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Carian Thrusting Shield

With its requirements met (Str 17 · Dex 13 · Int 15), Carian Thrusting Shield reaches 468 attack rating at +25; the strongest affinity at those stats is Magic at 585.

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Pickup · Specimen Storehouse

Attack rating (+25): 468
Scaling (+25): Str C · Dex C · Int D
Class: Thrusting Shield
Weight: 10.5
Requires: Str 17 · Dex 13 · Int 15
Skill: Shield Strike
Upgrades with: Smithing Stones (+25), takes Ashes of War

Attack rating by affinity 13

At Str 17 · Dex 13 · Int 15 · Fai 10 · Arc 10 (each stat at the weapon's requirement, 10 where it has none), one-handed.

Affinity	+0	Max	Damage at max	Scaling at max
Standard	179	468 +25	Physical 371Magic 97	Str CDex CInt DFai –Arc –
Heavy	162	444 +25	Physical 371Magic 73	Str ADex –Int DFai –Arc –
Keen	156	424 +25	Physical 351Magic 73	Str EDex BInt DFai –Arc –
Quality	156	415 +25	Physical 351Magic 64	Str BDex BInt DFai –Arc –
Fire	228	521 +25	Physical 229Magic 53Fire 239	Str CDex EInt DFai –Arc –
Flame Art	226	566 +25	Physical 238Magic 62Fire 266	Str EDex EInt DFai BArc –
Lightning	223	515 +25	Physical 227Magic 54Lightning 234	Str EDex CInt DFai –Arc –
Sacred	199	563 +25	Physical 235Magic 62Holy 266	Str EDex EInt DFai BArc –
Magic	202	585 +25	Physical 230Magic 355	Str EDex EInt BFai –Arc –
Cold	229	519 +25	Physical 218Magic 301	Str EDex EInt CFai –Arc –
Poison	138	391 +25	Physical 324Magic 67	Str CDex CInt DFai –Arc D
Blood	138	391 +25	Physical 324Magic 67	Str CDex CInt DFai –Arc D
Occult	141	382 +25	Physical 316Magic 66	Str EDex EInt EFai –Arc A

Try your own stats, two-handing and any upgrade in the AR calculator.

Attack rating by stat (Standard, +25)

Strength
Dexterity
Intelligence

Each line raises one stat from the requirement to 99 with the others held at the requirement; dashed lines are Strength's soft caps.

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Stat level	Strength	Dexterity	Intelligence
13	–	468	–
15	–	–	468
16	–	478	–
17	468	–	–
18	–	–	471
19	–	487	–
20	477	–	–
21	–	–	473
22	–	494	–
23	485	–	–
24	–	–	475
25	–	502	–
26	492	–	–
27	–	–	477
28	–	510	–
29	500	–	–
30	–	–	479
31	–	517	–
32	507	–	–
33	–	–	480
34	–	524	–
35	514	–	–
36	–	–	482
37	–	531	–
38	521	–	–
39	–	–	484
40	–	538	–
41	528	–	–
42	–	–	486
43	–	545	–
44	535	–	–
45	–	–	487
46	–	551	–
47	541	–	–
48	–	–	489
49	–	558	–
50	547	–	–
51	–	–	491
52	–	563	–
53	553	–	–
54	–	–	492
55	–	569	–
56	558	–	–
57	–	–	493
58	–	574	–
59	562	–	–
60	–	–	494
61	–	577	–
62	566	–	–
63	–	–	495
64	–	582	–
65	570	–	–
66	–	–	497
67	–	586	–
68	575	–	–
69	–	–	498
70	–	590	–
71	579	–	–
72	–	–	499
73	–	594	–
74	583	–	–
75	–	–	500
76	–	598	–
77	587	–	–
78	–	–	501
79	–	602	–
80	591	–	–
81	–	–	502
82	–	605	–
83	593	–	–
84	–	–	502
85	–	606	–
86	594	–	–
87	–	–	503
88	–	608	–
89	596	–	–
90	–	–	503
91	–	609	–
92	597	–	–
93	–	–	503
94	–	611	–
95	599	–	–
96	–	–	504
97	–	613	–
98	601	–	–
99	601	614	504

