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I think it might be artorias greatshield from ds1.

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I got it finally but it's too heavy and I don't attain the basic stat. to use it

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>67 stability

look how they massacred by boy

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Bruh Convenant reward is ****, it's so hard to get that wolf blood something
1. It's rarely called to invade
2. Once I got a call to invade the host bring 4 white phantom with him

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You don't really have to +5 this
+4 and +5 have no difference at stability

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The resistances apply even if you fail requeriments. It goes well for a low SL Bloodlust build, by just two-handing the katana and having this shield on your back. It prevents the WA from reaching bleed.

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I love weaponskill shields. And of the only three greatshields that have it, this is the sexiest of the three. And come on. Its Atorias shield. How can you go wrong

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At least it doesn't requires proof of concords......

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DS1 version of this shield is much better

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Played this game for two years with multiple NG+s and replays, but never knew this thing existed in the game til I saw a comment about it on reddit. Now I have a new goal.

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30 covenant items for fashion souls? sign me right the **** up

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Now for an almost unrelated story except for the fact that I was trying to get this shield.
Now I was invading tryng to farm the damned sword grass, I spent around 3 hours on it because it was a slow day and I'm bad, so here I am, with 29 out of 30, I invade and almost die to a gank, I then proceed to run away towards my crabbos friends so I'm on an attrition battle where I'll probably lose, 30 seconds later I'm basically dead but the host is low on HP, there's this small problem for me where a chaos bed vestige is flying towards me, in a final attempt for that swordgrass I shoot my trusty(Not trusty at ****ing all, never hit **** ever with it) knight crossbow and shoot it at the host, and as a Christmas miracle the host tryng to drink some estus but he didn't have it or something, so his character started shaking the flask, the important part is that it made him stand still, still enough for my trusty untrusty knight's crossbow to hit him while I'm bussy dying, anyway this didn't happen anytime near Christmas so it wasn't a Christmas miracle and I still didn't get the swordgrass.

But I still think about that today about 1 and a half years later and I still think it's cool.

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Best way to get this?
Cheat: Go offline, put on cheat engine (max loot), go to bonfire in swamp, farm the poison spear guys for wolf grass.
Doesn't take more than 5 minutes.

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Great for fashion, it does its job for general use pve. Will want to switch out to black iron greatshield for certain bosses like midir though.

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Pure garbage compared to the DS1 original. 71 stability when fully upgraded, as opposed to 88 stability, unupgraded. It's also a sh*tty covenant item that costs 30 sword grass.

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Hey anybody wanna drop this for me? I lost the one I had, cant get it again for this character

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What a joke of a shield. Curse Ward Greatshield is a lot easier to obtain and is slightly stronger.

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I dunno, you only get two more stability than the Black Knight Shield, for 11 weight compared to 7.5, and much less fire res, way higher stat requirements and way harder to get... I think if you want to go a greatshield, go all the way and use Yhorm's or GOG, otherwise Lothric Knight Shield and Black Knight Shield I think are far superior... this shield is very cool though!

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Most OP shield, been my favourite since. Artorias set+his sword+this shield and you dont have to worry about Midir's or The Storm King's fire anymore. Just L1 and charge your way through victory

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Best way to nab this big doggo shield? Do the invasions! I know it’s tough for some but hear me out. If you’re past lvl 30 and you really want it, make a new character. I suggest starting as knight, never upgrading ANY weapon past +2 (+1 for weapons upgraded with special components) and making a vigor based build focusing on getting the minimum req for whatever weapon you like best for pvp and then raw infusing that’s weapon. Here’s a few good beginner pvp weapons if you don’t have a preference; Claymore, Hollow-Slayer Greatsword, large club, zweheinder, spiked mace. Now you rush to get the covenant, equip, and then play through the game as normal. Because the watchdogs DO NOT require you to be in the area to be summoned, you can play through the game and still be summoned to invade for swordgrass. Just remember the basics rules of lvl 30, only +2 reinforcement (+1 for special weapons) and you will be summoned rather frequently. I hope this helps!

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hardest shield to get

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Pair this thing with the Farron Greatsword and you have yourself a parrying greatshield

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for those who prefer to invade as defender.... just dont, unless you are 100% sure you can take 2-3 ppl at once, as its mostly fight clubs and gank squads. on the bright side, farming ghrus is a lot quicker way to farm grass and at the same time you'll be denying gankers their prey, so they can farm covenant for days and weeks instead ^^

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best shield for me.

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I farmed 30 straight with no quit outs, 506 item discovery, 42 minutes. For whatever that's worth.

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kill 15 ghru then quit the game, repeat

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wouldve been cool if weapon art was a small forcefield that probably cured ailments and maybe health regen or smth but you cant move when you use it and the forcefield doesnt block 100% of damage

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Just farm invasions for a bit i got like 10 swordgrass in an hour, plus you can hone your pvp skills and its a lot more fun then killing the same enemy for 3 hours straight

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If you run Helm of Avarice from Keep Ruins on those Ghrus and join covenant, you can get it quick. I pvp'd a little and I'm a casul, got a guy with havel's shield, gael's greatsword, vilhelm gear and mashed him with a great mace. It took like an hour and a half. If you pop a coin and then do runs and occasionally pvp you can do it! The shield absolutely rocks! Remember your shield matters ALOT more than armor/poise etc.

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Anyone willing to trade on ps4 my gamer tag is Brainless23t

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Is anyone willing to trade me

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Takes 3 hours to farm 30 Wolf's Blood Swordgrass with 500+ item discovery

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Took me about 6 hours to get 30 of the materials (I only had the Crystal Sage Rapier and 4 item discovery boost coins). I think I slayed a total of 800 Ghurus or something in the process. I hope I made the right choice...

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Step one: equip with quickstep weapon. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Rack in those pvp items. Stage 4: cancer

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So i did the thing and offered 30 sworgrasses to the wolf but didnt get anything, gg m8

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Took so long to farm but it was worth it. Best place to farm is at the Keep Ruins bonfire. Kill the 3 Ghuru (be sure to have the gold covenant serpent ring, symbol of avarice, and off hand the crystal sage rapier for the most item discovery besides investing points into luck) until you have 30 wolf blood sword grass. It's a rare drop from them. Also be sure to use pyromancy/fire damage as that's what the ghuru are weak to. Hope this helps! :)

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anyone wants to trade this for something? or if kind enough give it ;D im on pc

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Anyone wanna trade or I could dupe it. On PS4 name it yaboi_molotov

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I cant cosplay Artorias, not before grinding a lot. Fock From Software

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anyone wanna trade for this i got a plus 4 dragon slayers axe could level up to 5 if you want if you wanna trade message me on Xbox 1 gamer tag RayChandlerHall

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anyone who could possibly trade me this? wouldnt overly like to farm pvp outside of darkmoon >.<

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Can someone trade me this shield on PC ? With the full farm build (Chest, +3 ring, 2 rapiers and regular Rusty/Golden Coins) I got only 6 leafs on the swamp in 1 hour + for all that time I was in the Farron covenant and got no auto-invasions. Im really tired and just won't take 4 more hours of this. Maybe you don't have the DLCs and I can give you some boss weapons or something. Steam:

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I don't get why people think artorias was left handed if he were left handed why would his left arm be shattered from blocking with the shield and in his art work he carried his sword in his right hand and people wrongfully assumed before the dlc came out that the knight on the cover of DS1 was artorias also its likely that this is a replica not the original and that it is only a symbol of rank in the watchdogs of farron covenant like a ceremonial saber in the military and just like those it is capable of being used and being better than other more cheaply made weapons but it is not as good as the true masterfully made weapons they were based off of as most weapons are now-a-days

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If anyone wants to trade me this shield, I'd be happy trading for a boos soul or smth (i know thats still not great but...) If not does anyone have a good way of farming the swordgrass?

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I always wondered if this is the actual shield, we know what happened to the original which was heavily damaged and corrupted (Cleansing shield from DS1) so i wonder why this one seems completely fine with no marks at all, so i think this might be a replica of sort or somehow it was repaired and cleaned from the corruption of the abyss (if thats even possible)

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If you don’t want to farm shield just stay SL 25 or lower and Enter watchdogs of farron. Killing players is the best way 2 get it.

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A full physical shield weapon art shield, with status resistance across the board and decent weight to boot? It's basically a Black Knight Shield for people with extra vitality. Sign me up!

It's worthy to note that nine times out of ten, using this with the Farron GS will benefit your mindgames extremely, because no one expects a parry from a greatshield.

