Elden Ring: How Effective Is Sword and Shield?

[@joshuabrown3911]

Chase forgetting about the shield after two fights and beating everyone with naught but a straight sword - amazing content as always

[@ShahbazBokhari]

He is that one Man-At-Arms that outlived the Gods wondering where the next good tussle is at.

[@amirferdhany3177]

Like yhorm abandoning his shield and just using his axe thing

[@Sebur8an]

@@amirferdhany3177 I think it's a machete.

[@amirferdhany3177]

@@Sebur8an yeah you’re right, i just searched it up, it a great machete

[@Quxrk]

Probably shows how broken these ashes are when you can equipped them to basically anything. Why use equipment when you can just spam the ability over and over

[@S4B3R117]

Every time you question why the wizard is doing only moonveil I am reminded of that classic quote from Happy Souls: "It's easy... and it does a lotta damage"

[@Luanciel]

Wizards mentioned at least 20 times: 7:09 Oh we got a Wizard, alright. 8:03 WIzaard! I dance around your Wizardry! 13:28 I see a Wizard, hello there Mr. Wizard! Wait, how many Wizards are over there? 13:43 And then a full Wizard build. 14:07 I see the Wizard hunting me from the bushes. I'm well aware of you Mr. Wizard 14:51 Haha, play dodge-ball Mr. Wizard 14:55 This way Mr. Wizard 15:18 Hello Wizard 15:53 That Wizard is only using moonveil. 15:59 Ho-o-ly Wizard, bro! 16:32 Oh my god, did the Wizard just get done in by a basilisk? 16:41 Oh my god, Wizards, man. 17:08 We can definitely do in the Wizard here. 17:17 Okay, now we just have the Wizard left. 17:31 Done in, Mr. Wizard, by the lightning. Unfortunate for you, goodbye Mr. Wizards

[@Yannopill]

Incomprehensibly based.

[@TSE_WOODY]

ChaseTheWiz

[@says437]

Who is this Mr Wizard? Looks like a strong guy

[@spiraljumper74]

Now go back and find the total since you started keeping track, and update that for every video too. 😅

[@gsrockr]

ChasingTheWiz

[@BlueShellshock]

The Blues are out in force today, wow. Nice to see Shield Bash getting some love though. That being said... Chase used to be a big fan of the Hoarah Loux Earthshaker, but he hasn't used it much at all lately. Anyone else miss the shake?

[@Redhotquagmire]

Probably because it's very easy to counterplay/ punish heavily in PvP with how slow it is.

[@Evolfurnace]

It’s super easy to jump R2 or backstab lol

[@ChaseTheBro]

At some point i started using waves of darkness as the get off me ash of war but if you use it sparingly hoarax loux is definitely still a nice surprise. I just honeslty forgot about it until you mentioned it haha

[@gsrockr]

I think the playerbase ig have become adept at escaping Hoarah Loux

[@JojenReed]

​@@ChaseTheBrothe startup knockback that it gets always surprises people, they think they can attack during it half the time!

[@destro319]

For all torch lovers, Gigasthiccus has a video of it. Thank goodness!!

[@Redhotquagmire]

No. It must be Chase.

[@ChB1O]

No. It must be Chase.

[@claus_al_aerth]

Chase is the chosen one, he must be the one to do it.

[@ChB1O]

@@destro319 nice one tho

[@cameron3044]

Lost did it too. Chase is the only one that may properly wield the sacred Torch of St Trina.

[@dreamyatonement4931]

Chase, my favorite thing about your videos is the display of skill that presents the fact that no matter the weapon or how bad it’s stats look to people, the skill behind the player is what matters in the end. Like in the ER community, you always hear about how some stuff I see you use in videos are trash, meanwhile you win almost every encounter. You’re amazing Chase, keep it up!

[@eddielindseyii7560]

So true!

