Quote (WereWolf12345 @ 23 Mar 2022 11:55)

A bunch of affixes are relevant on rare shields:

Prefixes:

• 2os
  
• 15 all res
  
• 30 cold res
  
• 100 ed
  
• repair (alongside eth)
  
• 20 mana

Suffixes:

• 17 fhr
  
• 5 str
  
• 5 rep
  
• 20 life
  
• 75 plr
  
• 30/20 block
  
• 3 mdr
  
• 3 dr
  
• ctc frost nova when struck

I think 30/20, 2os, and the correct shield base is absolutely mandatory for most builds. the rest depends on what type of character you're building. if it's for melee, youd want high defense. if its for a poison zon, youd like fhr and rep.

theres also a crafted shield you can use as gear swap against bone necros (in which case, 2os and 1mdr are superb affixes to get on top of the craft bonuses):

https://i.imgur.com/veAZWUI.png

Quote (dbutiki @ 23 Mar 2022 15:39)

Lol nobody referencing 12DTM

Put those mana pots away

Quote (Belarathon @ 23 Mar 2022 15:36)

the crafted shields dont even save you 1 hit in almost any scenario though, they just look pretty. The cool part is you can use a pgem to change the colour!

Quote (WereWolf12345 @ 23 Mar 2022 16:13)

well, it's +10% ehp.
so its basically a +110-130 hp shield. not bad at all considering most shields are completely useless vs necro unless you somewhat get dmg from it, like from visc or swordback OW.

Quote (Belarathon @ 23 Mar 2022 16:16)

its not really when you die in the same amount of hammers regardless. vs necros i think it can save you 1 hit

Quote (WereWolf12345 @ 23 Mar 2022 18:35)

vs hammers it wont help at all because you need to maintain max block vs libbys, but vs necro its 1 hit at minimum. its only 1 hit if you go from 100% to 0% hp in a moment.
but duels vs a necro can last a long time (3+ mins) in which case that shield gains value due to the hp you gain back.

its just a 10% ehp shield for one matchup. not mandatory but nice to have for important duels.

Quote (Belarathon @ 23 Mar 2022 18:38)

if you are spending that much time in a duel, may as well use a 5 rep shield. at the same time, I'd always rather use a different shield.

Zon - rep/damage shield
sorc - visc
pally - spirit
necro - rare head
sin - dual claw
barb - dual weapon
druid - okay?? maybe dvn only

Quote (WereWolf12345 @ 23 Mar 2022 18:53)

psn zon vs necro too is another MU that can benefit greatly from it. id argue cs zon as well.

ye i agree with you regarding a 5rep shield, but you cant do that if you cap rep already.
for instance, a psn jav can get rep from ammy, circ, pcrown, shroud, pskulls. its very easy to reach 22.

but yes, like you said its very niche.

Quote (Belarathon @ 23 Mar 2022 18:58)

I mean any zon vs necro is never going to lose, barring a super bad necro. So that leaves it at dvn. Dvn is a nice duel tho so there will always be some buyers for it as long as the market doesnt get saturated.