Just wondering if someone has tested this with shield bash in a build?
I like shield bash, but its wrath expensive With this shield u get easily 45% wrath cost reduction, which sounds nice.
Well, it's a craftable shield, which means it should be rather minimal effort to obtain it. If you regularly use shield bash and don't find great utility in your current shield, then it would make sense to use it.
It will allow greater spamming, 2x roughly, of the ability and thus greater dps from it. Sounds good for a relatively easily obtainable shield.
You've pretty much answered your own question though. It does what it says on the tin. If you use the skill extensively already, then by all means, go ahead and use it.
If you do decide to use it, come on back and give some feedback.
If you use Shield Bash enough you will see that it's greatest issue is not actually it's cost, but it's reliability. It's hitbox is small and mobs just plain dodge it all the time.
The shield with Reaper's Wraps make Shield Bash actually useable. Still not as fun and as much dps as I think/would like it to be compared to other specs, but without 6 set those two items work well to keep your wrath high and to continue to spam Shield Bash. It's worth it to make a decent one for progression but in the end it's unlikely you will use this shield if you get 6set and regear accordingly.
I think it's a build-changing item if you want to use Shield Bash as your primary wrath spender. I dunno about the hitbox issues with Shield Bash- the skill has a dash built in, and I didn't have a lot of problems connecting with it.
Shield is ok but getting the correct properties is a pain in the ass . Must have natural high block chance 18%-20% plus +11% more block to make it reliable. If you happen to get +15% shield bash on it then you are set. Spamming 30 million pounds on bosses is great.
I made a crusader just for shield bash. I had justice lantern helm of rule and prio and the skill is just downright awful. The hitbox is bugged and the skill will either wiff entirely or hit or monsters just jump out of the way. So I just made him a holy crusader while I have the other one as a lighting spec.
I hope with the patch they fix shield bash so it becomes viable its such a cool skill, use justice latern helm of rule a awesomely rolled piro then just % holy dmg crit and crit dmg
Shield Bash itself is kinda cruddy in a lot of situations vs a lot of mobs, but another big problem with a build around this shield it is that block is really only decent with Coven's or Stormshields at higher torments and that would prevent the use of this shield. This should SHOULD roll with +30% melee damage reduction IMO...
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Just wondering if someone has tested this with shield bash in a build?
I like shield bash, but its wrath expensive With this shield u get easily 45% wrath cost reduction, which sounds nice.
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Storm-21498/hero/47687845
It will allow greater spamming, 2x roughly, of the ability and thus greater dps from it. Sounds good for a relatively easily obtainable shield.
You've pretty much answered your own question though. It does what it says on the tin. If you use the skill extensively already, then by all means, go ahead and use it.
If you do decide to use it, come on back and give some feedback.
Shield is ok but getting the correct properties is a pain in the ass . Must have natural high block chance 18%-20% plus +11% more block to make it reliable. If you happen to get +15% shield bash on it then you are set. Spamming 30 million pounds on bosses is great.
I hope with the patch they fix shield bash so it becomes viable its such a cool skill, use justice latern helm of rule a awesomely rolled piro then just % holy dmg crit and crit dmg