I actually like the shield, recently beat Stormy solo with it. You're right that damage over time ground attacks and shockwaves can be very finicky, what I've found helps is buffering your alter attack and dash by pressing the button while the animation for the previous action is still going, and you won't get hit. It's a tight window though and better just to not risk it with some moves
Bruh my first cata solo clear was due to shield. I knew my build wasn’t powerful enough by the time I got to incubator so I picked it up thinking yolo were dead anyway - I had a raven blade w crit gifts and the life steal gift (3% w inv dash cod - shield is perfect w this even now at 2% bc u rarely need to spam dash v bosses w it) and it was ez mode from that point on. I never used to touch it
I actually like the shield, recently beat Stormy solo with it. You're right that damage over time ground attacks and shockwaves can be very finicky, what I've found helps is buffering your alter attack and dash by pressing the button while the animation for the previous action is still going, and you won't get hit. It's a tight window though and better just to not risk it with some moves
That's super helpful actually. Thanks, I will try it. One of my goals is using the shield for cataclysmic but I'm a long ways out from that goal.
You could call this the parasol build lol
I'm kicking myself SMH. You're a genius.
Bruh my first cata solo clear was due to shield. I knew my build wasn’t powerful enough by the time I got to incubator so I picked it up thinking yolo were dead anyway - I had a raven blade w crit gifts and the life steal gift (3% w inv dash cod - shield is perfect w this even now at 2% bc u rarely need to spam dash v bosses w it) and it was ez mode from that point on. I never used to touch it
I wrote it off as trash or as a multiplayer gimmick. But that built sounds great with life steal and raven blade.
hate the shield but the parry is cool
Parry gives dopamine, me like dopamine.