Clearly I missed the opportunity to be a bit more accurate by choosing biome-specific food items, but oh well. This video is less about perfect accuracy and more about having fun while learning about the philosophy of use for different shield types. I was just trying to have some fun while testing out some shields and showing them off. I’ll try to be better next time!
Great video, but you misunderstand the parry bonus, in the video you say it dictates how much damage you do, but what it actually effects is how much more damage you can absorb when you parry Think of it like this: the carapace shield blocks about 120 damage with a 1.5x parry bonus, this would mean it can block up to 180 damage when you parry with it. The carapace buckler blocks around 100 damage with a 2.5x parry bonus, meaning it would be able to parry up to 250 damage with it The way that the parry works in valheim is that when you parry, it just staggers the enemy, just like if you were to hit them with a powerful blow. So it's always going to be roughly a 2x damage multiplier when the enemy staggers, whether it be from a parry, or powerful attacks hope this helps, and keep up the good stuff
Ahhh! It looks like you’re right! I definitely misunderstood! It’s more complex than I thought, but yes indeed, parry bonus doesn’t directly correlate to damage dealt to staggered enemies. It just adds to the math for the potential to stagger, and staggered enemies take 2x damage. That’s cool! Thanks for pointing it out!
I really enjoyed watching this video. I have hundreds of hours in this game, but I still feel like I learn something new every time I watch a different video. Whether it’s building, food, or in this case, shields. Thank you for taking the time to put this together and I appreciate your many sacrifices (And deaths) within the game!
Haha thank you so much! I feel like I’m getting better the more I fight various enemies and with different armaments, and I definitely am, but sometimes I just suck. But hey it makes it fun! None of that was staged at all. I kinda just fought the enemies I felt like fighting in the moment, or unintentionally spawned.
Yo man, I subbed around 200 when I saw your Valheim food ranking, helps get my appetite going when I'm not hungry but know I should eat. I've since watched most of your other videos, loved them all, and can't wait to see your Ashlands stuff! Cheers!
Geezus, thank you so much! I appreciate that! I'm so excited for Ashlands when it comes out. I'm working on a playthrough right now. Gonna be awesome. Or maybe terrible. Who knows.
I think this test requires food of the area level as well as i believe total max hp affects blocking alot. The block bar taken is not representative, i believe there is a formula for this online regardong max hp and block.
Just a note for the serpent tower shield: it also has a bonus to Pierce, I wanna say 15%? This makes it pretty viable in the Plains against Deathsquitos and the spear fulings.
Oooo cool! I should have looked deeper into the serpy shield! I barely looked at it as an afterthought. And I only made it for decoration in my playthrough. It may need more love.
It simply adds resistance when blocking pierce attacks. Resistance is 50%. This makes it better than the Black Metal Tower Shield against seekers when they use their stab attacks.
@@mojoranstark709 I gathered that after I replied to your comment. I actually didn’t hear anything about the hildir update until after! I’m sooo excited!!
Still playing Valheim and loving it too, man 😁 Thank you for the tutorials on each shield and the other weapons I'm working on full silver armor, but I forgot to just get a shield to start since it'll be easier lol. Then you mentioned the serpent tower shield - now I definitely gotta get that one lol
Great video, from the test runs you did in this, I think you did point out some specific uses/strategies for the different shield types quite well. Likewise, since bosses cannot be parried, seems to me that best shield for that purpose would be the tower types for pure damage absorption with benefit of bouncing you back out of the way of follow on attacks. for general exploring tho I concur with your assessment that round shields and bucklers might be best. Thanks for making this.
Love that I've found your channel early on. Your video style and humor is awesome. Excited to see your content going forward! I'm sure you've heard this before but you sound more like Spike from Cowboy Bebop than the vat majority of people. So congrats. Keep up the good work!
Hah! Now THAT'S a compliment I haven't heard before! I appreciate it! I'm familiar with the anime and the netflix show. Sad it got cancelled. I was among the avid fans. I'm working on a bunch of videos and I feel like I'm biting off more than I can chew. All three of them, I'm working on simultaneously, and they're all very involved, not simplistic. I might have to take a break and do some mindless fighting!
Amusing vid (as always to be fair), slight shame you didn't use food for the biome you were testing in too, but can't blame the oversight, you just get so used to your current tier foods that it likely didn't occur. Your health and stamina totals are used in the stagger/parry metrics though, so it's possible you didn't get the full experience for this comparison. My main takeaway from this is the obvious lack of a silver-era buckler and mistlands era tower shield though, hadn't really occurred to me before since I also tend towards roundshields since I also like the balanced options they offer, but those two options are conspicuous by their absence, for sure.
