i feel way more comfortable since i got the wave shield. less spiky in dmg inc, nevertheless which content i play (bosses or srs farming myth at bray). i tested all 3 shields (weathered noct, atma/animus and wave shield), i've no parses to offer to show you the real numbers, but it def. feels like the dmg inc is more steady than spiky. for me, the noct shield got only one pro: with bulwark up its basicly like another sentinel, which could be nice at hard hitting abilities (like death sentence back then at t5 or maybe at t9 - dunno for sure, since i'm at t8 atm)