Testing EVERY GREATSHIELD as a weapon (Elden Ring)

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  • Some Greatshields are borderline broken in Elden Ring...
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    CHAPTERS:
    00:00 - Intro
    00:24 - Wooden Greatshield
    02:40 - Lordsworn's Shield
    03:51 - You probably remember this...
    06:12 - Manor Towershield
    07:36 - Crossed-Tree Towershield
    09:46 - Inverted Hawk Towershield (ANNOUNCEMENT)
    12:06 - Dragon Towershield
    13:52 - This shield is CLEAN
    15:23 - Gilded Greatshield
    16:06 - Cuckoo Greatshield
    17:20 - Redmane Greatshield
    18:33 - Golden Greatshield
    20:10 - Haligtree Crest Greatshield
    21:29 - Icon Shield
    22:37 - INNATE BLEED!!!
    25:39 - Crucible Horn Shield
    27:11 - THIS MAKES ME MAD
    29:16 - Eclipse Crest Greatshield
    30:32 - Ant Skull Plate
    32:17 - ANTI-MAGE TECHNOLOGY
    34:16 - Jellyfish Shield
    36:07 - FromSoft what have you done?
    37:56 - Visage Shield
    39:35 - One-Eyed Shield
    41:03 - Thanks for watching!
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  • @TFGRhinehart
    @TFGRhinehart 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +167

    The way I make the Fingerprint Shield ohko enemies is by equipping the Shard of Alexander, Godfrey Icon, the Rotten Winged Sword Insignia and Millicent's Prosthesis. All four of these talismans work with Shield Crash. I have legitimately dealt over 2k damage with this setup. I'm sure monk remembers that day.

    • @monkwashere
      @monkwashere  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

      Lmao I do remember that 💀

    • @rigel9228
      @rigel9228 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      If you put bleed on it it's actually insane

    • @rinothy
      @rinothy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Definitely stealing this for my "when life gives you lemons build" aka great bows and greatshields

    • @Bender_B._Rodriguez
      @Bender_B._Rodriguez 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@monkwashere which video?

  • @hi-i-am-atan
    @hi-i-am-atan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    there is _one_ benefit to dual wielding shields despite the lack of powerstance l1s:
    it lets you use the one-handed shield moveset while still being able to block, and that means having _slightly_ better r1 framedata in exchange for _slightly_ worse frame data on the backstep and running r1s on small and medium shields ... but the real advantage is that their two-handed moveset looks kinda dumb. greatshields are appropriately just kinda worse while one-handed and don't look stupid when two-handed, so their big guard boost gets to take full advantage of the two-hand guard boost boost at no cost to style ( which, like. is basically the entire reason you'd ever put a shield in your right hand, so )
    oh, yeah, that's another slight reason to dual wield shields: putting any affinity on a shield takes out a chunk of its guard boost, with the penalty actually being pretty severe on elemental affinities _on top_ of said affinities altering the damage block by boosting the appropriate elemental block ( though, interestingly, this includes a lesser boost to "adjacent" elements, like fire affinity boosting lightning and magic affinity boosting holy ) in exchange for reducing the rest. so you can try to get clever by giving your right shield an offensive affinity while picking a different one on your left to better block the damage types you expect to go up against. or realistically, you can slap a heavy or status affinity on your right shield and keep your left shield on standard and enjoy slightly high guard boost. yay.

  • @dordohronkey3955
    @dordohronkey3955 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    please note the interaction of the one eyed shield with the arrows reach talisman which gives better tracking on the aow projectile!

    • @Gromper7878
      @Gromper7878 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wait, better tracking?? Not a range increase?

    • @dordohronkey3955
      @dordohronkey3955 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thekoop made an interesting build video about it, you should check it out

  • @Totally_not_alpharius
    @Totally_not_alpharius 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    36:10 yo it’s the wall!

    • @dislikebutton9571
      @dislikebutton9571 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      No one on earth can make him fall!

