QUOTE(Here Come Dat Boi @ Feb 14 2025, 23:05)

For 1H melee, what's the most optimal shield? Assume SDE Peerless Ruby Force Shield of Protection/Warding? Doesn't seem like it makes a huge difference besides SDE.
For prefix, the lowest mitigation one is preferred. But actually it doesn't matter much.
For suffix, protection is good.
I'm not sure if warding is good for melee, since you kills much slower, but protection is always good for shield.
In ISK tower's high floor, I always silence everything.
I'd say it looks like useless for me. So, warding ≈ nothing for me
If you're not considering the ultimate final set for melee.
Any force shield with high block roll is good