by densetsushun Sun Jul 28, 2013 3:29 pm
If you hover over the weapon in MugenMonkey, you'll see that the weapon damage is split between physical and lightning. In general, this means that your weapon will do less damage because it needs to pass through 2 different types of defenses. It's much better to a slightly lower pure physical AR than a higher total split AR as it'll only have to pass through one type of defense.
At 32 endurance, you can wear the Ring of Favor and Protection and the Wolf Ring, still hit 56 or higher poise, and if you ever need to you can swap out the Wolf Ring, which drops you to 16 poise, and switch to another ring for whatever purpose.
If you're not using your shield to block but to parry, the leather shield has better defenses and the same stability and 1 point of weight less. You can also opt to stay at the same weight and use a heater shield instead, which weighs the same as the buckler but has 100% physical defense.
In general, this is a better option.
This is one with a leather shield instead of a heater, and Dingy Robe for better defenses.
(Links are not minified because Mugen doesn't want to minify them for me.)