Can you use ashes of war abilities with a shield

[Viper]

I can seem to use my weapons ash of war..only if I unequip my shield.

[Geist]

Originally posted by Viper:

I can seem to use my weapons ash of war..only if I unequip my shield.

There is a no skill ash of war for shields that will allow it.

[ɸ It That Dwells ɸ]

There's an ash of war that's "No Skill", and when you equip it to a shield, or you use a shield without a skill, you default to using the ash of war in your right hand instead of your left.

[Guillaume]

If you want to use your weapon's ash of war, your shield needs to have no ash of war skill of its own. Parry on a weapon will also override any of other skill you would have on another weapon on the other hand.

[Psychic]

Originally posted by ɸ Keeper M'thi'ria ɸ:

There's an ash of war that's "No Skill", and when you equip it to a shield, or you use a shield without a skill, you default to using the ash of war in your right hand instead of your left.

This.

[Viper]

Originally posted by Geist:

Originally posted by Viper:

I can seem to use my weapons ash of war..only if I unequip my shield.

There is a no skill ash of war for shields that will allow it.

So I have to use only a weapon till get that and abandon my shield. That doesn't seem like a good decision on there part.

[Rusty_The_Robot]

I don't know where I got it, but I have a shield with no skill, so having that equipped allows me to use my weapon's art.

[Psychic]

Originally posted by Viper:

Originally posted by Geist:

There is a no skill ash of war for shields that will allow it.

So I have to use only a weapon till get that and abandon my shield. That doesn't seem like a good decision on there part.

Or change to dual hand mode, then you will be able to use the ash and keep the shield (on your back).

[ɸ It That Dwells ɸ]

Originally posted by Viper:

Originally posted by Geist:

There is a no skill ash of war for shields that will allow it.

So I have to use only a weapon till get that and abandon my shield. That doesn't seem like a good decision on there part.

There are many shields that have "No Skill", and you can acquire the ash of war "No Skill" extremely early in the game to apply it to almost any shield you want.

[Juno Brier]

The Ash of War for "No Skill", luckily, is available early on, in Limgrave.
Somewhere on the road heading east from Stormveil Castle is the Warmaster Shack, the dude inside sells it.

[Red Phantom]

Originally posted by Viper:

Originally posted by Geist:

There is a no skill ash of war for shields that will allow it.

So I have to use only a weapon till get that and abandon my shield. That doesn't seem like a good decision on there part.

You can get it almost immediately from the Warmaster dude. Try looking around. You can get it before you even have a decent shield to use it on or weapon to use a skill with.

[Target]

use the no skill ash on your shield or just 2 hand when you want to use your weapons ash of war.

[Pyro Penguin]

Originally posted by Viper:

Originally posted by Geist:

There is a no skill ash of war for shields that will allow it.

So I have to use only a weapon till get that and abandon my shield. That doesn't seem like a good decision on there part.

just get a brass shield from the godrick soldiers in the beginning, you can use weapon skills with that shield equipped because it doesnt parry

[ɸ It That Dwells ɸ]

Originally posted by Target:

use the no skill ash on your shield or just 2 hand when you want to use your weapons ash of war.

This too.
In a case where, for example, you want to use a unique shield that uses an ash of war that cannot be changed then you simply need to get used to swapping between one-handed and two-handed.

[Viper]

Originally posted by Juno Brier:

The Ash of War for "No Skill", luckily, is available early on, in Limgrave.
Somewhere on the road heading east from Stormveil Castle is the Warmaster Shack, the dude inside sells it.

thanks for this..I could not remember if I saw it yet..

[gungadin22000]

The Warmaster shack is deserted in my current playthrough (level 119, killed Rykard and Morgot), and Berndahl also left the Volcano Manor. Anywhere else I can get the "no skill" ash?