New Ladder Only r/w's announced

Indeed, faith & last wish sure looking cool...
i just don't want to know what this will result in

Phoenix 4 Socket Weapons/Shields Vex + Vex + Lo + Jah ?

Here's the new shield:

Spirit 4 Socket Swords/Shields Tal + Thul + Ort + Amn +2 To All Skills
+25-35% Faster Cast Rate (varies)
+55% Faster Hit Recovery
+15% Enhanced Defense
+250 Defense Vs. Missile
+22 To Vitality
+89-112 To Mana (varies)
Cold Resist +35%
Lightning Resist +35%
+3-8 Magic Absorb (varies)
Attacker Takes Damage of 14

Here's the new shield: Spirit 4 Socket Swords/Shields Tal + Thul + Ort + Amn +2 To All Skills +25-35% Faster Cast Rate (varies) +55% Faster Hit Recovery +15% Enhanced Defense +250 Defense Vs. Missile +22 To Vitality +89-112 To Mana (varies) Cold Resist +35% Lightning Resist +35% +3-8 Magic Absorb (varies) Attacker Takes Damage of 14

Its a very good shield and darn cheap too relative to its counterparts/rivals. The thing is Im not convinced its _the_ shield like HoZ was for so many different paladins or what homo and DF is for necros (partially because you can still socket those and add something else that you might need or give yourself better options on other areas of gear)....I could see it being of definate use to sorcs/druids/trappers though. Depends on the build of course and your other gear i guess.

But don't get me wrong...Spirit is far cheaper to attain and can be used at lower levels than the others.

i agree with you, this shield will prob be used for MF-ing or lowlvl/lowbudget

Damn... Phoenix and fortitude are gonna wreck melee just like levi and EDC did...


Good for me i just quit melee

Damn... Phoenix and fortitude are gonna wreck melee just like levi and EDC did... Good for me i just quit melee

Wreck melee? I assume you mean make it closer to being 1-2 hit kills (like hammer or charge). If I misunderstand and you mean wreck as in making them not viable I disagree looking at all the different runewords for weapons.

(Personally I sill want to know what Oblivion does....thats such a cool name for a weapon or armor)

If i was a blizz developer, i'd create a candy cane weapon that has stats like a mix of BotD and Azurewrath... just for fun... well, someone please take shots of the new RW's and post em !!

Is Oblivion even a runeword? I personally wanna see what Pride does...

Wreck melee? I assume you mean make it closer to being 1-2 hit kills (like hammer or charge). If I misunderstand and you mean wreck as in making them not viable I disagree looking at all the different runewords for weapons. (Personally I sill want to know what Oblivion does....thats such a cool name for a weapon or armor)

I meant, levi and EDC "wrecked" melee by making 98% of all melee's cookie cutters. What i meant to say was fortitude/phoenix is the new CC IMO.