Bivald of the Thorn vs Shieldguard

Overall comparison

HERO	Fraction	Element	Type	Rarity	Aura
Bivald of the Thorn	The Sacred Order	Spirit	HP	Legendary	HP 28% Place: All battles
Shieldguard	Barbarians	Spirit	Defence	Uncommon	-

Stats comparison

HERO	LVL	STARS	HP	ATK	DEF	SPD	C.RATE	C.DMG	RESIST	ACC
Bivald of the Thorn	60	6	22470	903	1178	98	15	50	50	10
Shieldguard	60	6	15360 -7110	705 -198	1024 -154	89 -9	15	50	30 -20	0 -10

Skills comparison

Bivald of the Thorn	Thorn Maul Formula: 0.25HP Formula: 0.15DEALT_DMG Attacks 1 enemy. Has a 30% chance of placing a [Provoke] debuff for 1 turn. Also heals the ally with the lowest HP by 15% of the damage inflicted. The [Provoke] debuff can be placed even if this attack lands as a weak hit. Provoke	Admonition of Barbs Formula: 0.15HP Formula: 0.15HP Attacks all enemies 2 times. The first hit has a 75% chance of placing a [Provoke] debuff for 1 turn. The second hit has a 75% chance of placing a [Leech] debuff for 2 turns. Also places a 25% [Strengthen] buff on this Champion for 2 turns. The [Leech] and [Provoke] debuffs can be placed even if this attack lands as weak hits. Cooldown: 4 Leech Strengthen Provoke	Briar Nexus Formula: 0.25HP(1+0.05TRG_DEBUFF_COUNT) Formula: 0.2DEALT_DMG Attacks all enemies. Damage increases by 5% for each debuff on each enemy. Also heals all allies by 20% of the damage inflicted and places a [Shield] buff on them for 2 turns equal to 20% of the damage inflicted. Cooldown: 5 Shield	Dethorned [P] Formula: -0.15*DMG_MUL Decreases the damage taken by all allies from enemies under [Provoke] debuffs by 15%.
Shieldguard	Uppercut Formula: 4*DEF Attacks 1 enemy. Has a 30% chance of placing a 15% [Decrease SPD] debuff for 2 turns. Damage inflicted is proportional to DEF. Decrease SPD 15%	Battle Stance Formula: 3.4DEF Formula: 0.2MAX_STAMINA Attacks all enemies. Fills this Champion's Turn Meter by 20% on each critical hit. Damage inflicted is proportional to DEF. Cooldown: 4	Mighty Soul [P] Removes one debuff from this Champion each turn. Cooldown: 1	-