But look at Green Crescent Heater Shield that comes right after it in shop, it wasn't nerfed, even buffed. These 2 shields looked a lot like each other in stats, doesn't make sense.
Yeah, being inconsistent with looks + stats is odd, but all that was thrown out the wayside once shield weights were increased from native levels.
I made a suggestion to buff the green crescent since it still looked pretty useless. Brown lion heater imo already had too much hp, should've been closer to 320-340 (cowarded out at scratched it off at the last minute). I could understand frustration about the shield being different now, but I wouldn't agree that it's nerfed to the ground since the weight was more than halved and speed increased by 4. Based on its armour, coverage, and weight, Hp would be better at 270 - 280, but that's just nitpicky.
I like the stats of the tweaked shields, but my apprehension about it with the increased difficulty of the knightly kite shield came through. Unlike the bucklers which seem like dueling shields, the kite shields are more anti-archer / chase-down, not meant to soak up a ton of melee hits.