Sunlight Shield

Sunlight Shield
Found	Solaire of Astora - drop
Stats
	64
	-
	-
	-
	100
	100
	30
	75
	50
	57
Param. Bonus
	D
	-
	-
	-
Req. Param
	12
	-
	-
	-
Weight	4.0
Durability	280
Weapon Type	Medium Shield
Attack Type	Strike

For the Dark Souls III variant, see Sunlight Shield (Dark Souls III).

The Sunlight Shield is a medium shield in Dark Souls.

In-Game Description

Shield of Solaire of Astora, Knight of Sunlight. Decorated with a holy symbol, but Solaire illustrated it himself, and it has no divine powers of its own.

As it turns out, Solaire's incredible prowess is a product of his own training, and nothing else.

Availability

The Sunlight Shield is dropped by Solaire of Astora.

Characteristics

Besides the symbol on it, the Sunlight Shield is almost equal in defensive capabilities to the Tower Kite Shield. It has slightly less stability, while having slightly more Fire defense and being slightly heavier. The Sunlight Shield has medium deflection and normal parry speed. When upgraded to crystal, the durability is 28.

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
	60%
	60%
	60%
	40%

Moveset

Attack	Description
One-handed Weak Attack	Diagonal swing to the left.
One-handed Strong Attack	Strong horizontal swings alternating from left to right. Some starting lag.
Two-handed Weak Attack	Shield Bash.*
Two-handed Strong Attack	Holds shield up and runs forward, then slams it down at the end. Additional inputs yield a horizontal swing.*
Jump Attack	Slams shield into the ground.
Running Attack	Holds shield up and runs forward, then swings open at the end.*
Rolling Attack	Downward swing.
Kick	Push away with the shield.
Left-handed Weak Attack	Block.
Left-handed Strong Attack	Parry.

*While shield is up the player is actively blocking

Upgrades

• Standard
• Crystal
• Magic
• Divine
• Fire
• Lightning

Requires: Standard Sunlight Shield, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Standard Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Sunlight Shield	64	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	100	30	75	50	57
Sunlight Shield +5 (Titanite Shard ×3)	80	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	100	30	75	50	62
Sunlight Shield +10 (L. Titanite Shard ×3)	99	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	100	30	75	50	68
Sunlight Shield +15 (Titanite Slab ×1)	128	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	100	30	75	50	71

Requires: Standard Sunlight Shield +10, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Crystal Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Crystal Sunlight Shield (Titanite Chunk ×1)	99	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	100	30	75	50	71
Crystal Sunlight Shield +5 (Titanite Slab ×1)	128	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	100	30	75	50	74

Requires: Standard Sunlight Shield +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Magic Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Magic Sunlight Shield (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	60	65	–	–	E	–	D	–	100	30	75	50	57
Magic Sunlight Shield +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3)	74	80	–	–	E	–	D	–	100	33	75	50	57
Magic Sunlight Shield +10 (Blue Titanite Slab ×1)	96	104	–	–	E	–	D	–	100	36	75	50	57

Requires: Standard Sunlight Shield +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Divine Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Divine Sunlight Shield (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	53	66	–	–	E	–	D	–	100	30	75	50	57
Divine Sunlight Shield +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3)	66	82	–	–	E	–	D	–	100	30	75	50	57
Divine Sunlight Shield +10 (White Titanite Slab ×1)	86	108	–	–	E	–	D	–	100	30	75	50	57

Requires: Standard Sunlight Shield +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Fire Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Fire Sunlight Shield (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	64	–	64	–	–	–	–	–	100	30	75.0	50	57
Fire Sunlight Shield +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	66	–	66	–	–	–	–	–	100	30	76.5	50	57
Fire Sunlight Shield +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	69	–	69	–	–	–	–	–	100	30	78.0	50	57
Fire Sunlight Shield +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	71	–	71	–	–	–	–	–	100	30	79.5	50	57
Fire Sunlight Shield +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	74	–	74	–	–	–	–	–	100	30	81.0	50	57
Fire Sunlight Shield +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3)	76	–	76	–	–	–	–	–	100	30	82.5	50	57
Fire Sunlight Shield +6 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1)	81	–	81	–	–	–	–	–	100	30	84.0	50	57
Fire Sunlight Shield +7 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1)	85	–	85	–	–	–	–	–	100	30	85.5	50	57
Fire Sunlight Shield +8 (Red Titanite Chunk ×2)	90	–	90	–	–	–	–	–	100	30	87.0	50	57
Fire Sunlight Shield +9 (Red Titanite Chunk ×3)	94	–	94	–	–	–	–	–	100	30	88.5	50	57
Fire Sunlight Shield +10 (Red Titanite Slab ×1)	99	–	99	–	–	–	–	–	100	30	90.0	50	57

The stats for the above upgrade path may be out of date. Efforts are currently underway to fix this issue. Thank you for your understanding.

Requires: Standard Sunlight Shield +10, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Lightning Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Lightning Sunlight Shield (Titanite Chunk ×1)	76	–	–	76	–	–	–	–	100	30	75	56	57
Lightning Sunlight Shield +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	81	–	–	81	–	–	–	–	100	30	75	57	57
Lightning Sunlight Shield +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	87	–	–	87	–	–	–	–	100	30	75	57.5	57
Lightning Sunlight Shield +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2)	92	–	–	92	–	–	–	–	100	30	75	58	57
Lightning Sunlight Shield +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3)	97	–	–	97	–	–	–	–	100	30	75	59	57
Lightning Sunlight Shield +5 (Titanite Slab ×1)	102	–	–	102	–	–	–	–	100	30	75	60	57

The stats for the above upgrade path may be out of date. Efforts are currently underway to fix this issue. Thank you for your understanding.

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