So shields are useless again and magic is broken again?

[Dashin]

After 70 hours of enjoying the game it seems like I'm forced to being a dex or magic build because blocking doesn't matter and magic is to strong. Does anyone use a shield? If so how do you manage to have fun playing as a heavy Shield build because clearly it's not the move

[BananaBadman]

Brass Shield has carried me through so many tough encounters and it's not even a heavy shield. Idk how you get the idea of shields being useless.
You cannot block everything without barricade. Shields don't negate the need to roll, they just give the option to block the smaller hits before rolling through the heavy hits.

[Xengre]

What do you mean again? They were overpowered in PvE in DS3 and PvP. In fact, they got multiple nerfs in PvP with one being years into the game because of the Magic Shield spells. Have you tried those or a heavier shield?

[Humpenstilzchen]

Yes I use a brass shield with barricade and it saved my newbie butt quite some times and it´s kind of essential for me, since I use the Frozen Needle, which means I can block and attack at the same time and also counterattack any attack that gets deflected by the shield which is quite effective.