(Tortobash is my custom nickname for the new Shield Bash used on the new Tortodrone Shells)
I suggested this long ago and it's nice to see a different variant to the Shield Bash but I would love to see different types of damage used for the Tortobash:
Currently, all four shields inflict multiple normal-type damage with the increased amount of hits used. Although this is nice I would still like to see some damaging variants to the damage-type much like how weapons in general work:
- Grand Tortoise inflicts pure Normal Damage
- Gorgomega inflicts specialized Shadow Damage; increases damage against Slime and Gremlins by 20% and decreases damage against Fiend and Undead by 80%
- Omegaward inflicts specialized Elemental Damage; increases damage against Construct and Undead by 20% and decreases damage against Gremlins and Beast by 80%
- Savage Tortoise inflicts specialized Piercing Damage; increases damage against Beast and Fiends by 20% and decreases damage against Construct and Slime by 80%
It's a bit early for that, don't you think? My guess is that the new shieldbashes was three rings idea for more variation amongst the current and upcoming equipment. Now that they know that it can work they want to see what the general community use it for and then they can add new shieldbashes to older equipment based on that data.