Quote Originally Posted by Wolfe View Post
Personally, I prefer to have Protectra V fully merited, as well as Devotion (like you said, it's great being able to drop MP to a party member when they need it). When you look at the bonus you get between Protectra and Shellra, Protectra gets one more over Shellra, per.
Shell trumps protect easily by one thing. Shells is percentage base, protect is points based in a game where Defense means little. That and Physical attacks can't one-shot you, magical attacks can.