Location: Found along with matching armor, on a corpse on the bottom floor of the Anor Londo cathedral, near the painting. Purchase: Can be purchased from the Crestfallen Merchant for 8,000 souls. (Undead Parish curch, Sen's Fortress and Painted World of Ariamis) Note: Physical damage reduction changed from 100% to 95% in PTDEĭrop: Berenike Knights. Location: Blighttown near the bonfire on the upper level, a corpse perched on a support beam. *Attacks blocked with the Greatshield of Artorias do not cause any status effect The Greatshield of Artorias has a total of 88 stability, but the Crystal Tower Shield +5 has 90 stability which is the highest currently available, if impractical.Īscended: any Shield +10 and Soul of Sif, at the Giant Blacksmith in Anor Londo. While it can be used for breaking the enemies guard it's slow speed limits its use and is quickly redundant if your weapon of choice allows you to kick.

Sadly the drawback is that large shields can't be used for parrying and instead have a shield bash as their secondary attack. Small hits shouldn't even drain your stamina and even large hits and combos can be blocked without your guard being broken. Not only do they give a major damage reduction boost against all types of damage and have the greatest Stability of all shields, they typically have the highest rates of deflection causing even heavy hitters to recoil. However any character with a strong endurance who doesn't mind the heavy burden will find the best protection behind these shields. These shields are too heavy for light characters to even consider wielding without sacrificing mobility or dedicated rings to lighten their load. Weighing as much as 26.0 units these aren't your regular shield. These heavy unrelenting shields resemble more a wall than anything else. Greatshields are defensive equipment in Dark Souls and Dark Souls Remastered.

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