—WEAPONS MONTH V Week 2: The Shield—
Weapons are often designed for attacking, but what happens when a warrior uses a defensive tool as a means to do harm? Let’s find out!
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Did… did you not put Goofy in the list? o-o
Playing through Bravely Default for the first time I turned Ringabell into a duel wielding shield knight. He gets a move that uses your defense stat as the offense stat and that move was a freaking nuke.
I subclassed him with idol to cast support moves including a taunt that made enemies focus him.
Shame Naofumi isn't in a video game or he'd totally be on here.
Before I watch this whole thing, I know Kingdom Hearts has to be on here somewhere
So since I’m seeing a lot of comments asking for him, no, Goofy was not deemed eligible for the list, though I understand the confusion. We have a policy to use “Only Characters from Video Games” on these kinds of countdowns, meaning they need to come from a video game.
Now with Goofy, some make the rather compelling argument that the Kingdom Hearts version of Goofy is a different version of the character from the classic Disney cartoons. That’s a decent point, and we did consider this. Some video game characters are based on pre-existing concepts after all. For instance, Cao Ren from Dynasty Warriors, who we used on this same list, is based on the historical and literary figure of the same name. In Cao Ren’s case, we felt Koei’s version of the character has enough new features to be considered transformative. This Cao Ren is a video game character, in our eyes.
But for Goofy, we’re feel like there isn’t enough to separate his Kingdom Hearts appearance from his past cartoon existence. He looks the same, talks the same, has the same personality and characteristics. It’s mainly just his job as a Knight and his outfit that’s unique to his Kingdom Hearts appearance, but to us it feels like this is the same character dropped into Kingdom Hearts, in the same way that Captain America in Marvel vs. Capcom is still the same character from the comics. It’s not different enough to be a new character to us. This isn’t to say KH Goofy isn’t a talented Shield Wielders in his own right. So I apologize to any KH fans who were disappointed. I do understand where you’re coming from.
Yo can we get a list about characters who accident there way through fights,never actually trying to fight but just getting luck or characters who fight with just random shit literally random shit
Yo my boy zig zag made it
Tsubaki Yayoi Blazblue
Actually I know she's holding something but it may or may not be a sheild I don't really know
meanwhile goofy is sitting off to the side, wishing he didn't use his own head as a shield after this level of disrespect against him
If you're wearing a shield on your face wouldn't that just make your face the weak point? Eyes and nose are still open
To bad Naofumi is from an anime and Novel otherwise
Sheild Hero would have made it to this
By the way number 4
I see what you did there
Ren from RWBY
And
Ren From Persona
Shout-outs to Mash Kyrielight from FGO
"All systems go"? Top 10 mech pilots?
BRAUM IS HERE FOR YOU!
I really appreciate that there is a good amount of shield users in video games. I was very curious how this list was gonna go because I wasn’t too familiar with a lot of shield wielders. Whenever shield wielders comes up my first thought immediately goes Naofumi Iwatani from Rising of the Shield Hero which is not a video game, the way how he uses the shield might be on the nose but I think he perfectly shows how powerful the ultimate defense could be. I’m kind of guessing some of your inspiration of this list might have came from the anime. Continue with the awesome work Oscar!!! You and your team do great with your countdowns and other videos. Really love watching them and they make me appreciate video games so much, because there is a lot you can learn from them. I’ve been watching your videos since you first started doing countdowns in fact. You are still among my favorite countdown YouTubers with Josh Scorcher and QG. Be well and shine on brother!
Goofy better be on here
I am the disappointed
I've been looking forward to this!
Float like iceberg. Sting like thrown iceberg
23:33 Yo dawg, we heard you like shields…
not even an honorable mention for mash? shaking my smh my head
"Can anyone really top Braum's Unbreakable move??"