Stat	Soft caps	AR per point, by stretch	At 99
Strength	18, 60, 80	17–18: +4 · 18–60: +2.19 · 60–80: +1.35 · 80–99: +0.53	601 from 468
Dexterity	18, 60, 80	13–18: +3.2 · 18–60: +2.19 · 60–80: +1.4 · 80–99: +0.53	614 from 468
Intelligence	18, 60, 80	15–18: +1 · 18–60: +0.55 · 60–80: +0.4 · 80–99: +0.11	504 from 468

Soft caps are the breakpoints of the scaling curve the game assigns this weapon; past each one a point adds less (or, for some curves, more).

Attack rating by upgrade, by affinity

Standard
Magic
Flame Art
Sacred

At the weapon's requirements (Standard and the 3 strongest other affinities at those stats).

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Upgrade level	Standard	Magic	Flame Art	Sacred
0	179	202	226	199
1	190	216	239	213
2	201	231	252	227
3	212	246	267	242
4	223	260	279	256
5	234	275	292	270
6	246	290	306	285
7	257	306	319	299
8	268	321	333	314
9	280	336	346	327
10	291	352	361	342
11	302	367	374	357
12	314	383	388	371
13	325	398	402	386
14	338	413	415	401
15	349	429	429	416
16	360	444	443	431
17	373	460	456	445
18	384	475	471	460
19	397	491	485	475
20	408	507	499	490
21	421	523	512	505
22	432	539	527	519
23	444	554	539	534
24	457	569	553	548
25	468	585	566	563

Status buildup by upgrade

Cold · Frost
Poison · Poison
Blood · Blood loss

Per hit at Arcane 10. Affinities not shown keep the same buildup at every level.

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Upgrade level	Cold · Frost	Poison · Poison	Blood · Blood loss
0	66	66	57
1	67	67	58
2	69	68	59
3	70	69	60
4	72	70	61
5	73	71	62
6	75	73	63
7	77	75	64
8	78	76	65
9	80	77	66
10	81	78	67
11	83	80	69
12	85	81	70
13	86	82	71
14	88	83	72
15	89	84	73
16	91	86	74
17	92	87	75
18	94	88	76
19	96	89	77
20	97	90	78
21	99	91	79
22	100	93	80
23	102	94	81
24	104	95	82
25	105	96	83

#1 of 3 thrusting shield weapons by attack rating

Carian Thrusting Shield468 +25
Ritual Thrusting Shield380 +25
Dueling Shield379 +25

Standard affinity at max upgrade, each weapon at its own requirements. A full bar is the class's strongest (Carian Thrusting Shield, 468).

Moveset from the game files

Damage with Standard +25 at the stats above, before the enemy's defense; two-handed moves include two-handing's Strength bonus. MV (motion value) is the hit's share of attack rating (100 = all of it).

One-handed15players can parry them

Move	MV	Damage	Stance	Stamina	1st hit
R1 1Pierce	100	469	10.2	15.7	0.43 s
R1 2Pierce	101	474	10.2	15.7	0.50 s
R1 3Pierce	102	478	10.2	15.7	0.47 s
R1 4Pierce	110	516	11	15.7	0.53 s
R2Pierce	125	586	11	26.1	—
Charged R2Pierce	160	751	22	36.6	1.57 s
R2 2Standard	125	586	11	26.1	—
Charged R2 2Standard	160	751	22	36.6	1.60 s
Running R1Pierce	105	492	10.2	18.8	0.57 s
Running R2Standard · 2 hits	130 + 130	1,220	22	26.1	1.33 s
Rolling R1Pierce	90	422	10.2	12.5	0.47 s
Backstep R1Pierce	90	422	10.2	12.5	0.73 s
Jumping R1Pierce	107	502	10.2	12.5	0.37 s
Jumping R2Pierce	130	610	22	26.1	0.50 s
Guard counterPierce	125	586	33	26.1	0.67 s

