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[–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (3 children)

A lot of people will mock dual shielding, but it's actually a viable strategy. Yes, shield bonuses don't stack, but a lot of shield based attacks remove the shield bonus to AC, so having two shields allows you to specialize with one item type for both offense and defense.

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 1 points 13 hours ago

If you play as a spider person you can rock 5 shields and a sword and basically nothing can hit you.

[–] justsomeguy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Think of the fat rolls though.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

IIRC the game Dungeons of Dredmor allows shield dual wielding as a viable build