Ogres: Giant Clubs or Shields?

[Archaalen]

This is a general question, and one that I've gone back and forth on in my games. Shields help keep Ogres alive and help offset their general lack of armor. Giant Clubs do massive damage. Which one works better, overall, for Ogres?

Please note, I am still a novice at this game who has not even made it close to the Orb yet (best character: 12 OgHu, he had a large shield and a nice randart hammer). Other general advice on Ogres would be appreciated.

Also, hello!

[tromboneandrew]

If you want to mix in some spellcasting, definitely go with no shield. Otherwise, I'd say it depends on what you pick up.

[tcjsavannah]

I eschewed a decent shield in favor of the spiked club for offense in my OgCK win. The better spellcasting definitely helped and in the endgame I was two-three hitting Orb Guardians with it, so I'm all for offense.

[lucy_ferre]

I prefer offense over defense. A GSC will kill a monster 3x faster than a demon whip/shield combo.

[Mike255]

I am really curious about this in general - I tend to go with one handed/shield over two handed, but I'd love to see some numbers crunched, factoring in max and min attack speed and the time it takes to get to minimum... TO THE NUMBER MACHINE

[Mike255]

None of my resources appear to have the exact formulas regarding the damage boost to Fighting!

[angrykoopa]

GSC. not even a question unless you find an eveningstar of speed or something