Talk:Eagle Shield/@comment-79.1.46.73-20161017052055/@comment-4511886-20161020205600

The Spiked Shield is also an okay-ish offensive shield. Of course, that one is far easier to use to its maximum potential since it causes bleed, instead of boosting counter damage like the Pierce Shield. Then again, both shields bash quite slowly, so I guess the bleed is quite difficult to build up even if you compare it to slower bleed weapons like the Flamberge.

On to the actual question; shield bashing on greatshields tend to be underwhelming at best. Attacks are slow, poise damage is low and the damage output is abyssmal. There is nearly no thinkable scenarios where you're not just better of swining a normal weapon.