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Oct 22 2019 06:50am
What would be the optimal stats on jewels for a ‘damage’ shield?

I suppose 20ed 9dex is a must, but what other adds would you recommend?
Thinking life, mana and dgtm adds > any res in general. How useful is it to stack res? Thinking it would be better to stack elsewhere since you’ll most likely get caught while spamming arrows anyway.
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Oct 22 2019 07:06am
Not that useful on swaps only gear that stays both sides tbh
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Oct 22 2019 07:36am
possibly 8-18/9 dex for pure damage

but 20ed/9 dex/15 manas is what I've always wanted to put into a kite for bowa. 4th mod i'd prob want life or dtm

e/ I like eths also but andy says that's a noob thing to say and I've come to trust him when it comes to zons lol

This post was edited by Belarathon on Oct 22 2019 07:37am
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Oct 22 2019 07:43am
3x eth shield is mainly for TvT

20/dex/dtm is nice for zvz. in most other matchups you're likely not going oom. so i'd shoot for that
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Oct 22 2019 07:48am
Quote (Belarathon @ Oct 22 2019 08:36am)
possibly 8-18/9 dex for pure damage

but 20ed/9 dex/15 manas is what I've always wanted to put into a kite for bowa. 4th mod i'd prob want life or dtm

e/ I like eths also but andy says that's a noob thing to say and I've come to trust him when it comes to zons lol


Nothing wrong with eths when u use multi to take out walls vs necs and wolves vs druids

Snipas 325 manaish zon ran oom enough vs jacks druid when i dueled him
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Quote (Haseo @ 22 Oct 2019 07:48)
Nothing wrong with eths when u use multi to take out walls vs necs and wolves vs druids

Snipas 325 manaish zon ran oom enough vs jacks druid when i dueled him


Yeah I wouldn't be down for 325 mana and he teles really far away to resummon every 5 sec lol so it would take up a ton of mana. LF takes out all summons in 1 go btw.
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Quote (Haseo @ Oct 22 2019 08:48am)
Nothing wrong with eths when u use multi to take out walls vs necs and wolves vs druids

Snipas 325 manaish zon ran oom enough vs jacks druid when i dueled him


yeah vs necs is a matchup i forgot. MS can chew into mana big time
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Quote (Belarathon @ Oct 22 2019 08:52am)
Yeah I wouldn't be down for 325 mana and he teles really far away to resummon every 5 sec lol so it would take up a ton of mana. LF takes out all summons in 1 go btw.


Didnt really get to test fury out i must be newb thinking multi was betta :(

Quote (thesnipa @ Oct 22 2019 08:55am)
yeah vs necs is a matchup i forgot. MS can chew into mana big time


Yea it does so i dont mind the rare 2 eth shield but a regular 3 eth could be better
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Oct 22 2019 08:10am
Thanks for all the replies.

Thinking of stashing a bunch of shields:
20/30 with 3x eth
20/30 with ed dex whatever
20life with 3x eth (not going to pick repl on switch due to eu rules)

Was thinking of getting a 20life 3x ed dex whatever too, but will that ever be preferred to 3x eth in situations where you don’t need block? If for instance you get stomped by a sorc you will want to use fury to stun - in that case I suppose you want more fury damage, but if sorc plays defensively you will want to be able to spam away. Seems very dependent on your opponent’s play style what is best in that situation. Kinda feel like just picking the 3x eth option as it’s a pain finding all those jewels.

Also going to test a swordback hold.
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Quote (endur1ty @ Oct 22 2019 09:10am)
Thanks for all the replies.

Thinking of stashing a bunch of shields:
20/30 with 3x eth
20/30 with ed dex whatever
20life with 3x eth (not going to pick repl on switch due to eu rules)

Was thinking of getting a 20life 3x ed dex whatever too, but will that ever be preferred to 3x eth in situations where you don’t need block? If for instance you get stomped by a sorc you will want to use fury to stun - in that case I suppose you want more fury damage, but if sorc plays defensively you will want to be able to spam away. Seems very dependent on your opponent’s play style what is best in that situation. Kinda feel like just picking the 3x eth option as it’s a pain finding all those jewels.

Also going to test a swordback hold.


To be fair 30/20 isnt needed cuz ull have max block either way
Swordback is good to stop rep but ur giving up mana regen

This post was edited by Haseo on Oct 22 2019 08:15am
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