So is brass shield the best medium shield in the game ?

[Umrite]

Kinda bs considering that you can get it pretty early on.

[UNITED STATES OF SMASH]

why its best ?

[Red Phantom]

Yes, no other medium shield will have the same stability when it's upgraded. But the drawback is that it's also somewhat heavy.

[⭕TheSodaman]

Originally posted by NikoNiko:

Kinda bs considering that you can get it pretty early on.

From a blocking standpoint, I think so.

There's an inverted Heater Shield that's lighter, but not as stable, and doesn't block the non-physical attacks as well as the Brass Shield.

[TommyEV]

Inverted hawk Heater master race!

[Schizm]

Yes I haven't found a single medium shield as good as it.

[GrandTickler]

Originally posted by TheCaptainGhost:

why its best ?

physical 100 +guard boost stat <determines stamina damage

[dustin1280]

Originally posted by GrandTickler:

Originally posted by TheCaptainGhost:

why its best ?

physical 100 +guard boost stat <determines stamina damage

It is heavy as hell like 7-8 pounds IIRC...

But it is easily the best medium shield in the game...

[Kashra Fall]

Originally posted by GrandTickler:

Originally posted by TheCaptainGhost:

why its best ?

physical 100 +guard boost stat <determines stamina damage

Ya could just put barricade on any of the shields and negate stamina damage entirely. If you're using a shield, you're using the shield's skill anyways and barricade lasts a good bit and is cheap.

[GrandTickler]

Originally posted by Kashra Fall:

Originally posted by GrandTickler:

physical 100 +guard boost stat <determines stamina damage

Ya could just put barricade on any of the shields and negate stamina damage entirely. If you're using a shield, you're using the shield's skill anyways and barricade lasts a good bit and is cheap.

srry not that far in the game yet so im not sure what that does :P generally i prefer the Parry action because some enemies are extremely easy to parry or counter, especially red phantom npcs

[Valandryl]

Originally posted by Kashra Fall:

Originally posted by GrandTickler:

physical 100 +guard boost stat <determines stamina damage

Ya could just put barricade on any of the shields and negate stamina damage entirely. If you're using a shield, you're using the shield's skill anyways and barricade lasts a good bit and is cheap.

Barricade shield is far, very far, from negating the stamina cost of blocking. Bosses will still put you out of stamina in 3-4 hits with it, instead of 2 hits without. That's with the confessor's starting shield. With the brass shield it's already much better.

[GrandTickler]

while were on the topic of shields, does upgrading them no longer increase stability? i see no change in guard related stats when previewing the stats from +1. i know in previous souls games guardboost/stability would go up as u upgrade them

[Humpenstilzchen]

From my experience the brass shield is the best but i dont know if there are more to find later on which are maybe even better. So far with barricade on it it´s pretty amazing.

[Kazouie]

Originally posted by GrandTickler:

while were on the topic of shields, does upgrading them no longer increase stability? i see no change in guard related stats when previewing the stats from +1. i know in previous souls games guardboost/stability would go up as u upgrade them

you don't get extra stability on every upgrade level, gotta invest more

[GrandTickler]

Originally posted by Kazouie:

Originally posted by GrandTickler:

while were on the topic of shields, does upgrading them no longer increase stability? i see no change in guard related stats when previewing the stats from +1. i know in previous souls games guardboost/stability would go up as u upgrade them

you don't get extra stability on every upgrade level, gotta invest more

ahh more, thanks a lot

[Veritas]

nah, brass shield is the most stable medium shield. idk why but all of the godrick soldier gear is very strong and available basically at the very start