best sheild for endgame cold sorc

is there anything better than Spirit sheild??

Jeweler's

Monarch of deflecting with 1

Protector's Frost and 3 5/5 rainbow facets.

Spirit is op

I use Phoenix.

If you play pure cold-es sorc, you can look into

Safety Shield for defense-attack balance.
Or pure 4 os

Monarch with facet have more attack

Safety Shield 2os can compete Spirit. Cold sorc does not need so much in fcr.
30 Poison res for ES
2os (5/5 facet , new jewel cold10/10)
DR 4+7 MDR 2 for ES
20 Mana for ES

2 os beat fcr 2 skill a lot.
PR even Spirit
DR MDR is very important for

Energy Shield. however this part only even Spirit because it provide 100+ mana.
Defense may same but attack aspect is more.

So, conclusion , run calculator, if you dont need that little bit of damage.

Attack 4os > safety > Spirit >>Phoenix
ES Defense: Phoenix > Safety >= Spirit >>> 4os

Monarch

Spirit beats all!

Icee913 wrote: 3 hours ago

Jeweler's

Monarch of deflecting with 1

Protector's Frost and 3 5/5 rainbow facets.

If you have 10

Jah or

Ber to spend sure. Or just use Spirit

KillingestGOLDENAK47 wrote: 1 hour ago

Icee913 wrote: 3 hours ago

Jeweler's

Monarch of deflecting with 1

Protector's Frost and 3 5/5 rainbow facets.

If you have 10

Jah or

Ber to spend sure. Or just use Spirit

OP asked what's better and they have "rich m" in their name. So this might be the answer they were looking for.

leox wrote: 1 hour ago

I use Phoenix.

If you play pure cold-es sorc, you can look into

Safety Shield for defense-attack balance.
Or pure 4 os

Monarch with facet have more attack

Safety Shield 2os can compete Spirit. Cold sorc does not need so much in fcr.
30 Poison res for ES
2os (5/5 facet , new jewel cold10/10)
DR 4+7 MDR 2 for ES
20 Mana for ES

2 os beat fcr 2 skill a lot.
PR even Spirit
DR MDR is very important for

Energy Shield. however this part only even Spirit because it provide 100+ mana.
Defense may same but attack aspect is more.

So, conclusion , run calculator, if you dont need that little bit of damage.

Attack 4os > safety > Spirit >>Phoenix
ES Defense: Phoenix > Safety >= Spirit >>> 4os

Monarch

Spirit beats all!

I never considered a

Safety Shield. In HC, some people use

Stormshield as a defensive option. It provides much better defense for the cost of losing only 1 socket vs. the optimal

Safety Shield.

It is special case, cold ES sorc need flat DR than %Damage reduce.

Anyway, I use Phoenix. I dont need fcr or extra damage according to calculator and real test. I am fire/cold sorc.
Even my light sorc dont use ES, so the whole flat DR is minor for me. nice to have but need more DR%.

It is ES sorc series. normally I dont do it.

Spirit

Monarch ftw