Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-12830887-20130915001300/@comment-17363104-20131001140918

If I wanted to get past someone's shield, I wouldn't want to scare them, because that would make them instinctively make the shield stronger. When someone's afraid they always get more defensive.

I would try to find a way around or through the shield, rather then break it. Breaking someone's shield would take a lot more energy than just finding a way around it. Finding a little gap (and there's always at least one, no matter how skilled the shield-caster is.) and sneaking in through there would probably be my preferred way to get through a shield.

Once you're through the shield, you can pretty much do whatever you want, attack-wise.