[@ni9274]

Sword and board is pretty strong in 1.10

[@axis8396]

Honestly it's mostly people forgetting how degenerate DS3 was like all the regen stacking(420 for Bountiful Light, 360 for Gentle Prayer(13 FP), 240 for Filianore's Chime(18 FP), not to mention a blessed weapon and Sun Princess), Heal spells also had no nerf on the aoe so 1300+ heals for a 4 player gank weren't uncommon(also that's Great Heal's 5.5x modifier so 1358 HP on Yhorksha at 60, Soothing Sunlight heals 1729 and max HP is like 1500 and even embered it's slightly under 2000). Lower max HP in DS3 also means said heals/regens are like 40% better in DS3 relatively speaking. I'm definitely forgetting other things but I spent like an hour refreshing my memory on DS3's numbers since I haven't touched the game in like 6+ months and I'm tired

[@gameurai5701]

I stopped taking the PVP seriously once I asked people on the ER discord for build recommendations. I'm into fashion souls and have my preferred weapons, these guys wanted me to go full bullgoat tryhard with powerstanced crouched shield pokes and I was like...nope. If I don't win while looking good doing so, I don't care about winning at all. In all fairness, I mostly do coop anyway (97% of my gametime or so), so even if my group gets invaded I can get a pass for not having an optimized build because win or loss barely matters.

[@nebulous9280]

​@@gameurai5701Fact is once you figure out how to counter these players' one singular attack strategy, they flounder. It's amazing to watch.

[@Suncrusher]

I recommend St Trina's Torch for it is unprotected

[@soulsmith5935]

I Dream of the Day

[@Yannopill]

Unprotected? 🤨

[@uglyskully5928]

Gigas!

[@nathreetimesnineequalstwen7172]

Unprotected in a carriage within a blizzard. Vulnerable to be snatched up by any. Even Chasethebro. 🔥 😔 🔥

[@TheWeen344]

i haven't watched any elden ring content for months now, im so glad this joke is still going.

[@-H3X]

Chase, as a player who exclusively runs straight sword and shield you should run at least 45 stamina to be able to block everything with Brass shield. The block r2 retaliation hits 70% of the time and really good to use in mix ups. Also make sure your brass shield is at least +24 for the 68 guard boost. you can block a great sword giant hunt and follow up with a retaliation with stam to roll with left over. Its surprisingly crazy effective.

[@GarkIavs]

How Effective Is St Trina's Torch and Shield?

[@shinkamui]

How Effective Is Sword and St Trina's Torch?

[@Efwerd]

Very nice moves. Not sure if the shield was used efficiently enough, but it was certainly nice to see. Felt more of a sword showcase than a shield n sword, though to be fair, you were using the guard to reset your r1’s for strong poise attacks. Barricade shield would have certainly helped in some of those tight situations. Great fights!

[@DANIELis74]

He literally used it only in the first battle. And that's it. Feels sad man.

[@NoNono-o3h]

Medium shields are boring, sorry, it isn't the WALL of greatshields neither the parry good tool of small shields Sadly they let you put a better parry in medium shields lol

[@ChaseTheBro]

shield gameplay is something I definitely need to work on! I really did enjoy using the shield bash though, when I remembered to use it lmao

[@bobertastic6541]

Shields are much more useful in low level PvP as dmg is quite negligible. Definitely more of a war of attrition there

[@ni9274]

@@NoNono-o3hmedium shield have good parry

[@speeedwagonnn6959]

I recommend Shield & St. Trina's Torch combo, it's immensely powerful

[@kiltysalter2966]

Gigasthiccas has demonstrated clearly that a dagger with endure is the play

[@LampseekerForevermore]

Shield bash is pretty good to trade against bigger weapons if you have the stamina for it.

[@VicH757]

Shield bash cannot be guard broken, so you'll tank it even if you only have 1 stamina to start the bash.

[@LampseekerForevermore]

@@VicH757 Real valorheart build if you use the carian knight sword too.

[@bobukcs3353]

the sword and shield surprisingly still hold up well, it's just that it should be viewed as a secondary play style as spacing is always gonna be more rewarding with less withdrawals

[@ni9274]

It’s way stronger than before, you can keep priority with parry for people who decide to Mach out of hitstun.

[@saintsword23]

@@ni9274 It's useful for parrying out of a guard against aggressive players too. Most players get excited to see guard and want to guard break you.

[@billybadass7483]

Hey Chase! Ive been doing a spartan build, with a spear, shield, and sword. Sheild poking, sword arts, kicking, the whole 9. I wasnt getting many victiries, but i had fun!

