Looking are tower shields good?

[Zero]

I want to make a build that use a tower shield but i'm not sure if there any good. Anyone know?

[Lydia Scott]

Havels Greatshield. It's really good but you get it quite late.

[Krono]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQOUNx387aM

[Krono]

Praiser of Sun a écrit :

Havels Greatshield. It's really good but you get it quite late.

Aaaaay lmao

[Zero]

So is a tank build a thing in ds3? I am new to ds really. I played bloodborne but thats it.

[Krono]

Zero a écrit :

So is a tank build a thing in ds3? I am new to ds really. I played bloodborne but thats it.

Eeeeeh, kinda I guess. You can level up your health a lot and use a greatshield if that's what you mean by tank. Poise also works differently in this one so tank builds aren't as much of a thing anymore, but you might not know what that is if you've only played Bloodborne

[Zero]

Yeah Idk what that is lol

[Zero]

Whats a good build while useing a tower shield?

[LeftClickHero]

Zero a écrit :

Yeah Idk what that is lol

poise is basically, or used to be how many hits you can take before your foe can interupt your attacks or stagger you.

in the past you could wear heavy armour and take mutliple swings before being staggered and interupted. in dark souls 3 it woks when you swing, the game gives you this thing called hyper armour frames, and poise just gives you more of them. some weapons have larger frame times ie some ultra weapons

[Krono]

Zero a écrit :

Whats a good build while useing a tower shield?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n09xmhsvIuU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRzqD2AgA3U
But for a more serious answer, a spear is probably your best bet, any weapon at all will work fine really

[Zero]

ty for the info

[Krono]

Any time. I do recommend you watch the videos if you didn't look at them, I find them highly entertaining

[Zero]

I did watch them witch is funny but at the same time I don't think just a tower shield will do it for me lol.

[TrueArchery]

I prefer the Halberd or Red Hilted Halberd. Any fast weapon, like most Straight Swords, will perform pretty well, too.

Also, shield-poking is pretty bad in this game. The amount of chip-damage and stamina-loss is quite insane.

[Merilirem]

TrueArchery a écrit :

I prefer the Halberd or Red Hilted Halberd. Any fast weapon, like most Straight Swords, will perform pretty well, too.

Also, shield-poking is pretty bad in this game. The amount of chip-damage and stamina-loss is quite insane.

Yeah, blocking with anything but the most stable greatshields is pretty much reserved for high stamina builds. If you get good you can block at exactly the right times and counter n all that, but no matter what your going to want almost as many points spent on stamina as you did on health if not as many.

greatshields are best used to stop suprise damage or facetank stuff and slash while they recover from a slow swing.

[AH-1 Cobra]

Something else to note that when blocking attacks, you hold the shield up to block the attack, then let go of block momentarily to recover some stamina back. Unless the attacks are really fast hitting, you should be able to tap the block button.

Great shields in PVP aren't very effective against a decent player. They'll swap in a knight slayer ring in on you, or pull out a pocket follower saber, or both.

Most people I see using greatshields in PVP are trying to block, and circle around for a backstab.

Greatshields are effective vs some weapons in PVP. Like you can completely mitigate running pokes with katanas. But I prefer mid shields that can parry vs katanas, because a lot of players think they can running R1 you, then follow up with a 2h R1 if you block the running poke, and that's a free parry.