Elemental High/Max or normal high/max still wouldn't be enough because the shield's health is too low, and the fire damage afterwards CAN be mitigated somewhat by your shield.. but since Skolver has no elemental defense, you're kinda trying to put out a fire by throwing grease on it.

Get the Vog set and Norm
AND ELE def on your shield. I've done a dew runs with people against duke and it breaks after 2 hits of fire or 1 mace.
Can you not doge? It's really, REALLY easy.

Ele fir the fire and normal
For the mace

Lol Vog Cub & Barbarous. Nobody has a clue what they are talking about here.
Mace is normal, so Max Normal on your shield should help. Elemental is for bullet phase and magma.

Also Citadel is Bomb & Gun domain, swords are terrible there.

Normal Max + Stun Max might do it but who knows? What I did instead was just started to use an Owlite Shield w/ +med dmg to sword module.

I was just highlighting Kyzrath's statement that "normal high/max still wouldn't be enough because the shield's health is too low".

But if I ever roll a max normal on my BTS I'll be sure to try it out ;)

Well whatever UV you put on that BTS i think itll still break from 1 mace hit.

Blitz is the weapon of choice for vana pros, preferably with CTR. The mace hit is probably normal-stun-fire (maybe on the fire), so supposing you were to get max UVs on those defenses and statuses, your Thorn shield might hold. As for shield UVs, my impression was they do make a significant difference if your shield has no native resist/defense against that type.

However, if you insist on Skolver/Thorn combo, unless you have great fire UVs then any pain you bring on yourself is your own fault. You are min maxing (not necessarily a bad thing), but the price you pay is certain weaknesses for your overwhelming sword offense.

"I use blitz needle in duke fights because the dps is insane. However, there can be a time when I can't move away fast enough to dodge his hammer and can only just shield in time. I use barbarous thorn shield, and this breaks in one hit + I receive fire and stun. I use full skolver (no fire or elemental resist) so that fire hurts like a [tart].----------

So, which UV is best to stop a hammer breaking barbarous thorn shield in one hit, and how high of a UV would be required?

I was thinking Elemental High/Max.

Kinda looking for people who have this shield with a UV that stops shield breaking in one hit, not just guesses and assumptions."

("You should just get a different shield like the Volcanic Plate Shield or the Grey Owlite...
You should also consider getting a Vog Cub set for FSC.")
"No ¬_¬"--------------------

"With my current setup I have max dmg, max ctr and high asi. I am not giving that up, so don't tell me to change me setup."

"The weaknesses aren't a problem because I am so used to shielding and dodging to avoid all damage. It is just duke fight can get kinda dangerous when I release charge attack and can not move for a bit. A badly timed charge attack and I am defenseless and die very fast.

I guess I will just have to get good at releasing charge attacks at the perfect time :D"-------------------------------

---------- no point in skolver, fsc is a joke, the dmg bonus is tiny, u can always switch to skolver outside of fsc
-------------------- i think ur pretty much on ur own, might get lucky finding some rich guy who rolled bts for max uvs and tryed it out on dukes mace idk gl
------------------------------- idk if u solo or party, but in party just tell ur party to revive u, the needle wont let duke live long when u hit properly, instant fire spawns might be a pain in skolver i dont really wana think of it, cuz its unfair, so dodging alone wont be enough, itll cost u luck too

The thread is about his BTS! And what he could do so it doesn't break during Vana fights!

1. If you're rich just roll as many UV's you can to get Max Normal (I bet it'd break still though)
2. Try to not hold aggro when you're fighting Vana.
3. Go with the "buddy system" and bring a guy with Shivermist so Lord Hotpants doesn't make a huge mess out of your party.
4. Try going BEHIND Vanaduke and then shoot him... This should help.. a bit.
5. Get Max ASI for your gun so you don't stay still forever.
6. Don't let Vanaduke go offscreen, you want to keep an eye on him and his movements so you can counterattack.

:D

I ran Lord Vanaduke since I had a Dark Thorn Shield, Vog Cub Cap, and an Ash Tail Coat (all of which with no UV and all of these runs are after the update for Vanaduke). In my first three or four runs of Vanaduke, his smash attack and ceiling drop get me quite often. Afterwards, I got used to it and not get hit by his smash attack and the falling ceiling completely. You will probably get used to it, too. It's not worth the money to get an UV to do Vanaduke unless it comes easy for you.

I managed to get my Blackened Crest from Dark Thorn Shield to Barbarous Thorn Shield. I was able to pulled off a duo with a Barbarous Thorn Shield and without CE revives. We did not do anything special, just run around him in circles and fire our guns.

So, I just recommend you to just do Vanaduke until you have enough tokens for a Blackened Crest.
If you can't do that, grab an Owlite Shield. I doubt an UV can help you that much.

Just use Volcanic Plate Shield. Works like a charm.

What?! You wanna beat Vanaduke? Clearly the answer is to get vog.