Talk:Shields/@comment-208.201.250.2-20150413021307/@comment-86.34.145.78-20151015132355

No it's not. You just have to use the shields smart. I broke into top 10 many times, and managed to win a couple of times, with only one 166 character, and others below. In my opinion shields are useful in 2 situations:

1. There are 3 hours/8 hours/ 1 day left, and you have a decent highscore and you want to maintain the position. You use a shield so you won't lose points for the remainder of the event.

2. You want a certain reward from the event's LADDER rewards (not the final one). You can't reach 800 or 1000 points in one run, because eventually people will start to tackle you. So you need 2 or 3 steps. You use shields so you can maintain your score and continue from there.