Why Shields Are OP In Valheim

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In this Valheim guide, we talk about why you should favor a good shield over good armor and how damage negation works vs damage reduction.
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@guntherwunderful 3 года назад

I love that you can parry ranged attacks. It's like they just go "woooooah that was crazy"

@kevbrosephtv1789 3 года назад

The parry of a ranged attack in Valheim or Mordhau will always carry a more resounding awesomeness that a jedi only wish they could do with a "civilized" space sword.

@ogulcandonmez9618 3 года назад

🤣🤣🤣

@falco830 3 года назад

Omoiwa mo shinderu!! Archer Skeleton: NANI!???

@Andre12F 3 года назад

😂😂😂

@oiboiwtf 3 года назад

Yessss dude exactly

@molotovgrey 3 года назад

giant troll with a log for a weapon = ~60 dmg tiny baby goblin with a stick= ~100 dmg um.....

@SleepyMongoose 3 года назад

It's a +3 stick though.

@andreysobol1984 3 года назад

It’s not about stick size, it’s about how effectively you’re using it. If you know what I mean

@molotovgrey 3 года назад

@@andreysobol1984 "it's not the size of the boat, but the motion of the ocean." Obviously you've never tried to cross an ocean in a row boat. 😅

@theshittiestposter6853 3 года назад

@@molotovgrey If you're built different enough, the rowboat is unnecessary.

@ToxicUD 3 года назад

Troll ? Randmon mosquito go brrrrr

@sowhatsupeirik 3 года назад

Not OP at all, well balanced with the stamina drain and fact that it doesnt negate any negative status effects. A sheild will rarely save you from running out of stamina or being over run, it's simply doing it's intended purpose for 1v1 fights, like a shield should.

@squeak5242 3 года назад

Umm so a troll should be able to get blocked? I think trolls should to unblockable dmg

@uncleowen8011 3 года назад

@@squeak5242 erm no... But I do think they should take away way more stamina when you do block them. That way it makes more sense because you just took the force of a swinging tree. It would be immersive because you would then be exposed for a follow up attack. Unblockable damage should only be exclusive to magic or the supernatural.

@MrMapleMassacre 3 года назад

If you parry you can avoid the effects. For example I parried Bonemass and negated the poison he would do

@EssDubz 3 года назад

@@squeak5242 that's an issue, but not with the shield, it's with trolls. I think the devs put trolls early in the game because they are really exciting and you get players to the point where they can have an exciting experience early. In reality trolls should be later game enemies. I imagine we will have some enemy rebalance as the game gets closer to leaving early access

@artreus8983 3 года назад

I just want to thank the troll for participating in this experiment

@Iskedo 3 года назад

What about blocking the most dangerous of all enemies, the falling tree? 😂

@devintompkins9626 3 года назад

I take 0.7 dmg from falling trees now lol. Fully upgraded padded armor.

@torinporteous4765 3 года назад

I’ve got 150+ hours in and I still die to trees. I’ve never had to get armored up to collect wood before 😂

@HoneyBadgerVideos 3 года назад

Haven't died to a tree yet in 50 or so hours. And I build ALOT

@ypgent 3 года назад

1st thing I died to was a tree

@whozgotyourbelly6763 3 года назад

Just have better Armor silly

@flynngames4703 3 года назад

Anyone else constantly updating RU-vid looking for videos of Valheim?

@ragingvegan6265 3 года назад

I'm playing the algorithm as much as I'm playing the game at this point

@ryangean1 3 года назад

Mabey....

@MegaRugster 3 года назад

They aren't op.. they are working as intended. Armour is neither op nor not. Both are circumstantial. When you have someone attack you from behind and in front a shield can only defend you from one attacker.. your armour will defend you from both.

@BowmanHawk 3 года назад

Ol firespark there just likes to spam videos :) i imagine he dosnt beleive half the stuff he posts. Just content for clicks

@EnderElohimMusic 3 года назад

to be honest shield are op. They probably intended to be op too. Op doesnt mean broken sooo XD also yeah using shield wont give you intelligence to prevent you to have enemy to attacking you behind

@halleffect5439 3 года назад

Damage Formula is if armor less than half damage: damage - armor else: damage² / (4*armor) Example if the Troll hits you with 60 damage: 30 Armor => 60-30 = 30 damage 90 Armor => 60²/ (4*90) = 10 damage

@csmiika 3 года назад

i think this must be in every game

@richardboatwright4919 3 года назад

So one less point of armor and it jumps from 10 to 61?

