Sugarbean wrote:
Stronghold
Zod Jah Hel Cham
+1 to All Skills
5% Chance to Cast lvl 10 Battle Orders when Struck
Level 20 Defiance Aura When Equipped
+50% Increased Chance of Blocking
+80% Faster Block Rate
400-450% Enhanced Defense
-25% Requirements (from Hel)
+100 Life (from Jah)
+100 Mana (from Jah)
Cannot Be Frozen (From Cham)
+30-50 Life/Mana After Each Kill
Zod Jah Hel Cham
+1 to All Skills
5% Chance to Cast lvl 10 Battle Orders when Struck
Level 20 Defiance Aura When Equipped
+50% Increased Chance of Blocking
+80% Faster Block Rate
400-450% Enhanced Defense
-25% Requirements (from Hel)
+100 Life (from Jah)
+100 Mana (from Jah)
Cannot Be Frozen (From Cham)
+30-50 Life/Mana After Each Kill
I can understand why you guys are saying this is op, but i disagree entirely. here is why:
assuming we are talking smiter here (because they capitalize on defense)...
rw shield pros:
great defense
defiance on equip,meaning you can use fanat and hit faster.
no offense, but who would bother with a lvl 10 on hit bo? cta is more efficient
dragonscale pros:
has resists
has sockets
can also come etheral
has paladin skills
has absorbs if i remember corectly
an endgame smiter would have maxed def anyway, so if he wanted to play with defense, he could simply turn it on instead of fanat, and it would be higher lvl than the rw def. you woudlnt lose damage as your damage is cb, but you would lose some speed.
also with the rw shield you get no resists out of it at all, and no sockets to add anything to it. i can see some nice uses of it as a specialized shield, but if you opt for all jahs in an eth dscale, it would beat the pants off the rw shield. the reason for this is that most of the deadly attacks in the game are not physical hits. hp is superior. for baal defense > all, but sidequest bosses, that concept disapears entirely.
on a side note, i love the idea of having a specialized item like this, that is purely based on defense and offers no other benefits. i would like to see all items be forced down this concept later on. its my opinion that all items (endgame especialy should be nerfed a bit). i would like to see dscale and every other hell and nm item get nerfed a lot, and give this shield around L14 defiance and it would serve a good purpose and be balanced. IF ALL THE CURRENT ITEMS DONT GET OVERHAULED, TO MAKE THIS RW SHIELD SERVE ANY PURPOSE, ID SAY BUFF THE DAMN THING, DSCALE BLOWS IT AWAY RIGHT NOW AND UPP ITS RUNES TO MAKE IT COMPARABLE. AND EVEN MORE SPECIALIZED.
i suggest:
ZOD ZOD CHAM CHAM
+INCREASED REQUIREMENTS 30% (MORE STR NEEDED, MAUAHAHA)
Level 20 Defiance Aura When Equipped
+50% Increased Chance of Blocking
+80% Faster Block Rate
200-400% Enhanced Defense could get a crappy roll
+300-500 Life
no skills, no resists, just raw sheer tanking power shield that is heavier