nice shield(yay zerkers)

[jumbo_SHRIMP]

nice shield(yay zerkers)

hey all

i posted something similar to this in the paly forum, just thought i would turn your attention to a little used shield that i think would work particularly well with a berserker, but has potential for any build:


Spirit Ward
Ward
Defense: 393-478 (varies)(Base Defense: 153-170)
Required Level: 68
Required Strength: 185
Chance to Block: Pal: 74-84%, Ama/Asn/Bar: 69-79%, Dru/Nec/Sor: 64-74%
Paladin Smite Damage: 11 To 35
+130-180% Enhanced Defense (varies)
+25% Faster Block Rate
20-30% Increased Chance of Blocking (varies)
All Resistances +30-40 (varies)
+6-11 Cold Absorb (varies)
5% Chance To Cast Level 8 Fade When Struck
(Only Spawns In Patch 1.10 or later)

just like to mention that fade at level 8 adds the following stats:
curse duration reduced by 71% (only item in the game that does this trick)
+50% resist all
8% damage reduced(looks like ber to me)

anyway this thing casts 5% of the time on you being struck(which can be quite often as a zerker) and final stats look like this:
up to 715 or so ethereal defense(478 max otherwise)
cold absorb
90 resists all
curse reduced by 71%
8% damage reduction
open socket
second highest base block in the game
high, high defense
a reasonable 175 ethereal str requirement

basically with fade lasting well over 3 minutes, by the time your fade is running out, you WILL have cast another one...only in the beginning will it be lacking the 3 stats, but after that it becomes hands down top 2 or 3 shields in the game...plus it makes your char invisible, which is insane

phelix

 

[rikstaker1]

hmm,I agree.I never thought about fade when i saw that shield,But u'd hv to get some dr that storm is so generous with elsewhere like levi,shaft,gaze that wd mean sacrificing some other mods u'd get on runeword armours.IMO it is a good alternate,considering the demand for storms,the asking price of these wont be huge.

 

[jumbo_SHRIMP]

i think crown of ages is a good helmet to go with this shield, since it has nearly identical str requirements(noice!)

between this shield(40), fade(50), quest rewards(30), coA(30), lvl 5 nat res(40), and guardian angel means 190 res all(90 in hell) and good defense and good damage reduction O_O

phelix

 

[Szordrin]

I have that shield, but never thought using it with zerk. On a similar subject, there's another shield with chances of lower resistance when struck. Would be awesome with vengeance IF "when struck" implies when block too. ANy thoughts...?

 

[jumbo_SHRIMP]

its not when block

phelix

 

[Jova1]

I have that shield, but never thought using it with zerk. On a similar subject, there's another shield with chances of lower resistance when struck. Would be awesome with vengeance IF "when struck" implies when block too. ANy thoughts...?

Yeah Medusa's Gaze Aegis shield, rather high strength requirement, 219 str.

I was thinking the same thing. the chance to cast lower resist from the shield together with vengeance provided with Kingslayer.

It might make a good combination for boss killing, like Dclone, Baal, etc. Worth a try.

What is everyones thoughts on the other new elite shields, Spike Thorn
Blade Barrier, Head Hunter's Glory Troll Nest, in terms of a use for them.

Cheers.

 

[xpumafangx]

Spike thorn I all ways liked. The damage returned is not effected by pvsp. Also it has the highest smite damage of the non-paladin sheilds. I think the best thing to add to that sheild is a um rune or a ber rune. The resson why is only because of the fact of do you plan on using it ver melee or casters also I would only use that sheild vs melee only because of the damage returned.

OO ya do not forget that it has the cool spiked sheild look going.

 

[acceleration turkey]

Yeah Medusa's Gaze Aegis shield, rather high strength requirement, 219 str.

I was thinking the same thing. the chance to cast lower resist from the shield together with vengeance provided with Kingslayer.

It might make a good combination for boss killing, like Dclone, Baal, etc. Worth a try.

What is everyones thoughts on the other new elite shields, Spike Thorn
Blade Barrier, Head Hunter's Glory Troll Nest, in terms of a use for them.

Cheers.

spike thorn is very interesting because it has a +250 durability stat. in real terms, this could possibly make an ethereal version usable even without a zod or repair function, certainly in pvp. i think etheral items have 1/4 durability, so an ethereal spike thorn would have about 270 durability when ethereal (20 + 250). could last a long time. an ethereal version would have a max defense of 620 to 695 by my calculations.

headhunters troll shield is probably only useful insofar as it is a tweaker shield for a conc barb who is trying to get a 9 frame attack. hunters has no blocking, no damage reduction, no hit recovery, no fast block. it plainly sucks as a shield for defensive purposes. however, it has the highest defense, and a maximum of 3 open sockets. 3 sockets = 45% ias if you use 3 15% jewels. this can really help a conc barb who already has enough defense to focus more on offensive capacity.