Do Great Shields have some specific advantages over Medium Shields?

[Fried Noodles]

Like a lot of the higher end Great Shields are obviously superior on Guard Boost and defensive stats.

But I was looking at the Golden Beast Crest Shield.
It weighs 12.5 and seems to cap out at 67 Guard Boost at +25.

Compared to the Brass Shield:
Weighs only 7.0 and has 69 Guard Boost at +25.

Is there any reason one might choose the Golden Beast Crest Shield over the Brass Shield?

[Señor Brown]

Greatshields have better deflection than medium shields. For example, Banished Knights can completely drain your stamina if you try to block their combos with a medium shield. With a greatshield, all of their non-charged attacks will bounce off and leave them vulnerable for a guard counter.

[Dollmaker]

Originally posted by Señor Brown:

Greatshields have better deflection than medium shields. For example, Banished Knights can completely drain your stamina if you try to block their combos with a medium shield. With a greatshield, all of their non-charged attacks will bounce off and leave them vulnerable for a guard counter.

I think thats only if you one-hand the weapon.

[ressenmacher]

Note that the Brass Shield is an extreme outlier; it's either the best-in-class medium shield or very close to it. A superior comparison might be to, say, Fingerprint, where both weapons being very strong for their class will better highlight the advantages and disadvantages of the upgrade.

[Señor Brown]

Originally posted by Dollmaker:

Originally posted by Señor Brown:

Greatshields have better deflection than medium shields. For example, Banished Knights can completely drain your stamina if you try to block their combos with a medium shield. With a greatshield, all of their non-charged attacks will bounce off and leave them vulnerable for a guard counter.

I think thats only if you one-hand the weapon.

Mm, not sure if you mean you attacking a greatshield or if you are blocking a one-handed attack with a greatshield. The former is true for PvE when you are the attacker. But given the TC is comparing shields and guard boost, I assume this point is not relevant to their question.

I agree that the latter is a good rule of thumb, but isn't exhaustive. For example, Banished Knights wielding a halberd are technically always two-handing the weapon. Yet, they are susceptible to the greatshield deflection as the other variants.