[@ymanexpress]

Yo Chase since you run low FP on most of your melee builds give the Carian Filigreed talisman a try, it reduces the fp cost of skills by 25%. I think it'll be especialy useful in those long drawn out invasions, or when you need to travel through the lake of rot, or when you want to spam some Ashes of war like thunderbolt or fires of slumber.

[@clarkbl11]

If Chase needs more fp he just kills a phantom

[@CsStrez]

It's a waste of a talisman slot compared to other options.

[@darq7000]

The problem with that talisman is, that it has to much opportunity cost, what talisman should it replace?

[@thenickfoxx]

@@CsStrez Can easily switch it out on the go lol. Not like he doesn't do that a ton already.

[@thenickfoxx]

@@darq7000 Can replace his first talisman slot that he already switches around during invasions anyway. Turn it on when he's only got one fp flask left during a drawn out invasion. Or an ash that requires a little more fp. It's just as useful as the dagger talisman considering the effects of the dagger talisman are used only when crit happens, which happens like 3 or 4 times during his invasions, and it's equipped pretty much the whole time. It definitely has it's uses and can be swapped out in a literal second for anything else.

[@Redhotquagmire]

That Host in the first invasion had all of Stormwind Castle getting summoned behind him lol

[@Invaders_Unite]

The true Combo from braggarts roar with a collosal weapon is a good way to trade through a shield or guard counter. I've been wanting to try a sword and board build.

[@mubikenobi1820]

Hey chase! Big love from Finland keep up the great videos ❤️

[@susanlin1655]

That R1 reset sure feels like fighting in ds3 ! Amazing video!

[@hornplayerchris]

Crazy how many blues get summoned. I'm at meta level and always have blue ring on and only get summoned like once an hour. Must be a lot of people with the blue ring on out there.

[@alexeiyugosavnov]

I was really looking forward to this! Simply lovely.

[@jorgecorea7528]

Chase I hope you give this another try in the future, but next time try putting bleed or frost on your shield, they get a lot of buildup, specially greatshields. Also curved swords work great with a shield.

[@GooseMessiah]

Classic. Sword & board & torch. Hang on where's the torch?

[@Gooselaser]

Id definitley like to see chase do some more Shield Bashing but with dual spiked shields and his arcane build

[@TheCohesiveGarage]

Its never a weapon showcase. Its a Chase outplays everyone showcase.

[@NoiseTank]

The wizard at the end for sure was trying to disconnect LOL

[@ClaireAsheronVT]

Things I can recommend for those working on shield gameplay: - Don’t forget about Guard Counters! They come out fairly quick with most weapons, do a lot of PvE poise damage, and can hit hard with Curved Sword Talisman. Use it sparingly in PvP though, with mix-ups to surprise people, and I suggest having high poise and stamina. - Greatshield Talisman is very useful for med and small shields (nerfed hard for greatshields)! The stamina difference is big, and can let block riskier hits and follow up better. Shield Grease also works great, as well! - Having several shields with diff AoWs is very useful, like Chase demonstrated here. Golden Parry is the go-to, but Carian Retaliation helps against casters, and Holy Ground is amazing for emergency regen and standing your ground! - Finally, don’t be like me and try to block someone with Royal Knight Resolve. It doesn’t end well.

[@nelsonreyes7183]

just started playing ER my life has changed! Great video.

[@tenzenonmizu]

8:05 “I will take my free estus though” God I miss the DS3 invasion days.

[@codraincub5176]

Did Chase remember to bring the lantern?: yessir [10 in a row] Did he use it?: not this time [2 in a row] Highest count on "Remember to bring the lantern": Maybe -58- Highest count on "Did he use it": Nope -80-

[@stevenbroski5235]

The only thing i hate it how often i have to change my build to kill a boss. It reallyjust irks me in the late game like ive been running strength faith builds since ds3 and it worked great in elden ring for quite a while then all of sudden i got to maliketh,then malenia and then godrey and the elden beast. Like yeah you can run strength faith but only in the beginning the end game is so against holy its quite unfair

[@monrogthegamer8417]

For sword and board I really love the carian Knight's sword personally, the heavy attack is great for roll catching. Also really love your videos =:D

[@execthegaming]

Chase never loses. On his channel, I've never seen him lose.

