Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-10209824-20130531173141/@comment-667748-20130531174106

Silver has slightly more stability (76 vs 75, the highest of standard shields), and weighs less (5 vs 6), but both are heavy. Silver has good overall resistences.

The Black has low reductions... except for fire, where it has a MASSIVE 95% reduction. It will make you virtually immune to fire.

Both require twinkling Titanite, so little investment: Why don't you just get both :). Overall, I usually use Silver, except when I have a good reason to use Black.

Bloodshield has good resistances, but its overall reductions and stability are meh.

Lighter weight: The Spider Shield actually has good stability for a shield with a "feature", and only weighs only 3. The Balder Shield has great stability (74), but low reductions. The Heater Shield as OK stability too, and weighs only 2. Those 3 shield require standard titanite though, so require more investment.