Thrusting Shields | Elden Ring Wiki

I would have thought that they would need to be two handed to be able to attack

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I was honestly expecting a lantern shield in there somewhere when I heard they added attack shields

Shame, but oh well

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If you use this online, you deserve to have it shoved down your throat IRL, because you are a terrible person.

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guard points my beloved

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I was really surprised when I found out they weren’t underpowered. With how many times the coolest additions get low damage, this really made me happy

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One cool feature that goes kinda unnoticed is that these can use some pretty strong skills like Holy Ground and Vow of Indomitable without having to equip a shield in an offhand

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Easily one of the best new additions with the DLC. My only hope is that this weapon type becomes a standard one. Same with Light Greatswords. I'd love to see the variations From Software comes up for them.

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I want to ride one down the mountaintops

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thrusting shield users when I pull out my kick misericorde

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would have been dope if i could slap spinning gravity thrust on one of these bad boys

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"Pure and radiant, it uses shieldpokes to shrive clean the hearts of invaders.... There is nothing more terrifying...."

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As if we needed another incentive for people to turtle. Most thrusting weapons can already attack from behind a shield, so why is this necessary?

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Brooo why didn't i discover this weapon sooner... I didn't know you can literally put almost every AoW on this, like a sword.

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put flame spear on one for an offhand gun

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A good defense is the best offence, and a good offence is the best defense. So, what if one thing did both?

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Please do a reach comparison.

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These badboys increase your mimic's survivability by 69%!

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two handed jump R2 gives you block frames after the hit you can roll out of. combine that with the lower body intangibility when jumping and you have cases where you jump into a boss combo, chunk them with jump R2, block the followup and roll away. I like combining it with cragblade

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THIS WEAPON IS A MONSTER!

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They could add just one more duel shield and I would be satisfied, one that causes bleeding would be cool, after all, there are VERY FEW representations of these shields in real life, and in some they have thorns distributed on the ends. Something that wouldn't exactly be a duel shield, but it would be interesting because it would technically be classified as such, it would be a lantern shield, it would go well with the game perhaps (I'm not going to explain what a lantern shield is, do some research)

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Dual welding these are so fun. You can simple R1>R1>L2>L2>R1 as a combo as long as the left shield has the default AOW. The right one can be whatever you want as long as you two hand it. I used barricade for extra defense with the Great shield talisman and turtle talisman.

Damage is still very respectable despite being a full faith build at the moment.

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Does anyone know what type of damage the charged R2 does? The damage type of the weapon overall is labeled Standard/Pierce, but it would be nice to know due to synergy with the Spear Talisman.

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Kick is META again!

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This is almost perfect, I just wish it would let you use non-shield AoWs from your offhand, 2-handing these is great but having an offhand shield with a non-shield AoW that overwrites your main hand AoW would be incredible

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Actually insanely good weapon class, possibly a top 5 contender in theory, in pvp at least. While two-handed it gets hyper armor, has block frames after the attack comes out, comes out on frame 14 (same speed as a one-handed straight sword), does good damage, and has a wide selection of AoW. Anyone saying this bad is either lying because they haven't tried it, or they are afraid of it becoming popular and getting nerfed.

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these are broken and THE best weapon class for PvE.

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Idk why people rank these so low on their tierlist(not that it matters) but this has to be the most unique weapon when it comes to gameplay, timing your attacks so it blocks the enemies' is really fun, and allows for more aggressive plays while not being as braindead as shieldpoke playstyles

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considering these are closely related to coliseum combat, one that matched the aesthetic of the gladiators would have been awesome. I really think 90+% of the weapons they added in the DLC should have been part of the new categories (ie Poisoned Hand as a hand-to-hand art, Greatsword of Damnation as a light greatsword) alls I'm saying is Pokemon Black and White made us play with only new Pokemon until postgame and they were awesome games for having done so

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these are insane. just great shields without the downsides of great shields. very easy to build around and destroys everything in pve

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Be careful using “quickstep” AOW on these. It forces a guard animation, which is a bit of a double-edged sword. Get block frames at the end of your I-frames but you could get guard broken if your stamina is too low

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Why are there only two of these? You’re telling me that a DLC of this size could only afford to make two thrusting shields?