[@dizzyhungry]

ive heard "Chasethebros here" so many times that I'm hearing "Chase the burrow here"

[@Up2_nogood]

Chase the Groundhog here.

[@celexample]

Do greatshields next. They are great with status effects and have a few surprisingly good ashes of war but with shield talisman and shield grease you can push and block quite a lot.

[@MooneShadow]

I am using Axe and Shield on a New game plus and am enjoying it. I also rock Mil Lady and she carried me all the way to the End of Elden Ring DLC. Starting over with all of your equipment was pretty cool.

[@llftj]

can't believe how obessed I've become with series of games after discovering it last year (Elden Ring) I've been playing every souls game since😂😂

[@Retejerk]

Turns out that blue you killed in the first invasion did come back again, that's crazy lol.

[@mwilliams264]

Would love to see the Magma Curve Sword showcased by ya! Strength + Chase + Faith = downfall of all dishonest wizards!

[@tictac2102]

I love sword and boarding in Elden ring, though admittedly, I just use the shield as a parry tool rather than a actual shield.

[@Automaton_Sleeper_Agent]

I absolutely love sheild bash, especially on the fingerprint sheild as it's madness scales with arcane, that plus making it do poison and a bleed weapon make for a volatile combo

[@nebulous9280]

True but its prostate cancer in low level Invasions lol most people don't have the damage output to break the guard.

[@Automaton_Sleeper_Agent]

@nebulous9280 they definitely can, if your low level you'd have to envest way to much in strength to even use the sheild so it's gonna tank your other stats, plus there's a guard break talisman and crystal tear, the kick ash of war, dual weild jump attacks from great axes-swords and hammers, charged heavy with heavy attack talisman, colossal heavy, charged or jumping heavy and most ashes on colossal, piercing fang ignores all blocks, and strait swords base ash of war square off breaks all guards, any status effects can directly counter as well as magic and throwing items like pots, knives, perfume etc. And bows with or without statis effects have two ashes thay counter as well as just parry them. just don't trade. I personally always keep a counter, lol

[@TheValiantBob]

Yeah a couple of patches ago shield bash and kick both got buffed to do massive stamina damage to shields. It's a really fun way to do trades, even if you do feel like you gotta have a second shield just for parrying in the back pocket.

[@TrueKingOTK]

This is goving me flashbacks to Dark souls 3 Chase. A Straight Sword in one hand and a shield to parry in the other.

[@bare_bear_hands]

17:49 Vegeta does not enjoy being ignored 😂

[@dragonsaint9446]

I see Fromsoft has finally locked onto Chase's IP again and started the Blue Brigade spam XD

[@doomusall]

Should do some invasions with a Spiked palisade shield build or a big shield of your choice, would love to watch that :)

[@actualreplyguy]

Just think for a moment that in order for invasions to be a challenge for Chase, he has to deliberately handicap his output. I can't help but to think this is all part of the grand plan training for the hardships and struggle of using the torch of St. Trina, for it is untested.

[@annaliseazura]

I've been loving the Elden Ring content over the last eighteen months! Also, secret rare shield usage! PS Is there a reason he doesn't stream these days?

[@ShadonicX7543]

You need to try ashes on greatshields since most people suck at using them in a non cheese way

[@ShadonicX7543]

😃

[@WanderingRagabond]

Take a sip of water every time Chase uses the shield, to be extremely thirsty by the end of the video.

[@codex458]

Finally! Been waiting for it for a while now.

[@EpicFace7589]

3 rivers of blood in Mohg palace is really funny, Mohg would love all the blood

[@kinguchiha6212]

Chase you are my fucking hero, I’ve been on pvp since ds2 and I’ve always been decent but my god you kill other players like it ain’t nothing

[@tartolshelly7279]

That laggy phantom got light moonveil to light moonveil combos 💀

[@dramalexi]

Title reads: "How effective are shields?" Chase never uses shield to block. Just * bonk * * bonk * and * bonk * Then he says: "Yes, it's pretty effective!" 🤣

[@francescoryuzaky3120]

Be my mirror, my sword and shield, my missionaries in the lands between 😂

[@morgan2010nucka]

What kind of dark magic are you pulling off to get these connections Chase. I dare you to come down under and see what true horrors lie at 400+ ping gaming.

