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. 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. 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. Some tips on shield use Shields in SL 120 PvP - A Guide (Sort of...) by /u/Detective_Vigilante. Hahaha but yeah, again, excellent work, don't you go hollow after giving such amazing info now ashen one. You can't tale those 7% dmg here abd there, but not fight with the guard up. Yeah, those 3 shields really give pure caster mages (& really anyone with very low STR) the chance to fully take advantage of Great Magic Shield :D, Love this! 19 Shields have 65+ Stability, Pair with Great Magic Shield, 2 Shields have 82+ Stability, Pair with Magic Shield, 5 Shields have Dex requirements - Bonewheel 10, Target 11, Spiked & Pontiff Knight 12, Buckler 13, 100% Physical Block shields highlighted in Green - Shut down those Washing pole Running R1s, 75+% Elemental Block shields highlighted in Green, When buffed with Great Magic Shield, any of these shields will have "Infinite" Stability and 100% Block to all main damage types (Physical, Lightning, Dark, Fire, & Magic). It also gives you 20% more souls when equipped and 30% with CSSR which is huge. This list will mainly help in picking which shields are worth upgrading at all for your build :). Havel’s Greatshield is arguably the best shield in the game, but it’s also the heaviest single-slot item as well, and will wear your character down very easily. Grass Crest. Honestly, fully upgrading any shield isn't worth wasting a slab. The best resource for weapons would be /u/naiyt's Mugenmonkey - "Dark Souls 3 Weapon AR Calculator". 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). Perfect for parry 1-shot Str builds. However, the Ethereal Oak Shield introduced in AoA has 100% physical block, though it weights a little more and has less stability. Good stuff man, thanks for putting all the work in. Any help with data gathering is greatly appreciated! Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, Save the Silver Knights, equip Way of Blue, Shields in SL 120 PvP - A Guide (Sort of...). 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? Small Leather Shield Special Parry shield with no Dex requirement. If you want to play a defensive guard up playstyle you better go for a greatshield (cathedral knight greatshield and stone greatshield are good early game choices i think). Infuse simple for more FP for your WA. Then click the "Armour Optimiser" Button down in the bottom left. 5 Shields have Dex requirements - Bonewheel 10, Target 11, Spiked & Pontiff Knight 12, Buckler 13. Though terribly heavy, it can serve as a shield. Pierce and Follower are kinda surprising too. A few of the smaller Shields & most infused shields do gain just that little bit extra though, which is enough for the coveted 65 stability. But the rest of the video is great. After 300 hours It occurred to me I hadn't upgraded a single shield. 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. That depends on what you are looking for in a shield. Lothric knight shield is the best shield with parry. 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. It upgrades with titanite scales, however, which are pretty rare early-mid game. This basically means any shield can block 100% of all damage of all types (fire, lightning, dark, magic, physical). It's also surprisingly light at 5.5 units (black knight shield weighs 7.5 for you min-maxers). 5 Best Shields In Dark Souls 3 Stone Greatshield. A community dedicated to everything about Dark Souls 3. For full turtle mode, greatshield of glory has the highest stability and very high resistances iirc. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Exactly, a good shield can really change the course of a boss battle gone awry. Some data on infused shields PSA: Shield infusions by /u/FallenNagger, Edits: Many, mostly wording and some corrections from you helpful people :). First tab is uninfused shields. You were literally a fortress. 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. For full turtle mode, greatshield of glory has the highest stability and very high resistances iirc. Greatshields are viable, but they require lots of vitality and strength to make proper use out of. Meaning that you can't be guardbroken or attacked normally for the duration of the spell. This has been said dozens of times already but this is fantastic work. Wolf Knight Greatshield - Highest Stability (71) weapon Art Shield. Can confirm. 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. It's kinda funny actually, I never upgrade my shields, so when I read this I remembered "Oh yeah, shield upgrading is a thing"! These are the only things that can damage you: Good opponents will dodge & wait out the spell. Sunlight blade does a good job of explainng it in this video. 19 Shields have 65+ Stability, Pair with Great Magic Shield . Plus they give you some more options in PVP... if used correctly. Just keep an eye on stamina, watch out for guardbreaks, mix in rolls and counter attacks. Guardbreak weapon arts, Kicks, Fully Charged Greathammer attacks, all boss's strongest attacks, all damaging spells, all do nothing. 2 Shields have 82+ Stability, Pair with Magic Shield. 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. If you want to turtle, use either a greatshield or the black knight shield. But you gotta give up that pump-a-rum to get it. Cookies help us deliver our Services. Can't beat it. What effect does Great Magic Shield have? :D. Wow that's a lot of hard work, good job sir! I aim to keep this updated with any shields that are released in the upcoming DLC. It doesn't gain any stability or block% going from +9 to +10, only damage, and that's not worth spending a Slab on. Friede in NG++ changed that up for me real quick. A community dedicated to everything about Dark Souls 3. 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. 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. You and /u/iztaytay should be very proud of yourselves. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. ____^. So these kinds of shields are really only for tank builds that max vitality and strength. This makes me sad, because in DS1, Artorias' Greatshield had 88 fucking stability, 100% status effect block and only weighed 16.0 units. Dragon Crest shield is very good too, and it does'nt weight much. You may need to click "File - Make a copy" to create your own version of the file for this to work. This is true, many of the shields gain no extra stability from the slab upgrade to +10. They can really help against casters, Washing pole Running attacks, crossbows, Gotthard Rolling L1s, etc. Second tab is for Infused Shields, which is still a work in progress. Press J to jump to the feed. Lothric Knight Shield - highest stability (66) of parrying shields, blocks 100% phys. So you can spam both with abandon (not recommended). •Curse ward for being lighter with good stability (looks nice too), •Wolf knights for style and resistances (also light), •Havels Greatshield for best block resistances, •Black knight is the best medium all round. It also means that any shield with 65 Stability will now have infinite (100) stability. Feels bad. Porcine shield, it's the only shield you need.