Someone put the sled bit back on...

Plus PVE is a thing. Shocking, I know.
This should stop people from being annihilated by Micolash's Call Beyond, or Logarius' spells.

true, didn't think of that...still think Simon's BB should've been arcane though

seems like DLC favors bloodtinge and wants to f*** with arcane...I especially love that Simon's BB decided to be bloodtinge instead of arcane

well actually it's quite opposite, they give u kosm and moonlight blade which are pretty strong arcane weapons. More importantly, they allow Augus to do parry. This is huge boost to arcane

The dlc i feel did not "favor" any one scaling it offered alot to all... Kos parasite and moonlight for arcane, amygdala and the chain sword thing for str, the whirligig for a balance, the minigun and church canon for guns, bow and marias wep for skill (bow also bloodtinge) bloodletter is a new crazy wepa str version of chikage

Very useful in pvp vs low levels with flat arcane on their (saw) weapons. Great for blocking lag hits that go through dodges.

My guess is that they added this to help block against the incoming tidal wave of Holy Moonlight Sword users...

are you kidding me? the dlc totally balanced the game, I only have one build, that is strength/arcane, and I was heavily limited on weapons before, locked to kirkhammer, tonitrus and logarius' wheel and the axe which I am not a fan of. Compared to the previous skill/bloodtinge builds which used to dominate invasions before and had a variety of good weapons (burial blade, blades of mercy, chikage, saw spear, rifle spear, the cane, reiterpallasch) I am now balanced with others in terms of variety. I have a whirlgig saw, the moonlight sword, amygdala's arm, the parasite, a rune that boosts the beastclaw which is a strength based weapon, the boom hammer, the beastcutter.

Looking at the influx of trick weapons scaling with arcane once again and the two trick weapons scaling with bloodtinge, it seems like the opposite is true.

It's worth noting that it also blocks bloodtinge damage effectively, including gunshots.

Uhh it can also be used as a sled, duh

very useful against witches that throw fireballs

I highly doubt that's true.

Not true. Still made me laugh.

Holy mother of spam

This shield makes kos parasite users nearly helpless, as it blocks almost all damage you would normally take with hardly any stamina usage. Whip out this vegetable shield and watch as they turn into steamed cauliflowers, cooking themselves with their own boiling rage!

Your reply is godly.... 0_0

This shield makes kos parasite users nearly helpless, as it blocks almost all damage you would normally take with hardly any stamina usage. Whip out this vegetable shield and watch as they turn into steamed cauliflowers, cooking themselves with their own boiling rage!

Dude shut up

Considering that Dark Sous 3 is just around the corner, it might not be a bad idea nowadays to get used to a shield once more. And by that, I mean this shield, not the piece of garbage Wooden Shield.

It never occurred to me that the Loch Shield would be good against the Kos Parasite, but it makes sense. Though if that were true, then you'd think the Loch Shield would be just as good against any weapon gemmed with arcane, fire, or bolt.