Haha yeah thanks! It seems everyone noticed the food situation. Oops. Oh well. It’s mostly just a fun showcase of these weapons vs a scientific analysis. But I just wanted to give the enemies at least kind of a chance to do some damage to me, which is why I put on biome-respective armor and weapons. Seems they didn’t need much chance. Haha! I’m also learning that my parry bonus knowledge was a bit off!
An interesting test would be to see how well shields perform against creatures from the next biome, the bronze buckler for example is often all that stands between you and whatever the swamp is throwing at you when you first get there, including draugr elites and ofc abominations.
I was thinking about that! I may just abstain from the bronze buckler to save resources and make the banded iron shield asap. But we will see. It may be a terrible idea. I’ll have to compare stats.
@@WafflesGamesProbably I was thinking about that one in particular because i'm thinking about a swamp-base first playthrough, but ofc there's other examples, like you won't have black metal wares when you hear the first fuling cackle. As for that swamp situation, it's really about being able to farm abominations fast for root armor, bit i digress...
Oh for sure. You can completely ignore the “parryability” accuracy in this video, as the foods I unconsciously chose kinda ruin it. But it’s still a fun video and I still struggle despite high tier foods.
I went back to watch this again, because I wanted to see if I could tell why you didn’t test Yagluth. It seems like if you die, the monster destroyers everything thing? Would you be able to make an arena that was indestructible? I would love to see the timing on Yagluth and how to defeat the scary beast, in an arena and not the actual scary battle.
Haha no I definitely don’t wanna fight most bosses in the arena! I’m sure if I built a bigger one out of black marble it would hold up, but against Yagluth? Not sure.
I am really enjoying your content after finding you a few days ago. I haven't found too many Valheim content creators I really enjoy watching outside of info content. I too am really not a fan of the look of the black metal shields, when I first got them I almost decided to go without because the clashing color scheme and weird look after the glory of the silver set look. What are you looking forward to the most with this surprise update they just dropped in testing? I am stoked for the new settings options and snap point selections when building. (No mods as a console pleb)
Well I'm probably mostly a fighter, so I'm sure you can imagine i'm especially looking forward to the BARBER STATION! haha yeah I'd say building options, but i'm curious about the quality of life improvements like the building snap points.
Id wish, they brought the scale shield and abyssal razor back with upgrade versions as they are not biom mats specific. Maybe as a set. Shield, new kind of serpent armour und abyssal spear or something and the razor with a new sneak armour for a bigger sneak damage bonus, but less dmg overall. Something like that
I thought the parry bonus affected the amount of damage blocked rather than the damage bonus to enemies. Pretty sure parrying, regardless of type, just staggers enemies and dealing damage to staggered enemies is always the same bonus.
I noticed that you've eaten some end game food for this video and I want to quickly mention that you're much less likely to get staggered by a hit due to that high HP because the stagger mechanic is based off your max HP.
Oh for sure. It’s certainly not perfect. But I didn’t think about biome food until I was already into it. Oh well. Consider the video more about the philosophy and functionality of shields vs their actual abilities to block and parry respective enemies. They’ll pretty much all handle that with the right item levels and skill levels.
Yep it's on the older side for me but I got a lot of great comments and have been working on a follow up. I thoroughly understand how it works now! Thanks a lot to the comments on this video.
Great Video thanks, Something to note about the Serpent Shield it has Resistant vs. Pierce. I have found that its OP for the mistlands as most attacks are Pierce. Check it out it has saved me a few times. Thanks
Clearly I missed the opportunity to be a bit more accurate by choosing biome-specific food items, but oh well. This video is less about perfect accuracy and more about having fun while learning about the philosophy of use for different shield types. I was just trying to have some fun while testing out some shields and showing them off. I’ll try to be better next time!
Actualy food type impact block. Even bad shield will get high boost with high end food.
Great video, but you misunderstand the parry bonus, in the video you say it dictates how much damage you do, but what it actually effects is how much more damage you can absorb when you parry
Think of it like this: the carapace shield blocks about 120 damage with a 1.5x parry bonus, this would mean it can block up to 180 damage when you parry with it.
The carapace buckler blocks around 100 damage with a 2.5x parry bonus, meaning it would be able to parry up to 250 damage with it
The way that the parry works in valheim is that when you parry, it just staggers the enemy, just like if you were to hit them with a powerful blow. So it's always going to be roughly a 2x damage multiplier when the enemy staggers, whether it be from a parry, or powerful attacks
hope this helps, and keep up the good stuff
Ahhh! It looks like you’re right! I definitely misunderstood! It’s more complex than I thought, but yes indeed, parry bonus doesn’t directly correlate to damage dealt to staggered enemies. It just adds to the math for the potential to stagger, and staggered enemies take 2x damage. That’s cool! Thanks for pointing it out!
