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Normally a best case for this is +10 to AC from stats, for the +8 to +10 from armor and shield. This is on par for baseline, but it means they cannot benefit from magic armor or shield boni or enhancement features that work only with them, and have to find alternatives, like Dual Wielder.

Normally a best case for this is +10 to AC from stats, for the +8 to +10 from armor and shield. This is on par for baseline, but it means they cannot benefit from magic armor or shield bonus or enhancement features that work only with them, and have to find alternatives, like Dual Wielder.

• Artificers get infusions on level 2. This adds +1 AC for infusing your shield with Enhanced Defense. You can get more because you cannot use the same infusion more than once.¹

• Artificers get infusions on level 2. This adds +1 AC for infusing your shield with Enhanced Defense. You cannot get more because you cannot use the same infusion more than once.¹

• Artificers get infusions on level 2. This adds +1 AC for infusing your shield with Enhanced Defense. You get +2 once you are a 10th level artificer, at which point it would NOT add +1 more AC because you cannot use the same infusion more than once, so you can't also infuse your armor instead of using Blessing of the Forge.¹

• Artificers get infusions on level 2. This adds +1 AC for infusing your shield with Enhanced Defense. You can get more because you cannot use the same infusion more than once.¹