whats the best shield in your opinion and why for tier 3 runs? I see people say Grey Owlite Shield or Omega Shell
Need some help to decide which to make
whats the best shield in your opinion and why for tier 3 runs? I see people say Grey Owlite Shield or Omega Shell
Need some help to decide which to make
Listen to the people.
Honestly, in the current situation of the damage balance, status effects and shields, those are the only two shields that will ever get you anywhere.
Volcanic Plate used to be pretty nice, however with only normal defense, it's not all that useful.
Ironmight Plate is like a worse Volcanic.
Ancient Plate is only bought with Almirian seals (?) and probably isn't that great either.
Royal Jelly is kind of pointless, since currently, only toxigels, lichens and ground spikes will deal piercing.
Dread Skelly is nice for undead/fiend levels, although lack of elemental defense will be a problem anywhere else.
Dragon Scale is amazing for... PvP. The lack of normal defense makes it break very quickly.
Heater is great for freeze stratums, although with lower defense than owlite/Omega. And it's ugly.
Aegis is a joke.
Now, the reason why you should use Grey Owlite or Omega Shell?
About 60% of tier 3 consists of elemental attacks, and on Firestorm Citadel, which is pretty much the endgame right now, there's a lot of elemental enemies, plus fire. Not to say Vanaduke himself. Having a shield with elemental defense is important, because everything else will break in 3 hits or so, while Grey Owlite can take up to 5, usually. Additionally, fire and shock resist help a lot. You're not gonna want to do Firestorm without enough fire resist, anyway.
Omega Shell has no resists, however massive health - It can tank shadow/piercing/normal hits much better than Grey Owlite, and elemental a bit worse than Grey Owlite. Pretty much the same for other shields - Tanks shadow just a bit worse than Dread Skelly, tanks piercing just a little worse than Royal jelly...
I personally recommend Grey Owlite.
Grey Owlite Shield or Omega Shell.