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Black Dragon Shield
	100		55
	60		55
	60		55
	60		55
	60		70
	51		5.5
Requirement & Bonus
15 E	-- --	-- --	-- --
Standard Shields		Strike / Parry
Enchantable: Yes/No		No Special

Black Dragon Shield is a Standard Shield in Dark Souls 2. Standard Shields can be used not only to block an enemy but to parry their attack as well. This allows a riposte, a free attack by the player for a high amount of damage. Enemy attacks can be interrupted with a parry (pressing the Strong Attack button for the shield) and requires practice to learn the timing.

In-game description:

A shield that appears in ancient legends. Strangely shaped, and said to be crafted from the talons of the black dragon.

The legend of the pale dragon is told in various locales, but each account is fragmentary. Very rarely is the black dragon mentioned, and some say that it is merely an embellishment adopted in later retellings of the story.

Acquired From

• Can be dropped from the Dragon Knights on the stairs leading up to the ancient dragon. 

Hints and Tips:

• Drakekeeper's Shield offer better defenses, damage, scaling and stability for only 0.5 more weight. The Drakekeeper's Shield also upgrades with titanite, rather than expensive petrified dragon bones.
• Requires petrified dragon bones to upgrade.

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Black Dragon Shield Upgrades

	Attack ValuesBonus					Parameter Bonus						Auxiliary Effects& Damage Reduction%				Damage Reduction (%)					Other
Name
Regular	104	-	-	-	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	0 55	0 55	55	55	100	60	60	60	60	51
Regular +5	200	-	-	-	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	0 60.6	0 60.6	60.6	60.6	100	65	65	65	65	58
Magic	50	61	-	-	-	E	-	C	-	-	-	0 52.7	0 52.7	52.7	52.7	97.7	78.3	57.7	57.7	57.7	51
Magic +5	126	154	-	-	-	E	-	B	-	-	-	0 58.6	0 58.6	58.6	58.6	97.9	81	62.9	62.9	62.9	58
Fire	50	-	61	-	-	E	-	-	C	-	-	0 52.7	0 52.7	52.7	52.7	97.7	57.7	78.3	57.7	57.7	51
Fire +5	126	-	154	-	-	E	-	-	B	-	-	0 58.6	0 58.6	58.6	58.6	97.9	62.9	81	62.9	62.9	58
Lightning	50	-	-	61	-	E	-	-	-	C	-	0 52.7	0 52.7	52.7	52.7	97.7	57.7	57.7	78.3	57.7	51
Lightning +5	126	-	-	154	-	E	-	-	-	B	-	0 58.6	0 58.6	58.6	58.6	97.9	62.9	62.9	81	62.9	58
Dark	50	-	-	-	61	E	-	-	-	-	C	0 52.7	0 52.7	52.7	52.7	97.7	57.7	57.7	57.7	78.3	51
Dark +5	126	-	-	-	154	E	-	-	-	-	B	0 58.6	0 58.6	58.6	58.6	97.9	62.9	62.9	62.9	81	58
Poison	50	-	-	-	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	12 73.3	0 52.7	52.7	52.7	97.7	57.7	57.7	57.7	57.7	51
Poison +5	126	-	-	-	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	30 76.6	0 58.6	58.6	58.6	97.9	62.9	62.9	62.9	62.9	58
Bleed	50	-	-	-	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	0 52.7	12 73.3	52.7	52.7	97.7	57.7	57.7	57.7	57.7	51
Bleed +5	126	-	-	-	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	0 58.6	30 76.6	58.6	58.6	97.9	62.9	62.9	62.9	62.9	58

 

Table Key

Please see the Upgrades page for details on Upgrade paths, ore and blacksmiths. You can see the Stats page for detailed explanations on what they do.

 

Requirements/ Parameter Bonus	Attack Values	Damage Reduction (%) Reducing the elemental damage taken in %	Auxiliary Effects	Others
Strength	Physical	Physical	Bleeding	Durability
Dexterity	Magic	Magic	Poison	Weight
Intelligence	Fire	Fire	Petrify
Faith	Lightning	Lightning	Curse
Magic Bonus	Counter Strength	Stability
Fire Bonus	Poise Damage
Lighting Bonus	Cast Speed
Dark Bonus	Range

 

Parameter Bonus: Strength, Dexterity,Magic, Fire, Lightning and Dark bonuses - The scaling multiplier applied to the [Attack: stat]. Scaling quality is from highest to lowest as follows: S/A/B/C/D/E.
The higher the player's [Str, Dex, Mag, Fire, Light] stat, the higher the [Attack Bonus: Stat] is (found on the player status screen). The higher the scaling letter, the higher the percent multiplier applied to the [Attack: Stat].
This resulting bonus damage is added to the base physical damage of the weapon and is shown in the equipment screen in blue numbers as a "+ X".
Durability: The weapon's HP, when the durability hits 0, the effectiveness of its attacks become weakened to the point of almost uselessness. When an items durability is low, a message will come up saying "Weapon At Risk!" at this point the weapon does not perform at it's best.
Weight: How much the item weights when equipped.
Stability: How well the player keeps stance after being hit
Attack Type: Defines what kind of swing set the weapon has.
Regular(R), Thrust(T), Slash(Sl), Strike(St)