breaking news: cracked shield upgraded to normal rolled : 23 all res

I have rerolled a few paladin shields using el rune + chipped gem, never got higher then 10 res all afterwards. I will try to roll the next few cracked/ broken paladin shields to see if I can get above 10 res all like you claim. Hopefully you're right!

Max resistance (or +AR/%damage) on a paladin shield depends on its affix level.

Affix level 1-17 : +5-10% all res
Affix level 18-27 : +5-15% all res
Affix level 28-38 : +5-30% all res
Affix level 39-49 : +5-35% all res
Affix level 50+ : +5-45% all res

When restored from low quality, item level is set to 1.
At item level 1, paladin shield shows the following affix levels :

Targe : 2
Rondache : 4
Heraldic : 8
Aerin : 10
Crown : 12
Akaran targe : 18
Akaran rondache : 20
Protector : 23
Gilded : 26
Royal : 28
Sacred targe : 32
Sacred rondache : 41
Kurast : 49
Zakarum : 65
Vortex : 71

Affix level: http://classic.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/normal/paladin.txt

Normal qlvl: http://classic.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/normal/paladinshields.shtml
Exceptional qlvl: http://classic.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/exceptional/paladinshields.shtml
Elite qlvl: http://classic.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/elite/paladinshields.shtml

Horadric Cube recipe: http://classic.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/cube.shtml (1 El Rune + 1 Chipped Gem + Low Quality Armor = Normal Quality Armor of same type
ilvl = 1. That is, regardless of what the ilvl was beforehand, it will be set to 1.)

Affix level formula:

IF(magiclvl > 0)

THEN alvl = MAX(ilvl,qlvl) + magiclvl
ELSE IF(MAX(ilvl;qlvl)<(99-INT(qlvl/2))

THEN alvl = (MAX(ilvl;qlvl)-INT(qlvl/2))
ELSE alvl = (2*MAX(ilvl;qlvl)-99))

This post was edited by Marieusz on Aug 2 2018 08:30pm