Talk:Great Shield/@comment-44059967-20191007214055

I was thinking about this myself and thought the addition of a few more elements would be necessary to really give the Greatshield personality.

The first thing I considered was the thing I liked the most: a foothold. The user could drop to one knee for an overhead block that had a higher Guard Up indicator, right? But other players could also then leap off of the Greatshield user for aerial attacks and a chance to mount.

The second thing was what I called "Guard Gauge". Blocking attacks would fill up your Guard Gauge and increase attack power, much like the LS's Spirit Gauge. The difference here is instead of expending Guard Gauge to do strong attacks or super-dodges, the Greatshield would VERY TEMPORARILY grab aggro (think simply the next attack of all monsters would focus on the Greatshield user). This would make it effectively the first dedicated tanking weapon.

And the final thing is the addition of a rushing attack similar to the Lance. So imagine the Lance charge with less forward reach, but impact damage.