I'm assuming it counts as a Tower Shield, what with the lower block rate/higher block percentage.

I also feel like once I trade out Valor pants for Noct pants, the extra accuracy will be needed for coil. Stuff I won't get from Holy Shield Animus, though the holy shield won't cost soldiery.

I haven't heard much good stuff about tower shields. It seems like anything that isn't a kite shield is frowned upon.

So I'm curious what other people think of it/if any testing has been done with it.

For those few tanks who skipped out on the Noct body and opted for the shield instead.