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why do they use the greatsword
2H blocking animation and not the polearm one? seems wildly inefficient to me

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not sure why people are saying it was nerfed when From stated the interaction was a bug. Regardless it's still very good in its niche, not to mention block poke got old very fast. It's still a very strong STR weapon hybrid with the bonus of having less weight than a standard greatshield setup.

Now we also have a reason to use some of its cooler moves, the R2 Heavy being my favorite since it let's you charge up in the face of a big attack letting you create your own window and build up crazy stagger damage, which is what makes it more fun than classic shield + spear for me; the stagger potential of this these when you use it right is immense

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Kinda wish the fist attack of R1 while guarding 1H (usable with shield strike AoW) was just a diet shield bash with less poise. A simple jab, if you will.

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its over faith bros

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Everyone kvetching about thrusting shields being nerfed are the same dweebs who bawled about no longer being able to reach Guard Boost 100 with Fingerprint Shield.

Why were you even using Thrusting Shields to begin with? Did powerstancing naginatas get too boring?

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Back in the day we used to meme around dueling each other using only shields in Dark Souls 3 and now it has become a reality. Sometimes dreams come true.

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I picked mine after the nerf so I don't know how good they were before but this thing got me through the end boss in less than 10 attempts. Put Chilling Mist on it and poked to victory with the Sekiro tear.

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RIP thrusting shields patch 1.12.3

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After the nerf they are still really decent to use with the Greatshield Talisman.

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I wish one wasn't just a straight upgrade from the other, especially considering you can get these a few meters away from one another

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Wish there was a faith scaling one

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these got nerfed yippee

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can you not dual wield these?

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I wish you could power stance these :(

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Another idea from Dark Souls 2

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Use square off against these.

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once again people want a weapon that is good for pve nerfed just because it’s a bit annoying in pvp. The game should not be balanced around pvp full stop, just learn to adapt.

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Wild how people always come out of the woodwork to defend options that are not only extremely powerful but - and this is the kicker - very easy to use.
Downvoting this comment won't change the fact that this weapon type is two things: in need of nerfs, and better than most people using it.

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Sanctum shield all over again.

FROM, when will you learn?

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I actually think these things are so so so close to being really good. You can put a lot of really good AOW on these things, but WHY does it not override the AOW in my main hand like any other shield? Let me use bloodhound step on my shield with my Godslayers Greatsword PLEASE! I love the weapon, but the AOW gets me killed sometimes, so I figured I'd be able to throw bloodhound step on my shield and use it with my GSG out but NO. Cmon Fromsoft, this one change would immediately make thrusting shields worth existing.

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Hey, hi. I'm the guy who left the 05 Jun 2024 18:30 comment uh. WOW. Yeah. Kinda wish I was right about these being bad, huh?

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Remove from the game. They're worse than any meta in pvp

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Carian Knight's Sword and Lazuli Glintstone Sword wished they were this cool

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Wish there were a few more TBH.

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has anyone tried these with the buffed malenia great rune?

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the 94 phys is actually not that bad considering u can scholar shield and/or stack a bunch of armor since this playstyle can be totally fine at heavy load

also insane that with enough block pokes u can just stance break a boss far quicker and safer than if u were to conventionally wait for safe enough windows for charged R2s on any other weapon

also can i just say that the backstab and ripostes with these just look so brutal

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I adore these things to death, but I have to admit they're busted as all hell. You could fix these by making them slower all around, increase stamina damage taken on active block and removing its active guard on crouch pokes, or at least change the animations so they aren't.... THAT. If they do make an Elden Ring 2 this will be the weapon class I look forward to the most with more unique ashes and variants.

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Love using inescapable frenzy against people who use this in pvp, so many people who use these shields think that they can just run in and be fine no matter what.
The funniest thing is, they don't seem to learn after getting grabbed most of the time.

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these weapons are obnoxious in pvp tbh

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For some reason these shields have extraordinary little stamina loss when attacking and getting hit during that. I used greathammer with hammer talisman and couldn't break that shield's guard even once.

BUT, the shield can be parried... I did kill someone like that in arena. Breath of fresh air.

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Can these also be used to attack after you guard counter with it or do you need a weapn?

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Now, my favorite real life weapon is the dueling shield. So I was beyond excited for this. But God, its just so broken and brainless. Id genuinely argue a thrusting shield build is the most op build in the game. I'm not even playing the game at this point. I just walk up. Block and spam rb. I win.

