Cleansing Greatshield

The Cleansing Greatshield is a greatshield in Dark Souls.

Availability
The Cleansing Greatshield is only available in the Artorias of the Abyss DLC. Upon falling through an illusory floor in the Chasm of the Abyss, Alvina will appear momentarily. She will lead the player past Humanity Phantoms to an illusory wall which hides the room where Sif is trapped. Clear the room of all enemies, then go back to Sif, who will then be able to warp away. Upon doing so, Sif will leave behind the Cleansing Greatshield.

Characteristics
The Cleansing Greatshield has the weakest physical defense of any of the greatshields available. However, its defenses against magic and the other elements are all very good, even for a greatshield. This means that its effectiveness will vary considerably depending on the type of damage a particular boss will deal. It has a heavy deflection and a standard bash attack. A major downside to this shield's use is that upgrading will not raise its stability value, only the damage will be increased.

All things considered however, this is a vastly inferior version to its pristine self, the Greatshield of Artorias, as the latter, though not possessing the same high values as the Cleansing Greatshield, boasts extremely high stability, better Resistance Defenses (as it will block 100% Curse), and negates physical damage entirely, though it does require slightly more strength and has slightly higher weight.

Resistance Defense
Along with Physical and Elemental damage reduction, weapons also have hidden stats that reduce the amount of status build-up while blocking.

Moveset
* While shield is up the player is actively blocking