Duriel's Shell Upgrade Question

[superdude0526]

Duriel's Shell Upgrade Question

When upgrading Duriel's Shell what will be the strength and level requirement after the upgrade? Is there a link anywhere that will provide this information?

 

[Cujo1]

It will become the elite version of a Cuirass which is a Great Hauberk, with a str req of 118str, and a lvl req of 63..

-you can look at d2data.com for all norm/excep/elite version of armors, and remember when upping lvl reqs gets a penalty which is :

norm ->excep, its the excep version +5
excep ->elite, its the elite version +7


..you can also use this : http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~deykea/d2armours.html

 

[cuibono]

Edited because q answered. Curious though, why upgrade Duriels? I generally find only weapons and sub-16 box belts to be worth upgrading.

 

[Loboleal]

Defense purposes. In characters with enhanced defense (Barbarians, Paladins, etc) an small improvement in your base defense becomes a huge improvement in your total defense.

 

[Frosty_The_Snowman]

Edited because q answered. Curious though, why upgrade Duriels? I generally find only weapons and sub-16 box belts to be worth upgrading.

Defense :lol: !
Why do you think people upgrade their shaftstops or their skullders ?

Note : The most famous upgrade is still Goldwrap though.

 

[cuibono]

I suppose if you're swimming in Lems and Kos, why not. Me, i happen not to be swimming in Lems and Kos. And I am a little more choosy about what to upgrade. My opinion is, a high defence build would not be wearing Duriel's anyway. And if you're not a high defence build, resists and blocking are your defense. I would rather have a spare Wealth runeword for MF purposes on an alt than an upgraded Duriel's, if I had to choose between the 2.

I did however upgrade an ethereal Duriel's Shell for merc use.

Man do I wish you could upgrade set items though.