20:30 really demonstrates just how much the terrain affects combat for these mobs...
I really enjoyed watching this video. I have hundreds of hours in this game, but I still feel like I learn something new every time I watch a different video. Whether it’s building, food, or in this case, shields. Thank you for taking the time to put this together and I appreciate your many sacrifices (And deaths) within the game!
Haha thank you so much! I feel like I’m getting better the more I fight various enemies and with different armaments, and I definitely am, but sometimes I just suck. But hey it makes it fun! None of that was staged at all. I kinda just fought the enemies I felt like fighting in the moment, or unintentionally spawned.
Yo man, I subbed around 200 when I saw your Valheim food ranking, helps get my appetite going when I'm not hungry but know I should eat. I've since watched most of your other videos, loved them all, and can't wait to see your Ashlands stuff! Cheers!
Geezus, thank you so much! I appreciate that! I'm so excited for Ashlands when it comes out. I'm working on a playthrough right now. Gonna be awesome. Or maybe terrible. Who knows.
for the amount of subcribers you have, the amount of work and passion you put into these videos is insane, I love your channel, its refreshing
Thank you! I appreciate that!!
I think this test requires food of the area level as well as i believe total max hp affects blocking alot. The block bar taken is not representative, i believe there is a formula for this online regardong max hp and block.
Oh for sure, a comprehensive scientific analysis would definitely require much more precision. Unfortunately, I'm not that diligent! haha
Just a note for the serpent tower shield: it also has a bonus to Pierce, I wanna say 15%? This makes it pretty viable in the Plains against Deathsquitos and the spear fulings.
Oooo cool! I should have looked deeper into the serpy shield! I barely looked at it as an afterthought. And I only made it for decoration in my playthrough. It may need more love.
Also it has stats matching the silver age, but it’s crafted with iron, so you can kinda skip a whole tier
Helps a lot with Bonemass
@@WafflesGamesProbably its pretty easy to upgrade too except the scales if you're unlucky with serpent spawns. Definitely a favorite of mine
It simply adds resistance when blocking pierce attacks. Resistance is 50%. This makes it better than the Black Metal Tower Shield against seekers when they use their stab attacks.
I am looking forward to your videos conquering the new dungeons
Oh good lord that’ll be a spectacle! I have no idea what to expect in the ashlands. I’m gonna try to avoid spoilers so it’s as raw as possible!
@@WafflesGamesProbably I meant the new hildr dungeons which are located in the black forrest mountain and plains
@@mojoranstark709 I gathered that after I replied to your comment. I actually didn’t hear anything about the hildir update until after! I’m sooo excited!!
Still playing Valheim and loving it too, man 😁
Thank you for the tutorials on each shield and the other weapons
I'm working on full silver armor, but I forgot to just get a shield to start since it'll be easier lol.
Then you mentioned the serpent tower shield - now I definitely gotta get that one lol
loved the yag bit ;D good vid
Hahaha thanks! That was a genuine reaction. In the moment I didn’t remember what the king would be but I’m hindsight it’s kinda obvious.
Great video, from the test runs you did in this, I think you did point out some specific uses/strategies for the different shield types quite well. Likewise, since bosses cannot be parried, seems to me that best shield for that purpose would be the tower types for pure damage absorption with benefit of bouncing you back out of the way of follow on attacks. for general exploring tho I concur with your assessment that round shields and bucklers might be best. Thanks for making this.
Love that I've found your channel early on. Your video style and humor is awesome. Excited to see your content going forward! I'm sure you've heard this before but you sound more like Spike from Cowboy Bebop than the vat majority of people. So congrats. Keep up the good work!
Hah! Now THAT'S a compliment I haven't heard before! I appreciate it! I'm familiar with the anime and the netflix show. Sad it got cancelled. I was among the avid fans. I'm working on a bunch of videos and I feel like I'm biting off more than I can chew. All three of them, I'm working on simultaneously, and they're all very involved, not simplistic. I might have to take a break and do some mindless fighting!
Do what you gotta do! Balancing work and fun is what it’s all about. SKÄL!!!
Superb analysis.
Thank you!
Shield is the first thing I craft in every biome. It's the only thing I never skip.
Amusing vid (as always to be fair), slight shame you didn't use food for the biome you were testing in too, but can't blame the oversight, you just get so used to your current tier foods that it likely didn't occur. Your health and stamina totals are used in the stagger/parry metrics though, so it's possible you didn't get the full experience for this comparison.
