Is there an item that counter shields? If not, why isn't there?
The title says it all.
EDIT - Not sure why there are downvotes! Come in and explain why it would be a bad idea instead!
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You know a shield penetration/scouring keystone would have been interesting...
Because it would be extremely unhealthy?
Well, shield is just temporary health gain. There are 2 counters to shields. Damage and patience.
Cause then shielding champs would be countered and never played ever?[sg-lux-2]
They mentioned they're considering adding an item that counters shield stacking.
I'm assuming you mean shields like Sion's Soul Furnace, Lulu's "Help Pix!" and things like the overheal on The BloodThirster, rather than shields to projectiles like Braum's Unbreakable, and Yasuo's Wind Wall.
The real reason is because Riot doesn't think the game needed something like that. Basically, the main weakness of these abilities in the first place is because they're temporary, anyway. The counter for them is to wait until they wear off, then burst people down. I mean, could you imagine, if you had Quints that allow you to ignore shields, how pointless Tahm Kench as a champion would be?
There are just too many champions where these shields play too integral a part in their gameplay that you really can't do a shield penetration perk unless it's too weak to matter, without massively pairing down the usable champion pool.
I know Ardent Censor meta was (and still kinda is) annoying, but, trust me, it would be worse for the game to kill it... at least, that's my opinion on the matter.