Recently one of my neighbours got banned. Currently Im attacking him because he posses 3 crystals, but now 1 tick before the strike it says he's shielded. how long will this shield last?

12 ticks. Or at least for how long he/she charged it for.

But isnt he supposed to be banned? He didnt activate it when he was unbanned, he already has been banned for 20+ ticks. It looks like some automatic protection that protects banned players

hmm... ive never heard of a banned player having some kind of protection over his castle i mean they got banned so if they get conquered thats their problem they did break the rules so i dont see why the admins might give them the benefit of being protected but maybe youre right arby it is possible

Yeah never seen it before. cant imagine an admin giving him the benefit because he had 6 multi accounts, all in one top30 alliance. that seems like some pretty serious offence

Maybe he charged it before he got banned? There's an auto-shield feature available; the shield is activated once hostile squads come within one tick of your colony.

yea thats probably it mmcm it makes the most sense out of this whole thing

same, thts the only way he could have got it. it will last 12 ticks or less.