@halleffect5439 3 года назад

@@richardboatwright4919 No, it should be continuous

@SteveAkaDarktimes 3 года назад

@@richardboatwright4919 plot it on a line. 100 Damage. from 0 to 50 Armor you get Flat line: 0-50% Damage reduction, from 51 onwards you get a slowly Flattening curve. 75 armor gives you 66.6% Damage reduction. 100 armor gives you 75% damage reduction. reduce damage, more armor than enemy attack? efficiency goes down. 125 armor = 80%, 150 Armor = 83.3%. BUT at a certain point Damage becomes so low to be trivial.

@Grasshoppa65 3 года назад

I don't really call it OP. Its just done well. Stopping damage is one thing, but you still have to be vunerable when you hit back. This is a good combat model. I love it.

@sweetherzzzz4022 3 года назад

Will a shield block a divorce between me and my wife?

@davidevans7477 3 года назад

The divorce will block you from what is clearly a toxic relationship....

@davidcarter2368 3 года назад

@@davidevans7477 Pretty sure that was a joke. Playing the game so much, it's going to cause a break up.

@roddydoddy7 3 года назад

Now that’s a lot of damage!

@redblack9618 3 года назад

"armor doesn't matter just block" This is a man who's never been surprised by deathsquitos. You can only block attacks you see coming.

@Pirokh 3 года назад

You can hear them coming.

@korona1102 3 года назад

Those things are the real bosses in the game

@creekochee3592 3 года назад

“Death has wings”

@chefmarcg 3 года назад

its hard to get surprised by something if you have situational awareness....

@torinporteous4765 3 года назад

You see they reduced damage from em? HAHAHA

@Mattaruu95 3 года назад

Can you shield a tree falling on you...asking for a friend.

@takagimorisato9021 3 года назад

OP? More games need this games shield system

@Sagittarian1202 3 года назад

I know how much of a meme it is comparing games to dark souls but I love how it's nearly the same with parrying/blocking

@aliebrubaker7473 3 года назад

Shields were super common for a reason. I would much prefer a good shield combat system to all the dual wielding flippy acrobatic ninja death twirls that are so common in mmorpgs.

@RationalOrc 3 года назад

the simple way to remember armor is to memorize what happens with you match the incoming dmg If you have 20 armor and get hit with a 20 dmg attk, you will take 5 dmg (75% reduction) If you have 80 armor and get hit for 80 dmg, it's the same formula (75% reduction) so you should take 20 dmg If the attack is double your armor (200 dmg hit to 100 armor rating) the armor will reduce the blow by 50% So if your in a biome that's appropriate to your current equipment, you should be somewhere between 50-75%. Generally speaking if you can't mitigate at least 50% you probably shouldn't be there.

@dsullivan777 3 года назад

The value of shields becomes less prevalent against multiple enemies. If you're in a scenario where you have 6 fulings attacking you, the shield can only block 180 at a time, and torch fulings will still set you on fire even when blocking. Good armor lets you capitalize on windows where you can dish out damage but may take a hit in return. Both armor and shields boast strong uses, but it's almost apples to oranges in the sense that their primary functions have overlap, but they are fundamentally different. as for armor reduction, its a 1:1 reduction at or below half damage, so if you have 60 armor and take a hit of 120, you take 60 damage. anything after that follows a formula that I believe is something like (Damage/(4*armor))*Damage, so each point of armor past 50% of the damage taken reduces damage with diminishing returns

@jimborimbo4375 3 года назад

Parry

@MaktheMad 3 года назад

@@jimborimbo4375 You can't parry against multiple attackers attacking at different intervals. *edit Yout can't do that *and* attack or keep your stamina high enough to keep parrying.

@AbominableHuman 3 года назад

The real problem with a shield that won't block all of the damage from, say, a Deathsquito, is that you will not be able to follow-up a block with a strike because if you don't block the full amount, you are guard broken (staggered). In that case you are open to receiving critical damage. It's even more dangerous if you are in low tier gear trying to parry the Deathsquitos because if you miscalculate, you may be 1 shotted, and even if you're not, you can only take a few hits. Keep in mind that Deathsquitos typically spawn in pairs. When you get to the higher tier ores, the first craft should be a shield, not armor. If you are in a situation of not having high tier armor, but you have a great shield, make sure you prioritize stamina over health in foods so you can turtle up without being guard broken and have enough stamina left to counter-attack.

@MannyXVIII 3 года назад

While I agree with you that damage negation is better than reduction, there is a point to be made playing alone against half a dozent enemies that attack you from so many sides. The shield will protect me from the drauger attacking frontally, but won't help me against getting shot by a drauger archer.

