wack

On that note, the plasma thrower will stop you death in a track if you hit a wall/terrain with it on quad or tank legs while boosting. Might have something to do with how you can use those weapons on the move while biped/RJ can't.

Maybe it's EN usage

Must be a bad case of weird tagging and coding. .....................or a glitch. Y'know. like the explosive thrower, even though it's a melee weapon, it lacks melee tags, making it unaffected by melee stats, just like how the coral shield is unaffected by PA interference because doesn't have energy tags.

Tetras and tanks can move still move around while firing charge shots, so screw 'em LOL

Exactly this!

For me is the key bind issues as I feel uncomfortable holding it down and having to rely on direction of motion to dodge and I can changed it but it a hassle

@@animatoraoi3672 Same. An option for toggling the shields on and off with just a tap would be ideal, especially for the Scutum.

And quite a substantial reduction. Most shields will completely ruin the combo of high-impact weapons like Zimmermans.

This alone inspired me.😏

wait a damn second, youre right

I’ve done it on accident many times, never realised it was the shield

Yes, I've done it several times cuz I have a Coral shield on my flame thrower. Never even realized it cuz I couldn't see lol

You can do that with all shields, but you usually get staggered anyways; you still take less damage though.

i doubt shields can improve my 3%win ratio 😢

They definitely _help_ since some mits are better than none, but unfortunately explosives are pretty good at just totally overpowering shields unless you parry them with some of the higher-mitigation ones like bucklers. Explosives have a way easier time with shields than Zimmermans did, especially since you can get free impact if you _miss_ with something like Earshot and its unholy AoE.

​@@LEOTomegane If an explosive misses you and explodes behind you, only coral shield will mitigate that explosion, but at least that is an option. Still, yeah, explosives have pretty good impact to just blow through the defense.

​@@kirinashia567 yep, as a shield user i genuinely preferred Zimmermans to these things because I didn't run the risk of eating a bar of impact for a shot that _missed._ The proximity airburst on the Majestic can do this too, which is even more of a pain.

How does IG Parry work against attacks that are Attacker-Side netcoded? Like Boost Kick, Grenades, and Bazookas for example. I'm aware that the hitbox registrations are completely depending on the player who's attacking me. So should I time my IG Parry based on when the attacks hit me on my screen, or should I just guess the attack timing based off my opponent's screen and preemptively activate my IG Parry?

its pretty awesome in 1v1s. put em on be able to hit me from the sides or lose

@ap.1729 If you happen to run a bubble gun, you're already rough opponent regardless what you do. Double bubble is a reason to purge Scutum on spot as it won't do anything in the fight but get them staggered. Without bubbles, most consistent way is to play the long game. All the impact that Scutum takes is accumulated, so you can deal some and then dip out. If you're feather- or lightweight, you can abuse this hard as you can go reset your own bar before Scutum can reset theirs. If you're same weight or heavier than Scutum, you'll have to fight the stagger war fairly and find a way to win it. Damage doesn't matter at this point, you will almost always lose direct damage war when Scutum is up, unless you're running something like Lobster. Once you've actually managed to force opponent to drop the shield, that is your window to rush in and you MUST keep the pressure on from that point onwards. It is hard to reset Scutum under pressure and without they're just playing mech with missing shoulder weapon and lots of redundant weight and EN draw. Any kind of turbo stagger builds are also rough for Scutum, something like double Viento and double 10-cell. Missiles overall are pretty good at long range poking Scutum when they try to get away to reset stagger bar but that's more map dependant.

Ohhh interesting. Thanks for the info! Because of the high EN load required I've mostly ran coral shield on heavier setups so I've actually never noticed this.

Since patch 1.05, coral shield works differently now. Initiated Charged shots on left hand, don’t interrupt coral shield, regardless of your chosen legs.

I wanted the sword in my right hand and shield in the left but I thought about it and it actually makes sense.. you use the shield until you attack then you switch to the sword with the same finger.. it makes perfect sense.. sword attacks are commitments and they open you up to taking damage. The shield is a decent block on your way to delivering a sword attack and on retreat.. I like to use a grenade launcher as a nice follow up to a sword attack.. then retreat and fire missiles then repeat..

I realized i didn't have any builds using shields, so this is going to be super helpful it changing that for me =)

Same

Wtf you talking about they had shields in Formula Front that was both passive and activated.

Nice :D thanks for telling me

Yep, for sure.

Idk man, I had quite a lot of fun running the Scutum Shield, SPD Booster, and a high damage punisher melee weapon while trying to face tank literally every bosses and still come out as a victor 😂 (Yes, even with Ayre and Ibis. This shield is so damn insane when played correctly) But yeah I can see why this playstyle might not be fun for everyone.

@@TanegiHoneydew Scutum shield is fun - I use it to speedrun Explore the Depths 1 by just dropping on top of Nepenthes while tanking the barrage of lasers.

They're extremely good in PvE. And they're your best friend for S ranks.

@@dangerwarg9682 Dual burst rifle and dual shotgun combo is so good for PvE that taking a shield is wasted DPS. It's all you need for S ranking everything.

@@shepardpolska ............and?

kicks true combo into the first-step melee from every melee weapon iirc. It's brutal with pulse sword.

