Talk:Target Shield/@comment-173.54.27.167-20140601052705/@comment-75.167.138.227-20160825032922

Longest, yeah. Best, depends on your point of view. I've heard long parry windows are great for learning (i don't know for sure, I personally learned on a heater shield) just keep in mind the recovery for a long parry is much larger than a normal or fast. So once you learn how to parry, switching to a medium shield may be favorable as, with quick reflexes, you can usually still block an attack you failed to medium or fast parry. also there are these things called "partial" parries where your timing is barely off (and in my experiece most failed parries after a bit of practice are partials) where you still get 80% of that shield's damage reduction and no stagger regardless of poise, which is significantly higher with medium shields.