Talk:Shields/@comment-71.193.3.162-20140103054939/@comment-6003396-20140103060810

Yes, very much so. Upgrading, in most cases, will increase the Stability of the shield. Stability determines how much stamina is drained with each blow to the shield, meaning that a higher stability will allow one to continually block for a longer period of time, and it will allow for more attacks immediately after blocking. The Stability will only increase on standard shields, that is, shields that are upgraded with regular Titanite and not with Twinkling or Demon Titanite.