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Cleansing Greatshield
Cleansing Greatshield +5

Stats
physical damage dark souls 93 critical dark souls 100
magic damage dark souls - stability dark souls 77
fire damage dark souls - durability dark souls 300
lightning damage dark souls - weight dark souls 14.5
Requirements & Bonus
strength dark souls dexterity dark souls intelligence dark souls faith dark souls
31 - – –
Weapon Type Greatshield
Attack Type Strike
Enchantable Yes
Special No

"The steel greatshield used by Knight Artorias, who succumbed to the Abyss. Artorias, deeply scarred by the Abyss, used this to form a barrier to protect his compatriot Sif. Although this drained the shield, its magic defense remains high."

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Notes:

  • Upon falling through an illusory floor in the Chasm of the Abyss, you will see Alvina appear momentarily. She will lead you past giant Humanities to an illusory wall which hides the room where Sif is trapped. Clear the room of all enemies, then go back to Sif, who will then be able to warp away. Upon doing so, he will leave behind the Cleansing Greatshield.
  • You can still free Sif and obtain the shield after defeating Manus father of the Abyss.
  • Upgrading this shield will not raise Stability, only its Attack.
  • Upgrades with Twinkling Titanite to +5.
  • Artorias has a sect of strong followers that took upon his combative techniques and ways of fighting the Abyss named The Abyss Watchers in DS3.

 

 

Cleansing Greatshield Upgrade Table

Unique Upgrades are performed by any Blacksmith or by using the Weapon Smithbox.
To reach max, you need: 25000  souls and 10 twinkling titanite dark souls s Twinkling Titanite.

  Attack Values Parameter Bonuses Damage Reduction (%) Stability
Great Shield of Artorias physical damage dark souls magic damage dark souls fire damage dark souls lightning damage dark souls strength dark souls dexterity dark souls intelligence dark souls faith dark souls physical defense dark souls magic defense dark souls fire defense dark souls lightning defense dark souls stability dark souls
Regular 75 - - - D - - - 80 80 80 70 77
Regular +1 (1xtwinkling titanite dark souls s) 78 - - - D - - - 80 80 80 70 77
Regular +2 (1xtwinkling titanite dark souls s) 82 - - - D - - - 80 80 80 70 77
Regular +3 (2xtwinkling titanite dark souls s) 86 - - - D - - - 80 80 80 70 77
Regular +4 (2xtwinkling titanite dark souls s) 90 - - - D - - - 80 80 80 70 77
Regular +5 (4xtwinkling titanite dark souls s) 93 - - - D - - - 80 80 80 70 77 

 

 
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    • Anonymous
      03 May 2023 08:56  

      This shield is very good, although there are better ones. It's my first time playing and I defeated Manus and Kalameet more by luck than skill, but this shield helped a lot, especially against Manus. If it had 90% physical damage reduction at least it would be more usable on other ng+, but it's not a bad shield

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      • 0rion
        30 Jul 2021 17:08  

        This shield is pretty ass. It's horrible physically and it's stability is low for a greatshield. It's got pretty good elemental and magic defense but there are better shields for those.

        The Blacknight shield has way better fire defense and the Greatshield of Artorias has equal fire defense and more stability.

        The eagle shield has better stability upgraded, better weight requirements, and better magic defense.

        The stone greatshield also has equal magic defense and better stability.

        Havels is good at everything of course

        Really the only situation you'd use this is where you need higher stability than the crest shield and high magic defense smd you don't care about physical defense. but you also only have enough strength for this grestshield but not the stone greatshield.

        That's incredibly specific

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        • Anonymous
          01 Jun 2021 21:51  

          this is actually better than the greatshield of artorias because of decent stats round the board instead of high fire and physical at the expense of ltng and mag def

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          • Anonymous
            12 Jun 2018 13:46  

            This shield also interacts with ghosts, much like the cursed version of the Greatsword of Artorias, making it quite useful, despite its other shortcomings compared to the Greatshield of Artorias version.

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