Are There Any Benefits To Blocking When I Wear The Silva And Aegis?

[Kasamoto]

... Compared to any other weapon?

 

I mean, it's a shield.

Edited July 24, 2014 by Kasamoto

[JerZeyCJ]

As far as we know right now, nope. Blocking with any melee weapon already negates all damage.

Edited July 24, 2014 by JerZeyCJ

[Kasamoto]

Not even a tad bit of reduced use of endurance when blocking?

[[DE]Azambuja]

it works the same for all weapons. But I agree it should be different with the shield.

[Sasquatchias]

Nope, nothing special.

[Alphafox]

Nope same boring blocking.

[Demo102]

I heard it requires 0 stamina to block with it, besides that, no it's useless.

[AstarothUmbraxakar]

I heard it requires 0 stamina to block with it, besides that, no it's useless.

Thats a lie :(

[RoboticApplesWithLasers]

It will block the attack if you have ANY stamina

[Mirriky]

I think it should cost a bit less stamina, you know, it's a shield

[H3RRD0KT0R]

Actually it drains a lot more stamina than blocking with most other weapons.

[GreyEnneract]

It should drain 0 stamina while blocking.

You can't give it low damage and have no other benefits.

Oh wait, Venka, Attica, etc.

Carry on.

[TheStag]

It should drain 0 stamina while blocking.

You can't give it low damage and have no other benefits.

Oh wait, Venka, Attica, etc.

Carry on.

Attica is decent. It has a slow, yet auto trigger and good accuracy. The damage is also moddable to fairly high numbers.

[KingTaro]

Would be nice if the shield had some innate ability.

For instance bullet attraction when blocking, which protects your team mates / sentinel if they're standing close enough to you.

Or allowing you to use your secondary while blocking (left mouse allows you to shoot) and off course, the stamina will be drained with each shot.

[Ishki88]

So it's purely just for show?  well damn

 

edit:  You know what..I don't even blame DE, because then people will want previous weapons to have benefits as well

Edited July 24, 2014 by Ishki88

[GreyEnneract]

Attica is decent. It has a slow, yet auto trigger and good accuracy. The damage is also moddable to fairly high numbers.

Latron Prime.

Next.

[ReizoRyuu]

I doesn't just use stamina when blocking, it actually uses more stamina than other weapons.

[Hexagoros]

Somehow, I am not surprised the Shield weapon is useless...

[Kartumterek]

... Compared to any other weapon?

 

I mean, it's a shield.

 

you look like a REALLY REALLY REALLY out of place Dungeons and Dragons character?

[douglasdamm]

It should drain 0 stamina while blocking.

You can't give it low damage and have no other benefits.

Oh wait, Venka, Attica, etc.

Carry on.

drain 0 stamina? nope, no way! 

be the lowest drained stamina while blocking? totally, its a freaking shield!

[RespectTheInternet]

shield is just a prop. No different from just having a sword.

[AandOE]

I'm surprised that there's no continuing mod batch dedicated specifically to blocking. All sorts of blocking mods could be made, such as reduced stamina consumption during blocking, increased dot proc resistance during blocking, storing of blocked damage for other uses, etc. I know there's reflection, channel parry, the auto-block chance mod, and such, but...

[[DE]Momaw]

Silly tenno, why would a shield be any better at blocking than a sword? 

 

</sarcasm>

[EvanTheNewbie]

Silly tenno, why would a shield be any better at blocking than a sword? 

 

</sarcasm>

A single dagger is the pinnacle of defense.

[Bloody_Canvas]

Actually, from alot of testing, I can say the shield isn't just a stamina draining prop and it does have some what of an ability. While manually blocking a melee attack you have high chance to stagger the enemy for about a second to a second and a half that allows a quick finisher that does huge amounts of damage. That is if you can time it correctly. It also can do the finisher if an enemy is blinded by Excalibur's radial blind.

[KingTaro]

Actually, from alot of testing, I can say the shield isn't just a stamina draining prop and it does have some what of an ability. While manually blocking a melee attack you have high chance to stagger the enemy for about a second to a second and a half that allows a quick finisher that does huge amounts of damage. That is if you can time it correctly. It also can do the finisher if an enemy is blinded by Excalibur's radial blind.

 

You have a 100% chance to stagger an enemy for a finishing move if you melee channel and block at the right time.

Are you sure you weren't using melee channel while timing your block?