- For the Dark Souls III variant, see Wolf Knight's Greatshield.
The Greatshield of Artorias is a greatshield in Dark Souls.
In-Game Description
- Shield born from the soul of the great grey wolf Sif, guardian of the grave of the Abysswalker Knight Artorias.
- Boasts consistent defense and divine protection against various status effects.
Availability
The Greatshield of Artorias can be created at the Giant Blacksmith in Anor Londo with a +10 Shield, the Soul of Sif and 5,000 souls.
Characteristics
The Greatshield of Artorias is arguably one of the best greatshields in the game, with the highest stability of any non-crystal shield combined with complete status resistance.
However, it has underwhelming magic and lightning defenses and is the fourth heaviest shield in the game.
Resistance Defense
Along with Physical and Elemental damage reduction, weapons also have hidden stats that reduce the amount of status build-up while blocking.
Resistance | Reduction |
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100% | |
100% | |
100% | |
100% |
Moveset
Attack | Description |
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One-handed Weak Attack |
Shield Bash.* |
One-handed Strong Attack |
Slams shield into the ground. Some starting lag. |
Two-handed Weak Attack |
Same as one-hand weak attack. |
Two-handed Strong Attack |
Same as one-hand strong attack. |
Jump Attack | Slams shield into the ground. |
Running Attack | Holds shield up and runs forward, then slams it down at the end.* |
Rolling Attack | Flips shield upside down and brings it down against the ground. |
Kick | Push away with the shield. |
Left-handed Weak Attack |
Block. |
Left-handed Strong Attack |
Shield Bash.* |
*While shield is up the player is actively blocking
Upgrades
Upgrading the shield will only improve its damage characteristics.
Requires: Demon Titanite and 5,000 souls per upgrade.
Variation | Attack Values | Parameter Bonus | Damage Reduction | ||||||||||
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Greatshield of Artorias | 80 | – | – | – | D | – | – | – | 100 | 50 | 80 | 40 | 88 |
Greatshield of Artorias +1 (Demon Titanite ×1) |
84 | – | – | – | D | – | – | – | 100 | 50 | 80 | 40 | 88 |
Greatshield of Artorias +2 (Demon Titanite ×1) |
88 | – | – | – | D | – | – | – | 100 | 50 | 80 | 40 | 88 |
Greatshield of Artorias +3 (Demon Titanite ×2) |
92 | – | – | – | D | – | – | – | 100 | 50 | 80 | 40 | 88 |
Greatshield of Artorias +4 (Demon Titanite ×2) |
96 | – | – | – | D | – | – | – | 100 | 50 | 80 | 40 | 88 |
Greatshield of Artorias +5 (Demon Titanite ×4) |
100 | – | – | – | D | – | – | – | 100 | 50 | 80 | 40 | 88 |
Trivia
- When summoned as a phantom the shield's texture will not display properly. It will instead be a tiling of the texture for the Tower Shield.
Videos
Greatshields |
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Black Iron Greatshield • Bonewheel Shield • Cleansing Greatshield • Eagle Shield • Giant Shield Greatshield of Artorias • Havel's Greatshield • Stone Greatshield • Tower Shield |