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Buckler
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Type Small Shield DMG Type  Blunt
Upgradeable Yes Weight 2.5
physical attack power demonssouls 25px 60 damage reduction demonssouls 25px 90
magic attack power demonssouls 25px 0 magic reduction 25px 30
fire attack demonssouls 25px 0 firedefense 25px 60
durability 25px 200 guard break reduction 45
critical strike 25px 0    
Requirements & Bonus
strength demonssouls 25px 9 / D dexterity demonssouls 25px 12 / -
magic demonssouls 25px 0 / - faith demonssouls 25px 0 / -

Buckler is a Small Shield in Demon's Souls and Demon's Souls Remake. Small Shields usually weighs very little and has the least form of protection from attacks. They are often used by players who prefer Parrying rather than Blocking. Its lighter weight also makes it ideal for quick, agile characters with low equipment weight capacity.

 

A small shield that is especially conducive to parrying.
Requires a fair amount of skill to use. Lightly-equipped soldiers often pair this with a rapier.

Buckler Location: Where to Find Buckler 

  • Royalty and Thief classes start with this shield
  • Can be bought from Once Royal Mistress for 1500 souls
  • Like the Parry dagger, it has a slightly larger parry window than all other shields.
  • All shields along with all other in-game parry tools has 7 parry frames while Thrusting Swords has 8 parry frames

 

Buckler Moveset

Attack Type Effect
One-handed R1  
One-handed R2  
Two-handed R1  
Two-handed R2  
Running/Backstep attack  
Rolling attack  
Push  
One-handed L1  
One-handed L2  

 

Buckler Basic Upgrades

Requires: Hardstone

 

  Damage Reduction Stat Bonus Damage  Guard Break Reduction Total Requirements     
Name physical attack power demonssouls 25px magic attack power demonssouls 25px fire attack demonssouls 25px strength demonssouls 25px dexterity demonssouls 25px magic demonssouls 25px faith demonssouls 25px physical attack power demonssouls 25px magic attack power demonssouls 25px fire attack demonssouls 25px   Shard L Shard Chunk Pure Special
Buckler +0 90  30 60 D - - - 60 0 0 45 0  0  0   0 - 
Buckler +1 90  30 60 D - - - 60 0 0 46 2  0 0 0 -
Buckler +2 90  30 60 D - - - 60 0 0 48 3  0 0 0 -
Buckler +3 90  30 60 D - - - 60 0 0 49 5  0 0 0 -
Buckler +4 90  30 60 D - - - 60 0 0 51  5 1 0 0 -
Buckler +5 90  30 60 D - - - 60 0 0 53 5  2 0 0 -
Buckler +6 90  30 60 D - - - 60 0 0 54  5 4 0 0 -
Buckler +7 90  30 60 D - - - 60 0 0 56  5 4 1 0 -
Buckler +8 90  30 60 D - - - 60 0 0 58  5 4 2 0 -
Buckler +9 90  30 60 D - - - 60 0 0 59 5 4  4   0 - 
Buckler +10 90 30 60 D - - - 60 0 0 61  5 4 4 1 -

    

Buckler Dark Upgrades

Requires: Cloudstone, Buckler +6

 

  Damage Reduction Stat Bonus Damage  Guard Break Reduction Total Requirements     
Name physical attack power demonssouls 25px magic attack power demonssouls 25px fire attack demonssouls 25px strength demonssouls 25px dexterity demonssouls 25px magic demonssouls 25px faith demonssouls 25px physical attack power demonssouls 25px magic attack power demonssouls 25px fire attack demonssouls 25px   Shard L Shard Chunk Pure Special
Buckler +1 90  38 60 D - - - 66 0 0 45 2  0  0   0 - 
Buckler +2 90 46 60 D - - - 72 0 0 45 3 0 0 0 -
Buckler +3 90 54 60 D - - - 78 0 0 45 5 1 0 0 -
Buckler +4 90 62 60 D - - - 84 0 0 45 5  2 0 0 -
Buckler +5 90  70 60 D - - - 93 0 0 45  5 4 1 0 -

    

 

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Buckler Notes and Tips

 

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    • Anonymous
      29 Jan 2023 22:08  

      does this ACTUALLY have more parry frames than usual? it looks like somehow nobody has ever bothered to get the parry frame data in this game.

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      • Anonymous
        16 Dec 2020 21:29  

        Shield-wise , this is the best Parrying Shield due to extra frames... However , the Parrying Dagger seems better than the Buckler for parrying atleast. But this shield is good nonetheless specialy for Nimble Classes ( Mage , Royal , Thief , Wanderer etc. ). Buckler also seems to be the best "Small-type Shield" along with the Soldiers Shield , but due to +extra parry frames ( Buckler should be considered as the best Small Shield ). With Thrusting weapons , this shield excels and the counter-attacks deal insane damages even with just a plain un-upgraded Dagger lol.

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        • Anonymous
          17 Sep 2020 09:13  

          Thought for a second that the Buckler didn't have any additional parry frames, i was wrong. Apparently Demon's Souls parrying actually takes skill because you have to parry literally the moment the attack hits you with a parrying dagger.

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