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Skular's Salvation

Skular's Salvation

Legendary Bracers

  • Legendary
  • Level 70

Properties

366–421 Armor

Primary Attributes

  • Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6%

Secondary Attributes

  • Increase the damage of Ancient Spear by 150–200%. If your Ancient Spear - Boulder Toss hits 5 or fewer enemies, the damage is increased by 100%. (Barbarian Only)

Random Affixes

  • +416–500 Strength
  • +416–500 Dexterity
  • +416–500 Intelligence

Ancient & primal values

Ancient

  • +550–650 Strength

Primal

  • +650 Strength

Fixed properties of the ancient form; primal items roll the top value of the ancient range. Game files, version 2.8.0.

All possible random properties (17 primary, 15 secondary)

Besides its fixed properties, this item rolls 2 primary and 1 secondary properties at random from these lists.

Primary

  • Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6%
  • Regenerates 6,448–7,678 Life per Second ancient 8,445–10,000
  • +91–100 Resistance to All Elements ancient +110–130
  • +416–500 Strength ancient +550–650
  • +416–500 Dexterity ancient +550–650
  • +416–500 Intelligence ancient +550–650
  • +416–500 Vitality ancient +550–650
  • +373–397 Armor ancient +436–516
  • +7,737–9,214 Life per Hit ancient +10,135–11,975
  • Fire skills deal 15–20% more damage.
  • Cold skills deal 15–20% more damage.
  • Holy skills deal 15–20% more damage.
  • Lightning skills deal 15–20% more damage.
  • Poison skills deal 15–20% more damage.
  • Arcane skills deal 15–20% more damage.
  • Physical skills deal 15–20% more damage.
  • Sockets (1–1)

Secondary

  • +32–35% Extra Gold from Monsters
  • Monster kills grant +140–200 experience. ancient +220–260
  • Increases Gold and Health Pickup by 1–2 Yards.
  • +141–160 Physical Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Fire Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Cold Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Lightning Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Poison Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Arcane Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +2,401–2,880 Thorns Damage ancient +2,881–3,500
  • Level Requirement Reduced by 2–30 ancient 30–40
  • 1–5.1% Chance to Knockback on Hit
  • Reduces damage from ranged attacks by 6–7%.
  • Reduces damage from melee attacks by 6–7%
  • Ignores Durability Loss

Pool of the item type from the game files, version 2.8.0. Skill damage bonuses only carry weight for their class. All properties of this slot

Skular was one of the few Barbarians to survive Baal's destruction of Sescheron. These bracers are the reason.

Skular's Salvation

These bracers are tailored to a single Barbarian skill: Ancient Spear. They raise its damage flatly and grant an additional bonus when the Boulder Toss variant hits only a few enemies. The bracers thus reward deliberate single-target or small-group play rather than scattering wildly across large crowds.

Skular's Salvation belongs in Barbarian builds that play Ancient Spear as their central damage skill, ideally with the Boulder Toss rune. My tip: aim your throws deliberately at individual elites, champions, or small packs rather than at dense crowds, because the bonus damage only fires when you hit few targets, and that's exactly where the bracers prove their strength against the important, durable enemies.

Two Bonuses With Different Reach

The first bonus of 150–200% applies to Ancient Spear with any rune. The second adds another 100% - but only with Boulder Toss, and only when it hits 5 or fewer enemies. When comparing rolls, only the first part matters; a Primal Ancient pair gives 200%.

Why Boulder Toss Feeds on Fury

Ancient Spear costs 25 Fury and deals 500% weapon damage. Boulder Toss instead consumes all remaining Fury and deals 20% weapon damage per point spent to enemies within 9 yards of the impact. The fuller your Fury bar when you throw, the harder the boulder hits. The other runes shift the focus: Jagged Edge raises the damage to 640% weapon damage as Fire, while Harpoon and Rage Flip drag struck enemies toward you or behind you and slow them by 60% for 1 second.

Stats and Matching Pieces

The fixed roll is 4.5–6% Critical Hit Chance, joined by +416–500 Strength as main stat plus Vitality and Physical damage. The bracers are frequently combined with Raekor's Will, Raekor's Burden, Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle, Captain Crimson's Thrust and the spears The Three Hundredth Spear and Arreat's Law. According to the flavor text, Skular was one of the few Barbarians to survive Baal's destruction of Sescheron - and these bracers are the reason.

by eRnstl