[@ChaseTheBro]

Ps5 has amazing connections for me. Pc was definitely far worse

[@morgan2010nucka]

@@ChaseTheBro Yeah I've heard that PCs netcode is substantially worse than console. Really strange considering it wasn't an issue in DS3 (at least to my knowledge)

[@kiltysalter2966]

I feel your pain fellow antipodean.

[@thenickfoxx]

Patiently waiting for the Wizard counter guy to comment. I'll be back. Edit: Ope, nevermind he was already here. We shall rejoice!

[@PiercerOvHeaven7]

The deeproot invasions are always absolute battles!

[@lammyjammy]

Wow the frostbite buildup on the slender is pretty damn good even with no points invested into INT. I guess I'm a fool for not trying frostbite earlier, thinking I needed some decent INT. My DEX build has like 16 INT so I could do this with slightly better results. Before this I've tried using the Keen Slender Sword and using the Frost Weapon spell, but I think that only adds 60 frost buildup, and I've not once actually inflicted frost on an opponent in the arena.

[@praetorian217]

HE IS LIKING THEM HE KNOWS WHY HASNT HE DONE IT

[@MrFaultyT]

Is anything better than having breakfast watching the new Chase video?

[@ExileTwilight]

the crazy amount of inventory control.. I guess I need to practice that if I ever want to actually win anything beyond a duel..

[@fobbitoperator3620]

Answer to thumbnail question: Against GIANT fast moving, infinite health-bar bosses, heacy armor, enchanted BIG weaon, & an enchanted wall of a shield is an absolute must! (your spirit ash should be your mimic as well)

[@LuisFelipe-pq9lr]

One build that I am thinking in doing is a Mystic Knight, it will use heavy armor + the carian shield + a Scepter with the swords spells, those being Carian Sword, Carian Greatsword, Azula Moonblade, Hainma Hammer, Piercer Sword, I think it can work pretty well the combination of sword + spells

[@vincentbigby]

My build for my playthrough was Sacree Lordsworn longsword, brass shield with barricade, counters, and some incantations.

[@toryunaminosaki1022]

since you're using shield bash, the palisade or thorn shield would be great

[@Laoruperteen18]

Thaaaaank crums, i was extremely bored, and along comes chase to save me for the next 20 minutes :D

[@Bucketus.Lord.of.Buckets]

If chase likes Shield Bash, he'll love shield crash on a blood infused Fingerprint Stone Shield with blood infusion

[@vaporsouls6752]

first time playing a fromsoft souls game seriously (I only briefly played DS3) and haven't been convinced to switch away from brass shield and lordsworn straight sword. Only currently hitting a bump in the academy since magic damage goes through shield, still having fun with the build though. tips on what stats I should focus on would be nice

[@jonwebb7042]

i think the most impressive thing here is how many noble's slender swords chase farmed for this video

[@ЭнтониМейя]

can't believe Chase killed Seu Madruga/Don Ramon, now he'll have to pay his debt!

[@tuyultele9934]

Sword and board with perfect block technique

[@hexerin]

Why can't the people that invade me ever be chill like you? I would've been willing to play with invasions enabled if that were the case. Setting that aside, it's cool seeing a lot of the hosts you invade were entirely down to straight up fight you, rather than hide behind their phantoms.

[@acekobayashi3928]

You should use St. Trina torch, heard it’s amazing

[@Lwilibert]

I respec'd my build, been playing ice spear with clayman harpoon and carian slicers. Thinking of what to play now, I'm at the radagon fight for the first time. I like melee builds with some magic and shields, especially the gellyfish one.

[@Pliskkenn]

I really wanted to use the Dragonclaw Greatshield since I think it looks awesome but man, the Brass Shield is just better in every way.

[@sammysoltan3390]

Been a big fan since ds3 my go to pvp content creator, you should try both the shield bash ashes of wars on the spiked shield, I don’t have a good build and I do 1100 damage without the shard of Alexander, not counting the bleed proc, much love you should check it out

[@sammysoltan3390]

The one I use is called shield crash, it blocks attacks as your running with it proc-ing bleed to whole run, as it hits the entire time your running with it, and a final hurah push at the end, full combo with the bleed proc is so good

[@kiltysalter2966]

Shield crash can be parried, and guard broken very easily. Shield bash is way better.

