Great shields where amazing in DS2 once you upgraded them and got the Baneful Bird Ring. You could outlast a DrakeKeeper Hammer wielder on a single stamina bar.

Hey just though I would share some of my DS2 knowledge to you. Most DS2 vets only know of dodging but the shield mechanics have a lot of depth.

“input delay lag or something when raising one’s shield”

Ok, DS2 shields come is 3 flavors: heavy/medium/light. In DS1 medium did just about everything and was all you needed,…

See this is where I get sad that much of the depth added in DS2 is getting wholesale left out because DS3 began development before DS2 had even finished and was just using the DS1 engine. The DS2 combat system had fixed a lot fo aspects of combat to improve depth for those who knew what they where doing. An argument…