Curse ward shield or Cathedral knight shield?

[[XIII] Razzlie]

First time playing, just curious to know which one of these shields would serve me best throughout the game as a Knight tank? Been using the Butchers Knife since the swamp area and so far it's ability has been fine and all but can get a bit messy having to swap between shield and no shield to activate it's weapon skill. I do enjoy the shieldbash from the Cathedral one but will it honestly serve me well til the very end?

[Non-Euclidean Cheese]

black knight shield

[[XIII] Razzlie]

Oh. Well so far I've had no luck on drops from them.. Any place where one could farm them?
If not.. what is my second best option shield wise?

[Miromett]

Curse ward greatshield is meh. I mean it is the best greatshield (barring the wolf knight greatshield but that's a covenant reward i.e pain in the extremis to farm) with the weapon art skill but there's still the shield of want which is arguably better in terms of stability to weight ratio (again barring the wolf knight greatshield).

Cathedral knight greatshield has the best dark absorption in the game bar none (just have to infuse with a deep/dark gem if you want that extra dark defence) and is a perfectly fine shield if you want to go that route.

[Non-Euclidean Cheese]

Originally posted by Razzlie ヽ(◕‿◕ﾒ):

Oh. Well so far I've had no luck on drops from them.. Any place where one could farm them?
If not.. what is my second best option shield wise?

from any black knight, may be easier around Champion Gundyr bonfire

[Miromett]

Originally posted by Regulus:

Originally posted by Razzlie ヽ(◕‿◕ﾒ):

Oh. Well so far I've had no luck on drops from them.. Any place where one could farm them?
If not.. what is my second best option shield wise?

from any black knight, may be easier around Champion Gundyr bonfire

If he's not able to decide between the curseward and the cathedral knight shield you can bet your ass he hasn't killed the dancer yet.

There's 1 black knight around the area beyond the halfway fortress bonfire. It's only one black knight but if you farm him for a while you'll get a shield to drop eventually. Black knight shield has some nice fire resist and is one shield that is used by almost everyone at some point (because it's reliable and scales well into endgame).

[Sabaithal]

If you're looking for the most damage absorbing shield, that would be havels greatshield. It has 80% absorbtion or more on everything, 75 base stability and 100% physical blocking.

As far as stability goes, I think the greatshield of glory has the highest rating.

[[XIII] Razzlie]

Thanks for all the tips folks. I'll take your help into consideration as I go along.
Much appreciation to you all!

[[XIII] Razzlie]

Originally posted by Miromett:

If he's not able to decide between the curseward and the cathedral knight shield you can bet your ass he hasn't killed the dancer yet.

Quite true. Just finished off Yhorm in full Cathedral Knight set, shield + butcher knife. Been very reluctant to switching gear in general. But I'll definitely look into that Knight at the halfway fortress. I forgot he respawns haha.
Thanks for your help.