Stability: How well the player keeps stance after being hitĪttack Type: Defines what kind of swing set the weapon has.

Weight: How much the item weights when equipped. When an items durability is low, a message will come up saying 'Weapon At Risk!' at this point the weapon does not perform at it's best. This resulting bonus damage is added to the base physical damage of the weapon and is shown in the equipment screen in blue numbers as a '+ X'.ĭurability: The weapon's HP, when the durability hits 0, the effectiveness of its attacks become weakened to the point of almost uselessness. The higher the scaling letter, the higher the percent multiplier applied to the. The higher the player's stat, the higher the is (found on the player status screen). Scaling quality is from highest to lowest as follows: S/A/B/C/D/E. Parameter Bonus: Strength, Dexterity,Magic, Fire, Lightning and Dark bonuses - The scaling multiplier applied to the. Apart from that it makes an easy to pick up good shield for any starting loadout, not just the knight. The silver eagle kite shield can use weapon arts instead of parry, I think thats g more useful. ((Please link or make the embed small)) Required in Build: Knights shield is superior in all ways except one.

Bares a striking resemblance to the Tower Kite Shield from Dark Souls 1.

The rather light weight and 90% physical defense is also a good consideration until you get Magic Shield.

It's the next best Medium Shield in terms of defense while requiring much less Strength. It is useful if you haven't yet obtained, or you would rather keep your strength too low for the Drangleic Shield.

An easy to obtain shield that is good all around.

Buy from Maughlin the Armourer for 1500 souls.

Enemy attacks can be interrupted with a parry (pressing the Strong Attack button for the shield) and requires practice to learn the timing. This allows a riposte, a free attack by the player for a high amount of damage. Standard Shields can be used not only to block an enemy but to parry their attack as well. Silver Eagle Kite Shield is a standard shield in Dark Souls 2.

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