Two-handed15players can parry them

Move	MV	Damage	Stance	Stamina	1st hit
R1 1Pierce	103	505	11.2	18.8	0.43 s
R1 2Pierce	104	510	11.2	18.8	0.50 s
R1 3Pierce	105	515	11.2	18.8	0.50 s
R1 4Pierce	115	564	12.1	18.8	0.53 s
R2Pierce	135	662	12.1	29.3	—
Charged R2Pierce	177	868	24.2	39.7	1.63 s
R2 2Standard	136	667	12.1	29.3	—
Charged R2 2Standard	179	878	24.2	39.7	1.60 s
Running R1Pierce	110	539	11.2	21.9	0.60 s
Running R2Standard · 2 hits	135 + 135*	1,325	24.2	29.3	1.37 s
Rolling R1Pierce	95	466	11.2	15.7	0.43 s
Backstep R1Pierce	95	466	11.2	15.7	0.77 s
Jumping R1Pierce	110	539	11.2	15.7	0.37 s
Jumping R2Pierce	135	662	24.2	29.3	0.47 s
Guard counterPierce	130	638	36.3	29.3	0.73 s

Criticals2

Move	MV	Damage	Stance	Stamina	1st hit
BackstabPierce	200	939	0	20.9	0.47 s
RipostePierce	280	1,314	0	20.9	0.80 s

From the player's animation events, BehaviorParam_PC and AtkParam_Pc. First hit: seconds at normal speed from the start of the move's animation (uncharged R2s start from a released charge, so they show —). Criticals include the weapon's critical multiplier. * The elemental motion value differs from the physical one shown; the damage uses each.

By upgrade level (Standard)

Level	AR	Physical	Magic	Cost
+0	179	141	38	—
+1	190	150	40	Smithing Stone [1] × 2
+2	201	159	42	Smithing Stone [1] × 4
+3	212	167	45	Smithing Stone [1] × 6
+4	223	176	47	Smithing Stone [2] × 2
+5	234	185	49	Smithing Stone [2] × 4
+6	246	194	52	Smithing Stone [2] × 6
+7	257	203	54	Smithing Stone [3] × 2
+8	268	212	56	Smithing Stone [3] × 4
+9	280	221	59	Smithing Stone [3] × 6
+10	291	230	61	Smithing Stone [4] × 2
+11	302	239	63	Smithing Stone [4] × 4
+12	314	248	66	Smithing Stone [4] × 6
+13	325	257	68	Smithing Stone [5] × 2
+14	338	267	71	Smithing Stone [5] × 4
+15	349	276	73	Smithing Stone [5] × 6
+16	360	285	75	Smithing Stone [6] × 2
+17	373	295	78	Smithing Stone [6] × 4
+18	384	304	80	Smithing Stone [6] × 6
+19	397	314	83	Smithing Stone [7] × 2
+20	408	323	85	Smithing Stone [7] × 4
+21	421	333	88	Smithing Stone [7] × 6
+22	432	342	90	Smithing Stone [8] × 2
+23	444	352	92	Smithing Stone [8] × 4
+24	457	362	95	Smithing Stone [8] × 6
+25	468	371	97	Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone × 1

From +0 to +25: 12 Smithing Stone [1], 12 Smithing Stone [2], 12 Smithing Stone [3], 12 Smithing Stone [4], 12 Smithing Stone [5], 12 Smithing Stone [6], 12 Smithing Stone [7], 12 Smithing Stone [8], 1 Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.

Where to find Carian Thrusting Shield

Placed in the world 1

Specimen Storehouse · Storehouse, Fourth Floor

Other thrusting shields with similar AR

Ritual Thrusting Shield 380
Dueling Shield 379

Overview

Class: Thrusting Shield
Weight: 10.5
Requires: Str 17 · Dex 13 · Int 15
Affinities: Standard, Heavy, Keen, Quality, Fire, Flame Art, Lightning, Sacred, Magic, Cold, Poison, Blood, Occult
Game ID: 62510000