Watcher's Shield | Dark Souls 2 Wiki

Watcher's Shield
	95		40
	65		40
	65		50
	90		50
	80		70
	40		3.0
Requirement & Bonus
8 C	11 C	-- --	-- --
Small Shields		Strike / Parry
Enchantable: Yes/No		No Special

Watcher's Shield is a Small Shield in Dark Souls 2. Small 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.

Small shield used by the Throne Watcher. Made from an old sacred chime.

The Watcher has stood by the throne for ages.

Will his wait be fulfilled? 

Acquired From:

• Trading the Throne Watcher Soul to Weaponsmith Ornifex.

Hints and Tips:

• Upgraded with Petrified Dragon Bone to +5.
• Highest physical damage reduction of all small shields.
• Infusing with Boltstone grants 100% lightning damage reduction.
• Infusing with Darknight Stone allows Dark Watcher's Shield +5 to have nearly three damage immunities, with a large 93.6% physical reduction, 89.2% lightning defense, and 98.5% dark defense before scaling bonuses are added.
• The shield makes a bell-like noise when it is hit.
• An orange particle effect is also produced when the shield is hit (This is a corrosive effect on weapons that hit the shield and can break hostile melee weapons faster, but doesn't effect ranged weapons which includes catalysts, bows, crossbows, and greatbows).

Watcher's Shield Upgrades

	Attack ValuesBonus					Parameter Bonus						Auxiliary Effects& Damage Reduction%				Damage Reduction (%)					Other
Name
Regular	40	-	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	0 40	0 40	50	50	95	65	65	90	80	40
Regular +5	100	-	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	0 47.5	0 47.5	56.2	56.2	95.6	69.3	69.3	91.2	82.5	48
Magic	25	30	-	-	-	D	D	C	-	-	-	0 37.7	0 37.7	47.7	47.7	92.7	83.3	62.7	87.7	77.7	40
Magic +5	63	77	-	-	-	C	D	B	-	-	-	0 45.4	0 45.4	54.2	54.2	93.6	85.4	67.3	89.2	80.4	48
Fire	25	-	30	-	-	D	D	-	C	-	-	0 37.7	0 37.7	47.7	47.7	92.7	62.7	83.3	87.7	77.7	40
Fire +5	63	-	77	-	-	C	D	-	B	-	-	0 45.4	0 45.4	54.2	54.2	93.6	67.3	85.4	89.2	80.4	48
Lightning	25	-	-	30	-	D	D	-	-	C	-	0 37.7	0 37.7	47.7	47.7	92.7	62.7	62.7	100	77.7	40
Lightning +5	63	-	-	77	-	C	D	-	-	B	-	0 45.4	0 45.4	54.2	54.2	93.6	67.3	67.3	100	80.4	48
Dark	25	-	-	-	30	D	D	-	-	-	C	0 37.7	0 37.7	47.7	47.7	92.7	62.7	62.7	87.7	98.3	40
Dark +5	63	-	-	-	77	C	D	-	-	-	B	0 45.4	0 45.4	54.2	54.2	93.6	67.3	67.3	89.2	98.5	48
Poison	25	-	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	6 58.3	0 37.7	47.7	47.7	92.7	62.7	62.7	87.7	77.7	40
Poison +5	63	-	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	15 63.5	0 45.4	54.2	54.2	93.6	67.3	67.3	89.2	80.4	48
Bleed	25	-	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	0 37.7	6 58.3	47.7	47.7	92.7	62.7	62.7	87.7	77.7	40
Bleed +5	63	-	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	0 45.4	15 63.5	54.2	54.2	93.6	67.3	67.3	89.2	80.4	48

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)