Talk:Shields/@comment-87.93.70.20-20130726114347

If one has the stats for it,there are only two shields one is ever going to need,making other shields useful only for parrying and riposting. Greatshield of Artorias can be used to block most (if not all) negative status effects along with fire and physical damage and the massive amount of stability (more than any other shield in the game) will greatly help with it.Havel's Greatshield can be used to block all other types of damage as well as give one a poise boost,with Havel's Greatshield also having the 2nd highest stability in game making it all easier.I tested this strategy for two playthroughs and it made things far easier,even making the lightning attacks of Ornstein and Smough a joke,even on second phase of the fight