Great Magic Shield | Dark Souls 3 Wiki

unfortunately for this spell, if you are playing sorcerer you probably wanna have either Scholar's Candlestick or Morion Blade in your offhand if you are going for optimal damage, so this isnt really an option, even if it was good. in ds1 its completely different tho, there great magic shield is completely OP for sorcerers.

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the tiny duration together with enormous fp cost just disappointing.

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Greater magic shield seems like a good choice for a burst attack or assassin playstyle. Other than that, you're better off with the regular magic shield buff.

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Listen very closely when you burn the corpse grub

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Reviewing the Standard shields, the ones that hit the 100 stability mark with this is the Black knight shield at +3, the spider shield at +7, the followers shield at +8, the Lothric Knight shield at +9, and the pierce shield at +10. There are some inconsistencies with the wiki for the wargod wooden shield so it may achieve it around +8-9 or not at all. Some shields may reach the threshold after being infused, but depending on the infusion they might not be buffable.

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This spell sucks because the duration is so pitifully short, even for double the FP cost of Magic Shield. You probably waste 2 seconds in the backswing animation after casting the spell, so the duration is only 28 seconds. Better this spell get nerfed, but bring the cost and duration up to the same numbers as magic shield.

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It's basically DS2's strong magic shield which is self was pretty damn good pve and pvp wise. Well in pvp when the enemy player didn't slap your shield and completely open you up for a ripost cause SOULS LOGIC........

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use this spell with a good shield and face tank midir like he is nothing, don't need estus when you cannot be damaged

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Good for PVE and cooperation. Please do not bring this into the arena though. It’s boring to wait for it to go away. No fun.

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If you ignore the piss poor duration and the high cost to cast this buff, it's pretty overkill. It turns every shield into a great shield. Even +10 small shields with crappy stability can go toe-to-toe with +2 to +4 great shields.

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Is this worth trying against midir? With dragon slayer axe and mist spell

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IDK about anyone else, but I feel 30s is too short. With that high FP cost, I'd rather have it give a little less block and stamina, and bump the duration up to 50--even 45s in exchange.

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pretty sure followers torch can still eat through this with a horsehoof ring considering its stamina damage is well over a thousand at that point

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This spell on the black knight shield +3 has the cheapest possible buy-in for literally unbreakable defenses. Midir's schoopdawoop laser, blackflame friede's combos of death, slave knight gael, anything that hits that shield will have 0 bleedthrough damage and 0 stamina cost for 40 seconds. 60 fp sounds like a lot for the spell, but you can just disregard stamina and pour all those points in to attunement to cast it more times. The only thing that can threaten you with this is a grab attack, or a player that knows what they're doing and can play the long game. This spell is the ultimate companion for jolly cooperation cheese.

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For parrying purposes, this is insane when paired with, surprisingly enough, the iron round shield. Highest stability small shield that can parry, 62 stability at lv10 so this spell gives it a whopping 97 stability. Turtle with the shield and this spell for a few hits until you get their attack rhythm right, then fish for an easy parry, all without losing almost any stamina no matter the weapon. Just make sure to use the lingering +2 to give you 45 seconds instead of 30. Bonus salty points for using the untrue dark ring which hides the visual effects of this spell. They won't have any *****ing idea why they can't break your guard. Hilarious.

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If you use the pierce shield (has 65 stability on +10) with this you have a small shield that seriously can block a insanely have hit from yorm. Logics.

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funny enough this makes a gotdamn spider shield be the best tool for blocking if you upgrade it

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Just a thought, do weapons with shield priercing (reapers, murky hand scythe, Shotel, shield splitter, etc.) Counter this spell? Surely GMS doesn't negate shield piercing... right?

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Imagine if you could put this on the fume ultra greatsword (the non-shield weapon with the highest defense)

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could be rather useful for fighting bosses in co-op. You can cast this and just stand there and tank the boss for 40 seconds, only having to dodge maybe 1 specific attack (grabs), while others DPS it down.

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When used with most Greatshields, this will make you have 100 stability (and you will not lose any health or stamina), very useful if you like tanking Ringed City archers (for some reason).

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I know you can't, but you know how stupid this would be if you could put it on caestus? XD

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Can I buff my left hand weapon with this? If so, the FUGS just got way better.

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I feel its lesser counterpart is superior if used with tower shields. The stability and absorption is smaller true but tower shields already have enough stability as is, plus the normal magic shield last twice as long.

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Protip: Use Duel Charms, it makes it disappear on opponents.

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Costs 60 FP as of patch 1.13

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Does anybody know if this adds magic dmg to the shields?

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Possible glitch?

When I use the sorcery the actual effect doesn't appear on my shield but it is still active

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This Needs an update.

