shield, and they occupy 2x2, 2x3 or 2x4 inventory or stash space when not equipped:

Equipping some shields incurs a penalty to walk/run speed:

Every shield has a base Chance to Block, to which a class bonus is added:

This results in the following Chances to Block:

Shields can also be used to inflict damage by a Paladin using Smite.

Affixes
Maximum Required Level (RLvl) for any magic or rare shield is 58 (maximum Affix Level (ALvL) 65).

The maximum bonuses available for magic and rare shields are summarized below. There are 10 prefix groups:

There are 12 suffix groups: