Is there a reason to seek normal Diadems with max defense?

Hi

People sell/buy normal

Diadem, mainly for Imbue (OK).

But I saw one trade where the guy want to buy normal

Diadem, but only with Max Defense (or almost Max).

Is there a logic reason for that?

From what I know,
if he want to Socket it, there are elite/exceptional Helms with more defense that may have 3 sockets too and have low STR requirements.
And if he wants to Imbue or cube the defense will be re-rolled...

Runewords +

Diadem looks/no str req.

fredkid wrote: 8 months ago

if he want to Socket it, there are elite/exceptional Helms with more defense that may have 3 sockets too and have low STR requirements.

Are there?
The only one (ignoring class-specific) with 3 sockets, higher def and reasonable str req is

Death Mask (55 str). Anything else has either low def (normal helms) or over 100 str req.
And arguably characters with circlets look the best.