  • @therearefederalagentsoutsi9187
    @therearefederalagentsoutsi9187 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Fingerprint shield with bleed is probably the scummiest thing you can do in pvp and I love it 😭

  • @realbloodydoves
    @realbloodydoves 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    >come home from a long day out
    >be thinking about a shield character in Elden Ring
    >see monk post a greatshield video
    It's like pottery, it rhymes.
    Guess I'm doing a shield character!

    • @Chiefshielda
      @Chiefshielda 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Good luck brother! Shield Only is my preferred way of playing through the souls games nowadays, hence my name. I really hope you're enjoying it!

  • @a.ah.689
    @a.ah.689 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Haligtree Knight Shield with cold affinity on a pure strength build is honestly insane, shield crash sweeps

  • @Frostbyte45
    @Frostbyte45 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    The ants skull plate also gives you tier 2 hardness meaning that similar to when you cloak yourself in lightning attacks will just bounce off

    • @Kalamir5
      @Kalamir5 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      My apologies, but your math is off, Dragonbolt Blessing give you tier 2 Hardness, like most Great Shield. The Ant Skull gives tier 3 Hardness.

    • @Frostbyte45
      @Frostbyte45 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Kalamir5 even better

  • @chazza0920
    @chazza0920 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    fun thing with the ants skull plate,
    it has the effect of tier 3 hardness while guarding which causes weapons such as great hammers and greatswords to bounce off of it, even during the shield bash ash of war. if that happens it also secures the hit because of the stun. Hope this helps :3

  • @ariframennoodles8028
    @ariframennoodles8028 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This gets me hyped for the dueling shields comin in the dlc

  • @man-wr8yl
    @man-wr8yl 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I hope the Duel Shied in the dlc will be good

  • @overlordflame98
    @overlordflame98 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Dont forget the crouch attacks of the shields.
    The distance you can have to hit someone is very useful :)

  • @ggmlansklol2603
    @ggmlansklol2603 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Best thing about your videos is that im never bored watching them, they have like 40 minutes and they feel like they have 10min. Bro u are one of my favorite youtubers. Keep it up bro.

  • @majorasmask5523
    @majorasmask5523 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My Captain Kaboom character uses the One-Eyed Shield as his signature weapon. I love it so much.

  • @thatonesaxophoneguy
    @thatonesaxophoneguy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fun fact the shield right here 13:59 is actually a gelmir knight shield. You can tell by the symbol in the middle. It's the exact same one on the armor.

  • @schizoid2842
    @schizoid2842 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    11:45 mans swapped 3 weapons against a shield 🤨🤨🤨

  • @DTPandemonium
    @DTPandemonium 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If you hold block you can seemlessly go into the running attack to pressure people because the way you hold the shield is vertical like the running attack instead of horizontal. It's very powerful tech. Jumping R1s are always superior to R2 as well, you can midair block with them as opposed to jumping R2's block only when you land. The bad part about these shields is shield crash is easily backstabbed if the opponent knows how to, running attack can also be backstabbed but it is much more difficult. On running attack they would need to sprint around the attack without rolling and quick 180 and BS you with a fast animation weapon so it is risky or maybe the quickstep pivot but have never seen it happen yet.
    You can also cancel the special attacks of shields like the flamethrower and rocket launcher with jump if you need to reset, maybe even jump attack to surprise.

  • @dimension40gaming
    @dimension40gaming 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    14:12 i like to wear the altered eccentrics head. altered ronin armor. then the briar gloves and boots. i like the powerful old man look ig. i first found it while playing with the “gods bane” mod.

  • @Kalamir5
    @Kalamir5 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Er... actually, the Ant's Skull Plate also counts as a tier class Harder then all the other Greatshields, being tier 3.
    What that means is that One handed Great Sword & Great Hammers will bounce off.

  • @fruminousbandersnatch2137
    @fruminousbandersnatch2137 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I first finished the game using the visage shield eventually combo'd with the eye shield, they cover each others gaps really well (fire giant was a bigger hurdle than malenia believe it or not)

  • @JustTryingToYoutube
    @JustTryingToYoutube 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Anytime I see the fingerprint shield I just hear “The Wall” start playing in my head, if you haven’t seen the pvp video look it up😂

  • @UwntM8
    @UwntM8 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The one thing I wish you could do is alter the visage shield and the one eyed shields that way we would have an actual flame thrower and a cannon that doesn’t look like a jar it would get rid of the protective aspects of the shield for less weight load but we’d have some cool looking ash of war guns other than the Jar cannon

  • @a.ah.689
    @a.ah.689 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When demonstrating Crucible Horn sheild, the Warrior guy had Briars gauntlets that caused a little camera shake every time they touched you. Do the thorns on that set cause aim-punch still?

  • @pizzaguydelivers1866
    @pizzaguydelivers1866 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    by the power of youtube algorithm and my monkey brain pattern recognition did i recognise you halfway through our battle with the poison spiked palisade shield. Dont think you can jump over great shields, great fight.

  • @thebyk348
    @thebyk348 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Holy ground goes well on a small or lighter medium shield and then you can use a shield crash great shield to keep up the offense, much love monk, you are a cool dude and I'm always in better spirits when you upload🙏

  • @Mr.Steak.
    @Mr.Steak. 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You should do medium shields next, a few have special abilities like blocking frostbite and long range attacks that deal poison

  • @johncooney3940
    @johncooney3940 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man I can’t wait to see that dueling shield in the dlc

  • @0701second
    @0701second 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    honestly, monk deserves at least a million subs. great content as always

  • @BDeerhead
    @BDeerhead 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    16:50
    Damn! Outshielded!

  • @boricuasamurai
    @boricuasamurai 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A menace with this type of content

  • @logo927
    @logo927 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    27:43 I feel the same about both the club and the shield they coulda had the ash of war for the club do a wave of lightning like the lightning glaive or something and have the shield being down lightning just like the tree sentinel it’s so stupid that they didn’t do that because people would ACTUALLY USE THEM

  • @jackelton2782
    @jackelton2782 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Holy ground is good. Maybe not if you’re using only shields but in pvp it’s great. It gives you more damage negation for all damage types while in the circle on top of the healing.

  • @anataysolo4001
    @anataysolo4001 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    what’s the armour set you got on?

  • @hellhound_4286
    @hellhound_4286 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    visage shield with scholars shield and high endurance is a thing of beauty. giving your opponents such a feeling of hopelessness is wonderful

  • @Kodama666
    @Kodama666 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ayo random question for the ppl, and monk if u decide to respond
    do u prefer dual wielding or 2handing thrusting greatswords, wut kinda builds are ur favorite/u think are best in pvp
    askin cuz im trying to settle on what build i wanna do next related to big pokey swords

  • @toryunaminosaki1022
    @toryunaminosaki1022 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    shield crash might do more damage, but shield bash can't be guard broken, crash can be

  • @morphalta2074
    @morphalta2074 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can someone explain why this man's voice lulls me to sleep so well? I love it.

  • @OgieSifter
    @OgieSifter 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One eyed is my favorite cause of that swing speed man

  • @athmil8302
    @athmil8302 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The ant greatshield actually has the highest hardness tier of any greatshield so more weapons will bounce off of it.

  • @Diogenes68
    @Diogenes68 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Fun fact: Golden Greatshield has one of the highest guard boosts of all the greatshields.

  • @hoppingshark7676
    @hoppingshark7676 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Finally, thank you!

  • @nicehyena4246
    @nicehyena4246 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    YEEEES THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!!

  • @The_Fearshredder4444
    @The_Fearshredder4444 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You ok man? 14:59 😂

  • @dislikebutton9571
    @dislikebutton9571 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Holy ground is good when invading when you can set up a check point with strength/faith regen build.

  • @40mm-Grenade
    @40mm-Grenade 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The ant skull plate shield has the highest hardness of any shield in the game. It has a hardness of 3. This means that any weapon that has a hardness below this and is being 1-handed will bounce off.

  • @lharsay
    @lharsay 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Actually we do have a golden colored shield buff called "Immutable Shield" which blocks all elemental damage and status effects.

  • @SputnicWasTaken
    @SputnicWasTaken 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ngl i don't care if the dragonclaw greatshield is missing it's potential, it does fat dmg, fat poise dmg and lightning dmg and the charged r2 looks awesome coming down with the spikes. I love it!

