Oh i forget it , i dont like atgeirs , is preffer bow ( pure piercing + element ) and sledge hammer for groups ( i have blunt skill at 96 but i got long bored of use them but in groups i still wrecks everything with the sledge ) , and i think its useless vs yagluth
I ask for those 2 weapons for pure slash and spirit damage againt that boss and get some use vs general monsters

Originally posted by Polaris:

If your solo, I recommend a tower shield and frostner.


If you have a group, then you can switch around, whoever has aggro uses a shield and frostner (or silver sword)

If you don't have aggro, you can run in with the battle-axe :D (it does good damage, but you really need that shield for this fight imo

Tower shields are noobest things for solo in the game , you get slower and loose parry ability to counter a hard enemy :T , them are better for party games where monsters got more stats and someone become the tank of the group , but i think rouns shields are high superior than tower , parry isnt rocket science or need good timing , just spam RMB when you see an incoming attack
and as i said in OP , 2 handed weapons got buffed in block armor , i can parry 101 damage with crystal axe at the moment