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The great thing about this shield is its low weight and status effect resistances. It also looks pretty awesome. The stability is really quite good as well.

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I can't believe some people think this shield belongs to the Abyss Watchers/Watchdogs of Farron. That's just fuckin' depressing.

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I know that one guy sad trading is for wimps but i srsly need someone to trade it with me please... thank you

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There are no Trades! True gamers of Dark Souls know that EVERYTHING must be earned not GIVEN. For those who ask for a trade.... You sicken me... Grow a spine and play the game as INTENDED!

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Long story: This Shield was not wielded by any Abysswatcher's or any Watchdog of Farron. In Fact this shield belonged to a legendary warrior of the first Kingdom (Lordran) of the Dark Souls Series, Artorias The Abysswalker. Artorias the Abysswalker was one of the Four Knights of Gwyn (King of Lordran), as his unbreakable resolve furthered his hatred of the Dark, Specifically Darkwraiths of Kaathe. He earned the Title 'Abysswalker' due to the ability of his ring allowing him to enter and hunt down Darkwraiths. However when he heard of Oolacile being attacked by the Abyss created by the Father of the Abyss, Manus. In an effort to save the Princess of Oolacile he and his partner Sif the Greywolf made a stand against Manus, which they unfortunately lost. In a act of selflessness Artorias Jumps in front of Sif with his great shield Protecting his companion from the Abyss at the Cost of his own Sanity.
His Legacy had continued as by the rise of Lothric, The Undead Legion of Farron (Abysswathers), partook of wolf blood and it was rumored their souls were bound to the wolf blood master. Even further the fighting style and weapons of the Abysswatchers were created after his own and fought in erratic and wild styles similar to Artorias the Abysswalker's own.

Short: Artorias the Abysswalker (Wolf Knight in this case, due to Dark Souls 3), wielded the shield not a Abysswatcher of Farron. The Watchdogs of Farron follow his original legacy, by Pursuing the Abyss. It was rumored that unlike normal Knights, Artorias wielded his blade in his shield arm (Left Arm).

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Hmm... Curious that a “master of the wolf’s blood of Farron” would ever consider wielding a shield at all, let alone having one named in his likeness. We all know what happened to Hawkwood regarding this very thing, so...

Would anyone care to explain how this came to be, or is this just a lapse in loremastering?

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It'd be a good shield if it wasn't a pain in the ass to get

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They really didn't pay attention to divine protection of this shield against dark damage. In the first Dark Souls, this shield protected Sif from the endless darkness of the abyss. But now it only deflects 68% of the damage dealt by dark. It should have been around 90% or more. Wouldn't you agree?

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All this hate for the lack of parry and here I am, wondering why nobody has pointed out that pairing it with the Farron Greatsword solves that problem pretty neatly

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So this shield basically is only useful against Friede and is pretty crap otherwise. Even the OWCS which you get by the same faction is better offhanded, since you can easily procc it even with a SS in a bossfight. It would have been great with a parry, or something actually usefull. Hell, even shieldbash seems better because you just have better options for a WA shield.

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the resistance effect occors by other items aswell. Items that are hollow infused!

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This shield was not hard to get at all. I only have 1 but I don't use it so if anyone wants it message II WHOLPHIN II on Xbox then

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If anyone is willing to trade me this greatshield
Then feel free to add me on PS4: Halcyon-145

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Alright, I'll admit it; I want this shield.
If anyone would like to trade for it, just
contact my Xbone at;
SeikaTachi
I don't mind a bit of trading.
If not, I'll try farming it too~

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50% of people asking about trading for this shield, 40% talking about how painful it is to farm this shield, 10% of people actually saying something "useful".

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If anyone sees this I'd try to trade for it

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Need this shield bad!! Will trade anything. Plz hlp
Psn: abo_jr

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Anyone have an extra? Willing to trade anything you want in the game and slabbed if need be for this shield. Let me know thanks.
PSN: Bones2316

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I need help with these. Will of course return the favor :-)
PSnetwork : SusanneLeonhard

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How do people farm the sword grass been at it for 3 days. Luck 12 with crystal sages rapier.

