Can I still have 100 shield guard?

[x Princess Leliana x]

I use fingerprint stone shield and the greatshield talisman, I now no longer block 100%, but it isnt +25 where it gets the extra boost. Will I still be able to block 100%?

[Qubert]

Originally posted by The Black Baron:

Originally posted by Skolas Wolf Kell:

id just use shields focused on 1 element with 100% phys i got haligshield for that holy cuckoo for that magic etc

Yeah that suprised me, that there are no good shields you can infuse to resist one specific damage type. No 100% holy , or fire. Like in all other souls games.

Not sure how the old souls games did it but you can get really good resist with the right talisman and incantation. Watched a video were the last boss was beat using a holy tank build. Could block every wave of gold plus all that other crap tossed at it.

[vaanomega]

Originally posted by 𝑀𝓊𝑔𝑒𝓃:

Originally posted by Dollmaker:

Should see how much people cried when facing Maliketh and Malenia who punish shield usage hard.

Yeah i saw it , i can understand why people would get upset but shields aren't needed for those specific fights especially Maliketh and with Malenia the only way i can see shields being viable is if a player out damages her by poking her to death while hiding behind the finger print shield , i personally cannot play like that , it's as if From knew that many folks would depend too much on blocking and so decided to counter that play style especially towards the end game bosses minus horah , he can be cheesed with shields

Fire giant also can counter the shiled play style, his roll can't be blocked, and many other moves can't be blocked, more precisely, the hit coming from the top can't be blocked

[impuretrash2878]

Originally posted by x Princess Leliana x:

Originally posted by cridus:

this thread is another example of the entitlement of many pveers. "I don't give a ♥♥♥♥ about pvp because I don't like it so the devs also shouldn't care about it".
smh

You can balance things for PVP without ruining things for PVE

yeah but an impervious shield also ruins PVE. In either mode, it's cheating.

[𝑀𝓊𝑔𝑒𝓃]

Originally posted by vaanomega:

Originally posted by 𝑀𝓊𝑔𝑒𝓃:

Yeah i saw it , i can understand why people would get upset but shields aren't needed for those specific fights especially Maliketh and with Malenia the only way i can see shields being viable is if a player out damages her by poking her to death while hiding behind the finger print shield , i personally cannot play like that , it's as if From knew that many folks would depend too much on blocking and so decided to counter that play style especially towards the end game bosses minus horah , he can be cheesed with shields

Fire giant also can counter the shiled play style, his roll can't be blocked, and many other moves can't be blocked, more precisely, the hit coming from the top can't be blocked

For the fire giant i do the fight on torrent and honestly it was fun on my end , i did the first one with a melee build and just hacked away at his feet and the second as a mage shooting swift glint stone shard and it felt like i was playing a gunslinger on horseback lol

The trick is to get under him before he does the big slam with his plate / dish or whatever that thing is and for when he shoves the snow at the beginning just curve towards the left while on horseback

[Foosty]

Originally posted by 𝑀𝓊𝑔𝑒𝓃:

Yeah i saw it , i can understand why people would get upset but shields aren't needed for those specific fights especially Maliketh and with Malenia the only way i can see shields being viable is if a player out damages her by poking her to death while hiding behind the finger print shield , i personally cannot play like that , it's as if From knew that many folks would depend too much on blocking and so decided to counter that play style especially towards the end game bosses minus horah , he can be cheesed with shields

Sounds like a filthy casual that uses WEAPONS. Shields only build is top-tier.

[x Princess Leliana x]

Originally posted by Dollmaker:

Originally posted by 𝑀𝓊𝑔𝑒𝓃:

100 % stamina negation was never intended , it would make boss encounters trivial , great shields are already no pun intended great

Should see how much people cried when facing Maliketh and Malenia who punish shield usage hard.

Malenia doesnt punish shield usage at all, I beat her first try using a shield. It was the easiest "hard" boss fight in the game. Maliketh ye, he punishes hard.

[x Princess Leliana x]

Originally posted by impuretrash2878:

Originally posted by x Princess Leliana x:

You can balance things for PVP without ruining things for PVE

yeah but an impervious shield also ruins PVE. In either mode, it's cheating.

Ruins it FOR YOU. And that is okay. You don't have to play like that. Others of us however, enjoy that playstyle :)