@davidevans7477 3 года назад

Trees are your friend... and stagsmasher for that cheeky aoe....

@GeraltofRivia22 Год назад

As good as shields are, they are still not gonna save you from being one shot if your armour is bad. Multiple enemies, running out of stamina, getting attacked from behind, a stray ranged attack, mis timing an enemy's attack, etc mean you are going to get hit without your shield up at some point.

@Sentient.Sentinel 3 года назад

You can, given the right equipment and skills, block ALL incoming damage. How? In the keybindings you can find block/parry, what this means is that normal blocking will just block the damage but then how do you mitigate all damage? Press block right at the time when they hit you (practice with necks) it will parry their attack, stagger them AND 2 hits right after will be critical hits due to the stagger effect!! Upvote so more can see this.

@1un4cy 3 года назад

Not always two hits but usually two, and then you can double stagger them just from pure damage sometimes so you can get more than 2 critical hits. The greydwarf brutes are good practice, you can usually 2-hit then block-parry and 2 hit again

@e.collins2768 3 года назад

So you have different bindings for block and perry?

@DeyvsonMoutinhoCaliman 3 года назад

You need a lot of confidence to be sure that you are always aware of all the enemies around, because if you get surrounded or if you are surprised by an archer it can be very hard to block everything.

@devintompkins9626 3 года назад

True but repositioning yourself isnt difficult

@Dahlia2B 3 года назад

@@devintompkins9626 you can never know what level archer or mob it is that surprises you. Getting sniped by a lvl 3 Draugr archer hurts pretty bad even with armory, but getting hit without that armor your health is little to none. And that lvl 1 draugr you were about to kill hits you with his little axe when you're staggered and shwacks you. I've lost count of the amount of times i've been surprised attacked.

@Excal123 3 года назад

Always when there are multiple mobs your shield won't save you cause they'll hit and you'll lose stamina fast while trying to block them, trying to kite them all, hit, and use your bow at the same time.

@SamLopeZz 3 года назад

This is absolutely true. You can have full end gear armor and shield and maxed skill. A larger group of mobs can still run you out of stamina and leave you in a situation where you can't block, can't sprint away, and can't even attack back

@Mephil 2 года назад

I love the "fuling" name, its a really cute way to say "Ugly/Meanie" in Swedish.

@askmiller 2 года назад

I think the main difference is that if you make a mistake with only a shield, you're screwed without armor. You can't indefinitely block, eventually you have to attack, which can be hard if there's a lot of enemies. Second, every weapon can block as well, so to be fair you'd have to compare blocking with a shield to blocking with a comparable weapon. Third, there is a movement penalty to having a shield out that matches armor, though shields can be quickly taken off if you really do need the movement speed for a short burst.

@michaellillis9897 3 года назад

Shield is all good until you use all your stamina shooting arrows at the first 2 furling's and then the third one appears, its a 2 star... dive roll, dive roll, dive roll... what's that buzzing noise?...

@davidevans7477 3 года назад

*wilhelm scream*

@user-ob3gy3zo6y 3 года назад

A shield couldn’t protect me from damage from my toxic ex girlfriend...🥲

@lukewarren9593 3 года назад

Time spent in Valheim, is time better spent. SKOL!!

@user-ob3gy3zo6y 3 года назад

@@lukewarren9593 lol...truth! Heal me, oh raspberries of the forest 🌳 ...

@ay9748 3 года назад

Ex GF be like *Parry this you filthy casual*

@Zach-rw6jf 3 года назад

Observation #1 - The troll was doing 50-70 damage across your tests. Observation #2 - Block is an obvious flat reduction of damage which is applied first. Observation #3 - It seems to me that Armor provides a scaling dmg% reduction based on the damage dealt. When dealing 50-70 damage (no shield), you were taking 80% reduced damage with 60 armor. But, with 16-36 damage (50-70 minus 34 shield block) you were taking 97% reduced damage. This would make sense as you don't want someone to be completely invincible by just standing there, however you do want them to feel powerful when facing weaker foes while heavily armored. A scaling damage reduction which never fully reaches 100% makes sense.

@KainZC 3 года назад

0:40 test subject troll reminds me of attack on titan lmao

@donutdynosaur4363 3 года назад

parrying is insane, lets say your shield has 100 block power and a 1.5x parrying bonus, if you parry you can block up to 150 damage with an added bonus of staggering an enemy which will make the enemy take 2x damage (depending on your weapon's stagger bonus) when getting hit

@b00tybu77chks 3 года назад

The virgin shield user VS. The chad i frames roller

@gage824 3 года назад

You got it backwards. Chad's don't run from anything.

