Best stock shield?

[Spike]

I know repuataion shields the best, but I'm not there yet (working on them) so what's the "strongest" shield I can buy on the market? Something that I can use until I get a reputation shields?

[HK714]

I feel that Covariant are the "best non-rep" shields.

[Running-Target]

The [Shield Array] has balanced stats compared to the three below.
The [Covariant Shield Array] has a 10% higher maximum capacity, but 25% slower regeneration rate.
The [Regenerative Shield Array] has a 25% faster regeneration rate, but 10% lower maximum capacity.
The [Resilient Shield Array] has 5% lower capacity and regeneration, but allows for 5% absorption and 5% bleedthrough, as opposed to the normal 10% bleedthrough.

There are other bonus mods that you need to look at to help your build.

Try the gear sets from episode rewards while you work on grinding rep.

some Reputation gear can wait or not important.

Read here > https://sto.gamepedia.com/Ship_Shields

[OldMemes.biz]

I hate to be "that guy," but which works best for you is dependent on boff abilities, passives, skills, traits, yada yada...

[Wisecasper]

Just play with the shield that comes with the ship or R&D some until you get a VR quality , all the episode missions are easy before you get to lvl 50 anyway :-).

[Firewalk]

Of the standard drop shields I like resilient shields. Less bleedthrough is never a bad thing and traits and whatnot can make up for low capacity/regen.