Talk:Aura/@comment-28257386-20140717050620/@comment-28257386-20140717140822

While that was very insightful and intuitive, it didn't really answer my original question, which was what is the point of creating a Aura shield when it already protects you. Also, I just realized the answer when looking back at my post. An Aura shield acts like an actual shield by taking the brunt of the attack in a minimized area while the rest of your body is unaffected. It's like the diff between taking a sidekick to the stomach versus taking a it to the arm when you block it. If Ren had taken the fang attack as is rather than block it, he would have gotten stunned from the force and it would have opened him up for a follow-up attack.