Clash-of-clans – Is it possible to permanently disable your shield in Clash of Clans

It is a bit weird at first - the destruction of your base only yields a hunk of your resources being stolen. Repairing your base takes only a few seconds and costs very little.

The overall goal in the game is pretty murky. There are ever-increasing base upgrade goals to be met, which you will gain either by waiting for your own resources to collect, or more quickly by raiding other people's bases. Pride in your town's strength and building levels could thus be considered a major goal of the game.

However, I would argue that the overall goal is to rank highly in the player-vs-player leagues, which require you to amass tons of trophies by successfully attacking other bases or defending your own.

The automatic shield is deployed when certain conditions are met:

When 40% of your village or your Town Hall is destroyed in a raid, you will get a 12-hour shield. When 90% or more buildings are destroyed you will get a 16-hour shield instead (these two shields cannot be stacked together).

For the most part, you'll see shields deployed when you lose a battle, as opposed to a successful defense. There are some corner cases (ie, Town Hall intact and 40-49% of the buildings destroyed) where you can both win and get a shield.

As far as I know, there's only one raid allowed on your town at a time. Thus, if you trigger an automatic shield as a result of a raid, you should be granted immediate protection against further raids.