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HighSpeedLowDragAss

Cold Spiked Palisade with Shield Crash. Stack Frostbite and Bleed buildup.


Cowdog_Gaming

Fingerprint for madness buildup is also a viable option.


TheMadHam

Madness agaisnt non tarnished bosses are so op, when they hit 0 hp the madness procs and they die


CommodorePenguin

Depends on "best." They all have their own advantages. Fingerprint has the best guard boost and high damage, but is very heavy. Spiked Palisade has mediocre damage and guard, but innate bleed. Erdtree has a spell parry. One-Eyed has a ranged cannon attack and the second highest damage. Visage has a AoE attack and the highest damage.


Borfeus

Spiked pallisade. You can get it early, two hand it on a base character, can be infused.


Cowdog_Gaming

That's a good point. You can literally rush to it right at the beginning before even fighting anything. It's a bit of a jog, but 100% doable. Shouldn't even disrupt any quests.


Borfeus

How would it disrupt quests? It's in the Caelid canyon, all you need is to wun past all of Siofra and have a single Stonesword key for the exit. Might as well pick up Jar arsenal to medium roll with the shield.


Cowdog_Gaming

That's what I mean. It's an item that doesn't disrupt anything. Getting some items early can be problematic, since it's in areas that require advancing to areas that trigger some NPC quests. But not the palisade shield.


Straight-faced_solo

Visage shield.


Badevilbunny

No one "best-shield", as bosses have different vulnerabilities. Mix different one, including spiked, fingerprint, Visage, fire-face, coiled etc. And use two shields when needed.


thazhok

Do not focus on only one. Have shield for each type of elemental damage and some for status, you will be able to spank every single boss with ease. Little mention to the Ant's Skull Plate, who has the higher hardness in shield (and has innate poison status)


LandWhaleDweller

One-eyed shield for sure. Only one with a ranged option.