@b00tybu77chks 3 года назад

@@gage824 ? Rolling isnt running

@gage824 3 года назад

Still a form of retreat

@b00tybu77chks 3 года назад

@@gage824 ok

@gage824 3 года назад

@@b00tybu77chks *wrecks kid in chad*

@anw5772 3 года назад

“If you have a choice between a weapon and a shield, go shield” The day how to train your dragon teaches you something in a video game

@ryanfairhurst5567 3 года назад

I'm glad I wasn't the only one thinking of that.

@KramYEET 3 года назад

But remember what sun tzu said: the best defense of a good offense

@jamielonsdale3018 3 года назад

@@KramYEET Yeah, and a fist is a good offense; when paired with a shield that allows you to survive getting close enough. It's all relative. Compared to an 8th century archer, a 17th century musketeer would be overkill. Put that same musketeer against a modern Iraqi insurgent (training is similar militia style) and the AK-47 would win the day the same way a musketeer wins against an archer.

@davidevans7477 3 года назад

@@jamielonsdale3018 Actually..... the archer is more likely to hit....Muskets became popular because of how they pierce armor.....

@W1se0ldg33zer 3 года назад

If you hit any enemy while they're staggered, you get a critical hit on them.

@moss__ 3 года назад

You get the staggered bonus its not a crit

@W1se0ldg33zer 3 года назад

@@moss__ Yeah that - they called it a critical hit - and it is on most enemies.

@W1se0ldg33zer 3 года назад

@@moss__ depending on how many people you have playing - gets harder the more you have playing.

@moss__ 3 года назад

"@moss depending on how many people you have playing - gets harder the more you have playing." wat

@W1se0ldg33zer 3 года назад

@@moss__ Yeah the enemies are tougher the more people you have playing.

@Burnit78 3 года назад

For leveling Blocking really fast : 1) Find a Burial Chamber with Skeletons on it 2) Kite 3 of them to the entrance and jump on the rock before the exit 3) Resting on this rock, just manage your stamina with a "go in, go out" of melee range 4) Enjoy ! :D

@TheMorrogoth 3 года назад

Burial Chamber is legit how I leveled my Block and Sneak to 100. Lol

@Wonderwall627 3 года назад

how does the blocking with battleaxe compare to shields blocking?

@mrfurious018 3 года назад

Dude I just got Valheim and have been loving it, your video series on it is probably the best on RU-vid. Really appreciate all the hard work and testing that goes into them. Thanks for helping me understand the game as I bought it kinda blindly.

@remnantryku7112 3 года назад

In history, there were times when people fought wars with little to no clothes, but they carried a good shield.

@Barrosy 3 года назад

6:27 Be mindful though that when you're out of stamina, you can't raise your shield and still take full damage. Armor does help in this case.

@09Drdray 3 года назад

He mentioned it later in the video

@Esron13 3 года назад

You can see from all the random structures in the back this man is experimenting with literally everything.

@Inndar83 3 года назад

it's the RISE OF THE SHIELD HERO!

@TheUnknownFactor 3 года назад

The thing not being shown here is dealing with multiple enemies. Sure you can block that, but you end up without opportunities to attack unless their attacks all synchronize

@sebastiedjuan7468 3 года назад

do u want an ez game or a survival?

@Drummin451 3 года назад

The blobs with their AoE poison I never seem to be able to block. Possible it just not a blockable ability.

@NooDLES411911 3 года назад

I don't think you can. Your shield didn't block an airborne poison

@aliebrubaker7473 3 года назад

I came here to say this.

@Drummin451 3 года назад

@@NooDLES411911 thats what I think as well but was able to block the greydwarf shaman poison cone.

@SamLopeZz 3 года назад

@@Drummin451 that's a directional spell, hence it can be blocked. AOE spells however seem to be the ones not blockeable

@fernandosales8320 3 года назад

Armor is passive protection, shields are active protection.

@sebastiedjuan7468 3 года назад

not only.....shields absorb the damage for entire value of block power, armor apply a reduction NOT ANSORB. He explains this in the video

@fernandosales8320 3 года назад

@@sebastiedjuan7468 I fail to see how this goes against, or let alone relate to the point I make in my comment.