The answer is yes, any Smite god can. For some reason Riot thinks that an assassin's wall can completely negate any directed attack but Braum's (a character completely built around this mechanic) wall will still let Jinx's or Ashe's splash go through and hit teammates. In Smite any god can stand between two shooting each other and block the projectiles, except the ones that go through units but any god can do that and there's no cooldown.
By the way, I love Braum and this is a rant about Riot's (no) logic
Time for the Best Offense is a Soild Defense! Time for my thoughts.
10: One of the Greek Shield Maidens.
9: A Brute of Broker with a huge Shield.
8: AH YEAH WOLF SHIELD!
7: Shulk's big beefy friend.
6: Shovel Knight's equal and opposite.
5: A Samurai Showdown rep? Cool, someone call QG.
4: Another historic Shield warrior
3.5: A type Moon Fighter, nice.
3: Zag! Nice to see you here…. so how many runs have you tried?
2: A tank mountain Buster, nice.
1: Braum is here at the top!
Dang, Mash didn't make the cut. Oh well.
and here I though mash kyrielight of FGO would make the list well I guest gacha game don't count.
Nitara mortal kombat
This was a cool list. Shields are such unique weapons and I am glad you chose to do a countdown on it. And I am happy that two of my predictions made it. those being Zamazenta and Reyn. Looking forward to the next one Green Scorpion.
I love seeing shied users turn them into something offensive, could always use more
It's Maple's time to shine😃. But she's an anime character, not video game.
Everyone else: i use a weapon forged by blacksmiths
1. I USE A FUCKING DOOR! XD
Man still no goofy… Darn it
I was expecting Zamazenta to be on here, And I'm glad he did.
I figured Vexen wouldn't make this list or if he did he'd be in the bottom three
Too bad Maple is an anime character cause she would’ve been my number one.
Yooooo you've finally played smite! Hope I can run into ya on the battlefield someday 😀
A whole segment just for Braum and not a single Alex Louis Armstrong joke used. not sure if I'm impressed or disappointed. Either way, fantastic video and very happy that this finally came to fruition!
Surprised that Reinhardt was not here but I see why lol 😂 Badaas Shielders
“All systems go” what countdown could be?
Honorary mention: Goofy.
No one from the MegaMan franchise?
If have to pick one, it’s Protoman.
SPOILERS
10. I think the returning shield feature in Cassandra is part of Hephaestus' design, so magic?
9. Ah yes, the evil sci-fi durtle-turtle/ Marvel's Kingpin…
8. Ah yes, the goodest of dogmons… He protect, he attack, but most importantly, he's in your PC more often than not…
7. The definition of "taunt tank". Alexander (Final Fantasy IX reference) would be proud…
6. …CAN YOU DIG IT, SUCKA!?!? (I don't apologize for the reference)
5. Shots fired at TTRPGs that have no Shield Mage archetypes besides half-casters.
4. The master of the conundrum, the unstoppable force and the immovable object used in tandem.
3.5(?). When the power of waifu compels you…?
3. Oh god. They're all Hot!!!!
2. To translate "candy-gram for Mongo"
1. Braun makes the best doorman…
I know you're not playing FGO, but I can see Mash Kyrielight on there pretty high if you played it. She's one heluva tank that helps out everyone F2P or Whale alike, and who can forget that moment when we fight Goetia. And in Lostbelt 5, she killed freaking ZEUS !!
Man, if Zamazenta could learn King's Shield and Body PRess, and if Behemoth Bash was based on Defense like Body Press rather than Attack…Hoo boy.
But wouldn't Indivisible's Qadira being a better fit than Soul Calibur's Cassandra, seeing how she only uses a shield (carrying a sword but deciding not to use it because it belongs to her brother)? Maybe I'm biased though… it would have been hard to beat the game, for me, without her ever-holding defense.
Even if she was only number 10, I'm happy to see my girl Cass here. Easily my favourite of the Alexandra sisters.
I wanna see some CANNONS!!!!! Where's the Cannons and Artillery users?!
''All systems go''
soooo…
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