Greatshield of Artorias

The  is one of the Greatshields in Dark Souls.

Availability
The Greatshield of Artorias can be created at the Giant Blacksmith in Anor Londo with a +10 Shield, the Soul of Sif and 5,000 souls.

Characteristics
The Greatshield of Artorias has the highest stability of any shield in the game. It also has heavy deflection. Attacks blocked with the Greatshield of Artorias do not cause any status effect at all (the bar will not even appear). However the attack must be blocked. Area of effect attacks will not be blocked, such as ambient effects like the poison swamp of Blighttown, or the curse mist from basilisk. As such this shield will not block the curse effect from Seath's crystal attack.

Upgrades
Requires: 5000 Souls and Demon Titanite