@michaelbowman6684 2 года назад

If your defense is higher than the attack of an enemy, then the game uses this formula to calculate how much damage they will deal to you: (Damage/(Armor*4))*Damage For example, a Deathsquito does 90 Pierce Damage. If you had 100 Defense from fully upgraded Padded Armor + Any Cape, you take (90/(100*4))*90 damage, which equals 20.25 Damage. Now, if your defense is _lower_ than the attack of the enemy, we instead use this formula: Attack - Defense So let's swap out our Padded Helmet for a Dverger Circlet, changing our defense to 70. In that case, 90 damage - 70 defense is equal to... 20 Damage. Unless I'm mistaken about something, this is how the game calculates damage. Having 89 Defense against a Deathsquito will make it deal 1 damage, whereas having 91 Defense will make it deal 22.3 damage. Armor is weird in this game.

@michaelbowman6684 2 года назад

I've discovered what I missed. The game first checks to see is if your armor is less than _half_ of the damage of an attack, and if it is it will subtract your armor from the _full_ damage. A Deathsquito does 90 Damage. So using our above examples, the game checks: Is their Armor above 45? If Yes, deal (90/(100*4))*90,equal to 20.25 damage. With the Dverger Circlet example, it would still be yes and you'd take (90/(70*4))*90, equal to 28.9 damage. If your defense was 44, you'd take 46 damage. If your defense was 46, you'd take 44.0217391304 Damage, which obviously gets rounded. My questions and concerns have been answered.

@Iffy50 2 года назад

Thanks for the math! I'm confused about "Unless I'm mistaken about something, this is how the game calculates damage. Having 89 Defense against a Deathsquito will make it deal 1 damage, whereas having 91 Defense will make it deal 22.3 damage." (90/(89*4))*90= 22.75 ; where does the 1 damage come from? (even if there is no check)

@askmiller 2 года назад

@@Iffy50 his original logic missed that the switch to the ratio formula happens if your defense is 50% of their attack. He originally thought it was at 100%, which led to the wrong math.

@Professor_Bugs 3 года назад

I have never done drugs in my entire life and i have been a god boi. But when my crack addicted brother learned that i purchased Valheim he looked at me with a worried frown.

@chronomize Год назад

I didn't need to watch this because I already knew all of this (and I do practise it a lot!), but I still did, because your videos are cool

@lorgrenbenirus 3 года назад

Why would that make shield "OP", that's the whole point of the shield. Take the brunt of damage while keeping it away from you. It's a wall between you and the enemy. If you block the damage with it, it's supposed to be blocked. Obviously some mobs may just hit so hard that simply cannot block it all and some damage types may not be blocked as effectively, but in general shields do what they're supposed to do.

@ItsWiddy 3 года назад

The name itself is self explanatory. It shields you lmao

@Tyler-Lord 3 года назад

yeah this game isnt supposed to be difficult, its a fun survival game to hang out with your friends in

@trustindex5421 3 года назад

I like the idea but i like the Armor it looks good even it lows my movement speed when i fail to use my shield my armor saves me and thats what matters to me

@xfibr 3 года назад

Criticism : Troll Hide Armor Is not worth it. (unless you want the sneak bonus, but that is pretty much useless.) - Full Troll Hide Set Armor Value At Level 3 = 🔹34🔹defense - Tier 4 Padded Helmet + Tier 4 Wolf Cape = 🔹36🔹defense + cold resistance - Tier 4 troll armor (besides cape) is currently impossible, but even then, it is the same amount of defense, but still worse. - Tier 4 Drake Helmet + Tier 4 Wolf Cape = 🔹34🔹defense + cold resistance * What I suggest to everyone that reads this comment. Keep your full set of Padded Armor on, and when you want to move around at full speed, take off the chestplate and the leggings. That way, if you want to go into a dangerous area, you can equip the other two pieces and have your full 100% armor value. Note : None of this is to discount the topic of this video, because I also believe that shields are more important than armor. But, consider this, instead of running around in a trash armor set. TL:DR = If you are endgame, do not wear troll hide armor. Instead, unequip your chest and legs, and you will move at normal speed.

@xfibr 3 года назад

@Holden Mcgroine I got through perfectly fine without sneaking a single time, but if that is your playstyle, then its ok.

@xfibr 3 года назад

@Holden Mcgroine k

@Nerazmus 3 года назад

Noobs: "Troll armour is garbage" Me: oneshotting everything with sneak attacks. "sure, whatever you say"

@xfibr 3 года назад

@@Nerazmus I was only commenting on how he was presenting it in the video, where he was saying that armor value doesn't matter, but the main thing he was saying was speed, and I was trying to clarify that troll armor isn't worth if you are just going for speed and such. I understand that sneaking and knife attacks are incredible. Not a noob, but thanks.

@NICK2POU1 3 года назад

@@xfibr i totally agree it would be better to unequip for speed rather than use slots for un needed armor. that is something to take note of. Cheers

@porklover5973 3 года назад

I know something which shields cannot block. Falling trees.

@kyleguy2305 3 года назад

85 swimming omg! I have no patience for that

@leeadam9769 3 года назад

U can use command to cheat with that

@redtsun67 Год назад

I have never once even touched a shield in this game. 80 hours, beat every boss except the mistlands one, never touched a shield. Never touched heavy armor, either. Don't like having my movespeed gimped. Fenris armor FTW.

@krikrio818 Год назад

wow.

@rikamasyume8921 Год назад

@@krikrio818 fenris set = 18% movment speed = normal movent 8% faster as running without Armor without stamina using is OP

@carlaboonen-holshuijsen3663 Год назад

@@rikamasyume8921 I got a stroke trying to read that

@LlethanderDrae 3 года назад

After trying and failing to parry a troll's attack I went back to my tower shield. I love me my tower shields.

@Deniz13 3 года назад

whats the difference ?

@LlethanderDrae 3 года назад

@@Deniz13 Tower shield blocks way more damage but can't parry.

@sciuresci1403 3 года назад

You can parry trolls with blackmetal shields. Might have to do with parry force stat. Parrying and dealing extra damage is more efficient.

@LlethanderDrae 3 года назад

Yep. I just suck at timing it. Better to block the damage than try to parry and eat a face full of tree-club.

@christianmarrero5196 3 года назад

Another good thing of tower shields is that with it you can still throw your spear/javalin while you cant do that with the round shields

@TreeCamper 3 года назад

Thing is... You can attack the whole time if you aren't blocking.

@GreenAppelPie 3 года назад

A parry is a good lead

@alistairsanger3111 3 года назад

But getting hit knocks you back and interrupts your attacks

@TreeCamper 3 года назад

@@alistairsanger3111 . Maybe. If it's not a hard hit you don't get stunned. Also if you are doing enough damage you put them off balance. Plus I have feet. I can dodge.

@Old_Ladies 3 года назад

We just started playing this game. My friends and I went into a burial chamber and there was a lot of skeletons including a big one that attacked us. I was the only one with a shield and both my friends died pretty quick while I was surviving for literally 10 minutes with enemies that kept hitting me. I backed into a corner and slowly I was able to clear the burial chamber by myself. My stamina was able to grow faster than their hits so after 2-3 times blocking I was able to get 1 or 2 shots off. Shields are OP. I also took no damage with the tower shield. So I cleared it with 100% of my health remaining while both of my friends died in under a minute.

@TheUnknownFactor 3 года назад

Tip: use the skeletal hammer thing, and before opening a door, just smash a few times in front of it. You can kill stuff on the other side of the door 😁

@TheRandomASDF 3 года назад

Yeah.. I still run around with iron weapons in my leather gear 😂 just because it looks nice, the back of your neck is not exposed AF and no -10% movement penalty.

@promc2890 3 года назад

Bro use the troll set that also doesn't have any movement penalty and 2X stronger than the leather armour plus with the set bonus you get 25% more sneak

@TheRandomASDF 3 года назад

@@promc2890 I think it looks silly xD

@Fractal_blip 2 года назад

@@TheRandomASDF the bronze set is ug

@Arthaius Год назад

@@Fractal_blip - I think the Wolf cloak is pretty bawler.

@IanMcc1000 3 года назад

Shields are great until you run out of stamina

@vlad8633 3 года назад

as literally any item in any game, just regen it lol

@cristianoaugustoalves4324 3 года назад

Parry allows you to perform a critical hit when enemy is destabilized really good tactic agains hard enemies :D

@jthymesthree602 3 года назад

Yep. Trolls become trivial once you learn how to parry correctly.

@DeuceFold 3 года назад

Shield can't block drowning damage

@imfaiz4747 3 года назад

imagine having Odin and Thor as your final boss, and playing in 9 different world (from midgard to asgard). this game has so much potential.

@mega7509 3 года назад

if that was the case it wouldnt be called valheim would it

@slydog75 3 года назад

we're trying to impress Odin, not kill him!

@rz3264 3 года назад

Fight against loki & fenrir haha

@MrOnePieceRuffy 3 года назад

11:04 then show us, how you block fallen trees buddy

@edp7786 2 года назад

this is true when fighting a single enemy but it seems way too often you are fighting multiple enemies which you cant parry, block all of them and still have a window to return fire without getting hit. you will get get often in this game, armor is a must imo.

@Cjoudan 3 года назад

have you done a video on damage types and what enemies are weak to what type? or what type of damage they deal?

@minaslord 3 года назад

hahahah. did you really capture and trap a troll as a test subject for this?

@SingaporeLyfe 3 года назад

It's good though. I think that will make a good blocking practice haha

@alfblack2 3 года назад

funny how ranged can parry (stun). like the skelly goes. Whao! that was a good block (stunned). lol

@MaceLupo 3 года назад

I find it wired that a small Goblin makes more damage than a Troll.

@MaceLupo 3 года назад

@Ben S I already told the devs that I do not like that. I hope more people will do the same. I love the game but that is really not good. Also the Deathkito should be in the swamp and not a one hit killer.

@indiecraze5227 3 года назад

I parried a falling oak tree, source: trust me bro

@NytSong 3 года назад

I'm just crazy enough to start a chain reaction tree falling fest just to say I parried a tree.

@CommonToast86 3 года назад

swamp blob aoe i don't think you can block with a shield

@dinkusstinkus4396 3 года назад

Yeah but you can ohko those guys with a blunt weapon, and poison resist meade will make the dot negligible

@zflame8178 Год назад

Wood shield vs 2 star seeker solider

@calebtheholyman545 Год назад

Me af. Haven't even attempted a shield upgrade

@runemusum507 3 года назад

"Fuling" actually means Hobgoblin

@Firespark81 3 года назад

No way!? Really?

@reklaw2240 3 года назад

It actually means Ugly in Swedish

@tuborg38 3 года назад

@@reklaw2240 indeed, i would prefer if they used either the word stygging, because it is easier to understand for most people, or the grim ones. Ful does not mean ugly in any other Nordic language besides Swedish. Stygg is more broadly used, and known

@no_i_dont_want_no_slugs 2 года назад

Can you redo this with the new shield mechanics? It'd be incredibly useful to my small brain. THANKS! (:

@seanwarren9357 3 года назад

As a radographer, I can confirm the power of shielding. :P

@Paronak 3 года назад

Blobs AOE bypasses my buckler shield

@ay9748 3 года назад

Instructions unclear, find a buddy to beat off each other, batting skill now 100 instead of blocking skill...

@VioletShinobi 3 года назад

I trapped 3 necks in a narrow pit. I put a bonfire just close enough to the the sliver in the pit that I get the rested bonus. I jump in my little sliver of a corner with the bonus and just let them attack me multiple times a second. levels me up super fast afk.

@udalix 3 года назад

Your armor doesn't need stamina...

@MaltiseX 3 года назад

I get that you console command this entire channel for and incredible amount of information, but I hope you actually got a chance to play this one legit it's a wild ride. With that being said, thank you for all the guides and tutorial videos they've helped my group out so much! Thanks again keep it up!

@rageskylaar 3 года назад

Just want to comment that the goblins with blunt weapons do significantly less dmg than their spear/sword brethen those lil guys hit in the 150+ range

@Jay-rb5pg 3 года назад

The game seems to be using DR/DT system; Damage Reduction/Damage Threshold. Shields use DT meaning they negate up to their Threshold then spills into damage. Armor is using a DR system where 100 armor = 80% damage Reduction with each point equaling .8%

@silverback1041 3 года назад

makes a video about the weapons in the game

@imshevi 3 года назад

To level up the blocking skill, grab like 4 skeletons and parry them until they attack at the same time. Do this inside a little house with fire to get the rest buff and yeah literally hold left click and levels go brr Edit: they have to attack at the same time, otherwise they stop your stam regen

@mikegamerguy4776 3 года назад

Shields were OP irl or they wouldn't have used them lol.

@Hitomankiri 3 года назад

not against tree wielding trolls

@Loxmyr 3 года назад

If u are interested I have a suggestion for a experiment, will the harpoon work on bosses like the dragon

@kgamer121 3 года назад

Hey @FireSpark81 These Valheim videos are great. Very high quality. They've really helped me a lot, since you cover a lot of information that other people do not. Can you do a video on intermediate cooking, and advanced cooking in Valheim? Specifically, once you get out of the starting area, what are some easy and effective foods sources you can transition to, that are better than berries and cooked meat?

@necrobard 3 года назад

Parry also increases your block amount by the parry multiplier, so if you have 100 block with a 2x parry multiplier you can parry up to 200 damage.

@crabbychimera3969 2 года назад

I'm a little ashamed to admit that I've only ever parried with my shield. For some reason I got it in my head that leaving it up to wait for an attack lowers the amount of damage it can block to the point of being nearly useless.

@Fractal_blip 2 года назад

Clearly not the case lol block away!

@sirdrethan-8680 3 года назад

What on earth is that beehive building

@emilhellberg1095 3 года назад

Fulings means uglies in Swedish. (Old way of speaking Swedish) Or ugly creatures. If translated correctly to English its bad guy or villain.

@RichyN25 3 года назад

poison will still go through shield

@lansdolli 3 года назад

poison goes through armor as well

@Firespark81 3 года назад

yea someone was saying that the Bonemass will go through shield and armor. Im guessing because its an AOE unlike the cone attacks which can be blocked.

@keenanhonea3754 Год назад

Can't block fall damage

@SammyRebbo Год назад

Just put your shield underneath you as you fall.

@andrew9th287 7 месяцев назад

yes you can ;) get the feathers cape

@adonskide1387 3 года назад

parry is great stuff. (trying to parry in 10 fps) I'll stick to blocking then.

@BouXIII 3 года назад

You will love the last Tower Shield. It can block almost everything.

@jbird8808 3 года назад

You should turn off the setting that blurs the background if you aren't looking at it. Easier on the eyes for the audience and the player!

@fuckyoutube2326 3 года назад

Not sure how goblins are hitting harder than trolls...

@gabrielnino2892 3 года назад

Trolls be trolling with their hits... till its too late.

@TSEizure 3 года назад

Yeah part of me thinks they should instead work on making goblin AI smarter rather than just hitting harder. I agree, it feels weird seeing these puny things merc the player but seeing trolls who can take down mid-tier trees require several swings to take down the player. That or they need to consider damage scaling of some sort, but who knows! The game is still good for early access!

@SheinelI 3 года назад

@@TSEizure idk, those little demon sure like to attack in horde and make a cirle around you so you have no escape

@augustocereto 3 года назад

Maybe the actual monster is not done so they put the goblin further ahead in the progression to fill the gap for now

@TSEizure 3 года назад

@Zwenk Wiel Oh I know that the balance is based on the location and biomes. What I'm getting at is I don't think that's the best way to balance a game like this. I understand that you're not supposed to get to plains in the beginning - doesn't change my opinion that making most of the mobs there almost one shot players (players even in late game gear) is still poor balancing. As I was saying earlier, I think they should explore other avenues of game balancing. Maybe like all the mobs collectively get a stat boost upon beating a boss instead of some just straight up one shotting you upon exploring a new biome. Or, as I said earlier, they make the AI smarter for tougher biomes. I get that they almost HAVE to make the stats of the progressing biome mobs stronger, but that doesn't mean you have to make the stat differences completely outrageous.

@jube8835 3 года назад

Shields are best for fighting single enemies since you can focus on them and parry accordingly, armour is best for hordes of enemies that can only be defeated through sacrifice and tankiness

@johnpatrick3096 3 года назад

but you can parry multilpe enemies at once but it can be deadly against the baseball bat psychos. xD

@Trog16 3 года назад

That is my take as well, while possible to block a horse, for me it seems to drain my stamina so quick I never get to fight back. So being able to trade a little health for offense seems good. I still agree with the premise that shields are DOPE in this game!

@Chrisdontgiveashit 3 года назад

2 star fulling spear boys, maybe even 1 start spear boys

@adambroda8240 3 года назад

Hello, very nice video but i have some questions: 1. Does lvling blocking work better with how many times you block or with how much dmg you block? 2. Does lvling blocking work better with blocking or much faster with parrying?

@mikegamerguy4776 3 года назад

I think all the skills might be based on how many times you do it. I can stab a tree with a spear and level up. I have sat there and let low level enemies hit my shield and leveled up. But that's all "gut feeling". I'll have to find out for myself.

@nepocrates 3 года назад

Funny you say that about shields just started playing a few days ago and I have been using a shield as soon as I was able because of blocking with my club. I have died 3 times so far 1 due to panicking in a dungeon, twice to a troll. First time he snuck up and one shot me. Second time was my wood shield was not strong enough to block all the damage. live and learn

@slavikoak8586 3 года назад

Goblin slayer been tryna tell y’all

@rdog1589 3 года назад

I honestly know something that I have tested. The trolls with no log have a double arm slam attack and I've never been able to block it! Would love for you to test and let me know!

@JondarKorric 2 года назад

you have to back up a little when you see it going for the slam, otherwise the AoE lands behind you and bypasses your shield.

@amurika6336 3 года назад

I barely used shield, I just move around

@deviantdiva702 3 года назад

That is such a cool looking open weave structure!

@wingedviking2706 3 года назад

Slime/blob? Maybe I just wasn't facing the right direction when I tried blocking their attack but I definitely got hit while trying to blovk one. Can anyone confirm if they can be blocked?