Cleansing Greatshield

Cleansing Greatshield
Found	Chasm of the Abyss - Sif
Stats
	75
	-
	-
	-
	0
	80
	80
	80
	70
	77
Param. Bonus
	D
	-
	-
	-
Req. Param
	31
	-
	-
	-
Weight	14.5
Durability	300
Weapon Type	Greatshield
Attack Type	Strike

The Cleansing Greatshield is a greatshield in Dark Souls.

In-Game Description

The steel greatshield used by Knight Artorias, who succumbed to the Abyss. Artorias, deeply scarred by the Abyss, used this to form a barrier to protect his compatriot Sif. Although this drained the shield, its magic defense remains high.

Availability

The Cleansing Greatshield is only available in the Artorias of the Abyss DLC. Upon falling through an illusory floor in the Chasm of the Abyss, Alvina will appear momentarily. She will lead the player past Humanity Phantoms to an illusory wall which hides the room where Sif is trapped. Clear the room of all enemies, then go back to Sif, who will then be able to warp away. Upon doing so, Sif will leave behind the Cleansing Greatshield.

Characteristics

The Cleansing Greatshield has the weakest physical defense of any of the greatshields available. However, its defenses against magic and the other elements are all very good, even for a greatshield. This means that its effectiveness will vary considerably depending on the type of damage a particular boss will deal. It has a heavy deflection and a standard bash attack. A major downside to this shield's use is that upgrading will not raise its stability value, only the damage will be increased.

All things considered however, this is a vastly inferior version to its pristine self, the Greatshield of Artorias, as the latter, though not possessing the same high values as the Cleansing Greatshield, boasts extremely high stability, better Resistance Defenses (as it will block 100% Curse), and negates physical damage entirely, though it does require slightly more Strength and has slightly higher weight.

Resistance Defense

Along with Physical and Elemental damage reduction, weapons also have hidden stats that reduce the amount of status build-up while blocking.

Resistance	Reduction
	100%
	100%
	100%
	0%

Moveset

Attack	Description
One-handed Weak Attack	Shield Bash.*
One-handed Strong Attack	Slams shield into the ground. Some starting lag.
Two-handed Weak Attack	Same as one-hand weak attack.
Two-handed Strong Attack	Same as one-hand strong attack.
Jump Attack	Slams shield into the ground.
Running Attack	Holds shield up and runs forward, then slams it down at the end.*
Rolling Attack	Flips shield upside down and brings it down against the ground.
Kick	Push away with the shield.
Left-handed Weak Attack	Block.
Left-handed Strong Attack	Shield Bash.*

*While shield is up the player is actively blocking

Upgrades

Requires: Twinkling Titanite and 5,000 souls per upgrade.

Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Cleansing Greatshield	75	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	80	80	80	70	77
Cleansing Greatshield +1 (Twinkling Titanite ×1)	78	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	80	80	80	70	77
Cleansing Greatshield +2 (Twinkling Titanite ×1)	82	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	80	80	80	70	77
Cleansing Greatshield +3 (Twinkling Titanite ×2)	86	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	80	80	80	70	77
Cleansing Greatshield +4 (Twinkling Titanite ×2)	90	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	80	80	80	70	77
Cleansing Greatshield +5 (Twinkling Titanite ×4)	93	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	80	80	80	70	77

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