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Stormshield

Stormshield

Legendary Shield

  • Legendary
  • Level 70

Properties

1,760–2,024 Armor

Secondary Attributes

  • Reduces damage from melee attacks by 25–30%

Random Affixes

  • +626–750 Strength
  • +626–750 Dexterity
  • +626–750 Intelligence

Ancient & primal values

Ancient

  • +825–1,000 Strength

Primal

  • +1,000 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 (16 primary, 24 secondary)

Besides its fixed properties, this item rolls 3 primary and 1 secondary properties at random from these lists.

Primary

  • Critical Hit Chance Increased by 8–10%
  • Reduces cooldown of all skills by 5–8%.
  • Reduces all resource costs by 5–8%.
  • +10–15% Life ancient +14–18%
  • Regenerates 4,643–5,528 Life per Second ancient 6,080–7,185
  • +91–100 Resistance to All Elements ancient +110–130
  • +626–750 Strength ancient +825–1,000
  • +626–750 Dexterity ancient +825–1,000
  • +626–750 Intelligence ancient +825–1,000
  • +626–750 Vitality ancient +825–1,000
  • +11% Chance to Block
  • +559–595 Armor ancient +654–775
  • Increases damage against elites by 5–8%
  • Reduces damage from elites by 10–11%
  • 34–39% chance to inflict Bleed for 300–400% weapon damage over 5 seconds.
  • Sockets (1–1)

Secondary

  • +32–35% Extra Gold from Monsters
  • Monster kills grant +140–200 experience. ancient +220–260
  • Reduces duration of control impairing effects by 20–40%
  • Health Globes and Potions Grant +20,001–29,713 Life. ancient +32,684–38,625
  • +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
  • +5,334–7,696 Thorns Damage ancient +7,697–9,500
  • Level Requirement Reduced by 2–30 ancient 30–40
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Fear on Hit
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Stun on Hit
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Blind on Hit
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Freeze on Hit
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Chill on Hit
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Slow on Hit
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Immobilize on Hit
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Knockback on Hit
  • Reduces damage from ranged attacks by 6–7%.
  • Reduces damage from melee attacks by 6–7%
  • Ignores Durability Loss
  • +18–20 Maximum Essence (Necromancer)

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

Ashusk had never seen metal like this before. It seemed to be charged with the power of the thundering sky, repelling all attacks against it.

A bulwark against melee

The Stormshield revolves around one simple but potent idea: it cuts a fixed share of the damage you take from melee attacks. Against packs that swarm and surround you, this adds up noticeably and gives you the breathing room to run your rotation cleanly instead of constantly backpedaling.

Because the shield can roll any of the three core attributes, it works across classes, yet its profile screams for sturdy frontline fighters like the Barbarian or Crusader who already live in the thick of things. My tip: pair it with additional sources of damage reduction and a solid armor base, and at higher tiers you will be overwhelmed by melee enemies far less often. Builds that attack from range gain little here, where the shield is almost wasted.

One Property, One Range

The fixed share the shield removes from melee damage rolls in the 25–30% range. The span is narrow, but it is still worth a look: a Primal Ancient copy always has the full 30.0%. Keep the limit of this property in mind, since it only works against melee attacks. Against ranged attacks, projectiles or ground effects, Stormshield does not help.

No Legendary Power

Stormshield carries no legendary power, only properties. There is therefore nothing to extract into Kanai's Cube; the protection only works when you carry the shield in your off-hand. A main stat at 626–750 rolls at random as Strength, Dexterity or Intelligence. The Mystic can enchant a wrongly rolled stat anew. If the melee reduction sits at the bottom of its range, reforging in Kanai's Cube remains an option, although it rerolls every value. Followers can carry the shield too.

Metal from the Thundering Sky

The flavor text tells of Ashusk, who had never seen metal like this: it seemed charged with the power of the thundering sky, repelling every attack against it.

by eRnstl