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i marked as spoiler because some do not know sheilds can break i think hylain will take like 30 hits or so
Spoiler How Long Do You Think a Shield Will Last
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wooden:take 15 hits and hylain 50
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I think its been said that the hylian shield will only take damage form magical attacks. Also since the shields have meters I think it depends on the strength of the hit. I think the wood shield would be instantly destroyed by fire(duh) and take about 25 weak hits. I think the iron would take about 50 weak hits.
JuicieJ
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Idk the amount of hits, but the Wooden Shield surely won't last that long. The Iron Shield I say will be pretty durable. And if what HoL said about the Hylian Shield only taking damage from magical attacks is true (which would make sense as to why that golden thing is around the meter), then that thing's gonna be super-durable (and super-expensive).
The Hylian Shield has never cost more than a sum of rupees that one could muster up after the first visit to the first dungeon of the game, I don't see why they would bump it up now. As for number of hits if hits are really judged by their strength, I think the Hylian Shield could take a good number of them [50-100 'weak', 25-50 strong until it starts to dent in]. Considering in TP that only extremely strong hits (e.g from a Darknut's sword) could knock Link off balance [and that game was trying to be realistic], it wouldn't be unreasonable for 50 'strong' hits to dent the shield in because we DO know that the HS is just metal - metal bends and breaks no matter what kind. It may take some effort (which would be nice, near invincishield ftw!), but it will eventually happen.
JuicieJ
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Think about it. A shield that has the ultimate strength in the game. And remember how expensive it was in TP? (I think 200?) It makes perfect sense for it to cost a fair bit of money.
Garo
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This. To further support this, typically there are only two shields in a game - Wooden/Deku and the Hylian Shield (Mirror Shield doesn't count as it is a special case that isn't purchased). In Skyward, we have THREE classes of shield - Wooden, Iron, Hylian. All the more reason the Hylian will be more expensive and a commodity.
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JuicieJ
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I know. And I think that's all the more reason for the Hylian Shield to be more expensive than usual.
200 rupees is easily mustered after beating the Forest Temple, believe it or not. But your point about the shield being the best (or is it? A fourth tier of shield isn't uncommon) does give it more leeway to being expensive. I'm just hoping it isn't up there with say, the Magic Armor before buying out that rich store. ^.^
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I wouldn't be surprised, considering how tough it is.
Garo
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(Poor wording on my part; I was simply adding on to your comment, in full agreement)
I think it depends on the enemy too, not just the shield. If you're fighting a more powerful enemy, it seems more likely that the shield will break sooner.
JuicieJ
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Well, of course. It wouldn't make sense if it didn't work like that. I mean, then it wouldn't be realistic.
Exactly why I brought it up. Thus, I don't see more to discuss.