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I'm not sure if this is a bug, but these don't seem to have a hardness, at least not when defending.
This means attacks do not bounce off. Even when using the Barricade Shield Ash of War.
The Dragonbolt Blessing incantation still works.

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Reminds me of Cao Ren from the Dynasty Warriors games.

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These have a block r1 thrust when two-handed. In PvP this allows you to react trade a lot of weapon types by just holding block and then waiting for the other person to attack. Put on the Spear Talisman with the Two-Handed Sword Talisman and Greatshield Talisman and it's an absolute menace in duels.

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True to their real life purpose these things are fantastic in duels from my experience

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So far my favorite new weapon type in the DLC. It may not be the best (by far, lol), but it's a blast

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Man these should totally have max physical damage blocking..

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This weapon type is my favorite it has an insanely good matchup into the consort fight that with perfect parries from the tear and the guard counters are insane since guard counters block easily the strongest weapon ive used in this game

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In colosseum they're basically shield poke but even more broken

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You can backstab and riposte with yhese. As well as shield poke while 2 handing them. Likewise you can get parried (tested againt a sanguine noble)

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I found that the guard frames from attack animations heavily increases damage negation and guard boost stats. This is especially useful on the Carian thrusting shield has 76 guard boost because these guard frames increase its guard boost to nearly 100 making this a very safe and reliable option to guard counter some delayed boss combos that wouldn't be possible with any other weapon. The guard frames on the second charged heavy attack can also be a clutch option to use when blocking or rolling is not possible after a heavy attack but another follow-up is. Its 2 handed guard into a R1 is also a unique attack that preserves guard frames and it functions identically as thrusting sword or spear shield poke but it has the same guard frames boost as all the other attacks which means you can safely poke as well. I think a lot of people may be overlooking this weapon category.

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What a dissapointment its worse than brass shield bravo Mitsubishi and tanymura

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So you can shield poke with these, but based on some tests against a sanguine noble you can also be parried. Likewise you can riposte and backstab.

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lmao only 2? just move these into medium shields.

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Heavy Attacks block attacks on charge. Is nice. The Carian Shield Can be hit with scholars armament. Which is also nice. Run scholars int+str build for fun. Nice alternative to the claymans for variety. Shield crash is also goated on these.

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I wonder what the point of using this over, you know, a proper shield with a thrusting weapon like spear or thrusting sword, which also enable you to attack when guarding, but you get 100% physical block along with much higher guard boost, why would you use thrusting shield over that?

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I wonder what the point of using this over, you know, a proper shield with a thrusting weapon like spear or thrusting sword, which also enable you to attack when guarding, but you get 100% physical block along with much higher guard boost, why would you use thrusting shield over that?

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Finally, my boulder knight cosplay will be possible

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Ahh yes, only 2 weapons for the class

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They powerstance with twinblades

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probly the only actually interesting new class of weapons in the dlc. every other class is either boring or unnecessary aside from maybe perfumer and beast claw. "light greatswords" certainly were not needed, and the throwing weapons are gonna be pure cancer in pvp, not that anyone cares about pvp..

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please have a power stance moveset

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I'll be gleaming with joy if you can sword & board with them

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If we’re calling them thrusting shields, they should let us shield poke with them for the meme

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I hope one of these is made like the lizard folk shields in D&D. — The Fist of Fury

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I expect them to be sort of like Valorheart in DS3, which has attack chains that block at the same time. This would be quite cool and unique at least in PvP

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i hope they have parries

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Are these gonna be like a Lantern Shield, where they're the size of a small-shield but have long blades attached to it?

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Hoping we get a sort of remastered Orma and Reeves shield

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This page needs to be renamed to "Dueling Shields", I don't think thrusting shield works because many current shields could technically be applied to the thrusting title, and have a completely different moveset than the one shown in the trailer.

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Strongly suspect these will be something like a twinblade with blocking frames, can't wait to see what ashes they get!

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Giant Door Shield?

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'Thrusting Shield' so, shields with spikes on them? If it works like shield poking does, I feel like its gonna be mediocre, but I hope it isn't mediocre, seems like a cool idea.

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None of these will have 100% physical block, the guard boost will be awful and the damage will be subpar. Oh yeah, I'm using this.

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talk about weird ****

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hopefully they change the crucible knight's greatshield to this

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Oh worm?

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