Spiked Shield

The  is one of the Standard Shields in Dark Souls.

Characteristics
The Spiked Shield has an overhead shield bash attack instead of a parry attack and has a light deflection. It also has an auxillary 300 bleed damage effect. The bleed build up is 33 per strike, and once inflicted will tear 30% of the opponent's HP. This shield is one of the only two shields that has a dexterity parameter bonus, the other being the Pierce Shield. It is also one of the only four shields that has a dexterity requirement, the other two being the Buckler and the Target Shield. When the Spiked Shield is upgraded to crystal the durability is 16.

Availability
The Spiked Shield is obtained by defeating Kirk, Knight of Thorns in one of three invasion encounters. However, the shield is not a guaranteed drop. The possible invasion encounters are at the Depths, Demon Ruins, and Lost Izalith.

Upgrades
Requires: 200 Souls and Titanite