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Weight: How much the shield weighs, which affects your Equip Load.Requirements: What stats are needed to use the shield effectively.When selecting a Shield players need to factor in many things including Requirements, Weight, Guard Boost, and the Damage Reductions of the Shield. Can be substituted by putting Ash of War: Golden Parry or Ash of War: Carian Retaliation on any small or medium shield.For those who prefer to parry rather than block.Otherwise bought from Gatekeeper Gostoc at Stormveil Castle. Poor damage negations and Guard Boost.Comes with the Buckler Parry skill with faster startup and generous parry frames.Excellent damage negation against both physical and magic attacks, but requires Intelligence investment and defeat of a midboss.Dropped by defeating Moongrum, Carian Knight near the boss room of Raya Lucaria Academy.100% physical negation, 71% magic negation, 49 Guard Boost, 10 Str/10 Dex/15 Int required, 4.5 Weight.Formerly a popular choice before its physical negation was reduced in v1.03.Obtained at the top of a tower accessed by Spiritspring Jump near the Castle Morne Rampart Site of Grace in the Weeping Peninsula.87% physical negation, 49 Guard Boost, 14 Str required, 5.5 weight.This passive remains active if you're two-handing your main weapon. Passive stamina regeneration bonus (+8%) while in use.Comes with the Barricade Shield skill that temporarily enhances Guard Boost and lets your shield deflect more types of attacks.Has the best Guard Boost among Medium Shields, but is also the heaviest and requires significant Strength investment.
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An ideal earlygame selection for many characters. Very light for a Medium Shield, has low requirements, while still having 100% physical negation and decent Guard Boost.Looted from a chest in a camp northeast Limgrave, past the Warmaster's Shack.100% physical negation, 51 Guard Boost, 10 Str required, 3.5 weight.100 Physical Damage Reduction (Anything less than 100% would only be useful in specific builds.).Decent Guard Boost (How much stamina is used per block).Some useful aspects to look out for in selecting an early game shield are: