See the Speculation Shields page for shields seen in screenshots and vids.

In a game where letting a single blow slip past your guard can lead to your untimely demise, shields play an integral role in your survival in Lordran. More than just a wall between you and the enemy, the player is presented with a wide variety of shield styles to choose from, allowing them the freedom to integrate their shield into their own personal playstyle. With offensive applications in addition to the predicted defensive applications, shield strategy can easily become far deeper than simply blocking damage.

The offensive properties of a shield have no effect on its defensive abilities, and new players can mistake a shield's attack power for it's overall strength. When looking at a shield, one of the most important stats is Stability - the higher the stability, the more efficient a shield is at blocking attacks, staggering enemies and using stamina. Damage Reduction will indicate how a shield fares in reducing the damage of different types of attacks; many shields can block physical attacks completely, but none are able to completely block elemental or magic damage. Shields also possess other properties, such as the ability to parry attacks, bash enemies, and use special attacks.

Read more about shields, their properties and usage

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Small Shields | Standard Shields | Greatshields | Key

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Small Shields

Standard Shields

Greatshields

Key

Shields in Dark Souls II are very different from Dark Souls, they have more resistances and damage types.


As you can see there are additional block percentages for dark/poison/bleed/and what appears to be crystal or some other element along with the original 4 damage types from the first game.

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