@@LEOTomegane it hits harder with hmmr

@@LEOTomegane also I don’t thing it combos into slicer

They're at their most valuable when parrying really big attacks imo, which is not something you do often in pve. Pvp, though, is a very different situation for them. Since the shield is defender-side, it does a lot of work mitigating some of the more egregious netcode abuses, like Pulse Sword charges and kicks.

@@LEOTomegane I don't really know about that, as the game has a built-in warning system anytime a big attack is incoming. It's a literal que to shield up and then follow up with your own offense, rather than using that time to qb away from the danger and giving you less exploitable windows.

@Blakobness because you only have limited shield uses before it overheats, and the opportunity cost of quickboosting is quite low, in practice you tend not to have as many things that you would rather parry than dodge. I think the most I ever used it was during the NG++ final boss, where several of the third-phase melee attacks are quite wide and fast.

@@LEOTomegane I still just really disagree with that. Especially for a core that isn't working with a lot of energy capacity to spare where you might not want to use that extra energy to dash away from the danger, I think a shield could be utilized very well. I still think the shield is just a deviation from most people's typical playstyle which makes it more off-putting, and trading away an offensive tool. Every AC fight or boss has at least one thing that I could see worthwhile using IG to soak and capitalize on and with conservative shield usage, the overheat should never be an issue really,

Conversely, I basically always ran shields on my main AC, so when I DIDN'T have a shield I ended up unconsciously holding down L1 anyway, to my detriment

Thankfully patch notes aren't *that* fast.

I wish shields and melee weren't exclusive to the left side.

@@CantComplain3k That too. I'd kill for a Gigan mech

Any high impact single arm weapons like the Shotguns, Gatling gun, Linear Rifles, Hand missiles, Laser Rifles and Pistols, Hand Guns, Stun Guns, Flame Thrower. You can kite With the long Range weapons and missiles , just bum rush with the Bullet Hoses, or some combination of the two using the High burst damage / stagger weapons for more measured engagements. Probably tetrapod ( for stagger resistance) or high mobility legs (for positioning.) Grid Walker Booster or other powerful booster since you won't quick boost much. Pulse Shield for when main shield is down or Assault Armor for countering charges by the enemy. Left hand weapon is either a long cooldown blade or a powerful weapon you won't fire often. Keep in mind what the video says about the differences in the Coral shield though since it gives you different weapon and leg choices. Back Weapons are either the Turrets or missiles that complement your right hand weapon. No cannons unless they have extremally powerful charges or long reload time ( still wouldn't recommend cannons since you need something high output the won't leave you vulnerable.)

Coral shield works great with gatlings. Their interests align: neither the gatling nor the shield wants you to quickboost, bc they're both interrupted by it. Scutum is best used with a stagger punish in the left hand, or at least some kind of charge weapon so your arm slot isn't totally useless when the shield is up.

Yes.

Yes. I have a tank leg build with the scutum, it is very hard to kill.

Nothing says you couldn't. ;)

Heavy tank and scutum or coral shield seems like a very good combo.

They do mitigate stat build up. Some might get slip past but I don't know if it's because it's not 100% resistance or those shots just simply hit from an angle outside shield's guard. But yeah, shield builds in PVP are extremely effective against electric/burn build.

@@TanegiHoneydew I'd thought it was something like they mitigate discharge but not burn, bc the burn weapons both coincidentally apply the burn with damage that goes around the shield, yeah.

Cheers, I think I forgot to update it for the new patch alongside the other generators.

What are you talking about? Quick boosting still increases heat. I'm seeing it happen right before my eyes

cant believe so many people are upvoting this obvious misinformation the IQ level of average YT viewers are amazing

Your initial guard window is also how long you can hold the shield when you manually over heat it. That's it that's the tech

😭

Most shields are pretty bad if you don't IG at the right time, so they're definitely very parry focused. Even the held shields aren't exactly great in just any setup, so it definitely takes a lot more in AC6 to use a shield properly than say Elden Ring.

None of what you said is a mechanic........ That's just tips and tech, and you advertising yourself.

tbh I can't see how it's a _hard_ counter. It requires specific generator choices + using a long-telegraph single-use action. Any light/middle build should be able to backstep out of an incoming AA very easily if they're paying attention.

@@LEOTomegane u can't assault boost or quick boost if your shield is up. If u drop your shield ur dead against a lobster build. Unless of course ur talking about hit and run missile bipeds

@mosh1337 Scutum is the only shield with 100% uptime anyway, but I can kind of see the point you're trying to make. I'm still not sure if I'd consider the AA to be a hard counter though; it feels more along the lines of the rifles being such ridiculously high power that they can drop an AC with only a tiny opening. That doesn't make the shield worse; in fact, that same AC would be dead far quicker if they didn't have a shield, due to the netcode behavior of laser weapons, regardless of an AA being used.

What does 'lobster build' mean ? 😅

​@@Fatlumpthe1stthe LRBster (or larbster/lobster) is basically a heavy build, usually a heavy biped, using quad laser cannons to deal a ton of damage

Most adaptable Zimmerman brainlet.

Did your high-ping pulse>harris>bunker combo get parried or something

@@ultraman5168 least offended fromsoft fan when you joke about their build