wearing shields on the back

[xlightningx]

does this count as in the DS series, you get the bonus while wearing the shield on the back?

[Key]

Yup.

[Juno Brier]

They even designed this game's stamina regen shield for being worn on the back. (It's a turtle shell.)

[Weedsmell]

the ninja turtles carried giantdad's legacy in this game

[xlightningx]

i tried it with the shield that gives you more hp but it didn´t show any effect, are there only specific shields that work?

[opus132]

Originally posted by xlightningx:

i tried it with the shield that gives you more hp but it didn´t show any effect, are there only specific shields that work?

I'm pretty sure that should work. Maybe a bug?

As far as i know, the only shield that shouldn't work is the Jelly one. There was a time when it did but they "patched" it (sigh).

[Burns]

Originally posted by xlightningx:

does this count as in the DS series, you get the bonus while wearing the shield on the back?

Same goes for other items...for instance you can equip the sentry torch in your off-hand in Ondina to see the black knife assassins and IIRC you can two-hand your main weapon and should still be able to see them.

[Yal]

Originally posted by xlightningx:

i tried it with the shield that gives you more hp but it didn´t show any effect, are there only specific shields that work?

Make sure it's in an active hand slot, cycling it away removes the buff but twohanding the stuff in your other hand won't.

[DayLight1943]

Originally posted by xlightningx:

i tried it with the shield that gives you more hp but it didn´t show any effect, are there only specific shields that work?

what shield are you talking about? there is no shield that gives a flat increase to HP afaik. are you trying to use the icon greatshield that gives you HP regen? sometimes it can be hard to see the regen register on your HP bar, pull up your stats menu where you can see the numbers on your current HP and total HP, if you have icon shield in an active slot you should see those numbers rise at the rate of 3hp per second.

[Mirona]

there is no shield that gives you more hp. there is one that gives you slight hp regen

[Drake Ravenwolf]

To be clear; you get the shield's passive effect if it is on your back (aka in an active slot) but you do not get any damage reduction from it even when being hit in the back (I kinda wish that was the case tho)

Eg the turtle shell gives a passive +8% stamina regen and that part is active while the shield is on your back, but you do NOT get the 87% physical damage reduction, the 44% magic damage reduction etc etc unless it is in your hands and you are actively blocking with it