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

[Umrite]

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

[Midnight]

Medium shield won't really save you against big attacks unless you use Barricade. And if you use Barricade then the shield stability doesn't really matter that much.

Against small attacks the difference of few points between Brass and the best heater doesn't matter either.

[Zehm]

The brass shield is basically the missing link between med shields and tower shields.

Barricade is okay for boosting stability, but it's real power is in turning strikes into deflects, opening mobs up to guard counters.

[FTZ35]

The only real competitor seems to be the Great Turtle Shell. It has a bit weaker elelemental resistances and guard boost but it is lighter, has passive stamina regen boost and has barricade by default.

[dustin1280]

FTZ35 eredeti hozzászólása:

The only real competitor seems to be the Great Turtle Shell. It has a bit weaker elelemental resistances and guard boost but it is lighter, has passive stamina regen boost and has barricade by default.

That is the one my sorcery is using because it doesn't weight as much...

I believe it's the SECOND best medium shield

[Midnight]

FTZ35 eredeti hozzászólása:

The only real competitor seems to be the Great Turtle Shell. It has a bit weaker elelemental resistances and guard boost but it is lighter, has passive stamina regen boost and has barricade by default.

There's still two better shields than that, one of them even lighter. Though it has a different buff (attack power).

[D. Flame]

Turtle Shell one is the best medium shield. The SB by default and the stamina regen puts it over the top.

Most of your upgrade materials are going to be monopolized by your actual weapons anyway, and farming upgrade materials in this game gives me flashbacks to the Pure Blade Stone. Took me something like 3 hours to get two of a specific shard. I had around a dozen different rare drop gargoyle masks by the time I was done farming them. Once I got them, I was able to upgrade my sword like 4 or 5 times in a row all at once, since I already had all the shards necessary beyond those two lower leveled ones.

[Codester]

You don't like the turtle shields stamina recovery boost?
I'd say turtle is THE best medium shield no contest because of this. It's the grass crest shield from dark souls but cooler because it's in the shape of a dog shell.
Brass comes in next just due to the higher stamina block.

[Midnight]

Codester eredeti hozzászólása:

You don't like the turtle shields stamina recovery boost?
I'd say turtle is THE best medium shield no contest because of this. It's the grass crest shield from dark souls but cooler because it's in the shape of a dog shell.
Brass comes in next just due to the higher stamina block.

What disqualifies that shield for me is the fact that it looks hideous.

It could boost HP by 200 and I still wouldn't use it.

[D. Flame]

Midnight eredeti hozzászólása:

Codester eredeti hozzászólása:

You don't like the turtle shields stamina recovery boost?
I'd say turtle is THE best medium shield no contest because of this. It's the grass crest shield from dark souls but cooler because it's in the shape of a dog shell.
Brass comes in next just due to the higher stamina block.

What disqualifies that shield for me is the fact that it looks hideous.

It could boost HP by 200 and I still wouldn't use it.

Looks awesome actually. Especially if you two hand your weapon.

Pair it with something like the Gargoyle heads, the viking looking horns, and the serpent-god's curved sword (with the hawk or wolves as your spirit of choice) and you get a neat druid spirit animal theme.

[DeathRow]

D. Flame eredeti hozzászólása:

Turtle Shell one is the best medium shield. The SB by default and the stamina regen puts it over the top.

Most of your upgrade materials are going to be monopolized by your actual weapons anyway, and farming upgrade materials in this game gives me flashbacks to the Pure Blade Stone. Took me something like 3 hours to get two of a specific shard. I had around a dozen different rare drop gargoyle masks by the time I was done farming them. Once I got them, I was able to upgrade my sword like 4 or 5 times in a row all at once, since I already had all the shards necessary beyond those two lower leveled ones.

you farmed smithing stones from gargoyles?

[Humpenstilzchen]

D. Flame eredeti hozzászólása:

Midnight eredeti hozzászólása:

What disqualifies that shield for me is the fact that it looks hideous.

It could boost HP by 200 and I still wouldn't use it.

Looks awesome actually. Especially if you two hand your weapon.

Pair it with something like the Gargoyle heads, the viking looking horns, and the serpent-god's curved sword (with the hawk or wolves as your spirit of choice) and you get a neat druid spirit animal theme.

To be fair it really depends on your outfit. I´m wearing the tree sentinel armor right now and the turtle shield would look terrible with it, so I use the brass shield. Stamina wasn´t a problem for me so far and there is still the turtle amulet thing which helps with stamina recovery.

[D. Flame]

DeathRow eredeti hozzászólása:

D. Flame eredeti hozzászólása:

Turtle Shell one is the best medium shield. The SB by default and the stamina regen puts it over the top.

Most of your upgrade materials are going to be monopolized by your actual weapons anyway, and farming upgrade materials in this game gives me flashbacks to the Pure Blade Stone. Took me something like 3 hours to get two of a specific shard. I had around a dozen different rare drop gargoyle masks by the time I was done farming them. Once I got them, I was able to upgrade my sword like 4 or 5 times in a row all at once, since I already had all the shards necessary beyond those two lower leveled ones.

you farmed smithing stones from gargoyles?

Yes.

To be fair, they dropped more from them than anything else that I had seen. I only needed 2. I am playing blind unless I get stuck. I was farming them in my game while also dropping my summon sign to help people through the dungeon, so I was helping people and farming the stones in their worlds as well as "souls" and "humanities" from clearing the boss in their worlds at the same time.

I would rarely finish even 1 run in my world before I got summoned.

[D. Flame]

Potato eredeti hozzászólása:

D. Flame eredeti hozzászólása:

Looks awesome actually. Especially if you two hand your weapon.

Pair it with something like the Gargoyle heads, the viking looking horns, and the serpent-god's curved sword (with the hawk or wolves as your spirit of choice) and you get a neat druid spirit animal theme.

To be fair it really depends on your outfit. I´m wearing the tree sentinel armor right now and the turtle shield would look terrible with it, so I use the brass shield. Stamina wasn´t a problem for me so far and there is still the turtle amulet thing which helps with stamina recovery.

I am using both the talisman and the shield. The effects seem to stack.

[Juno Brier]

Codester eredeti hozzászólása:

You don't like the turtle shields stamina recovery boost?
I'd say turtle is THE best medium shield no contest because of this. It's the grass crest shield from dark souls but cooler because it's in the shape of a dog shell.
Brass comes in next just due to the higher stamina block.

Turtle Shell isn't just the Grass Crest Shield, it's the Grass Crest Shield with 100% physical block.

[HellSlayer]

GrandTickler eredeti hozzászólása:

Kazouie eredeti hozzászólása:

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

ahh more, thanks a lot

If your goal is stability aka less stamina hit then go for greatshield. Its heavy and it can go to like 70+ guard boost where medium shield is maybe ~60 if upgraded. Ofc you would need much more endurance and much more str investment.

For me shields are best.. almost all enemies bounce of attacks giving me window to hit. But bosses never bounce. greatshield is like really tanky and fun. I just havent found the weapon type or magic to use with it :(