Originally posted by Quineloe:

Originally posted by Mr. X:

You don't need to block a Fuling. Just wait until he attacks and then make 2 steps back. When the Furling successfully hits the air start counter-attack and kill him with your 3-combo attack. If you get used to this tactic even 2x2* Fulings at once are easy (but still risky). I pefer using swords in the plains because of the small knockback.

yeah well then remove armor and shields entirely if we're just supposed to Bloodborne the entire game.

This is kind of what I'm getting at.

I know how to avoid hits entirely. I can roll, I can bait out attacks and then move. But we have shields and armor so that not every engagement has to be a dodge fest. It's like shields went from being S tier to F tier.

I am way better off not equipping a shield now at all. Blocking is a liability. I shouldn't be mining and spending all these resources on something that is a net loss to my combat performance.