Dual wielding shields.

[Haperski]

This is so dumb that I didn't think of this in my first run but also so cool that they allow this dahahah.

Is it viable doing a run like this ?
Say, main damage would be throwing weapons and spells.

Also what skills will be trained by equipping just shields, martial arts and shield ? what about dual wielding ?

[Iyasenu]

I remember dual-wielding Shields in Final Fantasy 2, and it was pretty nice in that game.
Here, you'd basically be relying on magic, for sure.
Though at the same time, you'd be dealing with the cast chance penalty from using a shield.

Also yeah, you just train Martial Arts and Shield while using two shields.

Go even further and be a Chaos Shape, save scum to mutate multiple hand slots, and wield ALL the shields you could ever want.

I'd say it's as viable as anything else.
I mean, I can't speak for doing Void stuff like that, but if you've got strong enough spells to not have to rely on weaponless Martial Arts damage, you should do alright.

[gimmethegepgun]

If you only use ranged attacks or magic then there's little downside to doing that.

[twitch.tv/GFYE]

Originally posted by Haperski:

This is so dumb that I didn't think of this in my first run but also so cool that they allow this dahahah.

Is it viable doing a run like this ?
Say, main damage would be throwing weapons and spells.

Also what skills will be trained by equipping just shields, martial arts and shield ? what about dual wielding ?

You can definitely run dual shields and forgo the boxing glove hit bonuses "late game melee struggles to hit things that aren't completely debuffed." I purposely have all my mages using staff+shield and was lucky enough to roll "casting + magic " stuff on a few of them.

Dual shields would train DUAL WIELDING, Armor, Shield, and Martial Arts for your combat rolls with your damage being based on what the shield stats + martial hit rolls as indicated on the character sheet. Any throwing weapon would be separate from that since its Throwing skill and throwing weapon stats do NOT apply because they are "held" as opposed to equipped in the current patch line.

If you want to do magic, just be careful not to hit HEAVY ARMOR classification which is dictated by equipment weight. Nothing sucks more than casting a crucial skill at even an 80% and failing it 5x in a row. Heavy Casting perk is not a bandaid.

You will definitely want "ether hand disease" to rack up the damage, especially if you play as a golem or hillside race.

[gimmethegepgun]

Originally posted by twitch.tv/GFYE:

Dual shields would train DUAL WIELDING

I find this extremely unlikely. Have you actually tested it?

[Iyasenu]

I just tested on a training dummy, and with two shields I didn't get even 0.01 training EXP on Dual Wield from a full stamina bar.

[THANKS OBAMA]

Originally posted by Iyasenu:

I just tested on a training dummy, and with two shields I didn't get even 0.01 training EXP on Dual Wield from a full stamina bar.

It doesn't. There's a hierarchy to what gets trained. 1 weapon, empty second hand always = two handed, two weapons = Dual wield, Shield + nothing/weapon = Shielded. Why it may come up is if you get 3/4 hands. You can't Dual wield and Dual Shield at the time if you can wield 4 things, you will only level up Dual Wield. You will still be able to use the two shields, but what kinda maniac would get 4 arms and use two weapons and two shields at the same time.

[Gienah Corvi]

Originally posted by Iyasenu:

I remember dual-wielding Shields in Final Fantasy 2, and it was pretty nice in that game.
Here, you'd basically be relying on magic, for sure.
Though at the same time, you'd be dealing with the cast chance penalty from using a shield.

Also yeah, you just train Martial Arts and Shield while using two shields.

Go even further and be a Chaos Shape, save scum to mutate multiple hand slots, and wield ALL the shields you could ever want.

This is awesome. I love when you can dual wield shields.