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Lots of comment about people having a hard time farming glass for this... here is what I did to get 30 glass to get this and the sword... go to Farron ruin Bonfire (where there are three gurus on a bridge) equip gold covetous ring if you have it.... use chous pyromancy to one shot all three of them... reset... repeat... took me around1 hour and 30 mins (I had +3 gold covetous ring and only 10 luck)

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If i farm for this damn thing anymore ill go crazy.
Ill trade pretty much anything ive got for it.
Im on XB1
GT: PlaidVolcano691

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so uhh this was my first run of ds3 and im only realizing now that you get this as a watchdogs of farron award, so uhh if anyone is will to trade with me, i would really appreciate it.

Platform: PC
Steam name: Volk

if you end up finding alot of people with the name volk my profile pic is the one with the cat

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Good shield, only thing that I find annoying is that resistance bars show up whenever you equip it. Not really that big deal regardless though.

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Head of loot drop, Gold snake ring of more loot drop +3, ice rapier of crystal loot drop. Farmed for 2 hours, done.

People its not that hard, just dedicate some tiny bits of hours on this and you'll get it. I mean, Ds3 got hundreds of hours of pleasure, I think you can offer TWO of those hundred for a shield. Farron ruin bonefire, 3 gru, kill, back to fire, kill, repeat.

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Need this willing to read whatever. PSN Dr-Raine

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Took me about 2 hours to farm, but its worth it.

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If you have this shield and backup your save file, you could give it to players endlessly.
Like a kind dark souls fairy ^^

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I'm willing to trade for this. If anyone is interested my GT is Moonbeam_Razor and I'm on PS4

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Wear all available + luck equipment ( symbol of Avarice, crystal sage rapier in off hand, gold serpent ring). Start at Abyss Watchers bonfire, kill the five poison gurus at the entrance, rinse repeat. About an hour 1/2 farming you should get 30 snodgrass.

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(English is not my first language) if you want to farm this shield :


1-start as the knight class

2-pick life ring for gift

3-after killing gundyr level up your faith to 12

4-get the astora straight sword

5-use all of your souls on vigor until you reach level 20

6-go to farron keep put on the covenant sign

You will be summond every 2 or 5 minutes

Warning you must stay at level 20 until you get 30 sword grass

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I did it in an afternon. Its a pain in d ass but its viable

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What was the hardest thing about getting all 30 Wolf's Swordgrass?

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I've nearly gone insane farming this grass and gave up, I'm desperate for this thing and am considering giving my entire Morne's set (including the shield), for this shield. If you have a PS4 and want to trade message me with a screenshot of the item in your inventory. My PSN is dragonluke01 (not accepting friend requests)

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DS1 version was better. In DS3 the thick polished shining edges look awkward. Also miss the shield attack.

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Ill trade anything on xbox one, at about 5 pm EST. Xbox: F1R3B0MB3R

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The great shield of Artorias is the best shield for its weight

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Very good shield, too bad it requires so much grinding / invading to get.

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The shield is most effective at +4. Do not waste a Slab on it, as it will not raise the stability above +4.

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anyone willing to trade off ps4? I have all weapons, shields, armors, an dlc weapons but this one

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Sold mine by accident willing to trade message me on steam gnidrah

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Will trade almost anything for this on Xbox one

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Use with farron gs to become god

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Best paired with farron greatsword because you can parry

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I'm assuming no, but can this shield be infused?

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Get out of my swamp!!

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Don't have the time to farm 30 swordgrass, with work and all. Anyone have one they don't want/need?

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You cannot get rewards again in ng+ but i never got it then so i have no way of obtaining this item

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Some dude summoned me and dropped a +5 version! Thanks man...whoever you are. Badass light greatshield...perfect with a +5 sunlight sword for an NG+ all boss speedrun :)

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while not as godly as it's prior incarnation, this shield is still a force to be reckoned with it's ultra light weight for a greatshield without sacrificing any physical absorption, it may lack special perks you get with say havel's or the moaning shield, but this weapon perfectly complements the Wolfknight gs variants, darkswords, katanas, and most other light weapons.definitely worth getting if you feel like you need a good shield without sacrificing too much defence for weight

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It took 4 hours of pure grinding and waiting but in the end it is def worth it be praise Atorias

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To be fair it isnt that hard of a grind to kill the ghru outside the legion boss fight, sure its a pain, what grind isnt, but still easier than when DMB summoning was funky and you had to grind the 3 silver knights at anor londo

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