Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Technical & Gameplay Problems [BUG] - Shield Bash Doesn't Work At All

Shield Bash ever since Patch #4 does not work at all.

It used to work perfectly fine in previous patches, but now doesn't cause any kind of saving throw nor even make any attempt to knock down a target. It merely plays the animation which does nothing by itself.

Yes, there are multiple duplicate threads about this already confirming the issue.

https://forums.larian.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=921127

and

https://forums.larian.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=921196

and

https://forums.larian.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=923911


The best anyone can do at this stage is make formal bug reports about it (Here), and hope for a fix.

Shield bashes and shield blows still seem to be duds after patch 5. Nothing mentioned in the patch notes either. Disappointing.

Well...that's explain why I didn't see any successful bash in my second play-through.

Ha! I thought I was just really bad at shield bashing.

Hey there, the team is aware of this issue with Shield Bash and are looking into it.

Thank you, Salo! That is very good to know.