I didnt read your psot totally because I dont wanted yopu to spoil me : what is the best shield
but I still read your point about the spiked and the flame shield
I have used the spiked during 80% of my game, later the iron/steel shield but I finllay switched to the flamme shield at the end because of the very good guard break reduction and the fact that my character was finnaly able to use it (22 strenght+).
after making some upgrade I reached +6 and then it appeard another upgrade : DARK PURPLE FLAME SHIELD +1 : I took it for the good or the bad ...
I lost in guard break reduction (73 => 60) but I m getting a lot in magic block (dont remember the stats) and it alllows me to spend my "cloudstone" that I didn't use for the moment. I hope I made a good choice ...
Time to Work !
