Originally posted by Kalysm:

Guns that is how I usually do it. Thanks for the info Weaver I will just make the banded one as the iron cost is low. I am doing a no (blew it already) to low death run. Decided after multiple restarts to make it a one death per biome run. In the swamp now.

Shield info can be found here: https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Shields
Parry Mod multiplies the block value for parry only.
The stats increase by .5% per skill point in block.
You just need the block/parry value to be higher than the damage.