My main takeaway from this is the obvious lack of a silver-era buckler and mistlands era tower shield though, hadn't really occurred to me before since I also tend towards roundshields since I also like the balanced options they offer, but those two options are conspicuous by their absence, for sure.
Haha yeah thanks! It seems everyone noticed the food situation. Oops. Oh well. It’s mostly just a fun showcase of these weapons vs a scientific analysis. But I just wanted to give the enemies at least kind of a chance to do some damage to me, which is why I put on biome-respective armor and weapons. Seems they didn’t need much chance. Haha! I’m also learning that my parry bonus knowledge was a bit off!
An interesting test would be to see how well shields perform against creatures from the next biome, the bronze buckler for example is often all that stands between you and whatever the swamp is throwing at you when you first get there, including draugr elites and ofc abominations.
I was thinking about that! I may just abstain from the bronze buckler to save resources and make the banded iron shield asap. But we will see. It may be a terrible idea. I’ll have to compare stats.
@@WafflesGamesProbably I was thinking about that one in particular because i'm thinking about a swamp-base first playthrough, but ofc there's other examples, like you won't have black metal wares when you hear the first fuling cackle. As for that swamp situation, it's really about being able to farm abominations fast for root armor, bit i digress...
Real good Channel love your videos and shorts ❤
Thanks!! I'm glad!
Be aware, the improved tier food will also impact the parrying and possibly even blocking ability of the shields as you demonstrate them.
I think.
Oh for sure. You can completely ignore the “parryability” accuracy in this video, as the foods I unconsciously chose kinda ruin it. But it’s still a fun video and I still struggle despite high tier foods.
@@WafflesGamesProbably True enough, still a fun exploration into shields.
I went back to watch this again, because I wanted to see if I could tell why you didn’t test Yagluth. It seems like if you die, the monster destroyers everything thing? Would you be able to make an arena that was indestructible? I would love to see the timing on Yagluth and how to defeat the scary beast, in an arena and not the actual scary battle.
Haha no I definitely don’t wanna fight most bosses in the arena! I’m sure if I built a bigger one out of black marble it would hold up, but against Yagluth? Not sure.
Ooooo! Very excited for you to give it a try! You are excellent at doing demonstrations in the arena! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Hi, great video! Any idea of the diameter of the Iron Buckler? Trying to do a replica
Should you run a shield with knife or are those good enough without them?
I am really enjoying your content after finding you a few days ago.
I haven't found too many Valheim content creators I really enjoy watching outside of info content.
I too am really not a fan of the look of the black metal shields, when I first got them I almost decided to go without because the clashing color scheme and weird look after the glory of the silver set look.
What are you looking forward to the most with this surprise update they just dropped in testing? I am stoked for the new settings options and snap point selections when building. (No mods as a console pleb)
Well I'm probably mostly a fighter, so I'm sure you can imagine i'm especially looking forward to the BARBER STATION! haha yeah I'd say building options, but i'm curious about the quality of life improvements like the building snap points.
Id wish, they brought the scale shield and abyssal razor back with upgrade versions as they are not biom mats specific. Maybe as a set. Shield, new kind of serpent armour und abyssal spear or something and the razor with a new sneak armour for a bigger sneak damage bonus, but less dmg overall. Something like that
Yeah for sure. I could definitely see serpent armor being a thing. And I’d love to see more uses for chitin.
I thought the parry bonus affected the amount of damage blocked rather than the damage bonus to enemies. Pretty sure parrying, regardless of type, just staggers enemies and dealing damage to staggered enemies is always the same bonus.
Yeah other commenters mentioned this. I stand corrected!
I noticed that you've eaten some end game food for this video and I want to quickly mention that you're much less likely to get staggered by a hit due to that high HP because the stagger mechanic is based off your max HP.
Oh for sure. It’s certainly not perfect. But I didn’t think about biome food until I was already into it. Oh well. Consider the video more about the philosophy and functionality of shields vs their actual abilities to block and parry respective enemies. They’ll pretty much all handle that with the right item levels and skill levels.
The video is p/much fundamentally flawed due to the drastic misunderstanding how the parry works but it was well put together
Yep it's on the older side for me but I got a lot of great comments and have been working on a follow up. I thoroughly understand how it works now! Thanks a lot to the comments on this video.
Great vids dude keep it up. Also lol "butthole".
Great Video thanks, Something to note about the Serpent Shield it has Resistant vs. Pierce. I have found that its OP for the mistlands as most attacks are Pierce. Check it out it has saved me a few times. Thanks
Perhaps I take it into the Mistlands or at least test it a bit against seekers!
they need to change the movement nerf on tower shields there is no reason to ever use one
They're really hard to justify