Weight: All shields are light, medium, or heavy.The Paladin’s is always 5% higher than an Amazon/Assassin/Barbarian, and 10% higher than a Druid/Sorceress/Necromancer. Listed Blocking: All Unique shields vary in blocking percent by character.No Uniques had Clvl requirements prior to v1.07 D2. Clvl Req: Your character must be this level or higher to equip the item.Ilvl is used in gambling, sales and other calculations as well. Item Level: Chests and monsters must be at least this level to drop the item.The odds of gambling a Unique is 1 in 2000.

The larger canvas of a shield appears to give the Blizzard artists more room to work, and with that comes more inspiration. Every one of them has a customized unique appearance, and all are great.

Unique shields have the most beautiful graphics of any items in the game. Unique shields are also an excellent source of resistance when socketed with gems or various runes. They work to block all physical and many types of elemental attacks, completely negating those attacks when successfully blocked. Shields are incredibly useful items in Diablo II.

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