I decided to go for it to skip upgrading my Holy Shield, it makes sure that you take advantage of Bulwark when it's up because of the 3 to 1 nearly Block Strength. For all PLDs that are going to do Atmas or not, I'm not going to myself, I would suggest getting it since it seems to be the best shield of it's type that you can get at the time, better than Allagan Round Shield at the least, you lost some block rate for a lot of block strength, and blocking more often is nice, but not when it barely gives any reduction at that point and how most fights Pacify won't work or will get an immunity too quickly.