Is it me or is shield maiden terrible?

[Malungo]

Slow, scales off of block str (the worse of 2 defensive options), very limited range, crit gimmick, overly weighted to defensive traits, etc. Edit: I know the damage is high but you know who has high damage and isnt gimped on clear? Sorc, Ranger, Warlock, Cleric, Swordsman, and arguably exterminator (if there's slimes).

[Village Idiot]

She's really good if built up right.

Build AOE, DEF and Regen

Her melee also crits like a truck.

[RunRampant]

She's good before you've unlocked everything since her survivability is so high. Probably the easiest character to get your first vieduct win with tbh. But overall her being slow plus that limited range is just fundamentally not in line with what you wanna do in this game imo.

[Thanatos]

I think the shield maiden is weaker than most of the other classes, but it does have one strength, and that's if you get the attack speed of the normal attack high enough you can continuously carve a path through any swarm of enemies simply by continuously moving forward. The damage of the small physical attack is so high it basically kills anything, so as long as you keep moving nothing will touch you. Warrior's damage is just not high enough to do the same, and Cleric won't do it either when there's a screenful of targets.

[dP_PyRo]

All the characters are good if you build them properly.
I beat the first level with shield maiden without taking any abilities and got the 180 block achievement and the 3 million damage shield bash achievement. Even beat the lord of pain without the sigil.

Good luck trying to do that on another character.

[SGSSpec]

Although the Block Strength feature is a gimmick I kinda like it, Block strength is otherwise a boring stat that I would probably never have leveled.

I agree she's weaker than the other characters though but as other people have said she's better before you unlock everything and makes boss fights way easier and safer.

[BlyZeraz]

No, like all the characters she is good. It's just that because they all have such distinct feel with their main weapons some won't be as enjoyable to you. Some people like playing Shield Maiden. I personally hate her.

[Inspired]

Originally posted by Ulyaoth:

Witness:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2993595941
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2993596128

Jesus Christ, that's insane. Teach me!

[Nikloss]

running around aoe critting enemies for 4-5k every other second while being tanky as hell , yes shield maiden is one of the strongest heroes.

Can be build in so many different ways also..

[letir]

SM is crit-based character, with extremly powerful Mace crit skills and global crits at the end. You alredy have boss-killing main attack, she just need some crit-based crowd control skills, which is aplenty.

[Ulyaoth]

Originally posted by Inspired:

Originally posted by Ulyaoth:

Witness:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2993595941
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2993596128

Jesus Christ, that's insane. Teach me!

Shieldmaiden
Proficient Stance I - IV (Dextrous)
Weapon Proficiency I - IV (Mace) + IV (Shield) via Potion of Memories

Reverberant Tinkture - Proficient Stance I - III OR Proficient Stance II - IV
I still have to do the exact maths here.

For the remaining 4 Potions of Memories you can experiment around.
Proficient Stance (Guarding) I + III for 10% dmg increse could be something, but this is heavy dependent on personal taste and might be stronger on other traits.

Transfixion (maybe the better choice for Potions of Memories x 4 in "()")
I Effectivity - II Spread (+ II Cadence) - III Effectivity (+ III Cadence) - IV Spread - V Effectivity (+ V Spread) -
VI Cadence - VII Effectivity (+ VII Spread) - VIII Spread - IX Effectivity - X Spread

Kugelblitz or Thunderstrike for Lightning Affinity (+15% attack speed and +15% crit chance)

Itmes is a bit tricky, much room for experimantaion.
Head - Wind Crown, War Horns (better for single target, 3x Fragile = 30%dmg)
Body - Blood-Soaked Shirt, Hunter's Garb (if you can stand still, great dmg boost +40%)
Hands - Quickhand Gloves +20 attack speed, Hunting Gloves +30 strikes
Boots - optional
Necklace -
Jade Amulett - faster leveling, but useless as soon as you are maxed out on traits
Collar of Confidence - great for the Wall itself
Duelist's Spark - great for single target
Scars of Toil - Awesome if you are maxed out on traits and pick +100 HP on lvl up
Rings - Wooden Ring must have
--- again, didnt do the detailed maths here:
Copper Ring +40% crit dmg, Iron Ring +10 base dmg, Guidiing Star +40% attack speed while standing still (only paired with Hunter's Garb)

