Originally posted by electricdawn:

The problem is that in bronze age, the only viable shield for tanking trolls (and later abominations) is the bone shield. The bronze buckler doesn't cut it. Even with bronze armor.

I tried both.

Once you got the iron banded shield, though, you're good, and you can parry to your heart's content. :)

Even fully upgraded? I'm fairly positive i did it last time i played, you still get some damage though, and if you fail an active block you're almost dead^^
I think i always did some kiting with fire arrows, and then i active block+heavy attack killed the troll from ~75% life.