  • @hotheadvr7030
    @hotheadvr7030 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Literally you could not have done this video any better time

  • @chrisjulien7698
    @chrisjulien7698 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Christ bless you, might go with crucible horn one

  • @titesyl1023
    @titesyl1023 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Let’s goooooo !!!!!! Finally, he did it
    Btw, with the fingerprint shield when you proc madness, you have time to do a fully charged heavy attack with the shield while the madness animation plays in
    Also, fingerprint shield with blood affinity destroys Gideon too

  • @123fakestreettt
    @123fakestreettt 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The blue man group shield that shoots fire is the best one

  • @AmazingLube
    @AmazingLube 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Power-Standing greatshields is just the best thing

  • @majinsixten2762
    @majinsixten2762 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love your videos bro 👍❤️ you the man

  • @titesyl1023
    @titesyl1023 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Who remembers when he first did a visage shield video ? That was a banger

  • @laxzazazaza8278
    @laxzazazaza8278 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    15:53 Poor guy ,man made one mistake and just fucking ate it man

  • @Scootermagrooder
    @Scootermagrooder 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    'Makes it a great shield to have in your off hand' when you have the Jellyfish shield
    I see what you did there

  • @scooterberry0605
    @scooterberry0605 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    man that Raiden guy really had to sweat that hard against a shield build lol

  • @remnantryku7112
    @remnantryku7112 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Eclipse Crest Greatshield is my favorite

  • @boglurker2043
    @boglurker2043 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wish we could powerstance shields

  • @abewlol
    @abewlol 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How do you upgrade everything so easily??

  • @jaxn9542
    @jaxn9542 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    monk is definitely the shortcat of Elden Ring

  • @Waffen511
    @Waffen511 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    All the hearts man!

  • @rigel9228
    @rigel9228 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    19:05
    I can't believe it, that guy actually tried to parry a greatshield...
    (Also, i'm honestly a bit worried about the Gael crossbow because it might bring back bowglitch...)
    Edit:
    26:59
    What i don't understand about it is the fact that it doesn't do pierce damage despite the looks and description...

  • @jimthebottle6647
    @jimthebottle6647 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Should have done what you did with the crossbows and given yourself a spear or smthn

  • @ababobo3829
    @ababobo3829 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    34:48 how ever ofcourse the dam

  • @gutsherr3393
    @gutsherr3393 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Curently beating Elden Ring without a shield as my weapon for the first time. Feels weird.

  • @karolzolkos5818
    @karolzolkos5818 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wasn't the fingerprint shield changed so that the occult affinity removes all madness?

    • @lharsay
      @lharsay 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was wierd I think originally it kept the madness but didn't scale, then it got removed when the bleed and poison versions got madness scaling.

  • @stogesmcgee3251
    @stogesmcgee3251 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    All I have to do is complete Henriettas quest and defeat mohg oh I'll get right on that -_-

  • @DanateDMC
    @DanateDMC 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This video made me go great shield only.

  • @classydeathclaw2101
    @classydeathclaw2101 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have a build that only uses a shield, i run a heavy spiked gs

  • @mahmoudtalaat163
    @mahmoudtalaat163 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    36:20
    "fromSoftware, what have you done ?"

  • @jacobdobson1259
    @jacobdobson1259 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    To be honest, now I wanna go in with the Grafted Scion shield because of a quote I came up with:
    People may try to slash and stab, but they cannot handle the Golden Slab.
    Edit: I just got to about 19 minutes in, and I just heard him mention a gatling crossbow. GAEL 2.0?!

  • @Felrim
    @Felrim 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fun fact. If you block the attack during the Shield Bash, and this attack will put you out of stamina, you will still block the attack and will not be guard broken.

  • @idkman8530
    @idkman8530 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You deserved to lose that crucible horn shield fight for hitting the guy during emote

  • @joej78
    @joej78 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When are you going to cover legendary weapon chainsaw?

