Parry advice

[Malcate]

I know parry sucks, but I'm tired of farming on my bard and just want to:

A) Buy another character slot
B) Make a different, fun character.

So I have a few questions:

Is parry chance increased by smaller shields VS larger? It used to be like

-Heater gave __ AR and __ parry chance
-Buckler gave ___- AR and __+ parry chance

I was thinking of running something like

GM Sword
GM Tact
GM Resist
GM Parry
80 Heal
80 Anat
80 Hide
60 Mage

Just for a change of pace. I have hundreds of invul shields and wanted to prep for the new slayer suits and have a little fun. Can any parry classes give me AR for each shield at GM parry and your experience of large VS smaller shields?

 

[U-Haul]

buckler-9
metal shield-10
bronze shield-10
tear kite shield-11
metal kite shield-13
heater-17
at gm parry

i run a for fun build as well, i generally use metal kites the majority of the time though. i dont really see a whole lot of difference with blocking.