It’s personal preference - part of the UVHM experience is getting your ass handed to you if you’re unprepared (both in terms of gear and strategy), but having shields that don’t suck (and whose offensive features return to some semblance of decent damage) takes the edge off for me. Gaige lays down some hate with a shock spike shield, for example. Granted, it’s only killing slagged chumps, but with her shield tanking skills, shock enhancements, and a good strategy on my behalf to keep the kill skills up, I get to use this game mechanic in UVHM against larger foes. I don’t think many players, especially in UVHM, are using shock spike shields in an offensive role.
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I have tried to use them as part of my OP8 non red letter Maya, but without a level buff they really don’t pass muster. I stick to adaptaive and absorb shields.
Vladof : Moloko (railer)
Maliwan : Snider (Maliwan barrel sniper)
Hyperion : Thinking (single barrel shotgun)
Torgue : Root (Dahl barrel AR)
Jakobs : Coach Gun (double barrel shotgun)
Grenade : Slag Transfusion, Tesla
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Pistol: Dahl Repeater(Dahl Barrel) OR Hyperion Synergy (Vladof Barrel)
Rifle: Jakobs Gatling Gun (Vladof2 Barrel)
Sniper:Dahl Scout (Vladof Barrel)
Shottie: Ravager or Coach Gun
SMG: Plasma Caster (except Bandit)
RL: Topneaa or Purple Bandit Launcher (Bandit Barrel)
Shield: Purple tediore shield, or Green Turtle shield
Grenade: SIngularity
Relic:Proficiency Relic
If you know any of them, introduce me i’m single right now…lol
I love:
Spike Shields - Shock v Stalker or Fire v Skags + Tesla = fUn
Tesla Grenade - fav in game apart from Quasar
Topneaa
Jakobs Quad (+anarchy)
Raveger
Edit: And Cloud Kill (no red text on that beast)
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Do you feel Cloud Kill is a bit OP now? I almost feel like I should un-spec it!
No! It’s beautiful. 
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No, but yes.
Consider: Zero (Bore) Krieg (Bloodsplosion) Gaige (600 Anarchy) Sal (Gunzerk forever) Axton (2 Longbow Slag Turrets or Nukem Turrets)
I think it fits in nicely into the Cataclysm tree and makes her the Siren she should be.
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Yes indeed.
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Anarchist, Assassin
Ravager, Hulk, Quad
Any Hyperion or Maliwan SMG, and Plasma Casters
Droog, Snider, Muckmuck
I rarely use AR’s and RL’s. I guess Jakobs or Vladof AR’s, and the Topneaa (if I had to choose)
Cloud kill is well balanced at OP8 now, it’s only OP at lower levels…
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[quote=“DaRTH_FuRioN, post:25, topic:1546659”]Spike Shields - Shock v Stalker or Fire v Skags + Tesla = fUn[/quote]What character/build/loadout are you using with these (or are they something that you put on regardless of build)?
[quote=“hattieinduni, post:26, topic:1546659”]Do you feel Cloud Kill is a bit OP now? I almost feel like I should un-spec it![/quote]Sort of, but I’m not sure I’d change it much. If I was going to structure it myself, I might make Blight Phoenix hit that hard with 10+ points in it (both elements), and reduce Cloud Kill a little (or maybe swap those skills on the tree, and make Blight Phoenix hit that hard with one point, but Cloud Kill would be something you point up)? Blight Phoenix is something you get with a) kill skills up and b) close proximity to the enemy. The proximity risk and kill activation should reward you with that level of damage output. Cloud Kill is “free” in that while the clouds are stationary, there’s no cooldown between clouds, and you can fire it whenever and at whatever enemy you want.
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- [1/Va] Rabid Rifle
- [2/Da] Twin Repeater (Dahl-barrel)
- [2/Hy] Redundant Visione
- [4/To] Casual Pounder
- [5/Hy] Rightsizing Transmurdera
- [6/Ja] Klook Diaub
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I only really play Maya mainly…but even more so with Gaige. I tend to play quite in your face, so when jumping around with skags and varkids and stalkers the spike shield is just a good line of defence, especially the smaller ones who just die when attacking. During play through on any campaign I always look out for good spike shields and tesla’s. Obviously the HoTM is the best as you get the ROID and Nova which is awesome with Gaige.
Tesla’s are something I became very fond of a couple of years ago when I used to do a lot of Badass Rank challenges to Prestige. They don’t kill you, but anything coming into your AoE gets hit hard. Good V melee or beast. If you can get a 0.0 Fuse 700 Radius Tesla it acts as a great defence/offense. I use Stormfronts too, but not when tanking. Otherwise Quasar in Bandit areas.
[quote=“DaRTH_FuRioN, post:34, topic:1546659”]Obviously the HoTM is the best as you get the ROID and Nova which is awesome with Gaige.[/quote]…and spike, because why not? Against flesh enemies, that shield is insane.
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I’m a fan of the Impaler I must say. Any love for the Antagonist? (Sorry, I know this is redtext)
No, that things slags me more than it does my enemies. I’ll take a Blockade over the Antagonist any day of the week.
Can anyone explain to me how the Blockade works? Always been confused
As far as I know, it just provides a 38% resistance to damage, whether it’s depleted or not.
You are correct.
According to the description, its resistance is supposed to vary, but due to a bug or coding error, it is always 38%
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