Dont try to rush the Wall. You can farm near the Well until you are maxed out on traits wich will happen around 85, if you ban 5 traits.
No need to go for the outer ability scrolls, you can upgrade both abilitys to the max with drops.
The Ghost Wall seem to have weird mechanics in terms of dying.
They have either insane hp regen, an instant full heal after a few frames, or have to be over killed. I reached crits with Shieldmaiden over 30k and they popped, but this takes a bit focus on the Ghosts. As a small bonus, they drop 50 Gold on death each.

Good Luck and happy Stomping,
Cheers!

[midori]

crits hit hard AF, she's awesome

[Inspired]

Originally posted by Ulyaoth:

Originally posted by Inspired:

Jesus Christ, that's insane. Teach me!

Shieldmaiden
Proficient Stance I - IV (Dextrous)
Weapon Proficiency I - IV (Mace) + IV (Shield) via Potion of Memories

Reverberant Tinkture - Proficient Stance I - III OR Proficient Stance II - IV
I still have to do the exact maths here.

For the remaining 4 Potions of Memories you can experiment around.
Proficient Stance (Guarding) I + III for 10% dmg increse could be something, but this is heavy dependent on personal taste and might be stronger on other traits.

Transfixion (maybe the better choice for Potions of Memories x 4 in "()")
I Effectivity - II Spread (+ II Cadence) - III Effectivity (+ III Cadence) - IV Spread - V Effectivity (+ V Spread) -
VI Cadence - VII Effectivity (+ VII Spread) - VIII Spread - IX Effectivity - X Spread

Kugelblitz or Thunderstrike for Lightning Affinity (+15% attack speed and +15% crit chance)

Itmes is a bit tricky, much room for experimantaion.
Head - Wind Crown, War Horns (better for single target, 3x Fragile = 30%dmg)
Body - Blood-Soaked Shirt, Hunter's Garb (if you can stand still, great dmg boost +40%)
Hands - Quickhand Gloves +20 attack speed, Hunting Gloves +30 strikes
Boots - optional
Necklace -
Jade Amulett - faster leveling, but useless as soon as you are maxed out on traits
Collar of Confidence - great for the Wall itself
Duelist's Spark - great for single target
Scars of Toil - Awesome if you are maxed out on traits and pick +100 HP on lvl up
Rings - Wooden Ring must have
--- again, didnt do the detailed maths here:
Copper Ring +40% crit dmg, Iron Ring +10 base dmg, Guidiing Star +40% attack speed while standing still (only paired with Hunter's Garb)

Dont try to rush the Wall. You can farm near the Well until you are maxed out on traits wich will happen around 85, if you ban 5 traits.
No need to go for the outer ability scrolls, you can upgrade both abilitys to the max with drops.
The Ghost Wall seem to have weird mechanics in terms of dying.
They have either insane hp regen, an instant full heal after a few frames, or have to be over killed. I reached crits with Shieldmaiden over 30k and they popped, but this takes a bit focus on the Ghosts. As a small bonus, they drop 50 Gold on death each.

Good Luck and happy Stomping,
Cheers!

Cheers, will give it a shot!

[Lu2]

make her tankines to your advantage and get maxed radiant aura , meteor and orbs as example add blood skirt and you cant really die apart of end . just run pass trough skeletons with no harm

[♥♥♥♥ Goblin]

I was going to make a thread like this but figured I just didn't know how to play the class. IMO, it is the worst class (/ least favourite) due to:

1. Cannot disable the ability auto-attack.
2. Range issues.
3. Relies on defense traits which are pretty useless most of the time (ie. you need to be hit to take advantage of those traits).

[DarkFenix]

Shield maiden is crazy strong. Yes, she has a short range and isn't fast. None of that mattered to me, her hammer hits like a truck, its crit damage is terrifyingly high. And she's tanky as all hell too. You can basically just walk through hordes of the toughest mobs without fear, because anything that does manage to get past your weapons is barely going to scratch you.