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Spirit

One of the most flexible rune words as it goes in both main and off-hand items, the general consensus letting it sit in a shield. Many end-game builds use Monarch Shields where they try to roll for a perfect 35% Faster Cast Rate property, which allows most characters to reach a new breakpoint. Spirit Monarchs are also used in the secondary weapon slot to help increase stats when casting Battle Orders due to being the only shield that gives us +2 to All Skills. While the runes are easy to obtain, getting a shield with 4 sockets may be challenging: the only non-Paladin shields that can roll 4 sockets are elite Monarch, Ward, and Aegis.

+2 To All Skills
+25-35% Faster Cast Rate
+55% Faster Hit Recovery
+250 Defense Vs. Missile
+22 To Vitality
+89-112 To Mana
+3-8 Magic Absorb
Cold Resist +35%
Lightning Resist +35%
Poison Resist +35%
Attacker Takes Damage Of 14
Adds 1-50 Lightning Damage
Adds 3-14 Cold Damage (3 Seconds Duration, Normal)
+75 Poison Damage Over 5 Seconds
7% Life Stolen Per Hit

Item Types: Shields, Swords

Required Sockets: 4
Character lvl Req: 25
Cost Requirement: Low