Though terribly heavy, it can serve as a shield. Please use as you see fit & I welcome any corrections :), Weapon Art (Bash, Weapon Art, Parry, etc), Auxiliary effects (Stamina regen, bleed, etc), What class of shield (Small Parrying, Small, Medium, Great). It also means that any shield with 65 Stability will now have infinite (100) stability. So these kinds of shields are really only for tank builds that max vitality and strength. The best resource for weapons would be /u/naiyt's Mugenmonkey - "Dark Souls 3 Weapon AR Calculator". If you use a parrying tool most of times but needs to rely on a shield sometimes, the spike shield (Siegward's shield) is the best, no doubt: decent stability, decent dmg absortion (phis=93%) and the shield bash to push the mobs into holes, and he weights almost nothing (3.5 i think) perfect for a ocasional weapon. A community dedicated to everything about Dark Souls 3. I've been using a blessed Wargod Wooden Shield for most of the game because it has good stability for its Strength requirement, and its defenses don't suffer as much as the the only low-Str shield that beat its stability. I've been toying with the idea of using a greatshield since I've never used one, but I'm not sure about adding that much extra weight, because I don't want to fat roll. Just put your stats into the Dark Souls3 Character Planner. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, Save the Silver Knights, equip Way of Blue, gets unreasonably triggered by Point Down. Then you could sort by "only shields that require 14 Str or less, and have 100% block" for example. This makes me sad, because in DS1, Artorias' Greatshield had 88 fucking stability, 100% status effect block and only weighed 16.0 units. I use the Black Iron Greatshield on multiple characters and I have to mention that there's absolutely no good reason to upgrade it to +10. From what I can tell, the lighter greatshields don't provide enough stability or defense for their weight and the ones that do are impossible to use properly unless you have godlike strength and vitality. Can't beat it. Some great info in the comments too. 5 Best Shields In Dark Souls 3 Stone Greatshield. Small Leather Shield Special Parry shield with no Dex requirement. That depends on what you are looking for in a shield. If you want to go for a 50/50 ofensive/defensive probably a good shield that allow to use the weapon art is a better choice (black knight shield and silver eagle) or maybe the stone parma. A community dedicated to everything about Dark Souls 3. That Stamina buff may not seem like much, but I can't count how often being able to roll that one more time has saved my sorry ass. It's also surprisingly light at 5.5 units (black knight shield weighs 7.5 for you min-maxers). Press J to jump to the feed. Greatshields are viable, but they require lots of vitality and strength to make proper use out of. You can't tale those 7% dmg here abd there, but not fight with the guard up. Good stuff man, thanks for putting all the work in. First tab is uninfused shields. Infuse simple for more FP for your WA. These are the only things that can damage you: Good opponents will dodge & wait out the spell. You can sort and filter all the above headings. 2 Shields have 82+ Stability, Pair with Magic Shield. Here is a post on all the shields: +10 shields looking for some information, It has a Spreadsheet listing all the stats (stability, parry/WA/bash, weight, stats required, etc) for every shield at +10. Then click the "Armour Optimiser" Button down in the bottom left. Allows you to pair your 1-handed moveset with Weapon Arts. Similarly, any shield that has 82 or higher stability, will have the same effect with the regular "Magic Shield" sorcery (Greatshield of Glory & Moaning Shield). So you can spam both with abandon (not recommended). You were literally a fortress. What effect does Great Magic Shield have? Honestly, fully upgrading any shield isn't worth wasting a slab. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Cookies help us deliver our Services. Be sure to thank /u/itztaytay for helping with gathering basically all the data!! Meaning that you can't be guardbroken or attacked normally for the duration of the spell. Meaning that they can't ever get guardbroken. Any help with data gathering is greatly appreciated! If you wanna use weapon arts, Wolf knight greatshield is the best, followed by black knight shield if you want something lighter. Huh, didn't realize the wooden shield had decent stability. Guardbreak weapon arts, Kicks, Fully Charged Greathammer attacks, all boss's strongest attacks, all damaging spells, all do nothing. I aim to keep this updated with any shields that are released in the upcoming DLC. Just keep an eye on stamina, watch out for guardbreaks, mix in rolls and counter attacks. You are in luck, I have just such a post that covers that exact question, among others: Though, to answer your question directly: Ethereal Oak Shield = 2 hp/s, Regardless of upgrade, Ancient Dragon Greatshield = 2 hp/s, Regardless of upgrade. This is true, many of the shields gain no extra stability from the slab upgrade to +10. It doesn't gain any stability or block% going from +9 to +10, only damage, and that's not worth spending a Slab on. I'm currently using the Lothric Knight Shield, and would like a bit more stability. I would consider both upgraded shields' stats to be be pretty well balanced, to be about equal, so it would only take a hard fact of which one heals better to decide which to use. Great for sword & Board. The best resource for optimising armour would be on the Mugenmonkey site again. A medium shield with great stats and soul bonus? Great work, saved! This has been said dozens of times already but this is fantastic work. Plus they give you some more options in PVP... if used correctly. However, the Ethereal Oak Shield introduced in AoA has 100% physical block, though it weights a little more and has less stability. None of this would have been possible without the fantastic help of /u/itztaytay, who did the VAST majority of the data gathering :D. The Soulsplanner website now has some great resources for shields: Character planner - with accurate % block and stability for every shield with every infusion, Weapon Defense Calculator - with all the data you could ever want to compare every shield and infusion all in one place. Is there any solid information on exactly how much healing a fully upgraded blessed shield will do compared to a fully upgraded Ethereal Oak Shield? For full turtle mode, greatshield of glory has the highest stability and very high resistances iirc. ooooh boy! Some data on infused shields PSA: Shield infusions by /u/FallenNagger, Edits: Many, mostly wording and some corrections from you helpful people :). Shield of Want, has 100% physical and above-average resistances across the board, second-highest stability among medium shields (62@+5), and very good for fashion souls.

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