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[–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 18 points 2 hours ago (2 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.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] justsomeguy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Think of the fat rolls though.