As of 7 April 2024, the Ancient Shield is no longer the "best" Shield for a Mage. The title is now held by the Bonka's Barrier which provides 3 Control and 6 Spellpower. For all current content, HP and DEF is irrelevant for Mages. However Smithing is still important for Mages as Ancient Gauntlets are still the best gloves for Mages (though it is just for HP and DEF).
Sad thing for me was i got banned due to RWT thing, which is I didn't, I've never been doing that kind of thing in my entire life, i have many items in that account idk why they ban it, i hope it was only a accidentally involved
now I do respect this guy but the fact that this would probably take like a week non-stop grinding without sleep but if you homehow manage to do that congrats: 1 you are officially addicted to this game , 2 you have no life and 3 you got a "useful" skil IN 1 GAME!!!