Damage Shield (?)

So, uhm, i might be dumb, but i've never really seen this before (+e damage on a shield), maybe cause i've never played pal before so it's like class related thing.

What is it?

This is a Smite skill damage bonus. Only paladins can do damage with shield.

louner wrote: 4 years ago

This is a Smite skill damage bonus. Only paladins can do damage with shield.

oh, thanks, i thought about that but wasn't sure

shame, would be nice if i could get some glitched item or smth

n8mare wrote: 4 years ago

louner wrote: 4 years ago

This is a Smite skill damage bonus. Only paladins can do damage with shield.

oh, thanks, i thought about that but wasn't sure

shame, would be nice if i could get some glitched item or smth

Some paladin shields are really valuable. Especially Sacred Targe (has best block chance) or Vortex Shield (has best defense), with 45 all res or with a lot of ED / attack rating (0 open sockets, 3 open sockets or 4 open sockets). Ethereal pala shields with those stats are also valuable, beause you can make Exile runeword in them . Rare paladin shield with 2 open sockets and enhanced damage + res + block chance is gg for some PvP builds.

Just for you to know, so you won't leave them on the Ground.

roger that, thanks for the info!

louner wrote: 4 years ago

This is a Smite skill damage bonus. Only paladins can do damage with shield.

That's not quite true actually.

The damage/ar modifier on base shields is exclusive to paladin shields. It is basically the offensive alternative to the resistance you can otherwise get on them.
However, the damage/ar isn't applied to the shield's damage, it is applied exactly the same way as any other off-weapon enhanced damage. So yes, it does increase Smite damage. But not because it increases the shield's damage but because it increases the overall ED on the pally. It will also increase Zeal damage for example or any other physical attack damage for the pally, not just Smite.

Schnorki wrote: 4 years ago

louner wrote: 4 years ago

This is a Smite skill damage bonus. Only paladins can do damage with shield.

That's not quite true actually.

The damage/ar modifier on base shields is exclusive to paladin shields. It is basically the offensive alternative to the resistance you can otherwise get on them.
However, the damage/ar isn't applied to the shield's damage, it is applied exactly the same way as any other off-weapon enhanced damage. So yes, it does increase Smite damage. But not because it increases the shield's damage but because it increases the overall ED on the pally. It will also increase Zeal damage for example or any other physical attack damage for the pally, not just Smite.

Thanks!

Off-weapon ED stacks additively with the +% damage bonus from skills, so it can be proportionally significant for lower damage skills like Zeal.

If you get +96% damage from level 20 Zeal, +240% damage from the Sacrifice synergy, +373% damage from level 20 Fanaticism aura, and +114% damage from strength, then your overall off-weapon ED will be +823%. Equipping OP's shield will increase it to +862%, which is about a 4% increase in overall physical damage. That may not sound like much, but a well geared zealer can acquire off-weapon ED through multiple means like implicit mods on a pally shield, Fortitude armor, and ED jewels in non-weapon sockets.

If you're using level 20 Sacrifice instead of Zeal for +465% damage and +400% damage from its synergies, the your overall off-weapon ED will now be +1352%. +39% enhanced damage on your shield would then only increase your overall physical damage by about 2.5%.

This tells me the OP normally doesn't even look at Paladin Shields when they drop. The idea that he might have missed a BiS 40+ all res 3/4 socket shield somewhere makes me want to cry a little lol.

ShadowHeart wrote: 4 years ago

This tells me the OP normally doesn't even look at Paladin Shields when they drop. The idea that he might have missed a BiS 40+ all res 3/4 socket shield somewhere makes me want to cry a little lol.

"So do all who live to see such dark times."
Movie Gandalf

I would also like to say that the same can be said about 99% of the players of the game. I didn't bother picking up blue or White items until I got heavily into researching valuable items in the game.

davme_mcreg wrote: 4 years ago

ShadowHeart wrote: 4 years ago

This tells me the OP normally doesn't even look at Paladin Shields when they drop. The idea that he might have missed a BiS 40+ all res 3/4 socket shield somewhere makes me want to cry a little lol.

"So do all who live to see such dark times."
Movie Gandalf

I would also like to say that the same can be said about 99% of the players of the game. I didn't bother picking up blue or White items until I got heavily into researching valuable items in the game.

If missing a measly base freaks you out, consider how many insane rares get lost because players like myself (for whom no rare would ever be BiS) don't even bother picking them up. Ever.

I have similar question about this one, if add 2 sockets from Larzuk can be used by some pvp people or i should just give it Charsi ?

baxo686 wrote: 4 years ago

I have similar question about this one, if add 2 sockets from Larzuk can be used by some pvp people or i should just give it Charsi ?

Even if he gives you 2, that's still only half the sockets you'd get with the right prefix on it.
So even if you do find someone with a pally spec odd enough to want a 4s magic shield (which I dare say is unlikely, considering how good pally shield options are), it'd still be a fraction of what they'd be after and would likely remain fairly worthless as a result.

That and deflecting isn't nearly as important for a pally because Holy Shield makes it easy enough to Cap block as is.

Then again, that's just my personal opinion.
Nearly everything has an interested buyer somewhere..for some reason.

@baxo686, you could always make a thread in the price check forum to see how much other people think it's worth. I agree I don't think it's worth much, but the 45 all res intruiges me. Also search the trade history for that title and see if something comes up.

As for Larzuk, if I remember well you'll have 50% chance to get 1 os and same for 2 os.

Schnorki wrote: 4 years ago

davme_mcreg wrote: 4 years ago

ShadowHeart wrote: 4 years ago

This tells me the OP normally doesn't even look at Paladin Shields when they drop. The idea that he might have missed a BiS 40+ all res 3/4 socket shield somewhere makes me want to cry a little lol.

"So do all who live to see such dark times."
Movie Gandalf

I would also like to say that the same can be said about 99% of the players of the game. I didn't bother picking up blue or White items until I got heavily into researching valuable items in the game.

If missing a measly base freaks you out, consider how many insane rares get lost because players like myself (for whom no rare would ever be BiS) don't even bother picking them up. Ever.

Now.... I'm just going to go sit in a corner and cry. Thanks a lot!! xD