Besides the ideas put forth already, from fighting in the SCA there were three methods of dealing with a shield, besides brute force or lightning speed

1.3.1|snap=12w21a|Shears can now be [[trading|bought]] from farmer [[villager]]s for 3 [[emerald]]s each.}}

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Enhanced Power boost your damage output on all situations. It is also essential for some range weapon breakpoints. https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory--porkchop Taking Inventory: Porkchop] – Minecraft.net on February 13, 2020 When shears are used to break [[Weeping Vines|weeping vines]] or [[Twisting Vines|twisting vines]] they are guaranteed to drop in item form instead of the usual 33% chance. This only applies to vines directly broken by shears and not vines that are broken due to the destruction of their supporting vines. When using Cunning Heartrune of Stoneform, or other variants, you should save this for times where you are stunned

Trollhammer Torpedo is an emergency horde clear/patrol delete/monster control tool. Its ammo count is very low, so unless you found an ammo box use it sparely.Take advantage of down time to charge your heartrune. For instance if you are far away you might as well continue to try 1.18|snap=21w37a|Shears can now stop [[cave vines]], [[kelp]], [[weeping vines]], and [[twisting vines]] from aging.}} Hammer*: use it for staggering high density or mauler/sv mixing in the horde, killing CW/multiple SV