I'm wondering this; does anyone use RARE shields ?

Is the -40% attribute on a tower shield considered 'valuable' since it drops STR requirement below 55 (mage plate) ?

Is there a duped super pavise floating around West ?

-Spiderdrake, who's finally getting off his ass and doing the imbue guide v2.0 (damage on bow gooood. poison on bow baaaaad.)

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Minus forty is great on a pavise, I guess it could be good for a sorce on a tower. But most have 75 strength anyway.

Nope, any of my charaters who use shields either use a 3PD or Wall of the Eyeless (until they get a 3PD). The only other shields I can think of being useful would be Milbrega's Orb (for treasure finding Barbs) or Sigon's Shield. Neither holds a candle to a 3PD or WotE in my book though.

>Is the -40% attribute on a
>tower shield considered 'valuable' since
>it drops STR requirement below
>55 (mage plate) ?
>

No, the only chars who have to worry about the "right amount of Str" IMHO are Necros and Sors and, unless you are playing a variant, you either want the +5 MAEK of WotE or the high resists of a 3PD. The only thing rare shields have for them is increased blocking, but in a trade off between a little higher blocking and much higher resists of a 3PD, I'm always going for the resists.

>Is there a duped super pavise
>floating around West ?
>

Not to my knowledge.

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Every other my char that uses shield, has 3d tower/pavise or WotE.

What comes to -40% reqs on shield, I've always just thought it to be waste of one possibly useful stat.

Duped super pavise on west. Dunno anything about that and don't really care either.

My level 80 S/S PvM DR-freak barb uses a rare pavise with 112 defense, 69% block, 58 life, -2 magic dmg, thorns, and LR (blech).

I think an ICOB pavise or grim shield is definitely a great investment for shield barbs who also like having a high DR. Resists, + life, and fastest hit recovery are also great, if you can get them.

I personally like pavises a little more than grims for the extra 4% blocking. I haven't done the math, but I think that extra 4% make a bigger difference in the grand scheme of things than the higher defense rating of grims. Still, if PvP is more to your tastes, grims don't affect your running speed and are definitely the way to go. Sigon's is still a good starter shield for S/S barbs though, and is pretty easy to get too.

And Spiderdrake, I think the -40% is nice on towers, but a waste of a mod for most S/S barbs.

Its about time someone started this thread.

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I scored a rare spiked shield for my lvl 61 Blaze/Blizz/Static Sorc. With the enhanced blockage mod, it does 50% block with no run-speed penalty. That plus Twitch and you've got max blocking. It also came with healthy -MD, poison, mana, and life boosts. But the bottom line is spikes are just way cooler lookin' than bones.

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Also my zealot uses fastest h/r, 25% FR, 27% LR, +55 life ~150 def ancient shield

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