I played a Blade spec BM on MLF years and years ago (Stonecutters!) and recently started playing again here on Phoenix. I leveled a VW to 50 and am starting to level up another BM. I was planning on going with a similar Blades/CD spec that I was used to, but I keep seeing all of these Shield spec BMs. Shield was never considered viable years ago, what's changed? If I want to use a shield, wouldn't Hero or Champion be better? I'm genuinely curious. Can someone enlighten me? Is there something about Phoenix that makes Shield spec more viable and why would I use a BM instead of a Hero or Champion?