The spell Can buff all Simple and blessed shields too.

Does not prevent status buildup. Aka bleed, poison, toxic, frostbite

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Can this be counter by using bleed?

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I killed the corpse grub and didn't get the spell. Any idea why this happened?

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There's a mistake in notes (atm):

Shields with any non-physical infusion (such as Simple) can't be buffed with this spell.

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Something I noticed when using this is that partial parries resulted in my taking 0% physical damage. I tested this with a non-reinforced grass crest shield while fighting Champion Gundyr. If I messed up the parry timing and got a partial parry, I'd still lose all the stamina I normally would, but I wouldn't take the partial damage. As such, it was less risky going for parries because I wouldn't get hurt from a partial parry.I haven't tested this very extensively though, so it could depend on the particular shield, damage types, or enemy strength. I'm also if this effect of damage blocking on partial parries is intentional or not. I also didn't test this with the regular version of the spell to see if that one had some kind of similar effect.

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55 stability.

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Last time I played the game the buff didn't apply on the Black Knight Shield (I have all the requirements to cast the spell, wield the staff and the shield); maybe a new bug after the patch?

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Scrub in PvP:Step 1: Use Black Knight Shield (Or echantable greatshield)Step 2: Cast this OP Great Magic Shield on your shieldStep 3: Tank their attacks with your shield and magic (doesn't stop bleeding and poison)Step 4: Ran out of buff? Recast it!Scrub in PvE:Step 1-3: See aboveStep 4: Disrespect the bosses and enemies in Lothric and rekt themStep 5: Get your RAGE out for the "Nameless King Meme Lord" And then kil him and his dragonNot enough fun? Up your vitality equip Havel's Set, cast Great Magic Shield, and then cast your Iron Flesh or "Swaglord Skin" there.....You're now the profesional Dark Souls 3 Meme Lord Montage Creator Player!

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I can definitely use this on my Simple Sunset Shield, just sayin.

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does this spell increase shield damage output or just give absorption and stability

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This spell makes me almost invincible just like the one from DSI. AWESOME

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As noted previously, this spell only grants 35 stability, not 45. This spell, when using a twin dragon great shield +10(uninfused = 70 stability), will allow you to tank an inane number of bosses insanely easily(0 stam damage, through full face-wrecking combos like soul of cinder's 5-hit). In fact, the only bosses said combo does not utterly trivialize are the Crystal Sage, High King Wolnir, and Curse-Rotted Greatwood. Everything else you can tank every single hit and combo they can dish out.

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I used a black knight shield with this sorcery and rekt the nameless King

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Upgraded Spider Shield + Great Magic Shield = Overkillhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3XgQKcRH80

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If the spell adds 45 stability55 stablity shields would have 100

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Spell check: it's actually 35 stability, not 45

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please do your math right it adds 45 stability, shield with 55 stability will reach 100 not 65.... this is world changer

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It says it dissipates when you two hand your weapon, does this include using a weapon skill with something like stone parma that automatically two hands it just for the duration of the weapon skill?

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It seems to add 35 stability, up to 100% stamina absorption. I tested it on a lotric Knight sheild +10, I wasn't taking any stamina damage from any attack, it has 66 base stability. I then tested it on a pierce sheild +9 with 64 stability, and when buffed I was taking minimal stamina damage (not enough for the yellow bar to show up)

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Does this work in pvp or can they just kick you once to get a free riposte?

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This spell with any Greatshield, and either Estoc or Darksword is unkillable. Period.

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Seems to boost all shield resistances to 100%, blocked physical, lightning, magic, and fire with a buffed grass crest shield without damage.

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Whilst many of the offensive spells in this game really do bring a sense of underwhelming returns, this one, this little gadget and so many self-buffing spells have really really powerful uses in this game, and I'd be willing to say this one's one of the best of the lot.With a buckler, a BUCKLER, I blocked entire chain combo's from phase two of the Nameless King, no damage to self, barely any stamina drained. It really does turn any shield into a mighty, impenitrable wall for 30 seconds (40 in my case, with the Lingering Dragon Ring).The only real downside I can sense in it is that it's a little short lasting, but let's face it, most boss fights in Dark Souls only last a few minutes at most.

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It's very near the Irithyll Dungeon bonfire. On the lower level, inside a closed cell, there's a worm-mass enemy (don't know it's exact name). You get the spell after killing it.

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Whoever wrote this could have at least linked the Darksouls 2 page or copied the description.Pathetic. And no I wont make it either.But buffing is kinda annoying anyway, Fromsoft was it really too much to put a Timer somewhere that shows how long Buffs last?I am surrounded by lazy pissers.

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