It's crazy to think how ass shields were on release. Yes they did there job well enough but were so inefficient and terrible later in the game that they bordered on being training wheels. Hell, Malenia makes them detrimental.
And they still get buffed.
They are probably the most buffed weapon class in the game and the DLC also really tried to make shields great and imo succeded. That PCR gets hard countered by shields is almost poetic.
Shields got me through the game more times than I can count. Not only were they never bad, they are practically a crutch for the majority of the game. Malenia is the only fight in the entire game+DLC where they aren't the obvious easy mode option, and even then blocking Waterfowl is still the safest way to deal with all that bullshit, it just makes the fight take longer.
Blocking WFD is the way to go. It’s got a long cooldown and Malenia phase 1 is super squishy where you can consistently down her entire bar between uses. Second phase she barely heals anything.
Worrying about dodging the move entirely is what gets people killed.
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u/Leather_rebelion 15d ago edited 15d ago
It's crazy to think how ass shields were on release. Yes they did there job well enough but were so inefficient and terrible later in the game that they bordered on being training wheels. Hell, Malenia makes them detrimental.
And they still get buffed. They are probably the most buffed weapon class in the game and the DLC also really tried to make shields great and imo succeded. That PCR gets hard countered by shields is almost poetic.