Talk:Drangleic Shield/@comment-214.13.81.212-20140515035012/@comment-75.32.5.35-20140621135507

The Defender's and King's shields are straight upgrades, and while this is good on your first playthrough, in NG+ and beyond those tend to do better, because of better stability and resistances across the board. Also, 35 dark resist is a garbage amount... More than half of it still hits you. When I had this shield for a brief period before I got the Tower Shield I just rolled out of the way of non-physical damage.