Guardian Angel

Also commonly used with

Kira's Guardian to greatly improve a mercenary's likelihood of surviving

Travincal runs. Hydras cast by council members deal abnormally high damage to mercenaries, which

Guardian Angel mitigates by increasing maximum fire resistance to 90%.

One more aspect of this exact plate is unique solid "Steel-forged" outlook it provides. For example, an Amazon wearing such armor is one of the most heroic-looking characters in the whole game, especially combined with proper

Tiara/

Diadem - the Kira mentioned above, or the

Griffon's Eye.

My A1 merc used to instantly die in Trav. With this, Kira's, and Harmony, she has 90 all res. Now she says the Hydras "tickle". It's cute when she giggles.

Guardian Angel worn by Paladin.

At the risk of stating the obvious, the 15% to Maximum Elemental Resists found on this item is an extremely powerful set of modifiers. Going from 75% in a resist to 90% represents a mitigation of 60% of incoming damage.

This item is employed most often in endgame situations, as those provide the greatest need for extremely robust defensive attributes. Consequently, it is not uncommon to see Guardian Angel "upped" into

Hellforge Plate via Recipe: Elite Version of Unique Armor. An upped Guardian Angel has a Strength requirement of 196 and a clvl requirement of 66.

For a character seeking maximum block chance,

Guardian Angel's +20% Increased Chance of Blocking can constructively provide hundreds of life due to the dramatically reduced Dexterity requirement needed to maintain a 75% chance to block.

To illustrate, let us consider an Sorceress wielding a Spirit

Monarch. Typically, a clvl 85 Sorceress would need 319 Dexterity to maintain a 75% chance to block. However, the same Sorceress wearing a

Guardian Angel would only need 221 Dexterity to achieve the same result. Taking into account that each point in Vitality provides the Sorceress with 2 life, the 20% Increased Chance of Blocking effectively amounts to a "+196 to Life" modifier.