  • @RussellLawson
    @RussellLawson 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Honey come look, new monk dropped

  • @user-te9jm4nd3g
    @user-te9jm4nd3g 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    At 34:51 there seems to be a mistake in editing

    • @monkwashere
      @monkwashere  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oops lol
      What I was gonna say there was “Of course the damage is going to be great”

  • @YakiBaki
    @YakiBaki 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You're my elden savior

  • @commander4369
    @commander4369 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How does he have everything at +10/25?

  • @gramfero
    @gramfero 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    practicing shield combat im preparation for DLC, i see

  • @shadowplayer4582
    @shadowplayer4582 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great Shields new meta?

  • @sturmmagnunstein1008
    @sturmmagnunstein1008 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    13:20
    What youre experiencing is called 'block frames'. This exists on all shields during their attacks, and uniquely occurs on the heavy attacks of the carian knight sword.
    The damage and stamina damage reduction is entirely dependent on the shield in question, and greatshields happen to be best at this type of trading. This is why back in the olden days some players used shields as a way to trade with a bigger weapon when the situation calls for it, since some attacks on shields have a lot of block frames.
    The reason why it seems to occur randomly is largely due to high latency, but it is actually very predictable, very much like parrying (in fact, they work identically on a fundamental level).

  • @Bender_B._Rodriguez
    @Bender_B._Rodriguez 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    isnt this a reupload or something?

  • @Eternal_Placidity
    @Eternal_Placidity 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really hope spin slash gets nerfed

  • @TheoneandonlyRadicles
    @TheoneandonlyRadicles 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    *new monk vid drops*
    *my potentially autistic, caffeine ridden brain* YYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    • @propheticrain-maker1486
      @propheticrain-maker1486 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Honestly I’ve been binge watching these, they are great fun and I’ve learned quite a bit about the weapons 😅

    • @TheoneandonlyRadicles
      @TheoneandonlyRadicles 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@propheticrain-maker1486 dude same, I found him while looking for a certain weapon and can’t stop watching my boi

  • @ds3player6865
    @ds3player6865 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ooga booga

  • @Perfumer-Logan
    @Perfumer-Logan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A weapon type I always wanted to come back is finally coming back in the dlc the odachi aka katana greatsword and yes it's confirmed by Miyazaki himself that it's coming.

    • @theguileraven7014
      @theguileraven7014 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      But Nagakiba is already an Odachi?

    • @Perfumer-Logan
      @Perfumer-Logan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@theguileraven7014 no it's a spear that has a little katana for the head of it an odachi is a greatsword mixed with a katana.

    • @theguileraven7014
      @theguileraven7014 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Perfumer-Logan No, that’s the Naginata.
      The Nagakiba is literally a giant katana that already exists in the game.

  • @Aidens_void
    @Aidens_void 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cool, now use everything.

  • @Reevahn
    @Reevahn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Who cares about the AoW?! The Dragon Claw needs a power stance moveset!

  • @cameronunleashed5435
    @cameronunleashed5435 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    RAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! ✊️✊️

  • @oldmanyoda6971
    @oldmanyoda6971 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello 👋

  • @xyzeason
    @xyzeason 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yoooo

  • @rorballs
    @rorballs 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i think i love you

  • @knightgabriel1311
    @knightgabriel1311 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nah what’s even worse about the crucible horn shield is WHY IN THE FLYING GODDAMN FUCK IT DOESNT DO PIERCE DAMAGE.
    Come on from soft it literally has a GIANT ASS HORN on it. Its description outright says it’s good for skewering enemies. WHY. NO. PIERCE?!?!?!

  • @felipeguedescampos851
    @felipeguedescampos851 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can't run from riot shield users even in elden ring

  • @kaimamoonfury1335
    @kaimamoonfury1335 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My character is over leveled as shit because I sell equipment I don't use. Just by not being a hoarder. At least one shield should also be a fist weapon

  • @Anthony-jv8yw
    @Anthony-jv8yw 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Boo

  • @eurekaenderborn9988
    @eurekaenderborn9988 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have to be honest with you, as a greatshield main, watching you dodge rolling at any threat was infuriating.

  • @viking7939
    @viking7939 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    We need all shields with AoW no skill available!