Grass Crest Shield | Dark Souls Wiki

Not sure if this is a bug, I guess so!

On the scaling table in the all section lightning +5 has 95% physical reduction but in the lightning tab it is 100%?

Just wondering what I should spec this as on my first playthrough

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The best shield for people who don’t use shields

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This shield is not good in any circunstance.

For PVE, you usually don't need that sighly stamina boost for 100% of the time, just use Grass Blossom against bosses. The main problem is weight optimization, if you need a light shield to parry or defend, Heater Shield / Target Shield / Buckler is better because it's less weight, more defences or more i-frames. It's even worse for the 2H situation, for fast-roll and considering RoF, you are spending 10 points of endurance just to carry this sighly +10 stamina per second, while Green Blossom gives +40 and Power Whitin gives +30. Also, you can't upgrade Grass Crest Shield to crystal (it's only 1 Grass Crest per new game), while the shields mentioned before are possible. In fact you lose more stamina parrying and defending with Grass Crest than Heater Shield, because of the stability.

For PVP it's complete thrash, because any weight spent on damage or poise / defences is crucial. Even after 10 years, i see a lot of people using this, and they all perish when i invade their worlds: "oh it's the average Zweihander user with a Grass Crest in his back". The wiki tells that is not a good shield and i see a lot of comments against it, they all are noobs. I feel ashamed for using this shield for such a long time.

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While magical and lighting defences are nothing special, rest is ok. Decent physical and fire protection, medium stability, medium weight, ability to parry, low stat requirements and of course sweet bonus to stamina regen that works even if shield is resting on the back during 2H weapon use.

Without doubt best all around shield in the game and as far as PvE goes it's the only shield you need in 90% areas. That's because enemies using magic or lighting are rare and most of the time you will face physical or fire damage. Also most of the enemies do not deal heavy poise damage so you can block their attacks with ease. There are ecounters where other shields will be more usefull but key to this game is always rolling away from damage rather than blocking it and of course wise person carries few upgraded shield to switch them when needed.

For PvP situation is more tricky cause much more things come into play but if your build and style centers around 2H weapon and rolling rather than blocking this is again best pick.

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That 5% chip damage is just making me go mad

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does it stacs whit the ring and the mask?

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Does the regen rate increase as you upgrade it?

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as a DS2 player, this shield becomes mandatory for me because of the 2 rings system instead of the 4 rings for ds2

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Quite possibly the best general-use shield in the game, provides stamina regen, not too heavy, perfectly good block stats, and not bad at all for parrying, sure there's definitely better shields if you need a blocking/parrying tool, but otherwise, hard to beat the weed shield considering how it's not only got good block stats, but also provides a very useful stam regen buff while not being too heavy, no wonder it got it's guard stats heavily nerfed in the later games

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I just want to knew, who is strongest Grass Crest Shield vs Knight Shield

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I know this is the shield for people who don’t actually use shields but at +15 this shield does a pretty solid job at actually being a shield.

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"Despite it's usefulness in offline play, for PvP the consensus regarding higher levels of build optimization is that the relatively minor stamina buff does not balance out its relatively poor stats or its high weight, especially not in any scenario where Green Blossom is commonly used." some actual fiction being written on this fextralife page

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Best dex weapon: Depends
Best strength weapon: Depends
Best armor set: Depends
Best ring: Depends

The exception...
Best Shield: Grass Crest Shield

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The shield for all of us who don't actually use shields because stamina recovery items in DS1 are busted. Stack it with the Chloranthy Ring and Mask of the Child and become SANIC

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And of course.. don't ****ing forget... your chaos zweihander and grass crest shield

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Confirmed, best path to go with this is Crystal.

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Grass Crutch Shield.

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Hands down best shield it works with any build pretty good shield even without the buff just put this on your back and your good to go

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""""""Slightly"""""" improves stamina recovery

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Grass Crest Shield +15 is the best all around and most versalite shield for any build.

If your build or current enemy doesn't require something specific (like poison/bleed blocking, high stability, 100% phys reduction etc.) or you're not using off-hand weapon -> stick with this shield for the entire game.

A bit shitty look is it's only drawback.

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Does this stack with other stamina boost items like cloranthy ring or mask of the child?

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The Lightning Upgrades subsection incorrectly lists the physical defence as 100%, you got my hopes up there for a sec

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When I equip the Grass Crest Shield in Dark Souls Remastered while having a Slumbering Dragoncrest Ring on the Slumbering Dragoncrest Ring's effects get overwritten. What's the deal with this? If it matters I also have a Blue Tearstone Ring on, but nothing with any other notable effects.


The only things I can think are that effects don't stack unless otherwise stated, only two effects can be applied at once, or that this is a bug.

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the entry for crystal is wrong. it reduces durability TO 20 not by 20.

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Weed Shield

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The grass crest shield is absolutely top tier. It's easy to get, it's light, has balance stats across the board and it gives you stamina regen boost. Even though it doesn't have a 100% physical reduction like all other medal shields, it's physical reduction is still usable. Best shield for multiple builds and play throughs.

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There is no way to get this shield to 100% damage reduction.
The table says that the lightning upgrades make it 100 phys reduction, but it's wrong. It's always 95.
Sad

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Love this shield

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Too bad it doesn’t have 100 dam red. Then it’s the prefect shield

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Damn, I didn't know it had a stamina regen boost. You'd think they'd put such an important detail on the actual stats section. Mighthave to put down my heater shield for a second to give this a try

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I just don’t like that you start glowing when you equip it... is there a way to turn that off?

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is it true that you cant unequip it once its equipped ,like fap ring?

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One of the first things I go for after starting a new playthrough.

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Well, what is it?

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Ah, old reliable.

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Once you equip this there's no going back, you can't really get apart with it because how quick your regeneration rate gets.

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Do the upgrades on the GCS (regular bonus, magic, lightning etc) still apply if you don’t parry much? I have a sorcerer and mostly use it for the stamina Regen and blocking. Thx

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Danke shield

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and don't *****in' forget

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me: oh! a new shield! gcs: if you use me, you will never stop. me: whatever. (goes thought entire game with it on)

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Put it on and never take it off!

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Do shields affect your invasion stats? DSR rules (from what I've read) says certain weapons can effect invasions and summons.

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If this is equipped in your loadout but not actually selected (i.e. in your other left-hand slot, but you're presently using a different shield) does the stamina regen still apply?

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does leveling the shield make it regen faster?

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no it doesn't

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Is the Grass Crest Shield a 100% damage reduction shield or no? I'm getting conflicting info from the rest of the internet.

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