[@sammysoltan3390]

@@kiltysalter2966 are you certain shield crash can be parried ? And all you need is the shield talisman

[@saintsword23]

@@kiltysalter2966 Shield Bash is for duels, Shield Crash is for invasions. One is good against skilled players the other against less skilled players where you need a quick kill.

[@saintsword23]

Best use of shield bash is a completely safe R1 -> Shield Bash > double roll out combo against opponents that like to R1 out of hit recovery.

[@withCCGHawkins]

The biggest problems with Shield Bash are the low poise damage it does and the amount of endurance it eats up. You manage to read an ash of war, but it doesn't stop them from getting it off and you now have zero stamina. You get nothing out of it but 200ish damage and then, if they're smart, they'll run your ass down because you're out of stamina.

[@saintsword23]

Shield Bash is a duelist's tool. It's completely safe shield bash after an R1 and then roll out. If you're using a fast 1h, you probably just did around 5-600 damage and the only risk you took was a neutral R1. For invasions you use Shield Crash. It does way more damage, activates Winged Sword Talisman, procs statuses, and has a knockdown. The players you meet in invasions have a lower skill level and are unlikely to backstab punish you for it. If they're not lower skill level then you're in for a rough invasion no matter what you do!

[@audreyrewinded]

​@saintsword23 +1 to everything you said

[@tbhby4toraa]

i just started Elden Ring,and i want to know,what class is good for wanting to use a shield and sword but also be able to use magic,is that possible?

[@jessemelgaard6295]

Always love the content!

[@HovJigga]

Hey chase. Any chance you wanna do dual straight swords? They've got my favorite moveset in the game and I really enjoyed my last (and best) playthrough with them

[@Magus_Union]

A bit of a shame you didn't try to pair Shield Bash with the Cleanrot Knight's Sword. In my first play thru I found that to be the best pairing with shields, since the attack animation follows up pretty quickly post stun. But that was before all the poise changes in the latest patch. So idk how aggressive you can be with said setup now.

[@TwIzTed_JeZTeR]

RoB and Moonveil are generally why I dislike katanas since most players aimlessly rely on its aow but it is refreshing to say the least to see some weapon variety in these videos.

[@Fresh_Baklava]

Chase the blueberry farmer. 😂 Glad to see the game so populated.

[@nathaeladalyah9681]

Extremely effective. Two of the hardest bosses (Malenia and Maliketh) are mostly negated by a 100% physical shield.

[@ToxicallyMasculinelol]

great fights as usual but next time can you try to actually use the shield for blocking? 😂

[@wilcohitzert9872]

Could you incorporate atleast 1 video where you actually mess up and die? Would be interesting to see what went wrong for example!

[@FallenUnicorn11]

More of this… so satisfying

[@sirjared21]

This must be with a mouse bc there's no way you can go in and out of menus so fast with a controller. It's amazing. Awesome content as always!

[@thedigitallocker1638]

it shows playstation controls when he uses his menus. it all in the muscle memory!@

[@sirjared21]

@@thedigitallocker1638 interesting. I find the menus pretty sluggish to get through stuff, kind of like how the game limits your actions based on the animation completing fully before you can get to the next action. Lol 🤷‍♂️

[@BlackSheepDeity]

Blues came in like crazy, same over here on another invade i had… no idea why they spawn so fast sometimes

[@demityrant1784]

"That's not even Guts cosplay" They rarely ever are.

[@Matt_Zoran]

Do you maybe have the camera auto adjusting turned on while being close to a wall? Thst my explain why your camera messes up

[@adammendez7165]

That first clip was amazing

[@shinobiofashina2168]

Starting now I will tally the guts that appear in chases videos cosplay or not 1 guts total as of this video No Honorable mentions

[@HellGatyr]

Always with great content But chase you forgot that you have shied bro, try the shield bash AOW, it's great for medium shield

[@DominarRygel-XVI]

How Effective Is Sword and Shield? Not very effective because I am still forced to being matched with people on the opposite side of the planet. GOTY Matchmaking.

[@0008loser]

17:59 TFS Vegeta "Am i being Ignored"

[@Mare_Man]

Now how about a Black Iron Tarkus setup?