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Slumbering Dragon Shield
	65		65
	60		65
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	90		85
	60		60
	45		4.5
Requirement & Bonus
14 --	-- --	-- --	-- --
Standard Shields		Strike / Parry
Enchantable: Yes/No		No Special

Slumbering Dragon Shield is a Standard Shield in Dark Souls 2. 

"Shield of the Archdrake sect of Lindelt.
Represents a slumbering dragon,
and is intended for use in covert rituals.

The fools who woke the slumbering dragon
earned not only its ire, but also the
destruction of an entire country.

The survivors buried their wrongdoings in
the past, and in a show of terrible conceit,
attempted to make amends by carrying on
the knowledge of the wasted land."

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.

Acquired From

• Found from Archdrake Knight or Caster in Shrine of Amana.

Hints and Tips:

• When farming for shield, best to travel to Shrine of Amana: Rhoy's Resting Place. Kill off the bug in front of you, and to the right. Use a great bow (or any type of range), with Covetous Gold Serpent Ring, and snipe out the 3 Archdrake (Knight or Caster) enemies standing by the cave entrance. Repeat and rest to continue farming.

• Shield gives Stamina Regen.
• Stamina Regen gained is 5%
• Stamina Regen stacks with both Green Blossom and Chloranthy Ring variants.
• Infusing with Bleed and Poison seemed to raise the Lightning Scaling to S without decreasing base damage, decent for bashing if you have stamina boosting rings, items and equipments.
• Stamina regeneration gained by using the shield does not offset the stamina regeneration loss of having the shield equipped.
  • Tested with 60.2 Max Equip load and 42 equip weight (69.77%). 35.51 regen with the Shield equipped, 36.49 without the shield equipped.
    • Note that it scales with max equip load and equipped weight, meaning that if you had 99 vitality and very light things you would see a benefit to stamina regenerating.
• Upgrades with: Regular Titanite

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Slumbering Dragon Shield Upgrades

	Attack ValuesBonus					Parameter Bonus						Auxiliary Effects& Damage Reduction%				Damage Reduction (%)					Other
Name
Slumbering Dragon Shield	40	-	-	50	-	-	-	-	-	B	-	0 65	0 65	65	85	65	60	60	90	60	45
Slumbering Dragon Shield +10	80	-	-	75	-	-	-	-	-	A	-	0 73.7	0 73.7	73.7	73.7	58.7	70	70	88.7	70	53
Magic	32	8	-	40	-	-	-	C	-	A	-	0 64.1	0 64.1	64.1	64.1	44.1	66.6	59.1	84.1	59.1	45
Magic +10	64	13	-	60	-	-	-	B	-	A	-	0 73.1	0 73.1	73.1	73.1	58.1	75	69.3	88.1	69.3	53
Fire	32	-	8	40	-	-	-	-	C	A	-	0 64.1	0 64.1	64.1	64.1	44.1	59.1	66.6	84.1	59.1	45
Fire +10	64	-	13	60	-	-	-	-	B	A	-	0 73.1	0 73.1	73.1	73.1	58.1	69.3	75	88.1	69.3	53
Lightning	32	-	-	49	-	-	-	-	-	A	-	0 64.5	0 64.5	64.5	64.5	44.5	59.5	59.5	88.3	59.5	45
Lightning +10	64	-	-	74	-	-	-	-	-	A	-	0 73.4	0 73.4	73.4	73.4	58.4	69.6	69.6	91.2	69.6	53
Dark	32	-	-	40	8	-	-	-	-	A	E	0 64.1	0 64.1	64.1	64.1	44.1	59.1	59.1	84.1	66.6	45
Dark +10	64	-	-	60	13	-	-	-	-	A	E	0 73.1	0 73.1	73.1	73.1	58.1	69.3	69.3	88.1	75	53
Poison	34	-	-	43	-	-	-	-	-	S	-	5 83.3	0 62.7	62.7	62.7	42.7	57.7	57.7	82.7	57.7	45
Poison +10	69	-	-	65	-	-	-	-	-	S	-	10 87.5	0 72	72	72	57	68.2	68.2	87	68.2	53
Bleed	34	-	-	43		-	-	-	-	S	-	0 62.7	5 83.3	62.7	62.7	42.7	57.7	57.7	82.7	57.7	45
Bleed +10	69	-	-	65		-	-	-	-	S	-	0 72	10 87.5	72	72	57	68.2	68.2	87	68.2	53

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)