Trying to do the Math: AC vs. -DFE?

[lyyn]

And neither that, nor the holy defender can be bought by high level characters.

They can't? See, that's what I get for not paying to much attention to shop item creation.
But they should still drop, I hope?

Reading your original char description, you said this Rogue doesn't really use much offensive spells. Either by choice or circumstance whatever.
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Brute forcing the odds is possible by simply CLightning in whatever appropriate area that gives you the best odds of finding that shield. Normal difficulty of course, you're there for a fast pinata run.

Well, she can hold her own when she uses magic, if she has to – or gets lazy
CL 10, FB 11 is ok for a rogue, I guess.
Shooting just feels more rewarding....


I just figured, that since I'm not (only) hunting uniques (=Laz-Run) I might as well have some fun doing it. Since trying to find 2 suffixes (well... 3) and base type not important seemed to be all over the map, drop-wise, I just went to Nightmare/Church and started going, confident that somewhere along the line something, anything would pop.
Nada.
So after Hell/Caves I turned around and repeated.
Nada.

Eh, whatever... it's all in the hunt, right? And I AM having fun along the way.
It's just that I got it into my head not to go back into Hell/Hell until I have my #%&@!!# shield.
By now, I probably would do fine using only my bow, but now this whole finding a shield thing has taken on a life of its own and I'm just not going back until I have one

One possible but unproven method, is to absolutely swear that you don't really want any fast block shield. Even play a char that doesn't want or can't use one. Not a guarantee, but if my own experience is any indicator, you'll be neck deep in HDefenders. (Or Gnatstings if you're a mage.)

Oh no, that's well proven! Works every time! Problem is: Your luck will only turn, if you actually mean it. Otherwise how could it be annoying?
Naah, right now it’s down to who is more stubborn: Murphy or me?