I`m planning to make my Heavy Plate shield 5 star but I`m not sure which one is the best: Ironmight ,Volcanic, or maybe Ancient plate shield?
Ironmight looks cooler but I play A LOT !FSC! and Volcanic should be better.At FSC I can "survive" with Ironmight but I want something different-shield that can hold one of Vana`s MACE attacks (I know its better to dodge :D).Grey Owlite and Crest of Almire can`t do that.
Questions:
1.Can the Ironmight plate shield hold one of Vana`s mace attacks?
2.Can the Volcanic plate shield hold one of Vana`s mace attacks?
3.Can the Ancient plate shield hold one of Vana`s mace attacks?
Which Plate shield ?
"Grey Owlite and Crest of Almire can`t do that."
They both can do that. At least at 5* and full heated. They will break on second consecutive hit, leaving you with stun, fire and some damage.
Volcanic Plate Shield, which will resist the best to the mace, because it has normal, fire and stun, which no other shield have, will also break on second consecutive hit, leaving you with stun and fire, but without letting damage through.
It was a while ago, but those informations are first-hand.
I do not know how Ironmight and Ancient will fare. My guess is : same as Grey Owlite and Crest.
As I thought the Volcanic Plate shield "wins".It seems the information I have about the Grey owlite and CoA is old.And I don`t plan to tank two hits,one is enough :D. Just every time I try to take mace attack the Heavy Plate breaks and I was...scared,because it tanks Trojan attacks easily.
And I know about the Ancient, I wrote it like I want to "upgrade" to Ancient.
"although even so I wouldn't recommend trying to tank multiple hits in a row with any of them."
You can do that just fine with Volcanic, actually.
that doesn't make it a good idea, and I seem to recall that even Volcanic will only take two hits in a row before breaking.
I would recommend GOwlite over Volcanic, if only because it's more useful generally. It's your decision in the end, though, and there are worse choices you could go for than Volcanic.
Ancient and Ironmight are roughly equal against Vanaduke's mace slams, but Volcanic is better due to its fire resistance. All three will stand up reasonably well against his hits, although even so I wouldn't recommend trying to tank multiple hits in a row with any of them.