It's pretty good, especially the block value, but is it really close to BiS? Wouldn't strength be better than vitality for "real toughness" (up to 750 armor)? Similarly, shields can roll up to 595 armor, which seems to be superior to 91 allres. The armor roll also seems to be a bit low, and I definitely want high crowd control reduction as secondary on my shield...
Not a barbarian here. I know that there are skills that make a high health pool desirable, but other than that I think the shield could provide you with much more armor (highest base roll 2024, max affix roll 595, 750 from strength, and even up to 280 from socket = up to 3649 armor which is more than twice as much as what you have now).
Well, right now my barb has about 15k armor, so this extra armor does not increase my toug that much...
on the other side, im with 1100 allres, so, this adicional 91 allres is a lot to me...
socket on shield? well, to afford this 1 socket (+280str and armor) also wont be such an upgrade as the 11% reduction from elites... I have 17m toug right now, so +11% reduction from elites means +1.8m toug with JUST ONE AFFIX... socket on shield is useless, because even if you would want a socket to put a ruby, it would be better to roll the str itself, capped at 750 (the gems are capped at 280str)
the bis shield should have block% and min-max block amount, and as you can see my stormshield is pretty much capped (45%, 15k-19k)
its impossible to roll allres and armor at the same item, so, rolling that 595armor affix would trow away my 91allres, which I dont think is worth
', Helvetica, sans-serif'>about the legendary shield exclusive passives, our options are:', Helvetica, sans-serif'>1. storm - +30% malee reduction', Helvetica, sans-serif'>2. covens - 60% block dmg', Helvetica, sans-serif'>3. wall - +30%hp shield on every pack', Helvetica, sans-serif'>1 and 2 are most like even, and 3 is useless if you have more heal than toug ', Helvetica, sans-serif'>i am an newborn barb, right now i only have about 40h played... so, im just speculating
Op's stormshield is below average on rolls I think lol, the variables are really small and the only above average roll is the vit and the 10-11 elite damage.
Stormshield and lidless wall are the only 2 I'd consider candidates.
Got this shield yesterday on my barb, I think it is pretty the best in slot, isnt it?
the stats are almost capped...
well, if its not the best in slot shield, which one is?
http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y526/Luiz_Fernando_Krutzsch/bis1_zps9080362c.jpg
http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y526/Luiz_Fernando_Krutzsch/bis2_zps767fd8aa.jpg
Not a barbarian here. I know that there are skills that make a high health pool desirable, but other than that I think the shield could provide you with much more armor (highest base roll 2024, max affix roll 595, 750 from strength, and even up to 280 from socket = up to 3649 armor which is more than twice as much as what you have now).
on the other side, im with 1100 allres, so, this adicional 91 allres is a lot to me...
socket on shield? well, to afford this 1 socket (+280str and armor) also wont be such an upgrade as the 11% reduction from elites... I have 17m toug right now, so +11% reduction from elites means +1.8m toug with JUST ONE AFFIX... socket on shield is useless, because even if you would want a socket to put a ruby, it would be better to roll the str itself, capped at 750 (the gems are capped at 280str)
the bis shield should have block% and min-max block amount, and as you can see my stormshield is pretty much capped (45%, 15k-19k)
its impossible to roll allres and armor at the same item, so, rolling that 595armor affix would trow away my 91allres, which I dont think is worth
', Helvetica, sans-serif'>about the legendary shield exclusive passives, our options are: ', Helvetica, sans-serif'>1. storm - +30% malee reduction ', Helvetica, sans-serif'>2. covens - 60% block dmg ', Helvetica, sans-serif'>3. wall - +30%hp shield on every pack ', Helvetica, sans-serif'>1 and 2 are most like even, and 3 is useless if you have more heal than toug
', Helvetica, sans-serif'>i am an newborn barb, right now i only have about 40h played... so, im just speculating
Stormshield and lidless wall are the only 2 I'd consider candidates.