Spider Shield | Dark Souls Wiki

What I haven't seen anyone mention is the Spider shield does have the highest stability of the 3 weight shields with 70 maxed. While not much every bit is good for pvp. Especially for my low level build

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Description on this wiki is wrong same as many myths and legends repeated over and over by players.

This shield DO NOT grand any poison/toxin resistance at all. Poision/toxin buildup bar stays the same as well as poison/toxin damage taken.

What this shield gives is ability to BLOCK any posion/toxin buildup. Key word here is "block". In other words if you block (holding shield up) an attack that has poision/toxin aux effect your posion/toxin bar won't go up at all.

But if you do not block the attack or posion/toxic source cannot be blocked (like walking in Blighttown swamp) this shield doesn't provide any extra protection against it.

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The spider does NOT have ten legs those are just mandibles

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guys in japan spiders have ten legs

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here is something really weird that ive noticed about the spider shield: in sens fortress at the part right before the switch that turns the balls direction, when you first get there right after onion bro there is a snake that ambushes you in a very tiny room from the left, right after the arrow trap. if you have a decent shield equipped like the caduceus kite shield or the knight shield and you have the spell hidden body active, that snake will see you for some reason, even tho you are invisible, if you however use a wooden shield or the spider shield or no shield at all in your offhand, then the snake dude will not see you as intended, so im guessing the spider shield has some unique properties along with wooden type shields. in blighttown ive observed similar weirdness, if you have hidden body active with the better shields then the blowdart guys will still see you, but if you have wooden shield or no shield then they wont, im guessing once again spider shield works too although i havent tested it yet, im 99% sure tho. it also has nothing to do with equip load either as both the spider shield and caduceus kite shield weigh exactly 3.0, its something else entirely.

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Anyone notice this Spider has ten legs

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Does this shield provide a passive poison resistance buff? My mind is telling me no, but my body... is also telling me no.

Would be nice if this wiki entry addressed the question.

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Does it grant passive poison resistance or only while you’re blocking?

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Spiderman

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Actually very good all around medium shield. Great stability/weight ratio, 100% psysical damage reduction and unique ability to block all poison/toxic attacks. Low magic resistance is only flaw.

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The spider on the shield has 10 legs instead of 8

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The "Locations" portion of the "Acquired From" section misleadingly implies that one can pick up 3 Spider Shields in one playthrough (if you didn't start as bandit). However, it's redundant as it mentions the Valley of Drakes shield twice.

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literally just a direct upgrade to the knight shield

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I'm very stupid and I dropped it in the area I found it because I thought it was just a low level shield, now I can never get in or out there without being prisoned

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This shield is very useful in getting through blighttown. It negates posion/toxic buildup from attacks when you block them.

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Wrong information here, the weight of the shield is actually 3.0 not 1.5 units.

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Interestingly enough, the design is based on a shield found in From Software's first title, Kings Field (the Japanese only release) further showing how they like to make callbacks to previous titles.

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best shield! low weight and high stability.

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