Is there a way to use weapon arts while holding a shield?

[Warm Fuzzies™]

Title. Am I just dumb, or is the only way to do so, to put the shield away first?

Like, I've got an Ash of War on my sword to imbue it with Holy damage, fits my Paladin playthrough nicely....but my god do I hate having to put my shield away first, use the Ash on my sword, bring my shield back out, then use the Ash on my shield for Barricade...

So much switching...

Bad design?

Or am I just super dumb and missing an easy way to do it without switching a bunch of times?

[Kazouie]

you need a shield that has no skill
or put the "no skill" ash of war on a shield

[Old Dragon]

I am pretty sure that your right hand weapon art will work if the shield does not have a weapon art.

[Warm Fuzzies™]

Originally posted by Kazouie:

you need a shield that has no skill
or put the "no skill" ash of war on a shield

Originally posted by Old Dragon:

I am pretty sure that your right hand weapon art will work if the shield does not have a weapon art.

Uhg...that is kinda dumb. So basically, if i want to use a non crap shield, Ive got to switch it in and out to use my main weapon art.

I never played past Souls games...were they like this as well? Seems like a dumb design choice to me.

w/e. guess i need to pump my endurance up a ton if I want to use a non barricade shield.

[PersonalC0ffee]

Originally posted by Kazouie:

you need a shield that has no skill
or put the "no skill" ash of war on a shield

I wouldn't have thought of this, thanks for the tip.

[Deadoon]

Originally posted by Warm Fuzzies™:

Uhg...that is kinda dumb. So basically, if i want to use a non crap shield, Ive got to switch it in and out to use my main weapon art.

I never played past Souls games...were they like this as well? Seems like a dumb design choice to me.

w/e. guess i need to pump my endurance up a ton if I want to use a non barricade shield.

Weapon arts were introduced in dks3, and yes you needed to use a shield with the "weapon art" ability on it in that game to use right hand weapon arts one handed.

Also, you can change the weapon art of your shield, unless it is a unique shield. The brass shield is basically a hybrid greatshield/medium shield in this regards. I've got one upgraded to +25 which has a nice 69 stability.

[skyrimemailtest]

The brass shield has not weapon art.

[Panokkio]

"no skill" ashes, story of my life